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Travel to India
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Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad is a six hundred year old city that boasts of a unique blend of Muslim and Hindu architecture, where exquisite stone filigree work and ornate carvings synthesize. A major textile centre, it also houses one of the world's finest textile museums. Places of interest include the Jumma Masjid, a beautiful mosque with 260 pillars supporting 15 domes at varying heights; Gandhi's peaceful Sabarmati Ashram on the banks of the Sabarmati, where the freedom movement was based; Sidi Bashir's Mosque whose shaking minarets are an architectural wonder; and there are many amazing step wells
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Allahabad
Allahabad is at the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna, Allahabad is amongst the oldest cities in India and also one of its most prominent pilgrim centres. In mythology its origin is traced to a Yagna, Prakrista Yagna, performed here by Lord Brahma, the creator God of Hindu trintity from that it received its ancient name Prayag. Allahabad is the premiercentre for the Kumbh Mela performed every 12 years for which people and sages from all over the country and abroad congregate at the confluence for a holy dip in the sacred waters.
Summer = 35 to 43 degree celcius
Winter = 28 to 5 degree celcius
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Corbett
Corbett National park, the oldest in India lies partly in Garhwal and partly in the Kumaon Districts of Uttar Pradesh. It extends along the banks of the Ramganaga River. This is one of the richest areas for the typical big mammals of northern India. Popularly known as the tiger country, the park was etablished in 1936 by the governor Sir Malcom Hailey and named Hailey National Park. After independence it came to be known as Ramganga National Park. It was finally rechristened Corbett National Park after the renowned naturalist Jim Corbett who spent a major parts of his life in this region.It is a paradise to the animal lovers &adventure tourists.
Summer = 23 to 33 degree celcius
Winter = 26 to 11 degree celcius |
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Goa
The most comprehensive beach resort in the country, Goa's coastline provides endless sun drenched crescents of sand. Parasailing, yachting, windsurfing, and deep sea diving are some of the more popular water sports. In addition, every sort of accommodation fringes the beaches, from deluxe resorts to budget lodgings. Inland, 451 years of Portuguese rule has imbued Goa's towns and villages with a unique culture. Whitewashed chapels and churches that dot the landscape are surrounded by sleepy villages and rice fields.
Panjim, the capital city, and Margao, an important town, have private houses and government buildings that date back to Portuguese times. Old Goa, now deserted, has a collection of Goa's largest churches: Se Cathedral with its Iberian exterior, Bom Jesus which enshrines the mortal remains of St. Francis Xavier and the starkly beautiful Convent of Saint Monica are a few of these. Mapusa, a market town, comes alive every Friday with a quaint pavement bazaar.
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Kashmir
Kashmir is called "Paradise on Earth". by almost all the great
writers and poets through the ages, being endowed with rivers, lakes and gurgling streams with Hills and Mountains reflected in their waters, both names are well deserved. Srinagar the capital of Kashmir is the centre stone in the state crown of beauty and also take off point for excursions to other places of interest.
Summer =7 to 26 degree celcius
Winter = 5 to -15 degree celcius |
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