Popular Sites and Monuments of India
Here we have listed few popular monuments and sites of India from which 1 or 2 questions in various competitive exams will be expected.
| Name | Location | Famous for |
| Ajanta Caves | Aurganbad | Buddhist care temples |
| Amaranth ‘s Caves | Kashmir | Naturally formed ice shivlinga |
| Anand Bhawan | Allahabad | Nehru family’s ancestral hose |
| Vaishno Devi | Jammu and Kashmir | One of Hinduism’s holiest sites |
| Buland Darwaza | Fatehpur sikri | The highest and biggest gateway of India near Agra built by Akbar to commemorate his victorious campaign in Deccan |
| Char Minar | Hyderabad | Built in 1591 CE, it is a monument , a mosque and a global icon. |
| Dilwara Temples | Mount Abu | Jain temples, Vimal Vasahi , mahavir swami , built between 11thand 13th century AD. |
| Lotus Temple | Delhi | Temple with a flower like design |
| Taj mahal | Agra | Iconic domed mughal mausoleum |
| Gandhi Sadan | Delhi | Birla house – where Gandhiji was assassinated in 1948 |
| Gateway of India | Mumbai | Erected in 1911 on king George V’s to India |
| Gol Gumbaz | Bijapur | Largest dome in India |
| Gomateshwara | Mysore | 2000 year –old statue of a jain sage carved out of a single stone |
| Golden Temple | Amritsar | Sikh pilgrimage |
| Hawa Mahal | Jaipur | A pink castle of air |
| Jallianwala Bagh | Amritsar | A public garden infamous for the massacre of hundreds of innocent Indians by the british on 13 April, 1919 |
| Jantar mantar | Delhi | Observatory built in 1724 during the days of Maharaja jai Singh II of Ajmer |
| Jama masjid | Delhi | Biggest mosque built by Shah Jahan |
| Kanya kumari | Tamil Nadu | Temple of the virgin goddess situated on the extreme southern tip of India |
| Kranti maidan | Mumbai | Historical avenue where Gandhiji gave the call ‘Quit India ‘ in 1942 |
| Harmandir sahib | Amritsar | Gilded temple & sikh pilgrimage site |
| Meenakshi temple | Madurai | Hindu temple |
| Qutab Minar | Delhi | Largest minaret |
| Rajghat | Delhi | Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on the bank of the Yamuna |
| Red fort | Delhi | A red stone structure built by Shah jahan on the bank of the Yamuna |
| Sabarmati | Ahemdabad | Harijan ashram founded here by Gandhiji |
| Sarnath | Varanasi | Centre of Buddhist pilgrimage , the place |
| Shakitisthal | Delhi | Situated on the bank of the Yamuna where Mrs Indira Gandhi was cremated |
| Shantivan | Delhi | Samadhi of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Shantiniketan | Kolkata | Famous Visva –Bharati University founded by Rabindranath Tagore |
| Sanchi | Madhya pradesh | Ancient Buddhist monuments |
| Victoria Memorial | Kolkata | Famous museum |
| Vijay Ghat | Delhi | Samadhi of Lal Bahadur shastri |
| Vir bhumi | Delhi | Samadhi of Rajiv Gandhi |
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