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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