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Group 5

Tourists Spots In India

CHAR MINAR

Char Minar-means

"Mosque of the

Four Minarets

Muhammad

Quli Qutb

Shah

Build it to

commemorate

the elimination

of a plague

epidemic from

this city

India Gate

India Gate

-Is the

national

monument of

India

-A.K.A- All

India War

Memorial

-It is 42

meters tall

Elephants Cave

Elephants Cave

-Made out of

carved rocks

- There is a 20

pillared hall

that lines the

axis, and on its

western end is

a cell in which

a Shivalingam

enshrined.

Fatehpur Sikir

Fatehpur Sikir

-is a city and a

municipal board

in Agra district in

the state of Uttar

Pradesh, India

-Mughal emperor

Akbar beginning

in 1570 and

served as the

empire's capital

from 1571 until

1585. Though the

court took 15

years to build

Golden Temple

Golden Temple

-is the holiest

shrine in Sikhism

-It is located in

the city of

Amritsar, which

was established

by Guru Ram

Das, the fourth

guru of the Sikhs

and is known as

"guru di nagri"

meaning city of

the Sikh Guru.

Agra Fort

Agra Fort

-Located in Agra

India

-A.K.A: Lal Qila,

Fort Rouge and

Red Fort of

Agra.

- It is about

2.5 km

northwest of its

more famous

sister

monument, the

Taj Mahal

Hampi

Hampi

-is a village in

northern

Karnataka

state, India

-It is located

within the

ruins of

Vijayanagara

Hawa Mahal

Hawa Mahal

-"Palace of

Winds" or

“Palace of the

Breeze”

-- is a palace in

Jaipur, India. It

was built in 1799

by Maharaja

Sawai Pratap

Singh and

designed by Lal

Chand Usta in

the form of the

crown of Krishna

a Hindu God

Meenakshi Temple

-is an historic

Hindu temple

located in the

holy city of

Madurai,

Tamil Nadu,

India. Is

Dedicated to

the god Shiva

Jagannath Temple

Jagannath Temple

-is a famous

Hindu temple

dedicated to

Jagannath

-The name

Jagannath (Lord

of the Universe)

is a combination

of the Sanskrit

words Jagat

(Universe) and

Nath (Lord of).[

Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal

-"crown of buildings“

-- is a mausoleum

located in Agra, India.

It is one of the most

recognizable structures

in the world. It was

built by Mughal

emperor Shah Jahan in

memory of his third

wife, Mumtaz Mahal. It

is widely considered as

one of the most

beautiful buildings in

the world and stands as

the symbol of eternal

love.

Thanks for

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