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Agartala

Agartala is the capital of Tripura.It is just 2kms away from the country Bangladesh.The best time to visit this city is anywhere between September to March.

Ajmer

Ajmer is the holy city of Rajasthan.This is located 131kms west of Jaipur.Nasiyan Jain temple located on Prithviraj Marg, is open to visitors.

Allahabad

Allahabad is among the largest cities in Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the sacred pilgrimage centres of India. It is an important city where history,culture and religion create a confluence much like the sacred rivers that caress this God-graced land.

Amarnath

Amarnath is one of the most praised of Hindu temples, dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Amarnath cave is noted for its pillar of ice or the ice lingam is visited by thousands of pilgrims mostly during the month of July and August.

Amritsar

Amritsar is situated in the Indian state of Punjab.It is known for its Golden temple.Ram Tirath is known for the fair which takes place in the month of November and lasts for about four days.

Ayodhya

Ayodhya is located in Uttar Pradesh, concentrated more towards the northern region of India. It is situated on the banks of river Saryu in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh

Badrinath

The name Badrinath is derived from the word "badhri" or the wild berries which are seen in plenty here. The main legend behind this place is that Lord Vishnu came to Badrivan for self-mortification after he was reproved severely by narad for indulging in worldly pleasures.

Bangalore

Bangalore is the capital of Karnataka.This is the garden city of India with many gardens and boulevards.

Bhubaneshwar

Bhubaneshwar is the capital of Odisha.This is also popularly know as the "The Temple City of India”.This is an important pilgrimage centre.

Bidar

Bidar is located in the northeastern part of the state of Karnataka, in the southern region of India. Bidar Fort, Madrassa of Mahmud Gawan, Chaubara, Guru Nank Jhira, Humnabad is one of the major tourist destinations of bidar in Karnataka.

Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya is situated at a distance of about 105kms from Patna and 15kms south of Ganga.The life of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is associated with the town of Bodh Gaya.

Chidambaram

Chidambaram which sprawls over an area of 5 sq. km, is a small town situated in the east central part of Tamil Nadu at a distance of 250kms away from the state capital, Chennai. The place is also known for its culture and tradition.

cuttack

Cuttack is situated in the state of Odisha.This is situated at about 30 Km from Bhubaneshwar. Chandi temple is the most worshipped temple in Cuttack and a very famous pilgrim destination for Hindus.

Darbargarh Palace

Darbargarh Palace complex is more of an intricate maze erected in various stages with about three sections separated by open courtyards.

Dhanaulti

Dhanaulti Hills abound serve as one of the major attractions of the travel and tourism industry of the state.Dhanaulti is known for its cool breeze, warm sunlight and moderate temperatures which gives the hill resort a pleasant weather.

Dharamshala

Dharamshala is also popularly referred as Little Lhasa after the Tibetan immigrants to this hill station. The word Dharamshala means, an inn attached to a temple. The history of Dharamshala talks both about by the heritage of both Hinduism and Buddhism.

Dwaraka

Dwarka is situated in the Saurashtra peninsula of the Arabian Sea. Dwarka is situated in the Saurashtra peninsula of the Arabian Sea.

Faridabad

Faridabad, the industrial capital of Harayana was mainly built to protect the high road running between Delhi and Agra.It is the commercial and economic centre of the state.

Gangotri

Gangotri is quite famous for it is the place where the sacred water of Ganga, the holiest river of India touches earth for the first time.

Goa

Goa a tiny emerald on the West Coast of India, is the smallest state of the Indian Union. Goa with its long beach along the Arabian Sea is a principal tourist resort

Guruvayoor

Guruvayoor situated at a distance of about 29kms away from Thrissur district in Kerala is also known as Bhoolokavaikunta or Heaven on Earth.

Guruvayoor kshethram

The Guruvayoor Kshethram located at a distance of about 33km. north of Trissur is one of the most famous temples devoted to Lord Krishna. Here also entry to the non Hindus is strictly prohibited. There are at least 40 elephants in this temple which is kept in Punathur Kota.

Haridwar

Haridwar has been a centre of religious and historic importance from the early ages. A religious city that has been remembered by different names in our scriptures and ancient historic epics.

Hyderabad

Hyderabad is the capital of Andhra Pradesh. It is the sixth largest city of Indian Union.It lies on the banks of river Moosi.

Jabalpur

Jabalpur is situated in Madhya Pradesh .It lies on the banks of river Narmada. It is located at an altitude of 411 meters.

Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram the golden city of a thousand temples is one of the seven most sacred cities of India. It is considered to be as India's seven sacred cities and the second holiest after Varanasi.

Kargil

Kargil is situated in the district of Ladakh of the state Kashmir, India. It is an ideal place for trekking and mountain climbing.

Kedarnath

Kedarnath at an altitude of about 3584 metres is one of the famous twelve Jyotirlingas of Kedar or Lord Shiva and is considered to be one of the holiest pilgrimage site for Hindus. It is also one of the Char Dhams of Uttarakhand.

Khajuraho

Khajuraho is the legacy of the Chandella dynasty and is also declared as the world heritage site for its archaeological and historical monuments by the UNESCO.

Kolkata

Kolkata is the capital of West Bengal .The Kolkata port is one of the major ports of the country.

Konark

Konark is the third link in Odisha's Golden triangle and is situated at a distance of about 35kms from Puri, has some of the most spectacular examples of religious architecture.

Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra in the district of Karnal of the Harayana state is situated at a distance of about 150 km northwest of Delhi.

Madurai

The city of Madurai was planned and laid out on the pattern of a lotus flower, with the famous Meenakshi Temple in the centre.It is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai.

Mangalore

Mangalore on the west coast of India in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. Mangaladevi Temple, St. Aloysius Church are some of the major tourist destinations of Mangalore.

Mysore

Mysore city is 140kms away from Bangalore is a city of palaces,gardens,shady avenues and sacred temples. Sharvanbelgola ,which is nestled between Indragiri and Chandragiri is the famous Jain centre of pilgrimage.

Nashik

Nashik more popularly known as the "Wine Capital of India". It is a major Hindu pilgrimage center. It is situated in the northwest of Maharashtra which is about 185 km from Mumbai. Nashik is encircled by nine hills.

Pattadakkal

Pattadakal is located in North Karnataka's Bagalkot district on the banks of the river Malaprabha. Pattadakal is a World Heritage Site of India

Patna

Patna is the capital of Bihar . It is an important Sikh pilgrimage, being the birth place of the tenth leader, Guru Gobind Singh. Today Patna is an important business centre of eastern India.

Pondicherry

Pondicherry is situated at a distance of about 160 kms south of Chennai on the Coromandel coast. Pondicherry is surrounded by Bay of Bengal on East, and on the other sides are the South Arcot District of Tamilnadu.

Puri

The holy city of Puri, 60kms from Bhubaneshwar is one of the four holiest points of pilgrimage for Hindus.The other important features of Puri are its beautiful beaches which have offered pleasure to both pilgrims and swimmers for centuries.

Pushkar

Pushkar in the state of Rajasthan is situated at a distance of about 14 km off Ajmer.Pushkar is encircled by hills on three sides and sand dunes on the other.

Raipur

Raipur is the capital of the newly formed state of Chhattisgarh. Rajim on the river Mahanadhi is a pilgrim centre famous for its fine group of temples. Raipur is a fast developing industrial center.

Rameshwaram

Rameshwaram is in the district of Ramanathapuram in Tamil Nadu. Rameshwaram the sea swept island is popularly called as the 'Benaras of the South'.

Rishikesh

Rishikesh has been the centre of spiritual and religious activities since ancient times. This place situated on the right bank of the river Ganga is surrounded on all sides by beautiful hills

Thanjavur

Tanjore is also referred as "the Art capital of South India" and most of time called by the name Tanjavur.Tanjore paintings and the Thalaiyatti Bommai are very famous all over the world

Tirunelveli

In Tamilnadu, Tirunelveli is situated on the banks of river Tamirabharani and it is also known as the Halwa town. It is also considered as one of the important pilgrimage centre towards the south of Tamilnadu

Tirupati

Tirupati is situated in the Southern region of Andhra Pradesh of Chittoor district .One of the most famous Hindu temples in the world is at Tirumala crowning the seven hills, with Lord Venkateshwara as presiding deity.

Trichy

Tiruchirapalli or Trichy, situated on the banks of river Cauvery and it is the fourth largest city in tamilnadu.

Ujjain

Ujjain on the eastern bank of the Kshipra River is situated in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh state. Ujjain once in every 12 years the Kumbha Mela is held on the banks of river Shirpa

Vaishali

Vaishali is about 55kms.north of Patna by road across the Ganaga.This place is supposed to be the oldest republic of the world, the Lichchvis.Vaishali is the birth place of Lord Mahavira,the most prominent Jain Tirthankar.

Varanasi

Varanasi is located in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.This is one of the oldest living cities in the world.Varanasi is the religious centre of the world of Hindus.

Vrindhavan

Vrindavan located in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is around 151 km south of Delhi and it is noted for Temples