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India's Cities
New Delphi
Area: 42.7 sq km
Population: 321,883 million
New Delhi is the capital of the Republic of India. Its metropolitan
area is known as the National Capital Region. Delhi is the 7th most
populous metropolis in the world.
Delhi is also one of the most historic capitals in the world and two of
its monuments- the Qutb Minar and Humayun's Tomb - have been declared
World Heritage Sites.
Delhi is an important commercial center in South Asia. Delhi has a per
capita income around 2.5 times of the national average.
Sightseeing in Delhi
Delhi is a spacious, open city that houses many government buildings
and embassies, apart from places of historical interest.
- Lotus Temple: The lotus-shaped
Bahá'í House of Worship
- Qutab Minar: built by
Qutb-ud-din Aybak of the Slave Dynasty: the world’s tallest brick
minarest (72.5meters)
- Rajpath:
means the Royal Road, it is the ceremonial boulevard of the Indian
republic. It runs through India Gate and Vijay Chowk.
- Red Fort:
built of red sandstone, it is octagonal in shape with 2 long sides on
the east and west.
- Birla Temple:
called “The Lakshmi Narayan Mandir”, built by the Birlas, one of India's
leading industrial families. It is dedicated to Goodess Lakshmi, the God
of prosperity and wealth.
- Parliament:
is officially the President House. It is also called Sansad Bhawan.
- The India Gate:
a memorial raised in honor of the Indian soldiers martyred during the
Afghan & subsequent wars
- Taj Mahal:
is a monument located in Agra, India, constructed between 1631 and 1654
by a workforce of 22,000. It is considered the finest example of Mughal
architecture: combined elements of Persian, Indian, and Islamic.
- Agra Fort:
construction of the fort started in 1156 and was finished in 1605. It
was built alongside the Yamuna river and stretches almost 2.5km
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Bangalore
Area: 476.66sq km
Population: approximately 6.1 million
Bangalore is the capital city of the Indian state of Karnataka
Located on the Mysore Plateau in south-western Karnataka, Bangalore, it
is the India’s third largest city and fifth largest metropolitan area.
Foreign Direct Investment was the 3rd highest for an Indian city. It is
headquarters to several public manufacturing heavy industries such as
Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL),
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) and
Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT). Bangalore is also called as “The
Sillicon Valley of India” because of the large number of IT companies
located in the city with contributes 38% of India’s US$22 billion IT
and software export market.
The Bangalore Urban district is divided into 3 taluks: Bangalore North,
Bangalore South, and Anekal.
The highest temperature is 102F, and the lowest is 52F. Winter
temperatures rarely drop below 54F, and summer it seldom exceeds 100F.
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Mysore
Mysore is the
second largest city in the Indian state of Karnataka. Mysore is the
administrative seat of Mysore District, and Mysore Division. It is
located 135 km from Bangalore, the state capital. From November 1,
2006, Mysore has been renamed in English by the state government to
Mysuru.
Mysore is and has been the capital of the Wodeyars and has had a
prominent place in Indian History. The city is known for its palaces
(particularly Mysore Palace) and proximity to several other places of
interest like Srirangapatna, Sivasamudram Falls, and Krishna Raja
Sagara Dam. One major site among many is the Keshava temple in
Somnathpur, near Mysore, is the last major temple of the Hoysala
dynasty. In plan, it comprises a cruciform-shaped central building
containing shrines to Keshava, Janarhana, and Venugolpala. The shrines
sit at the center of a courtyard bounded by a rectangular perimeter of
cloisters and subsidiary shrines. An entrance pavilion is set into the
east side of the courtyard.The city is spread across an area of 128
square kilometers.
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