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Historical Begumpur Mosque, Dindugul built by Hyder Ali
Islam has been around in Tamil Nadu for about 1000 years and there are many historical mosques and durgahs in this state. The Kilakarai (Ramanathpuram district) Mosque or Palaia Jumma Palli is a...
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A temple for pregnant women!! Garbha Rakshambigai Temple, Tamil Nadu
Temple tank and the tower. Garbha Rakshambigai Temple, a 6th century, temple.dinamalar.comGarbha Rakshambigai Temple, a 6th century Hindu temple. garbaratchambigaitemple.org Unlike places of worship...
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Some interesting facts of Palaivana Nathar temple, Tamil Nadu
Sri Palaivana Nathar Temple, Thiruppaalaitturai, en.wikipedia.orgSri Palaivana Nathar Temple, Thiruppaalaitturai, Papanasam. www. divinebrahmanda.comPalaivana Nathar Temple, built during the reign of...
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How first Danish fort evolved in Tharangampadi, south India
Danish fort, Tharangampadi, Tamil Nadu. www.thehindu.comDanish fort, Tharangampadi, Tamil Naduwww.enidhi.netThe Dansborg Fort, also called Danish fort, is a Danish monument built on the shore...
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Awe-inspiring second largest Danish Fort in the world, Tranquebar
1620 Danish Fort , India Facing the vast Bay of Bengal and standing barely 100 metres from the beach. gotraveldiscoverer.wordpress.comthe Danish fort cast-iron gate. Tharangampadi,...
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First Protestant church in India - Zion Church, Tranquebar
The Zion Church at Tranquebar,www.talesofanomad.comThe Zion Church at Tranquebar, where the first five Protestant converts were baptized in India, in 1707. www.theuntourists.comThe Danish settlement at...
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Mallikarjuna Temple.Srisailam, Andhra
Mallikarjuna Temple.Srisailam. pedia.desibantu.comMallikarjuna Temple.Srisailam. yatraklick.blogspot.comMallikarjuna Temple on the flat top of Nallamala Hills called Srigiri by the banks of the...
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Manora, commemoration for the victorious British - Waterloo battle
The Manora. www.tripadvisor.comThe Manora, Mallipatnam en.wikipedia.org Though the delta districts of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Nagapatnam, perhaps, have the highest concentration of historical old...
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Inspiring hill station Lansdowne, Himachal Pradesh .
Lansdowne hill station www.mouthshut.comLansdowne hill station, Uttarakand www.99uttarakhand.in There are countless hill stations across India, some had been in existence even before the arrival of...
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Scintillating Mahabat Maqbara, Junagadh, Gujarat
Mahabat Maqbara,Junagadh,Gujarat. image credit:www.alamy.comMahabat Maqbara.Tomb of Mahabat Khan (1851–82). Junagadh city. in.images.search.yahoo.com Junagadh, Gujarat is an old city with a lot of...
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Kaleshwar and Takeswar Mahadev temples, Lansdowne
Lansdowne, a cantonment town in Pauri Garhwal district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, is a beautiful, but remote hill station with lot of greenery and tall trees. Founded and named after then...
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Colonial churches of Lansdowne India
During the colonial period, numerous churches were built in those places where the British were active, particularly in places like the Madras Presidency, Bombay Presidency and Calcutta. Likewise, one...
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The great escape from the loan sharks!!
cioprusmenmo.37k.ormarketbusinessnews.comLoan sharking refers to illegal and predatory lending business that charges extremely high interest rates and in many cases the interest charged is 3 to 4...
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Urban tree cover and air-pollution - India
Felling of tree. www.atlasobscura.combats of Bangalore jlrexplore.com In the last two and a half months I have traveled quite a bit in and around the Delta districts of Tamil Nadu, namely Thanjavur,...
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Hindu god who drinks sweet water - Panakala Narasimha
Entrance to the temple on the hill. Panakala Narasimha Swamy temple, Mangalagiri, Andhra.image credit:Ramakrishna AnanadIn India, there are tales of scientific myth, riddles and superstitions, besides...
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Historical Sri Lakshmi Narasimha swamy temple, Mangalagiri, Andhra
Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple, Mangalagiri town,Guntur dist. A.P. image credit: Ramakrishna Anand.small, but artistic tower. Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple, Mangalagiri town. image credit:...
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Interesting legend - Panakala Narasimha Swamy, Mangalagiri
Here the god's image is just mouth. Panakala Lakshmi Narasimhaswamy.apendowments.gov.inThe Vishnu shetram in Magalagiri is one of the eight popular ones and this town in Guntur district of Andhra...
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Unknown facts of notorious looters Pindaris - British India
The Indian subcontinent in the 17th and 18th centuries was beset with many dreadful events, the war among the Indian rulers and between the British forces and Indian rulers and the Indian natives had...
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Inspiring historical Juma Masjid, Junagadh
Jama Masjid - Junagadh,Gujarat.www.flickriver.comJama Masjid - Junagadh,Gujarat. www.columbia.eduJunagadh, Gujarat is an old city whose inhabitants were under the Indo-Greek kingdom centuries ago and...
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spiritually inspiring Kanaga Durga temple of Vijayawada
Kanagadurga ,temple, Vijayawada. www.durgamma.comKanagadurga ,temple, Vijayawadawww.templedetails.comKanaka Durga Temple, dedicated to Goddess Durga and located on the Indrakeeladri hill, Vijayawada,...
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