Top 10 Places to Visit in India!!! Part 2

6. Golden Temple - This holy shrine is located in Amritsar.This is the holiest place for the Sikhs(a religious sect in India.Harmandir Sahib,is another name by which the Golden Temple is famously known. Harmandir Sahib was built with four doors to show that every religion or faith is allowed to go in to meditate or just listen to the prayers for peace.

Originally built during AD 1574, the site of the temple was surrounded by a small lake in a thin forest. The third of the six grand Mughals, emperor Akbar, who visited the third Sikh Guru, Guru Amar Das, at the neighbouring town of Goindval was so impressed by the way of life in the town that he gave a jagir (the land and the revenues of several villages in the vicinity)to the Guru.The full-fledged Temple was built. In December 1588.

 7. Mahabalipuram- This is a place about 65 kms from Chennai located on the coast of Bay of Bengal.This place has architectural temples and sculptures from the 7th and 9th centuries during the reign of Pallava Kings.The mandapa or pavilions and the rathas or shrines shaped as temple chariots are hewn from the granite rock face, while the famed Shore Temple, erected half a century later, is built from dressed stone.

What makes Mamallapuram so culturally resonant are the influences it absorbs and disseminates. The Shore Temple includes many bas reliefs, including one 100 ft. long and 45 ft. high.There are many more such temples which are believed to have gone under the sea.And,people living there reported that they did see the burried temples during the Dec 2004 Tsunami.The truth to this fact however remains burried!!!

8. Howrah Bridge- This is the mighty bridge on the river Hooghly.
OMG!!! This is an awesome sight to see.This mighty bridge is in Kolkata,West Bengal.

An engineering marvel, it expands as much as a metre during a summer day. The eight-lane bridge carries a steady flow of approximately 80,000 vehicles, and possibly more than 1,000,000 pedestrians and thousands of cattle every day.The crowd of Calcutta is so amazing that each one will be walking on another person's head.Such is the population density in the metropolitan!!!!!!

9.Shravanabelagola - Shravanabelagola is a city located in Hassan District in Karnataka state.It is almost 99 miles from Bangalore.This is a place which is not really frequented by tourists because it is known to really a less number of people!!!!!Lack of Publicity,to put it in simple words...

The statue of Gomateshwara or Bahubali, at Shravanabelagola is one of the most important Jain pilgrim centers The 57 feet monolithic statue of the Gomateshwara Bahubali is located on the Vindyagiri mountain.It is considered to be the world's largest monolithic stone statue .

10.Temples down the South - There are many huge temples to be visited down the south in India,viz Meenakshi temple,Madurai,Brihadeswar temple,Tanjore, Srirangam temple ,Tiruchirapalli,Tirupathi temple,Andhra Pradesh. These temples are so really beautiful that one can just see their huge structures for hours together.

 The Gopuram(or temple tower) of Srirangam temple are really huge.The Rajagopuram and is 236 feet (72 m) tall, the tallest in Asia.Myth has it that the coast of Sri Lanka can be seen from the top of the gopuram.Oh wow!!!!! The Srirangam temple complex is composed of 7 concentric walled sections and 21 gopurams

 The Meenakshi temple at Madurai  houses 14 magnificent Gopurams or towers including two golden Gopurams for the main deities, that are elaborately sculptured and painted.This temple is located in a 2500 year old Madurai which is also termed as the TEMPLE CITY as it is built around the temple.The temple also has a Thousand Pillar Mandapam which is an added beauty of this temple.

 The Brihadeswar temple,Tanjore is the temple built during the Chola dynasty by the Great Emperor Raja Raja Chola.The temple houses a huge Nandhi(Bull,on which Lord Shiva rides).Myth has it that the Nandhi grows and there is a nail on its back to prevent its growth more!!!!It is the world's first complete granite temple. this temple is an ultimate testimonial for the Tamil architectural cognizance in planning and sculpting this temple. The Kalash or 'Chikharam' (apex or the bulbous structure on the top) of the temple is not carved out of a single stone as is widely believed.!!!A must see sight I would suggest!!!

 The Tirumala Thirupathi temple is in Chittor district of Andhra Pradesh, India.The temple is reportedly the richest and the most visited place of worship in the world The richest Hindu God resides here!!!!And a must see and must taste is the Ladoo of this temple.It simply makes anyone want for more and more.And behold sweet toothed people,you will be trapped in its taste easily.The temple is visited by about 50,000 to 100,000 pilgrims daily, while on special occasions and festivals, like the annual Brahmotsavam, the number of pilgrims shoots up to 500,000.!!!!!