Friday, 4 January 2013

Beating Retreat, New Delhi

Beating Retreat

The Beating Retreat ceremony officially denotes the end of Republic Day festivities.

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Jantar Mantar, New Delhi

Jantar Mantar

The Mantar Mantra (literally the 'instrument and formula' and often called the Jantar Mantar), is located in the modern city of New Delhi. 

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Central Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan & Parliament House, New Delhi


Central Secretariat

The Secretariat Building or Central Secretariat is where the Cabinet Secretariat is housed, which administers the Government of India. Built in the 1910s, it is home to some of the most important ministries of the Cabinet of India. Situated on Raisina HillNew Delhi, the Secretariat buildings are two blocks of symmetrical buildings (North Block and South Block) on opposite sides of the great axis of Rajpath, and flanking the Rashtrapati Bhavan (President's House).

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Rashtrapati Bhavan

Rashtrapati Bhavan (Hindi for Presidential House) is the official home of the President of India.

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Parliament House

The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament comprises the President of India and the two Houses—Lok Sabha (House of the People) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). The President has the power to summon and prorogue either House of Parliament or to dissolve Lok Sabha.

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Chandigarh


Chandigarh is a city and union territory in India that serves as the capital of two statesHaryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is derived from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, near the city.

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Rock Garden

The rock garden or Rock Garden of Chandigarh is a Sculpture garden in ChandigarhIndia, also known as Nek Chand's Rock Garden after its founder Nek Chand, a government official who started the garden secretly in his spare time in 1957. Today it is spread over an area of forty-acres (160,000 m²), it is completely built of industrial & home waste and thrown-away items.

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Sukhna Lake

Sukhna Lake in ChandigarhIndia is an artificial lake at the foothills of the Himalayas, the Shivalik hills.

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Kurukshetra

Kurukshetra is a land of historical and religious importance. Historically the land belonged to Punjab, but now it is a district in Haryana state of India.

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Bronze Charriot at Brahma Sarovar

Brahma Sarovar is a water tank sacred to the Dharmic religions in Thanesar, in the state of Haryana in North India.

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Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Jaipur

Jaipur is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Rajasthan.

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Birla Mandir

Birla Mandir, Jaipur is a Hindu temple located in JaipurIndia and is part of one of the several Birla mandirs located all around the country. The grand temple is located on an elevated ground at the base of Moti Dungari hill in Rajasthan. The temple is sometimes also referred to as the Laxmi Narayan Temple.

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City Palace

City Palace, Jaipur, which includes the Chandra Mahal and Mubarak Mahal palaces and other buildings, is a palace complex in Jaipur, the capital of the Rajasthan state, India.

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Jaigarh Fort

Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amber Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amber in JaipurRajasthan, India.

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Jaivana cannon

The Jaivana cannon is a wheeled cannon.

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Amber Fort

Amer Fort is located in Amer (a town with an area of 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi), 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from JaipurRajasthan stateIndia

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Jal Mahal

Jal Mahal is a palace located in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake in Jaipur city, the capital of the state of Rajasthan, India.

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Vidhan Sabha

The Rajasthan Legislative Assembly or the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Rajasthan.

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