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Ajmer is located 132 kms away from Jaipur and 198 kms from Jodhpur. It is connected by road to Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur and Kota. Ajmer is a railway junction on the Delhi-Ahmedabad section of the Western Railway. During the Urs, special buses ply from cities all over India carrying people to Ajmer and back. The ornament of city Ajmer, full of utmost divinity and power, the place where you will the atmosphere full of divine peace and love. Dargah Shariff of Hazrat Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti a must visited place in India, one of the holiest place and utmost divinity for Muslims, dargaah is open for the people from all faiths, every one can come and perform prayers.The great saint is believed to have retreated to his meditation grounds six days prior to his death, he was burried at the same spot. The death aniversary of the great saint, known as the festival of Urs, is celebrated over a period of six days. Devouts from all over the world come here to pay their homage to the great saint.
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Colva Benaulim Beach in India, The Colva and the Benaulim Beaches happen to be amongst the most popular beaches in the Beach Capital of India Goa. The white powdery sand on the shores of the Arabian Sea along with the swaying palms and the sensuous sun creates the picture perfect holiday spot.Colva Benaulim Beach in India, The Colva and the Benaulim Beaches happen to be amongst the most popular beaches in the Beach Capital of India Goa. The white powdery sand on the shores of the Arabian Sea along with the swaying palms and the sensuous sun creates the picture perfect holiday spot.
The beaches are at a mere distance of two kilometers and make excellent holiday destinations. Besides enjoying the nature at its best at the Colva beach you may even check out the Nossa Senhora de Merces (Our Lady of Mercy) Church. The captivating church is a major tourist attraction. The Landmark hosts the annual religious feast of Fama of Menino Jesuse (Child Jesus).
The Catholics have been celebrating the feast in a big way on the third Monday of October every year since the 17th century. The bullfight at the Benaulim beach is a major draw from early October till late May in the evenings. In the old rice fields with the Konkani music in the background the bullfights are a must watch. The Beach Bonanza fair is another must check out for all the tourists.
The live music, dance, and other entertainment add to the holiday mood. It is time for more and more merry making. You can participate in the Beach Bonanza on successive Sundays from mid-April onwards. Goa Colva Benaulim India Beach, At the Calangute beach you must check out the local market for some good bargains. The market offers a wide range of items from daily food items to souvenirs.
There are artifacts, antiques, and other trinkets that make excellent gift options. In terms of food do check out the Portuguese delicacies that are available in abundance at the seashore. Its time to treat all your senses at the Colva and the Benaulim beaches. You may plan your trip to the Colva and Benaulim Beaches any time of the year but the months from June to October may be avoided owing to the heavy rainfall. Rests of the months are pleasant and it’s a pleasure to be at Colva and Benaulim. There are plenty of hotels and resorts that take care of budget accommodation at Colva and Benaulim.
There are even some of the local houses that may be hired. The beautiful beaches of Colva and Benaulim are well connected with the rest of the places. The Dabolim airport is the nearest. The Karmali railway station takes care of the tourists who travel by train. For road transport there are plenty of bus services available. In order to make the most of your holiday at the Colva and the Benaulim beaches keep away from drugs and nudity.
Even though swimming is considered safe you must check out with the lifeguards for the strength of the undercurrents. Get ready to get bewitched by the beauty of the Colva and the Benaulim beaches!
A visit to Visakhapatnam is surely incomplete without a visit to the Beach. The Rama Krishna Beach, or RK Beach as it is commonly called is the closest beach park you can reach from the heart of the city. Of course, the beach is one of the best tourist spot in Vizag.Mahabaleshwar is also home to some remarkable temples and you will come across Krishna and Mahabaleshwar temple here. There is also a black stone, which is a little distance from the other temples and holds a venerated place among the locals and the pilgrim tourists frequenting this place. Mahabaleshwar has a fine network of motorable roads and you can enjoy a scenic ride of the most fascinating landscape in and around the place. Besides, an excursion from Mahabaleshwar would take you to Panchgani which is a picturesque spot offering breathtaking natural beauty. Dotted by the casuarinas and silver oak groves, it is an ideal base for indulging in the trekking and hiking activities. The region is also known for many fruit processing units. Strawberry farming is one of the most widespread occupations of the local villagers here. You can step into any of the strawberry farms you pass by while on your drive or trek, and have a look at the farmers picking fresh strawberries from the gardens.
For the tourists there excellent lodging options are available in the bungalows and cottages, apart from a large number of luxury and budget hotels. The accommodations are elegantly furnished and you can relax and expect the homely services here. Fountain Hotel, Brightland Holiday Village, Hotel Anarkali, Hotel Dreamland, Hotel Panorama and Strawberry Country Resort are a few of the notable hotels here. Mahabaleshwar is accessible by the air, rail and road transport. The nearest airport and railway station is Pune and Mahabaleshwar can be reached by road transport quite conveniently from Pune. 
Situated at 16 km from Balasore, halfway between Puri and Kolkata, the Chandipur beach is one of the hot-spot for beach lovers. Stretched on the shores of the Bay of Bengal, this beach offers some kaleidoscopic views of the eastern sky and an unbelieveable retreat of the beach during low tides. Twice a day, the sea recedes from the shore around 5 km away, giving a corridor to the tourists to enjoy a walk on the sea! Surrounded by casuarina trees and solitary sand dunes, Chandipur is a beach drifter’s paradise. Loaded with numerous sea shells and driftwood on the golden sand, this place injects zeal among children and even adults, who barge to collect as many shells as they can. You can also hire a fisherman’s boat and trace the route of the river Budhabalanga till it merges with the sea.
The Jantar Mantar was built in 1710 by Raja Jai Singh II of Jaipur (1699-1743) in Delhi. This is an observatory consisting of mason-built astronomical instruments to chart the course of the heavens. Jai Singh, who was a very scholarly king with a very keen interest in astronomy and astrology, had other observatories built too – in Ujjain, Jaipur, Mathura (which no longer survives) and Varanasi.
The first among these was this one in Delhi. The yantras (instruments, which has been distorted to Jantar) are built of brick rubble and plastered with lime. The yantras have evocative names like, samrat yantra, jai prakash, ram yantra and niyati chakra; each of which are used to for various astronomical calculations.
It seems that even when he was far from being a king Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq had dreamed of raising his city, Tughlaqabad. Earlier, Ghiyas-ud-din had been a general (he rose to being the governor of an important province like Punjab, but that’s another story) in Ala-ud-din Khalji’s army. Once while on the road with Ala-ud-din, Ghiyas-ud-din, on spotting this area, mentioned to the sultan what an ideal setting it seemed to provide for a new city. Upon this the king indulgently (and, knowing Ala-ud-din, also perhaps patronizingly) replied, ‘When you become king, build it.’ Knowing full well, as every boss, that while he was around there was not a shadow of a chance of anyone else taking his place. After the death of Ala-ud-din various events conspired to put the general on the throne at last. Then he fulfilled his long-cherished dream.
Romanticism apart, Tughlaqabad also made perfect strategic sense. Those were the times the Mongols were a real menace to society and generally a pain in the neck for all the sultans of the Delhi Sultanate. Almost everything that the sultans built was aimed baffling the Mongols with sheer structural magnificence (read somewhere to duck in and hope for the best).
Tughlaqabad fort, situated as it was on high rocky ground, was ideally located to withstand sieges. Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq helped matters along by putting up formidable walls which, though short on aesthetic value, are excellent examples of solid unimaginative masonry and not the type that any invading army could hope to scale in a hurry. Tughlaq put ramparts towering at heights of anywhere between 9m (30ft) to 15.2m (50ft), and rising up to 29.8m (98ft) around the citadel, between himself and the Mongols.
The fort is half-hexagonal in shape and Ghiyas-ud-din seems to have built defenses around and in it till he was blue in the face. The outer walls are built around the silhouette of the surrounding land and, what with their height and width, add formidably to the natural barriers. They were also well defended. On the north, east and west sides it is protected by trenches that go far down, and in the south a lake acts sentinel.