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The following is the list of the great indian cities. Please click on the one you wish to visit for more details

Agra
Ahmedabad
Aurangabad
Bandhvgarh
Bangalore
Bharatpur
Bombay
Calcutta
Chandigarh
Cochin
Corbett
Darjeeling
Gangtok
Goa
Haridwar
Hyderabad
Jaipur
Jaisalmer
Jodhpur
Kalimpong
Kanha
Khajuraho
Kullu & Manali
Madras
Madurai
Mussoorie
Mysore
Nainital
New Delhi
Ooty
Periyar
Pondicherry
Ranthambore
Rishikesh
Shimla
Tiruchirappalli
Trivandrum
Udaipur
Varanasi







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Agra

Attracting the maximum number of tourists is the city of the Taj Mahal, Agra, only two hours away by train, four hours by road and 30 minutes by air from Delhi, 204 km away. The over 300-year-old white marble Taj is the main draw and most major hotel chains have properties to cater to the needs of the multitudes of visitors.

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Aurangabad

Aurangabad is an important industrial town as well as a popular conference center. The city is a convenient base for organizing visits to the world-famous rockcut temples of Ajanta and Ellora. Besides, the presence of Buddhist caves in the vicinity show that the region enjoyed celebrity status as early as the 7th century.

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Bangalore

A major industrial and commercial center, with scientific and research activity, Bangalore is multifaceted: modern marvels, historical monuments, bustling shopping plazas, a race course and golf courses. Called the Silicon Valley of India for its growing software industry, it is also known as the city of draught beer.

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Bharatpur

On the Agra-Jaipur highway, Bharatpur was a Royal hunting retreat. The town is also known as Rajasthan’s 'eastern gateway.’ Bharatpur Palace houses a large number exhibits from the early 15th century. Bharatpur, however is more famous for its proximity to Kaladeo Ghana National Park which has the largest concentration and variety of birdlife in all of Asia.

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Bombay

Bombay, renamed Mumbai, could well be any other metropolitan city in the world, with its skyscraper-filled skyline. However, that is where the comparison ends, for the integral part of Mumbai lives and works at sea level and at the street level- in its old crumbling homes flanking lanes and even narrower bylanes. Like all big cities, Mumbai too shows its seamy sides in the slums.

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Calcutta

Just over three centuries old, contemporary, Calcutta is a megapolies which represents the ‘old’ mixed with doses of the ‘new’. Calcutta remains the only gateway to north-east and neighbouring Orissa. It is also being accepted as a gateway to neighbouring countries. Most of its magnificence is due to the imposing Raj structures.

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Chandigarh

Union territory and capital of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh is a unique city being only four decades old, its Nehruvian idealism is in stark contrast with the modern generation, rapid industrial development on the outskirts, a larger flow of tourists heading further north, leading to a population perpetually on the move and the mushrooming of hotels, restaurants and other in-transit facilities.

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Cochin

One of the finest natural harbours on the Arabian Sea coast, Kochi, earlier known as Cochin, has been a port of call for foreign traders from early times. Its cosmopolitan character is reflected in the buildings and structures representing different regions of the world. A city of peninsulas and islands, today it is Kerala’s commercial hub.

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Corbett

The Corbett Established in 1936 as India's first National park, Corbett is famous for its wide variety of wildlife and its beautiful location in the foothills of the Himalayas by the side of the Ramganga river. It may seem incongruous for a National Park to be named after a famed British hunter, but Jim Corbett was instrumental in setting up the reserve and eventually shot more wildlife with his camera than with his gun. Seeing atiger here is a possibility but also a matter of chance, more commonly seen wildlife includes wild elephants, langur monkeys, rhesus macaques, peacocks and several types of deer including cheetal, sambar, hog deer and barking deer. There are also mugger crocodiles, odd looking gharials, monitor lizards, wild boars and jackals.

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Darjeeling

Perched at a height of 2134 metres with a backdrop of the mighty Himalayan peaks, Darjeeling has attracted generations of visitors to sample the joys of cool, healthy, gracious and adventurous living. Darjeeling also holds a special interest for the botanist, ornithologist, trekker, photographer and artist, apart from the holiday-seeker.

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Gangtok

With a backdrop of the Himalayas, Sikkim offers breathtaking vistas, colourful lifestyles, Buddhist shrines, adventure, watersport, exquisite flora and fauna, including hundreds of varieties of butterflies, all close to the capital, Gangtok. Efforts are on to expand quality tourism to other areas. There has been a rapid increase in the availability of accommodation.

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Goa

Attracting sun-worshippers from all over the world, Goa’s coastline is fringed with miles of beaches. The most popular ones dot the 7 km line from Sinquerim through Calangute and Baga in the north, and a 25 km stretch in the south comprising Velesao, Uttorda, Majorda, Colva, Benaulim, Fatorda, Cavellosim and Mobor.

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Haridwar

This sacred town, 52 km from Dehra Dun, marks the emergence of the Ganga into the plains, piercing through the Shivalik Range. Haridwar is the gateway to the heaven. Hari means god and dwar means gateway.

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Jaipur

Jaipur, the vibrant capital of Rajasthan is popularly known as the pink city because of the pink colored buildings in its old city. It sits on a dry lakebed in a somewhat arid landscape, surrounded by barren hills surmonted by forts and crenelated walls. This buzzing metropolis is certainly a place of wild contrasts and a feast for the eyes.

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Jaisalmer

Deep in the heart of the Thar Desert is Jaisalmer, one of the last princely bastions in the region. Founded on what was the crossroad of lucrative trade routes, this remote settlement came to be celebrated for the valour of its rulers, and for the aesthetic sense represented by their palaces and havelis.

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Jodhpur

Jodhpur is sprawling city, with a blend of the modern and traditional, from palaces to ethnic handicrafts.Jodhpur is a city built at the foot of the hills admidst the Thar desert. The region is known as Marwar or Maroodesh, the land of the sand. The foundation of the city was laid in 1459 A.D.

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Kalimpong

Kalimpong nestles in Himalayan West Bengal at a modest altitude of 1,250 m. and enjoys moderate  climate. Forming a triangle with its more illustrious neighbours, Darjeeling and Gangtok, Kalimpong is an excellent spot for a quiet holiday. Kalimpong has a number of houses which speak of the town’s heritage and gracious living of the earlier decades of this century.

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Kanha

Kanha, South-east of Jabalpur is one of India’s largest national parks covering 1,945 sq. km. including a core zone of 945 sq. km . It is a beautiful area of forest and lightly wooded grassland with many rivers and streams and it supports an excellent variety of wildlife.

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Khajuraho

Close behind the Taj and up there with Varanasi, Jaipur and Delhi, the temples of Khajuraho are one of India's Major tourist attractions. Once a great Chandela capital Khajuraho is now a quite village in central India, with 25 odd serviving temples displaying different facets of life including the sensual.

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Kullu & Manali

Kullu Valley on the banks of Beas is at an altitude of about 3,900 feet. It is famous for its apple orchards, its beautiful women, its old wooden temples and its folk music and dances. It offers ample scope for trekking, climbing, angling.

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Madras

More than a city, Madras is a potpourri of impressions: a fistful of colour, a whiff of jasmine, the rustling of silk. It brings to mind the subtle, intricate variations of classical music, the evocative grace of Bharatanatyam and a spontaneity of bronzed Dravidian faces. Stray images chase one another: bold colour drawn into the pleats of the Kancheepuram sari; a neat, swaying, ebony plait crowned with a spray of flowers; complicated and exuberant sculpture lacing temple walls. Madras is the first city of the sough and a gateway to the sunny temple towns of southern India.

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Madurai

Madurai, situated in southern Tamil Nadu, on the banks of Vaigai river, is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu. It is more than 2,500 years old and is an important cultural and commercial center. Madurai, once the seat of Tamil learning and still the place where Tamil language is spoken in its purest form, is an ancient city planned in the shape of a lotus. Modern Madurai is a burgeoning industrial center, even through the vast stretches of lush paddy fields, dusty roads and crowded bazaars make it seem almost like an overgrown village.

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Mussoorie

A mountain-resort town, Mussoorie is on the south facing slopes of the 2,000 meter-high Himalayan foot hills. Developed by the British as an escape from the heat of the plains, it is now a domestic tourist destination. Still a cool getaway, vignettes of the colonial era can still be seen. Mussoorie has snow in winter, though not enough for skiing; it is leaf-geen and flower-bright in spring; balmy and dove-echoing in summer; misty and fern-filled in the monsoon; hazy blue and nostalgic in autumn.

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Mysore

One hundred and forty km from Bangalore. Mysore is considered to be Bangalore's twin city. It is famous for its jasmine locally known as Mysore malige whose fragrance has been widely celebrated in songs. Mysore is just as famous for its silk and sandalwood, its palaces and its leisurely way of life. Being home to the royality for centruries, Mysore naturally has a number of palaces, parks and boulevards as well as museums and cultural centres.

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Nainital

The Kumaon hills are known for their idyllic beauty-mountains silhouetted against the sky, streams rippling through the silence of forests, and placid lakes reflecting the changing panorama of nature. Here are some of the most beautiful resorts in north India, and Nainital, a 100-year-old hill station, is in a valley near a blue green lake.

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New Delhi

India’s capital and major gateway to the country, contemporary Delhi is bustling metropolis, which successfully combines in its fold the ancient and the modern. Its Strategic location was one of the prime reasons why successive dynasties chose it as their seat of power. It is not surprising then that what constitutes Delhi today is a conglomerate of seven cities.

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Ooty

Queen of hill stations, otherwise known as Ooty, is in the Nilgiri mountain ranges of Tamil Nadu. At a height of 2,268 meters, Ooty is known for its salubrious climate and scenic beauty. For residents of the south it is a delightful place to escape to from the oppressive summer heat.

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Periyar

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is an 800 sq mtr sanctuary in Thekkady on the border of Tamil nadu and is one of the most important National Parks in India. It boasts of elephants, bisons, antelopes, sambars, wild boars and if one is lucky, even tigers.

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Pondicherry

Pondicherry, a former French colony, presents an unusual combination of European culture and Indian traditions. An added attraction is the township of Auroville, an oasis of peace and enlightenment. Another hallowed spot is Aurobindo Ashram which draws devotees from all over the world.

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Ranthambore

Near the town of Sawai Madhopur, midway between Bharatpur and Kota lies the Ranthambore National Park, one of the finest examples of the Project Tigers' conservations efforts in India. The National Park covers an area of aprox. 1300 sq kms and is abundant with animal as well as bird life, has a sytem of lakes and rivers hemmed in by steep high crags.

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Rishikesh

The Ganga cuts its passage through the last foothills on her journey down the mountains and enters a complex of three localities. First is the area around the spot where the famous Laxman Jhoola bridge spans the river and lends its name to the locality; than comes Muni-ki-Reti (Sands of the sages’s) where the wise ones spent time in devotion, meditation and yoga; and then comes the expanding township on the bank of the river.

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Shimla

The capital of Himachal Pradesh and former summer capital of British India, Shimla is the state’s most important center. Bulging at its seams with unprecedented expansion, Shimla retains a colonial aura, with its grand old buildings, among them the stately Viceregal Lodge, charming iron lampposts and Anglo-Saxon names.

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Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli is situated in center Tamil Nadu, on the banks of the Cauvery river. It is 320 km from Madras and 150 km from Madurai. It was a Chola citadel during the Sangam Age and was also briefly ruled by the Pallavas and the Pandyas. Today, Trichy is a blend of history, a pilgrim center and a thriving commercial city.

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Trivandrum

Formerly known as Trivandrum, Thiruvananthapuram is gateway to one of the most beautiful states in India- Kerala, The climate is pleasant all the year round, though June-November could be very wet. Thiruvananthapuram opens the gates to a world of beaches, mountains, backwaters, wildlife sanctuaries and islands.

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Udaipur

Udaipur is one of the most fascinating cities of Rajasthan. Here are lakes that come as a surprise in sandy Rajasthan, and forested hills where wildlife still abounds. And in the lakes or by their edges are palaces straight out of fairy tales, each more beautiful than the other.

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Varanasi

Varanasi cannot be described, only experienced. Sunrise on the riverfront, as seen from a boat, can be a spiritually uplifting sight. Crowded with temples, and its labyrinth of streets, the city attracts the maximum number of tourists, domestic and international. Through Varanasi retains its heritage, the city is moving.

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Kumalgarh

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Mandawa

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Samode

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Kimsar

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Bikaner

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Bandhavgarh

Bandhavgarh National Park, one of India's hidden natural treasures. It lies in the heart of the Vindhyan Mountain Range in central India and is difficult to get to, but definitely worth the long journey. Besides the enchanting landscape formed by the Sal forest in the valleys and majestic tree clad hills in the back-drop, it is famous for a wide variety of wild-life and archaeological remains of the Kalchuri period. The park area is hilly and is dominated by the majestic Bandhavgarh fort, built in 14th century. The fort and the adjacent hills have a large number of caves belonging to the pre-historic periods.

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Hyderabad

Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, has become the most talked about city in India today. The state administration has gone all-out to woo investors and make the city user-friendly. The focus is on the services sector, tourism and environment. Infrastructure is being built at an unbelievably fast pace. Talk about flyovers, by-pass roads, new airport terminals, alternate telecom services entertainment parks, a “hi-tech city’ in the making, a film city already in place – Hyderabad has a lot going for it. And couple this with the inherent charms of the city’s rich past, its exotic cuisine and imposing monuments, old bazaars and lilting accents as well as its almost central location with respect to the country’s main metros – and we have a sure winner here. The city has also become a preferred conference venue.

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Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, city is located in the state of Gujarat, in the western part of India and along the Sabarmati River. The city has a chequered history. It has experienced a number of high points, followed by declines. It was founded by Sultan Ahmed Shah, the erstwhile ruler of Medieval Gujarat, in AD 1411. The city declined within a century of its being established. In 1572, Emperor Akbar seized it and assimilated it within the great Mughal Empire. The city became an important business center during the Mughal period until the death of Aurangzeb in 1707, after which the city again began to decline. The British seized the city in 1818 and set up a number of textile mills here. Today’s Ahmedabad is famous for its textile mills and is often referred to as the 'Manchester of the East'.

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