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Caves, Tombs and Temples of India#########################
Caves and Rocks and Location
1) Ajanta Caves (WHS)--Aurangabad, Maharashtra 2) Amarnath Cave---Anantnag, Kashmir
3) Elephanta Caves (WHS)---Mumbai, Maharashtra
4) Ellora Caves (WHS)---Aurangabad, Maharashtra 5) Bhimbhetka Rock Shelters (WHS) ---Raisen, M.P.
6) Borra Caves--- Visakhapatnam, A.P. Tombs and Location 1) Taj Mahal (WHS) --- Agra 2) Akbars Tomb Sikandara, Agra 3) Itmaad-ud-Daulahs Tomb--- Agra 4) Humayun's Tomb (WHS) ---New Delhi
5) Bibi ka Maqbara ---Aurangabad 6) Gol Gumbaz--- Bijapur7) Tomb of Sher Shah Suri--- Sasaram
Temples and Location
1) Cheena Kesava Temple ---Belur, Karnataka 2) Black Pagoda or Sun Temple--- Konark (Orissa) 3) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) ---Thanjuvur, Tamilnadu
4) Brihadiswara Temple (WHS) --- Gangaikondacholisvaram, TN 5) Airavatesvara Temple (WHS) --- Darasuram, Tamilnadu
6) Hazara Rama Temple (WHS) --- Hampi, Karnataka
7) Virupaksha Temple (WHS) --- Pattadakal, Karnataka 8) Golden Temple--- Amritsar, Punjab
9) Jagannath Temple--- Puri, Orissa 10) Kailasa Temple --- Ellora, Maharashtra
11) Mahabaleshwar Temple ---Ujjain (M.P.)
12) Minakshi Temple--- Madurai, Tamilnadu 13) Shore Temple ---Mahabalipuram, Tamilnadu 14) Somnath Temple ---Junagarh, Gujarat
15) Tirupati Temple--- Chittor, Andhra Pradesh 16) Sabarimala--- Pathanamthitta, Kerala
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17) Dilwara Temple--- Mt.Abu 18) Kamakhya Temple--- Guwahati, Assam
19) Zeishta Devi Temple--- Srinagar, J & K
Gate and Location 1) Gateway of India ---Mumbai
2) India Gate ---New Delhi
3) Buland Darwaza ---Fatehpur Sikri
Towers/Minars and Location 1) Charminar---Hyderabad 2) Kirti Stambha (Tower of Fame) --- Chittorgarh
3) Jai Stambha (Tower of Victory) --- Chittorgarh 4) Tower of Silence--- Mumbai 5) Qutab Minar Delhi
6) Shaking Minarets Sidi Bashir Mosque, Ahmedabad
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