STATIC GK :  TEMPLES AND CAVES IN INDIA

S.No. NAME OF THE PLACES LOCATION
1. Badrinath Temple Chamboli district, Uttarakhand
2. The Konark Sun Temple Puri district, Odisha
3. Brihadeeswara Temple (largest temple in India) Thanjavur, Tamilnadu
4. Somnath Temple Gujarat
5. Kedarnath Temple Uttarakhand
6. Sanchi stupa Raisen district, Madhya Pradesh
7. Ramanathaswamy (Rameshwaram) Temple Tamilnadu
8. Vaishno Devi Temple Jammu & Kashmir
9. Siddhivinayak Temple Mumbai, Maharastra
10. Gangotri Temple Uttarakhand
11. Golden Temple Amristar, Punjab
12. Kashi Vishwanath Temple Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
13. Lord Jagannath Temple Puri district, Odisha
14. Yamunotri Temple Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand
15. Meenakshi Temple Madurai, Tamilnadu
16. Amarnath Cave Temple Jammu & Kashmir
17. Lingaraja Temple Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha
18. Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple Andhra Pradesh
19. Kanchipuram Temples (The city of thousand temples) Tamilnadu
20. Khajurao Temple Madhya Pradesh
21. Virupaksha Temple Bellary district, Karnataka
22. Akshardham Temple Delhi
23. Gomateshwara Temple Karnataka
24. Sree Padmanabhasamy temple Kerala
26. Ajanta Caves Maharashtra
27. Ellora Caves Maharashtra

 

IMPORTANT TEMPLES, CAVES, CHURCHES IN WORLD

S.No. NAME LOCATION
1. Angkor Wat Cambodia
2. Bayon temple Cambodia
3. Mahabodhi Temple India
4. Holy Temple(The Temple in Jerusalem) Israel
5. Sagrada Familia Barcelona, Spain
6. Saint Basil’s Cathedral Moscow, Russia
7. Notre Dame de Paris Paris, France
8. Wat Phra Kaew Thailand
9. Basantapur Durbar Square Kathmandu, Nepal
10. Palmyra Temple Syria
11. Bamiyan Caves Afghanistan

 

FAMOUS GATES, PILLARS AND TOMBS IN INDIA

 

S.No. NAME LOCATION
1. Akbar’s Tomb Agra
2. Buland Darwaza Fatehpur sikri, Agra
3. Golgumbaz Karnataka
4. Gateway of India Mumbai
5. Humayun’s Tomb Delhi
6. Iron Pillar Delhi
7. Qutab Minar Delhi
8. Sarnath Stupa Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
9. Taj Mahal Agra
10. Tower of Victory Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
11. Tomb of Shershah Suri Sasaram, Bihar
12. Vivekananda Rock Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu
13. Victoria memorial Kolkata, West Bengal
14. Memorial of Tansen Madhya Pradesh
15. Tughlaqabad Fort Delhi
16. India Gate New Delhi
17. Jama Masjid Delhi
18. Babri Masjid Ayodhya, Uttarpradesh
19. Tipu Sultan Mosque Kolkata
20. Haji Ali Dargah Mumbai

 

IMPORTANT MONUMENTS PLACE
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa Polonnaruwa District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Ancient City of Sigiriya Matale District,Central Province,  Sri Lanka
Archaeological Ruins at Moenjodaro Sindh,  Pakistan
Buddhist Ruins ofTakht-i-Bahi and Neighbouring City Remains at Sahr-i-Bahlol Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,  Pakistan
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
Chitwan National Park Chitwan District,Narayani Zone,  Nepal
Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore Punjab,  Pakistan
Golden Temple of Dambulla Matale District,Central Province,  Sri Lanka
Historical Monuments at Makli, Thatta Sindh,  Pakistan
Historic Mosque City of Bagerhat Bagerhat District,Khulna Division,  Bangladesh
Kathmandu Valley Kathmandu Valley,Nepal
Lumbini, the Birthplace of the Lord Buddha Rupandehi District,Lumbini Zone, Nepal
Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam Ghor,  Afghanistan
Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications Galle, Southern Province,  Sri Lanka
Rohtas Fort Jhelum, Punjab,  Pakistan
Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur Naogaon District,Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh
Sacred City of Anuradhapura Anuradhapura District, North Central Province, Sri Lanka
Sacred City of Kandy Central Province, Sri Lanka
Sagarmatha National Park Solukhumbu District,Sagarmatha Zone, Nepal
Sinharaja Forest Reserve Sabaragamuwaand Southern Province,  Sri Lanka
Taxila Punjab, Pakistan
The Sundarbans Khulna Division, Bangladesh
Chilzina Mausoleum of Ahmad Shah Durrani and Shrine of Baba Wali. Afghanistan
Angkor Siem Reap Province,  Cambodia
Archaeological Heritage of the Lenggong Valley Perak, Malaysia
Ban Chiang Archaeological Site Udon Thani Province, Thailand
Baroque Churches of the Philippines Philippines
Borobudur Temple Compounds Central Java, Indonesia
Central Sector of theImperial Citadel of Thang Long Hanoi,  Vietnam
Complex of Hué Monuments Vietnam
Citadel of the Hồ Dynasty Vietnam
Cultural Landscape of Bali Province: the Subak System as a Manifestation of the Tri Hita Karana Philosophy Bali, Indonesia
Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex Thailand
Gunung Mulu National Park Northern Sarawak,Borneo,  Malaysia
Hạ Long Bay
Historic City of Ayutthaya Ayutthaya province, Thailand
Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns Thailand
Historic Town of Vigan Philippines
Kinabalu Park Sabah,Borneo,  Malaysia
Temple of Preah Vihear Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia