Static GK : TEMPLES AND CAVES IN INDIA
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 |