India /Uttar Pradesh /Moradabad /Rampur Raza Library, Hamid Manzil Qila, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit Raza Library, Moradabad was set up by Nawab Faizullah Khan in 1774. He gave away all the books he had inherited from his predecessors along with those kept in the Nawabs’ Toshakhana. It houses an extensive collection of books on […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Moradabad /Daranagar The Kutir is situated in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh at a place now known as Daranagar, approximately 12 kms from Bijnor. Edit Detail InformationEdit Vidur was a highly revered personage in Mahabharata because he exhibited the qualities of saintliness, truthfulness, and impartiality. It is said that when the war […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Moradabad /Moradabad Sai Temple, Moradabad, Deen Dayal Nagar, Moradabad, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Shri Sai Karuna Dham in Moradabad, Sai Temple is dedicated to Sai Baba of Shirdi. Since the revered saint believed in Sabka Malik Ek and was also known for his mystical healing powers, the shrine is a favourite destination for […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Moradabad /Baqipur Jama Masjid, Baqipur Village, Near Hamsafar Hall, Moradabad, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Jama Masjid, Moradabad overlooking Ganga River was built by Rustam Khan in 1631. It is a grand symbol of the Mughal style architecture that marked the construction of magnificent monuments like Jama Masjid and Red Fort in Delhi and […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Vishram Ghat, Banks of River Yamuna, Mathura, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Vishram Ghat, among the twenty five ghats in Mathura Vishram ghat acquires predominant position. Customary circumnavigational of all the holy spots in Mathura begins and ends here at Vishram Ghat. Since the entire city is embellished with the fabulous tales […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Vrindavan Vrindavan is a town in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Vrindavan (alternately spelled Vrindaban, Brindavan, Brindavana, or Brundavan) also known as Vraj (as it lies in the Braj region) is a town in the Mathura. It is the site of an ancient forest which is […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit Rock Architecture at Mathura It was perhaps one of the earliest arts, which was widely sought after and imitated all over northern India only to be rivalled by works of Gandhara. Even today, tilas (the local name for large mounds) rise up within the […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Vrindavan Radha Kund, Govardhan, Mansi Ganga Lake, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, 281001, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Radha-Kund (English: “Radha’s pond”) is a town and a Nagar Panchayat in Mathura district. Following the sacred writing “Sri Upadeshamrita” (The Nectar of Instruction) by early 16th century saint Srila Rupa Gosvami of Vrindavan, a close associate […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Mathura school of art flourished under the Kushanas, who were great patrons of arts, and ruled over the northern India from a period of first to second century A.D. The Mathura school of art is renowned worldwide for its vivacity and assimilative character […]
India /Uttar Pradesh /Mathura /Mathura Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Mathura Buddhas represent one of the finest developments in Indian art. It is not just a diachronic sculpture but a medieval Indian sculptural descriptor where Buddha is depicted as just not a historical figure but a figure worthy of bowing down. The Mathura […]