Detail InformationEdit In Bratislava, Slovakia, Michaels Gate is the only city gate that has been preserved of the medieval fortifications and ranks among the oldest town buildings. Built about the year 1300, its present shape is the result of baroque reconstructions in 1758, when the statue of St.Michael and the Dragon was placed on its […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit In Pushkar, two Raghunath temples are located. The older temple was built in the year 1823 and is dedicated to Lord Vishnu. The temple housed images of Narasimha, the fourth incarnation of Vishnu; Venugopal and Lakshmi, the Goddess of wealth but the presiding […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Varaha Temple in Pushkar was built by King Anaji Chauhan in the 12th century and is dedicated to Varaha, Lord Vishnu’s incarnation in the form of a wild boar. The temple houses the idol of Lord Varaha that is white in colour […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Rangji Temple is dedicated to Rangji, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the Hindu Trinity. In 1823, the temple was built by Seth Puran Mal Ganeriwal and has a South Indian architectural style, though Mughal architecture peeks from some points. It […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit The Pushkar Bazaar offers a variety of items, especially during the annual Pushkar Fair. The items available here are Rajasthani costumes and puppets, embroidered fabrics, souvenirs, bangles and beads, decorative pieces and accessories, curios, embroidered shoes, brass utensils, glass lamps, bags, belts and […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Savitri Temple, Kharekhari Road, Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Savitri Temple is dedicated to Savitri, Lord Brahma’s consort. It was built in 1687 and pilgrims need to trek up the hill in order to reach the shrine of the temple. The temple houses the statue of Goddess Savitri […]
India /Rajasthan /Ajmer /Pushkar Pushkar, Ajmer District, Rajasthan, India. Edit Detail InformationEdit Pushkar Lake, Pushkar to be one of the most sacred lakes of India. According to legend, the origin of this lake was the lotus flower petals that fell on earth from Lord Brahma’s hands. The lake is enclosed by fifty two palaces, four […]
India /Andhra Pradesh /Chittoor /Chandragiri Chandragiri Fort, which lies about 14 km south of the temple town of Tirupati. Edit Detail InformationEdit Chandragiri fort entrance is way led by a temple that’s dedicated to lord Hanuman as a symbol of a protector of the fort. The entrance until the Mahals are with bastions in between, […]
Weesp is a town and a municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Weesp lies next to the rivers de Vecht and Smal Weesp and also next to the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal. It is in an area called the “Vechtstreek”. It is only 3 km from the end of the Amsterdam metro, but […]
Mongar, one of the six districts that make up eastern Bhutan borders Bumthang, Lhuentse, Pema Gatshel and Trashigang. The district covers an area of 1,954 sq.kms with elevations ranging from 400m to 4,000m and has a population of about 38,000. The landscape is spectacular with stark cliffs an gorges and dense conifer forests. The region […]