India /Karnataka /Hassan /Sakleshpur Sakleshpur is a hill station town and headquarters of Sakleshpur Taluk in Hassan district in the South Indian state of Karnataka. The town lies in the Malnad region on the magnificent hills of the biodiversity hotspot, the Western Ghats.It has a temperate climate surrounded with lofty green hills full of coffee, […]
India /Kerala /Pathanamthitta /Sabarimala Sabarimala, literally meaning the mountain of Sabari (a known mythological character), is the most famous religious destination in Kerala. Nestled among dense forests and gurgling streams, the temple town of Sabarimala stands as a symbol of love, equality and religious devotion. Situated on the banks of holy river Pampa in the […]
Hvar is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of Bra, Vis and Korula. Approximately 68 km (42.25 mi) long, with a high east-west ridge of Mesozoic limestone and dolomite, the island of Hvar is unusual in the area for having a large fertile coastal plain, […]
Trpanj (Italian: Trappano), is a town and municipality of Dubrovnik-Neretva County in south-eastern Croatia. According to the 2001 census, Trpanj has a population of 871. Croats make up 93.11% of the population. There is More than one theory about the origin of the name Trpanj. According to one, the name was derived from the Croatian […]
India /Madhya Pradesh /Vidisha /Gyaraspur Gyraspur was a place of considerable importance in the medieval period. Here, in the ruins called Athakhambe (eight pillars) and Chaukhambe (four pillars) are what remains of the columned halls of two temples belonging to the 9th and 10th centuries AD. The faceted shafts of Athakhambe with their extreme delicacy […]
India /Madhya Pradesh /Shivpuri /Shivpuri Shivpuri, in north, was once the summer capital of the Scindias. The impassable forests of this historic town were the hunting grounds of the Mughal emperors. Shivpuri, though bears a modern look, the glimpses of its royal heritage hangs all around the city. Remnants of ancient mansions, magnificient palaces, hunting […]
India /Jharkhand /Pashchimi Singhbhum /Seraikela Seraikela is a town that is situated in the district of Seraikela Kharsawan in the state of Jharkhand. The town was once part of a princely state. The place is famous for the dance form that is known as Seraikela Chhau. This dance form is one of the three styles […]
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is located in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level. In the last official census of 2011, […]
India /Rajasthan /Alwar /Sariska Sariska Tiger Reserve is well nestled in the Aravali Hills covering 800 sq km area divided into the grasslands, dry deciduous forests, sheer cliffs and rocky landscape. Whether you want to have camel safaris, go out for shopping in the surrounding places, visit medieval palaces or wildlife watching; Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary […]
India /Gujarat / Dang / Saputara Saputara is a picturesque hill station located 1000 m above the sea level with a nice bracing cool climate, Saputara the ‘Adobe of Serpents’, is located in the forest region of Dangs of Sahyadari Ranges. The town, the only hill station in Gujarat, is situated on the Maharashtra-Gujarat border. […]