Subject : Paryatan Parv Dekho Apna Desh Blog Competition

Title : Incredible India

Name : Niloy Kumar Halder

Mob: 9433735487

Mail: halderniloykumar@gmail.com

India is the seventh largest country by area and second in population. It is a country of unity in diversity.

It has varieties of cultures. It has vast variety of natures. It is bounded by Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, the

Bay of Bengal in south, west and east. It has Mountain Himalaya in the north. It has 29 states and 7

union territories with full of natural beauty. Every state and union territory is unique and different from

the others with its culture, tradition and environment. One can’t get such variety in whole world.

India has the Great Taj Mahal in Agra, greatest of one of the seven wonders of World.

It has 36 world heritage sites declared by UNESCO. World heritage sites located in India are

1) Mountain Railway Kalka-Shimla,

2) Great Himalayan National Park,

3) Nanda Devi and Valley of Flowers National Park,

4) Qutub Minar,

5) Humayun’s Tomb,

6) Red Fort,

7) Fatehpur Sikri,

8) Taj Mahal,

9) Agra Fort,

10) Khajuraho,

11) Nalanda,

12) Bodhgaya,

13) Kanchenjunga National Park,

14) Mountain Railways Darjeeling,

15) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary,

16) Kaziranga National Park,

17) Sundarban National Park,

18) Konarak Sun Temple,

19) Mahabalipuram,

20) Chola Temples,

21) Hill Forts of Rajasthan

22) Mountain Railways – Nilgiri,

23) Hampi,

24) Pattadakal,

25) Churches and convents of Goa,

26) Elephanta Cave,

27) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,

28) Ajanta Caves,

29) Ellora Caves,

30) Sanchi Stupa,

31) Bhimbetka Rockshelter,

32) Historic city of Ahmedabad,

33) Jantar Mantar, Jaipur,

34) Rani Ki Vav,

35) Keoladeo National Park,

36) Chandigarh Capitol Complex

India is the country of spirituality, Mediatation and Yoga. India is the birthplace of several religion and

Philosophy. It is the origin of Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Hinduism. It is the birthplace of Gautam

Buddha, Mahavir, Guru Nanak, Lalan Fakir, Kabir, Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Vivekananda and many

more. One can visit different sacred places throughout India to see Temples, Gurdwara, Mosque, church

and other religious temples. Some of the sacred places of Interest for religious purpose are Viswanath

temple Varanasi, Haridwar, Hrishikesh, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, Jamunotri, Amarnath, Vaishno

Devi, Hazratbal Mosque, Jama Masjid, Salim Chisti Dargah, Bara imambara, Ajmer sharif, Golden Temple

of Amritsar, Hemkund Sahib, Manikaran Sahib, Bangla Sahib, Dilwara temple, Jain Narayan temple,

Parshanatha temple, Mathura , Vrindaban, Ayodhya, Somnath Temple, Tirupati temple, Puri Jagannath

Temple, Bodhgaya, Nalanda and many more to tell.

It has nice scenic places and hill stations like Kahmir, Srinagar, Gulmarg, Sonmarg, Leh, Ladakh, Manali,

Kargill, Shimla, Mussorie, Darjeeling, Sikkim, Tawang, Bomdila, Nainital, Dharmasala, Palampurt, Ooty,

Kodaikanal, Munnar.

One must not miss house boat Journeys at Back waters in Kerala and Dal Lake at Srinagar. Riding shikara

at Dal Lake is another experience on one’s lifetime.

India has many of the world’s most biodiversity regions. It has large ranges of ecozones – desert, cold

desert, high mountains, highlands, tropical forests, swamplands, plains, grasslands, areas surrounding of

rivers and islands. It has varieties of flora and faunas. Many of them are still not discovered. Some of the

flora and fauna you can see only here in India, like Royal Bengal Tiger.

You can’t complete to see India in one go. You have to visit several times even then You may not

possibly complete your journey to visit each destination of interest in Incredible India. Please come,

visit, enjoy and cheers – Clean India Green India.