India Travel Guide

Bangalore City Guide – Bangalore Travel Attractions

Bangalore City Guide – Bangalore Travel Attractions

Bangalore also called as Bengaluru is the capital city of the sate of Karnataka in south India. According to a legend "benda kaal-ooru" is the original name of Bangalore, which means ‘town of boiled beans’.  Bangalore is also well known by its nick names, such as Pensioners’ Paradise, Pub City, Garden City, and Silicon Valley of India. Bangalore is the home of many high-tech industries, and it is also a fast growing cosmopolitan city of India. Bangalore has the most pleasant climate of all the Indian cities and …

Bhopal City Guide – Bhopal Travel Attractions

Bhopal City Guide – Bhopal Travel Attractions
Bhopal also called the city of lakes is located in the central India and is the capital city of Madhya Pradesh. Originally the city was named as Bhojpal after the king Bhoj and the dam Pal constructed by him. However, the present city is said be laid out by an Afghan soldier called Dost Mohammad Khan. It became a world-famous city after the deadly methyl isocyanate gas leak in 1984 from the Union Carbide plant, which killed thousands of people in the city. A Master Control Facility established by the Indian Space Research Organization …

Bhubaneswar City Guide – Bhubaneswar Travel Attractions

Bhubaneswar City Guide – Bhubaneswar Travel Attractions
Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Orissa, India. It is a staunch center of Hinduism with more than 500 temples within the city limits. The Hathigumpha inscriptions reveal the age of the city as 2000 years old. However, the German architect Otto Königsberger designed the modern city of Bhubaneswar in 1946. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are often described as the “twin cities” of Orissa. In Bhubaneswar, the average temperature varies between 15 °C to 45 °C. This large variation in temperature is mainly due to extensive development and the loss of forest cover in Northern …

Kolkata (Calcutta) City Guide – Kolkata Travel Attractions

Kolkata (Calcutta) City Guide – Kolkata Travel Attractions

Calcutta recently renamed as Kolkata is the capital city of the Indian state of West Bengal. Evidences from the archaeological site of Chandraketugarh reveal that the city is about 2,000 years old. However, the city became popular only after the arrival of British East India Company in 1690. Massive investment in infrastructure projects like railroads and telegraph by British government made Kolkata an industrial hub. The temperature of the city reaches about 9 °C during winter and about 40 °C in summer. The best time to visit Kolkata is during the winter season.

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Chandigarh City Guide – Chandigarh Travel Attractions

Chandigarh City Guide – Chandigarh Travel Attractions

Chandigarh, the home of Chandi, gets is name form the Hindu goddess Chandi. It has the pride of being the first planned modern city of India. The architecture and urban planning of Chandigarh is of international fame. It serves as the capital of Punjab, Haryana, and the union territory of Chandigarh. This is a marvelous city full of gardens set against the backdrop of the fabulous Shivalik Mountains. It has a sub-tropical monsoon climate with hot summers and cold winters. The temperature varies form -1 …

Darjeeling City Guide – Darjeeling Travel Attractions

Darjeeling City Guide – Darjeeling Travel Attractions

Darjeeling also known as the "Queen of the Hills" is located in the sate of West Bengal. It was developed by the English as a hill station due to its temperate climate. Darjeeling is one of the best places for adventure tourism. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway has been declared as a World Heritage Site by the UNESCO. The tea products of this hill station are of international fame. The temperature of Darjeeling varies form 1.5 °C during winters to 15 °C in summers. Brief introduction to some of the exciting places in and around Darjeeling …