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Goa Beaches
Beaches
Goa has many beautiful beaches: Ajuna Beach, Bogmalo Beach, Benaulim Beach, Baga Beach, Calangute Beach, Colva Beach, Cavelossim Beach, Chapora Beach, Candolim Beach, Dona Paula, Miramar Beach, Palolem Beach, Varca Beach and Vagator Beach.
Goa Cities
Bannerghatta
Lion Safari and park covering more than square kilometre. Now it is developing into a wildlife sanctuary, with crocodile and snake farm.
Whitefield
Famous for Brindavan, the world famous Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s ashram.
Nandi Hills
A health resort on 5000 feet above sea level, ideal for summer retreat.There are two 1,000- year-old Siva temples. And there is a panoramic view of the countryside below.
Mysore
Maharaja’s palace
The palace dominates the city’s skyline and is an edifice beautified by ornate domes, archways, turrets, colonnades and sculptures. The palace has a magnificent Durbar hall with a 200 kg gold throne inlaid with precious stones. There are wall paintings of the Dasara procession.
Chamundi Hill
Atop this hill on an altitude of 3,489 feet there is a temple dedicated to Chamundeswari, the consort of Lord Siva. Two-thirds of the way up the hill there stands a giant image of a Nandi (Siva’s bull) of 16 feet high and 25 feet long.
Brindavan Gardens
The gardens are situated at the base of the Krishnaraja Sagar Dam built across the river Cauvery. The terraced Brindavan Gardens with swirling fountains and illuminated by myriad colourful lights look like a fairy land. There are boating facilities.
Chamarajendra Art Gallery
The Se Cathedral is located in old Goa, Panjim. The Portuguese Viceroy Redondo commissioned the Se, or St. Catherine’s’ Cathedral, southwest of St. Cajetan’s, to be “a grandiose church worthy of the wealth, power and fame. It took 80 years to build and was not consecrated until 1640.
Zoological Gardens
This century-old zoo houses nearly 2,000 animals and has a distinction of breeding wild animals in captivity, such as the venemous King Cobra.
Places around Mysore
Srirangapatna
An island town of the river Cauvery. Here you can find the famous Ranganathaswamy temple and Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s amrit. There is a fortress of Tippu Sultan in the middle of the island. Inside the fortress there is Tippu’s mosque with its twin minarets.
Bandipur wildlife sanctuary
Bandipur is known for its herds of bison, spotted deer, elephants and sambhar. Tigers and leopards are seen occasionally.
Ranganathittu bird sanctuary
Bird sanctuary of 675 hectares with migrant birds like darters, egrets, spoonbills, white ibis, open bill storks, night herons, pond herons, etc
Somnathpur
Sri Somnath temple
This temple built in 1268 AD is known for its Hoysala architecture. The temple is seated on a star-shaped base, set on a chiselled plinth and guarded at intervals by miniature elephants. The temple walls depict scenes from Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavata and life and times of Hoysala kings.
Belur
This Belur temple is dedicated to Lord Channakeshava. It is embellished with carvings, which in intricacy fineness of finish and sheer beauty have few equals in the world. The temple is one of the finest specimens of Hoysala architecture.
Halebidu
The Hoysaleshwara temple is also a specimen of Hoysala architecture. A stellar base with the emblem of a lion, and elephants seemingly supporting the temple, signify stability. Several mythological episodes and legends rendered imaginatively in relief can be traced. An open-air museum in the temple precincts displays treasured articles of sculpture.
Shravanabelagola
The Hoysaleshwara temple is also a specimen of Hoysala architecture. A stellar base with the emblem of a lion, and elephants seemingly supporting the temple, signify stability. Several mythological episodes and legends rendered imaginatively in relief can be traced. An open-air museum in the temple precincts displays treasured articles of sculpture.
Tungabhadra Dam
162-foot-high dam with a reservoir covering an area of 378 square kilometre. The two kilometre long dam gives a panoramic view of the surrounding countryside.
Agumbe
This place is known for its breath-taking spectacle of sunset.
Kodagu
Coorg is the green magic of Karnataka full of wooded valleys, coffee plantations, orange groves and paddy fields. Places of interest are the Fort, Raja’s Seat and Sri Omkareshwara temple and the golf course near the town.