North India – North Indian part is more close to Himalayas, than other regions
of India. From historical view point, North India was the center for rule and
commerce during the empires and dynasties ruled in India such as Gupta, Maurya,
Mughal, Maratha, Sikh and British India.
Every empire which ruled on North India region has left the
impression of culture, religion, architecture, life style etc which implies for
diversity of cultural heritage. Stronger impression was of Religions and
architectures. Thus, there are many religious places in North India devoted to
different gods and goddesses. Some of the famous temples of North India are
Chardham which includes Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badirnath. Although,
this is shorter circuit of Chardham Yatra also known as Chota Chardham Yatra,
where as the longer Chardham Yatra includes Badrinath, Dwarka, JaganNath Puri
and Rameshwaram. Other religious places are Amarnath Yatra, Maa Vaishno Devi
Yatra, 9 Devi Yatra, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Mathura & Varindavan, Allahabad,
Varanasi and the Buddhist Circuit which includes Sarnath, Rajgir Nalanda,
Sarvasti, Vaishali, Kushinagar & Lumbini (in Nepal), Golden Temple of
Amritsar, Ajmer-E-Sharif in Ajmer, Brahma Temple of Pushkar.
The world heritage sites recognized by UNESCO (United Nation’s
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) are Valley of Flowers in
Uttarkhand, Qutub Minar in Delhi and Taj Mahal in Agra.
Famous tourist Cities of North India:
For International Travellers,
interesting tourist destinations of North India are as below:
Jammu & Kashmir (J&K)
#Gulmarg #Sonmarg
#Yousmarg #Pahalgam
#Kargil #Leh & Ladakh #Patnitop
#Maa Vaishno Devi Yatra #Amarnath
Yatra
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Himachal Pradesh (HP)
#Shimla #Manali #Dharamsala #Dalhousie
#Kullu #Mandi #Palampur #Baijnath
#Paragpur #Lahul Spiti # Narkanda #kasauli
#Kufri #Chail #off beat
track Tabo, Nako, Sangla, Keylong etc
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Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal)
#Haridwar #Rishikesh #Corbett National Park
# Nainital
#Ranikhet # Almora #Dehradoon # Mussoorie
#Rudraprayag # Auli #Joshimath #Kedarnath
#Badrinath # Yamunotri #Gangotri #Valley
of Flowers and Hemkund Saheb.
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Rajasthan
#Jaipur #Jodhpur #Bikaner #Mandawa
#Pushkar #Ajmer #Jaisalmer #Udaipur
#Kota #Chittorgarh
#Bundi #Mount
Abu #Ranakpur #Ranthambore
National Park #
Sariska Wildlife
Sanctuary etc.
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Punjab
#Amritsar #Chandigarh
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Uttar Pradesh (UP)
#Agra #Varanasi #Sarnath #Mathura
#Varindavan # Bharatpur #Allahabad
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Delhi
#Delhi
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Bihar
#Bodhgaya #Rajgir #Nalanda #Kushinagar
#Vaishali #Valmiki National
Park in Champaran
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