Beautiful Siliguri

Siliguri is a wonderful city located in the Darjeeling district and Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Siliguri is located on the banks of the Mahananda River and the foothills of the Himalayas, it is a principal commercial, tourism, transportation, and educational center of North Bengal. Siliguri has lots of tourist spots where lots of visitors come here for passing their time and also enjoying that places.Most of the tourists are also come from different countries and also have their internal tourists.  As of 2011, the city of siliguri had 5 Lakh residents. The city has become an important trade center of West Bengal. The city hosts over 20,000 domestic and 15,000 foreign visitors annually. Siliguri being a commercial hub for the North Bengal, it draws migrants from other states who come in search of livelihood. It is also the transit point for air, road and rail traffic to the neighboring countries of Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, and to the North East. It is famous for its four 'T's: tea, transport, tourism and timber. In 2011, Siliguri witnessed an economic boom in the organized retail, hospitality and real estate industries due to population growth and its strategic geographical location. It is 42 kilometers away from its twin city, Jalpaiguri.

Geography

Siliguri is located in the Siliguri Corridor or Chicken's Neck - a very narrow strip of land linking mainland India to its north-eastern states. The total area of Siliguri City is 48  km², most of which lies in Darjeeling district, however a part of the city spreads over neighboring Jalpaiguri district. Siliguri being situated in the plains at the base of the Himalaya mountains and hills, it connects with the hill stations such as Gangtok, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Kurseong and Mirik and North East to the rest of India. It is the largest city of North Bengal. The Mahananda River bifurcates the city. The city is surrounded by Forest ranges, which is why it is very much prone to wild animal entrance. It has the unique and unforgettable geographical feature, Nepal lies in the west of the city 10  km from Bagdogra, Bhutan on the North East about 40  km, Bangladesh in the south 0  km from Fulbari.

Kashmir is the heaven of World

 

Kashmir : is situated at the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the great Himalias and the pir panjab mountain range. Today it denotes a larger area that includes the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir which consists of jammu, the Kashmir Valley and ladakh the Pakistan-administered autonomous territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgis-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered conflict regions of Aksai chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract.

Kashmir is one of india’s most wonderful and touristically popular regions and has been since the time of the great Moghul emperors. It’s probably most beautiful and famous for the houseboats on picturesque Dal Lake you’ve not really been to Kashmir until you have not really been to Kashmir until you have stayed on one - but there’s a lot more to the Kashmir Valley than just lazing on board.
Jammu Kashmir is the first Himalayan state of India, but its not another hill land of India. Jammu and Kashmir is really three regions: the foothill plains of Jammu; the lakes and blue valleys of Kashmir rising to alpine passes, the high altitude plains and starkly wonderful mountains of Ladakh, which lies beyond those passes. It's enough to move one to poetry. Among the most beautiful part that this Indian state has is the adventure oppurtunities that can be seggragated into trekking, mountaineering and Trans Himalayan Jeep.

History

In the first half of the 1st millennium, the Kashmir state became an important point of Hinduism and later of  Buddhism; later still, in the ninth century, Kashmir Shaivism arose. In 1349, Shah Mirbecame the 1stMuslim ruler of Kashmir, inaugurating the Salatin-i-Kashmir or Swati dynasty. For the next five centuries, Muslim monarchs ruled Kashmir, concluded the Mughals, who ruled from 1526 until 1751, and the Afghan Durrani Empire; which ruled from 1747 until 1820. That year, the Sikhs, under Ranjit Singhs, annexed Kashmir. In 1846, after the Sikh defeat in the First Anglo-Sikh fight, and upon the purchase of the state from the British under the Treaty of Amritsar, the Raja of Jammu, Gulab Singh, became the new ruler of Kashmir. The rule of his descendants, under the paramountcy of the British Crown, lasted until 1947, when the former princely state became a dispute territory, now administered by three countries: India, Pakistan, and the People's Republic of China.

Taz Mahal in Agra

The Taj Mahal  often  from Persian and Arabic crown of the palaces", pronounced  also "the Taj" is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra in India, Uttar Pradesh, . It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Most of the people says that it was built for loving her(mumtaz) by Shah Jahan. The Taj Mahal is widely recognized as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage".



Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the wonderful example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Islamic, Persian, Ottoman Turkish and Indian architectural styles.
In 1983, the Taj Mahal became recognize under a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While the white domed marble mausoleum is the most familiar component of the Taj Mahal, it is actually an integrated complex of structures. The construction began around 1632 and was completed  in  1653, employing thousands of artisans and craftsmen. The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision, including Abdul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. Lahauri  is generally considered to be the principal designer.

Origin and inspiration

In 1631, Shah Jahan, emperor during the Mughal empire's period of largest prosperity, was grief-stricken when his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, a Persian princess, died during the birth of their 14th child, Gauhara Begum. Construction of the Taj Mahal began in 1632.The court chronicles of Shah Jahan's grief illustrate the love story traditionally held as an inspiration for Taj Mahal. The principal mausoleum was completed around 1648 and the surrounding buildings and garden were finished five years later. Emperor Shah Jahan himself described the Taj in these words:

Jaflong is the Heaven of the Shylet

Jaflong is a hill station and popular tourist destination in the Division of Shylet, Bangladesh. It is located in Gowainghat Upazila of Sylhet District and situated at the border between Bangladesh and the Indian state of Meghalaya, overshadowed by subtropical mountains and rainforests. The most attractive place of jaflong is river and stone. Jaflong is famous for its stone collections and is home of the Khasi tribe.  In the Jaflong most of the tourists are coming in there for enjoying the vacation with their family. Some of tourist are coming from various countries, like India, Japan, London and so on.

Jaflong is one of the most attractive tourist spots in Sylhet division. It is about 60 km from Sylhet town and takes two hours drive to reach there. Jaflong is also a scenic spot nearby amidst tea gardens and rare beauty of rolling stones from hills. It is situated besides the river Mari in the lap of Hill Khashia.

Most attractive place in Shylet are

• Collection of rolling stones
• Colorful tribal (Khasia) life
• Khasia Rajbari (king’s palace)
• Dauki & Piyain Rivers
• Tea Garden
• Orange and jackfruit gardens
• Betel leaf and areca nut gardens
• Dauki Baz

The land grabbers occupied government khas land and reserved forestland and extracted stone by cutting small hills polluting the environment of Jaflong. They also made crushing mills on the forestland without permission from government. So the overall of Jaflong is so beautiful.

Beautiful Tea Garden In Shylet

Sylhet (Bengali: সিলেট; historically Srihatta; also Jalalabad) is the beautiful capital of Sylhet District and Sylhet Division in Bangladesh. It lies on the banks of the Surma River in north-east Bangladesh. It is the another South Asian traveling spots for people. There are lots of tea garden in shylet. The city has a population of over 500,000 people. It is surrounded by gorgeous tea garden, sub-tropical hills, rain forests and river valleys; the region is one of the leading tourist destinations in the country. In every year thousands of tourists come to here for visiting in many numeric place in Shylet from various countries.

Sylhet is a prominent Islamic spiritual centre & home to numerous Sufi shrines. It hosts the 14th century mausoleums of Shah Jalal and Shah Farhan. The Sylhet municipality was constituted during the British Raj in 1867. It was part of the Bengal Presidency and the Assam Province. Upon a referendum.

Tea Garden