Famous Monuments, Forts, Temples, Gardens

India is rich in culture, traditions, heritage buildings, temples, forts and palaces. Famous Indian Monuments includes Old Churches of Goa, The Taj Mahal, Qutab Minar of Delhi, Charminar, Red Fort and Jantar Mantar, these are also few most visited Heritage Sites in India.

These Historical Monuments are the only wealth of Indian tourism along with other World Heritage Sites and Nature tourism places like wild parks and ancient temples of south India.

Famous Temples of India

Kailash temple	Ellora		Rashtrakutas → Rock Cut
Krishaneshwara temple	Rameshwaram		Rashtrakutas
Ratha temples	Mahabalipuram		Pallavas → Rock Cut
Shore temple	Mahabalipuram		Pallavas
Kailashnath temple	Kanchipuram		Pallavas
Vaikuntha Perumal temple	Kanchipuram		Pallavas
Brihadeshwara temple	Tanjore		Cholas
Mukteshwara temple	Bhubaneshwar		Ganga rulers
Jagannath Temple	Puri		Ganga rulers
Sun temple	Konark		Ganga rulers
Lingaraja temple	Orissa		Ganga rulers
Khajuraho temples	Bundelkhand		Chandella rulers
Dilwara temple (Jains)	Mount Abu		Solanki rulers
Vithalswami temple	Hampi		Tulva Dynasty
Hazaraswami temple	Hampi		Tulva Dynasty
Deogarh Temple	UP		Gupta
Papnatha temple	Pattadakal		Chalukya of Badami
Virupaksha temple	Pattadakal		Chalukya of Badami
Somnath temple		Gujrat
Vishwanath temple		Banaras
Govinda temple		Mathura
Kamakhya temple		Guwahati
Shankaracharya temple		Kashmir
Kali temple		Kalighat of Kolkata
Mahakali Temple		Ujjain

Monuments of Worth

Gandhi Sadan	New Delhi	Birla House where Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated
Rajghat	New Delhi	Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi on the banks of Yamuna
Shantivan	New Delhi	Near Rajghat where Jawaharlal Nehru was cremated
Vijay Ghat	New Delhi	Samadhi of Lal Bahadur Shastri on the bank of the Yamuna
Shakti Sthal	New Delhi	On banks of Yamuna where Indira Gandhi was cremated
Tomb of Ahmed Shah	Ahmedabad	Domed structure famous for paving of multicoloured marble
Bibi-ka-Maqbara	Aurangabad	Mausoleum built by Aurangazeb in memory of his wife Rabia Durrani
Jamia Milia	New Delhi	Muslim University founded by Dr Zakir Hussain
Kranti Maidan	Mumbai	Gandhiji gave Quit India call in 1942
Anand Bhawan	Allahabad	Ancestral house of Nehru family which Mrs. Indira Gandhi gifted for conversion into a national memorial
Teenmurti House	New Delhi	Residence of 1^st Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, Now converted into a national memorial
Omkar Temple	M.P	Shiva Temple on an island in the Narmada river, called ‘Black Pagoda’.
Buland Darwaja	Fatehpur Sikri	38 m high gate built by Akbar, is India’s highest gate
Gateway of India	Mumbai	Built in 1911 AD to commemorate the visit of King George V of UK
Qutab Minar	New Delhi	72.5m high stone tower, tallest minaret in India
Gol Gumbaz	Bijapur, Karnataka	India’s largest dome built on the tomb of Sultan Mohammed Adil Shah
Sanchi Stupa	Sanchi, Bhopal	One of earliest stupas, made of bricks and sandstone
Sarnath Stupa	Varanasi	Lord Buddha delivered his first sermon

Important Forts & Gardens

Agra Fort	Agra	Built by Akbar & additions made by Shahjahan Contain famous buildings like Shish Mahal, Moti Masjid, Diwani- A – am & Diwan -i-Khas
Gwalior Fort	Gwalior	Contains famous building like Man Mandir, Palace of Man Singh
Hawa Mahal	Jaipur	Multi-storied pink colored building
Hindodla Mahal	Mandu, M.P	Walls sloping at an angle of over 77* create an illusion that the entire building sways
Jantar Mantar	Delhi	Ancient observatory
Red Fort	Delhi	Built by Shahjahan, made of red stone
Rashtrapati Bhawan	Delhi	India’s biggest residential building
Moghul Gardens	Delhi	Garden of Rashtrapati Bhawan
Shalimar Gardens	Srinagar	Pleasure resort in Kashmir
Vrindavan Gardens	Mysore, Karnataka	Unique gardens adjacent to the Krishnaraja sagar Dam
Ramanathaswamy Corridor	Rameshwaram, T.N.	India’s longest corridor – 1,220 m long
Gomateswara statue	Sravanabelagola, Karnataka	India’s tallest stone statue of Jain Sage

Who built what in Delhi

Indraprastha	Yudhishthira
Delhi or Daidala	Raja Dhilu (200 AD)
Lal Kot	Anang Pal Tomar
Qila Rai Pithora near Mehrauli	Prithvi Raj Chauhan
Siri Fort	Alauddin Khilji
Tughlaqabad	Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
Jahanpanah	Mohammed Bin Tughlaq
Firozabad	Firoz Shah Tughlaq
Dinpanah	Humayun
Shahjahanabad	Shah Jehan