India is at the leading and prime position among the lands of oldest
human civilization hence in compare to any other country more ancient
cities can be located here. This may the ancient university at
Takshshila or the Bodhgaya of Gautam Buddha, many Indian cities Like
Ayodhya have the history dates back to Ramayana, similarly many Indian
cities.
Many of Indian cities are very closely
related with Hindu incarnations just like Mathura, Virundavan
(Uttar Pradesh) and Dwarka with Lord Krishna , Kashi or Varanasi with
Lord Shiva, Ayodhya and Rameshwaram have close association with Lord
Rama, Amritsar (Golden Temple) is also said to be capital of Sikhism.
Some cities like Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh) and
Nasik (Maharashtra) are related with mass religious celebration like
Kumbh.
During the long history of existence
country went under the rules of rulers from the different dynasties who
were believing in different religious faiths. the cave temples at
Ajatha, Elora, Elephenta, Badami and Mahaballipuram , Sun temples at
Konark, Khajuraho temples an Madhya Pradesh are symbols of Hindu
religion, Biwi Ka Makbara (Aurangabad Maharashtra), Taj Mahal (Agra),
Qtab Minar and Red Fort (Delhi) and Khwaja's Dargah at Ajmer (Rajasthan)
are some of monuments related with Islam and Mogul rule in the country.
Churches at Goa, Kerala and at many other cities are the true
representation of Indian respect for the Christianity. Dharamshala
(Himachal Pradesh) is the seat of Dalai Lama and Sanchi, Sarnath and
Bodhgaya are the most famous places for Buddhism pilgrimage. In nutshell
one can find some cities on Indian land related to all religions with
which human beings believe in.
After independence from British rule
in 1947 country has traveled miles and miles on the front of development
and modernization. This may be the completely planed city of Chandigad,
economic capital of country Mumbai with sky touching multi story
buildings or the cities with fame of being I T cities like Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Pune, every where a fine blend of ancient culture and
modernization is the prime attraction for the visitors.
In this listing Indian cities are
listed from the vision of a tourist.
Indians and other visitors may
contribute towards the expansion of this list. It will
take hardly a few minutes just click the link "Add city" given at page
bottom and you can add your city in this list.
All the Indian cities are arranged
in alphabetical order with state, region and information about tourist
attraction of the city. For the facility of foreigner and domestic
tourist inform about tourist journey (how to reach) by train, road and
air is given along with names of tourist spots in and around the city
with identification mark of the city.
