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Sunset of Lake Pichola

Udaipur (Hindi: उदयपुर) is a city in the state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान), India. Udaipur earns the name of ‘City of Lakes’ because of Lake Pichola (पिछोला झील), a major tourist attraction of Udaipur.

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Jagdish Temple of Udaipur

Jagdish Temple (Hindi: जगदीश मंदिर, उदयपुर) is a large Hindu temple in the middle of Udaipur in Rajasthan, India. The temple is raised on a tall terrace and was completed in 1651, and has been in continuous worship since then.

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Dining in the Tea Factory

Nuwara Eliya (Sinhala: නුවර එළිය) is a city in the hill country of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. Nuwara Eliya is considered to be the most important location for tea production in Sri Lanka, Choumeizai once dined in a hotel converted from an old tea factory in Nuwara Eliya.

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Living in the Tea Factory

Nuwara Eliya (Sinhala: නුවර එළිය) is a city in the hill country of the Central Province, Sri Lanka. Nuwara Eliya is considered to be the most important location for tea production in Sri Lanka, Choumeizai once stayed in a hotel converted from an old tea factory in Nuwara Eliya.

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Tea plantations in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාව), formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. The humidity, cool temperatures, and rainfall of the country's central highlands provide a climate that favors the production of high-quality tea.

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Plant Encyclopedia of Sri Lanka

Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya (Sinhala: රාජකීය උද්භිද උද්‍යානය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව) are about 5.5 km to the west of the city of Kandy of Sri Lanka. The garden includes more than 4000 species of plants, including orchids, spices, medicinal plants and palm trees.

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Delicacies of Fateh Sagar Lake

Fateh Sagar Lake (Hindi: फतेहसागर झील) is situated in the city of Udaipur (उदयपुर) in the Indian state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान). It is one of the four artificial lakes of the Udaipur city, constructed in the 1680s. Choumezai has tried one of the high-end restaurants on the lakeside.

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Garden of the Maidens

Saheliyon-ki-Bari (Hindi: सहेलियों की बाड़ी), literally means Garden of the Maidens, is a major garden and a popular tourist space in Udaipur (उदयपुर) in the Indian state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान). It was built from 1710 to 1734 by Sangram Singh II (संग्राम सिंह द्वितीय) for the royal ladies.

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Palaces on Lake Pichola

Udaipur (Hindi: उदयपुर) is a city in the state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान), India. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar (मेवाड़). Udaipur earns the name of ‘City of Lakes’ because of Lake Pichola (पिछोला झील), which has several beautiful relics in the lake.

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City Palace Udaipur: Story of harem

Badi Mahal, also known as City Palace (सिटी पैलेस, उदयपुर), is a palace complex situated in the city of Udaipur (उदयपुर) in the Indian state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान). The palace has now been converted into a museum, and no one has lived here for a long time.

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City Palace Udaipur: Arts of Mewar

Badi Mahal, also known as City Palace (सिटी पैलेस, उदयपुर), is a palace complex situated in the city of Udaipur (उदयपुर) in the Indian state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान). The palace has now been converted into a museum, showcasing many beautiful artworks.

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City Palace Udaipur: Edifice of splendor

Badi Mahal, also known as City Palace (सिटी पैलेस, उदयपुर), is a palace complex situated in the city of Udaipur (उदयपुर) in the Indian state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान). The construction of City Palace began in 1553, started by Maharana Udai Singh II (उदयसिंह द्वितीय).

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Morning and evening of Lake Pichola

Udaipur (Hindi: उदयपुर) is a city in the state of Rajasthan (राजस्थान), India. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar (मेवाड़). Udaipur earns the name of ‘City of Lakes’ because of Lake Pichola (पिछोला झील), which is the major tourist attraction of Udaipur.

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Puja of Changangkha Lhakhang

Changangkha Lhakhang (Dzongkha: ལྕང་བསྒང་ཁ་ལྷ་ཁང་) stands at the tip of a ridgeline in Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ), Bhutan. There are many colorful ‘nets’ standing at a peaceful corner of the temple, according to the tour guide, these are the sacrifices of Pūjā.

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Changangkha Lhakhang the oldest temple

Changangkha Lhakhang (Dzongkha: ལྕང་བསྒང་ཁ་ལྷ་ཁང་) stands at the tip of a ridgeline in Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ), Bhutan. Founded in the 13th or 14th centuries, Changangkha Lhakhang ranks among the oldest surviving temples in Bhutan.

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Great Buddha of Thimphu

Great Buddha Dordenma is located in Thimphu (Dzongkha: ཐིམ་ཕུ), the capital and largest city of Bhutan. The Buddha is made of bronze and gilded in gold, for celebrating the 60th anniversary of fourth king Jigme Singye Wangchuck (འཇིགས་མེད་སེང་གེ་དབང་ཕྱུག).

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Rainbow Restaurant of Udaipur

Udaipur (Hindi: उदयपुर), also known as ‘City of Lakes’, is a city in the state of Rajasthan, India. Udaipur is a popular tourist destination known for its scenic locations. On the lakeside of Lake Pichola (पिछोला झील) there is a good small restaurant named ‘Rainbow’.

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Hotel by the lake in Udaipur

Udaipur (Hindi: उदयपुर), also known as ‘City of Lakes’, is a city in the state of Rajasthan, India. Udaipur is a popular tourist destination known for its scenic locations. This hotel is on the lakeside of Lake Pichola (पिछोला झील), so Choumeizai can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the lake.

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Heaven and earth in Delhi

Delhi (Hindi: दिल्ली) is a city located on the Yamuna river and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Delhi has the second-highest GDP per capita in India, but the disparity between the rich and the poor is very extreme.

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Qutb Minar the tallest in India

Qutb Minar (Persian: قطب منار) is a minaret and ‘victory tower’ in the Mehrauli (Hindi: महरौली) area of New Delhi (नई दिल्ली), India. It is one of most visited tourist spots in the city due to it being one of the earliest that survives in the Indian subcontinent.

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