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Humayun's tomb the canon

Humayun's tomb (Hindi: हुमायूँ का मकबरा) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun (Persian: همایون‎) in Delhi (नई दिल्ली), India. The tomb was built in 1570, it created a precedent for future Mughal architecture of royal mausolea, which reached its zenith with the Taj Mahal (ताज महल).

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Humayun's tomb the paradise garden

Humayun's tomb (Hindi: हुमायूँ का मकबरा) is the tomb of the Mughal Emperor Humayun (Persian: همایون‎) in Delhi (नई दिल्ली), India. The tomb was built in 1570, it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent, the scenery of the garden is beautiful.

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Memorial of a good king

National Memorial Chorten (Dzongkha: དགོངས་རྫོགས་མཆོད་རྟེན།) also known as the Thimphu Chorten, is a stupa located at Thimphu (ཐིམ་ཕུ), Bhutan. The stupa was built in 1974 to honor the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་ འཇིགས་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་) and dedicated to World Peace.

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Rinpung Dzong: Unity of Buddhism and state

Rinpung Dzong (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རིན་སྤུང་རྫོང) is a large dzong of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District (སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག), Bhutan. Rinpung Dzong was built in the 15th century, it has been a unity of monastery, fortress and government office since then.

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Rinpung Dzong the treasure of Paro

Rinpung Dzong (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རིན་སྤུང་རྫོང) is a large dzong of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District (སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག), Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag.

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Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (Sinhala: පින්නවල අලි අනාථාගාරය) is an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding ground for wild Asian elephants located at Pinnawala (පින්නවල), Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka, around 90 km from Colombo of Sri Lanka.

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Elephants bathing in Sri Lanka

Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (Sinhala: පින්නවල අලි අනාථාගාරය) is an orphanage, nursery and captive breeding ground for wild Asian elephants located at Pinnawala (පින්නවල), Sabaragamuwa Province of Sri Lanka, around 90 km from Colombo of Sri Lanka.

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Batik of Sri Lanka

Resist dyeing is a traditional method of dyeing textiles with patterns, and has been very widely used in Asia, Africa, and Europe since ancient times. Indonesian batik of Indonesia is amongst the best-known, but the resist dyeing in Kandy (Sinhala: මහනුවර) of Sri Lanka is also exquisite.

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The colors of Dambulla Cave Temple

Dambulla Cave Temple (Sinhalese: දඹුල්ල රජමහා විහාරය) also known as the Golden Temple of Dambulla is a World Heritage Site (1991) in Sri Lanka, situated in the central part of the country, 72 kilometres north of Kandy (මහ නුවර).

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Pedicab tour of Delhi streets

Delhi (Hindi: दिल्ली), is a city located in North India, it is also a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Delhi is one of the oldest cities in the world, relics and old buildings are everywhere, riding on a pedicab is the best way for sightseeing.

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Beauty of Jama Masjid in Delhi

Masjid-i Jehan Numa (Persian: مسجد جهاں نما; literally meaning the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’ or ‘Mosque of the Celestial Sphere’), commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, was completed between 1650 and 1656, during the reign of Shah Jahan (Persian: شاه جهان‎).

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Jama Masjid the grandest

Masjid-i Jehan Numa (Persian: مسجد جهاں نما; literally meaning the ‘World-reflecting Mosque’ or ‘Mosque of the Celestial Sphere’), commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi is the largest mosque in India, about 25,000 people can pray in the courtyard at a time .

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Promised land in Kochi

Kochi (Malayalam: കൊച്ചി) is a major port city on the south-west coast of India bordering the Arabian Sea. Called the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’, Kochi was an important spice trading centre on the west coast of India from the 14th century onward.

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Cultural heritage in Kerala

Kerala (Malayalam: കേരളം) is a state on the southwestern Malabar Coast of India. The culture of Kerala is a synthesis of Aryan, Arab, and European cultures and developed over millennia, Kerala folklore museum is an ideal place for tourists to get a glimpse.

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Time travel in Kerala

Kerala (Malayalam: കേരളം) is a state on the southwestern Malabar Coast of India. The culture of Kerala is composite and cosmopolitan in nature and it is an integral part of Indian culture, Kerala folklore museum is an ideal place for tourists to get a glimpse.

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Morning of Vembanad

Vembanad (Malayalam: വേമ്പനാട്ട് കായൽ) is located in the southwest of India and close to the Arabian Sea. Vembanad is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala (കേരളം), it is also a popular tourist attraction in Kerala.

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Sunset of Vembanad

Vembanad (Malayalam: വേമ്പനാട്ട് കായൽ) is located in the southwest of India and close to the Arabian Sea. Vembanad is the longest lake in India, and the largest lake in the state of Kerala (കേരളം), its scenery is beautiful.

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Sigiriya the lion rock

Sigiriya (Sinhala: සීගිරිය; Lion Rock) is an ancient rock fortress located near the town of Dambulla (දඹුල්ල) in Sri Lanka. The name Sigiriya refers to a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of rock nearly 200 metres high.

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Sigiriya the ancient palace

Sigiriya (Sinhala: සීගිරිය; Lion Rock) is an ancient rock fortress located near the town of Dambulla(දඹුල්ල) in Sri Lanka. Sigiriya was abandoned around the 5th century. It was used as a Buddhist monastery until the 14th century, and has now become a famous tourist attraction.

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Green Morning in Alleppey

Alleppey (Malayalam: ആലപ്പുഴ; also Alappuzha) is located in the State of Kerala, India. The scenery of its backwaters is incredibly beautiful, especially in the morning time.

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