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Ahemadabad
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Ahmedabad blends harmoniously an ancient heritage with a vibrant present.
The city's prosperous and eventful past and present is embodied in its rich
kaleidoscope of history, art and culture, rich architecture and imposing
monuments. Tourists can visit Ahmedabad throughout the year.
Aurangabad
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Aurangabad, it is known for some of the finest colleges and university in
Maharashtra. And it is the fastest growing industrial town in India. But
the charm and glory of its long past has not been lost. And its heritage
is rich and varied - the result of the artistic and cultural influences
of several dynasties since its first Stone Age inhabitants.
Elephanta
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The history of elephanta is the hoary mists of time. Crowning the island's
easteem hill, and commanding a panoramic view of wood-land, marsh and sea,
are the Buddhist stupas' or burial mounds and cisterns. Their antiquity
has been traced back to the third century or even earlier.
Ellora
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Ellora Caves, Nestled in the crook of the Charanadari hill in Deccan is
a series of ancient temples and monasteries hewn out of the moutainside.
Situated on the ancient north- south trade route or the dakshinapatha, the
tiny mountain village of Verul - mutated today to Ellora -was a well- known
stopover for traders, priests and pilgrims who plied the route to the western
ports.
Goa Tourism
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It is Goa where you can have a vacation of a lifetime. Goa is a lush green
paradise edged on the one side by the wooden foothills of the Sahyadri range
and on the other by the Arabian Sea. Goa, a tiny emerald land on the West
Coast of India, with its natural scenic beauty, attractive beaches and temples
famous for its architecture, feasts and festivals and above all hospitable
people with a rich cultural milieu, has an ideal tourist profile.
Mumbai
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Mumbai was given by Portuguese as dowry to Charles II of England when he
married Catherine. The group of seven island was leased to the East India
Company who offered freedom of business and religion to persons who came
and settled here. Initially a few Parsis and Gujarati came but soon a sizeable
population began to thrive here.