TAJMAHAL

Once enters the large gate to have a glimpse of the dream in marble the milk white building of makrana marble in its maidenbeauty stands before him with all its glamour and grace a challenge to all the huge structures in the world there stands the main building on araised platform invitny the tourist to the white dome capped by abrass trident the octagonal building has four gates on the four sides one being open for the visitors t6he gates are all arched and haveb lattioed walls crossing t6he huge red white sand stone gate one facees a volley of camere men on the platform ready to associate one with the unearthly beauty of the building for ever a few steps down

And one walks fountaine in a canel one finds oneself among peoples from different nations and states all engrossed in the appreciation of the whiteb palace before them a two minute walk takes onr of the plateform on whiire rises the big central hall whrer it is sail king shajahan enjoys sleep with his wife mumtaz defying even the claims of death


T6here are two domes one over the other having a around hall in between not visible to the people the graves are not the real ones there are some other graves too in the rooms surroundly the central hall the four corners onj the pplatform have four beautiful minerates all in white marble on the four corners of the main bui9lding too there are four apolas all in marbl
e no one 18 now allowed either to reachthe interior dome hall on the back flows river jamun spoila with approach ghates connected with the wall of the buidings the stairs leading to the ghates have been locked it is said that the beautiful building was built between 1651 and 1653
Agra has been a tourist attraction deone to this beautiful building andb benefited a lot in the past it would rather look strange that it is due to this famous building that this big city of utter Pradesh has been put to a disadvandage vested interest in the gobernment and the political circles do not allow new industries to establish in agra on the albi that the gas smoke and chemical discharge pollutes the air spoildy the marbless

Important monuments in Chennai

Chennai ranks as one of the four ‘metros’ of India. ‘metro’ is short for ‘metropolis’ a greek word that means a big city. The other three metors are delhi, Mumbai, and kolkata. Formerly called madras the city was renamed Chennai. In 1996. it is located on the east coast and is a poor city. Ships form many countries of the world come to Chennai harbour.

The English east India company built the fort st george here in 1653. forts are built the fort or a settlement from enemies. In those days the English were at war. With the French. There were attacks on the fort by the French who were based at pondicherry. Finally the English won. The fort here has 6m high walls. There is a museum inside the fort and also the st mary;s church built in 1680. the church is built in a style that is called gothic.

A traveler arriving at Chennai central station will get to see the large brick railway station. The southern railway offices and the general hospital are near by. The ripon building which has the offices of Chennai corporation is another famous the high court building is in mughal style.

The government musem at egmotre has a collection of rare sculptures from chola chera and pandya periods besides the stores sculptures there is a metalware section also it has beautiful bronze and brass statuettes the art gallery here has old and new paintings other buildings here are the egmore railway station and the rajaji hall
Chennai has two fampous temples the kapaleeswarw temple at mylapore and thr parthasarathy temple at tiruvallikeni they have beautiful archietcetural features the palaani andavar temple or at vadapalani

The thousand light mosque in Chennai was built by a nawab of arcat around 1800 the walls of the mosque are decorated with saying from the Koran the triplicane mosque is an older mosque in the city

Among the newer structures is valluvaarkottam Is a memorial built in 1976 in honour of thiruvalluvar verses from thirukkural are written on the walls there is a life size state of thiruvalluvar here
The guidy national park is near the rajbhavan youcan see blackbuck S spotted deer peacocks and mongoose here a snake park is also here the birla planetarium is nearby there is a zoo at vandalore Chennai most famous part the beautiful goldenmarina beach it is on the longest beaches in the wotld thousands of people comme here in the evenings at enjoy the cool sea breeze along the marina are some old buildings the presidency college the madras university building and so on the chepak stadidum is also hereby An interesting buildings is the ice house at one time ice was brought all the way from England and stored here The ice house is now calles ad the Vivekananda house Chennai has many amusement parks for children it has a modern international airport

Monuments in Tamilnadu

Tamilnadu is famous for its temples. Every city and village has its own temples. The temples at thanjavur, kanchi, madurai, Chidambaram and of Chennai are all famous. The gopurams and temple walls are covered with sculptures and paintings. The famous dynasties that ruled over the tamil country have left behind examples of their art and architecture. These historical monuments and temples attract tourist from all over the world.

Mahabalipuram : one of the most famous places is the mahabalipuram temple built by the pallava kings. The place lies on the coast, south of chenani. There are rock-cut caves, the five rathas and other sculptures and carvings. Only one is left. The tsunami and the uplevel on the coast have disclosed relies of more temples at mahabalipuram.

The brahadeeswar temple built by raja raja chozhan at his capital city thanjavur is famous. It has on the biggest gopurams of all temples. All there chola temples have been given world heritage site status by unesco for their excellence in building architecture and sculpture. They are among the best building in the world. The temple gopuram that you see in the emblem of tamilnadu government. The big round dome or shikhara on top of the gopuram weighs over 81 tons and is made of a single rock. It was dragged up and inclined plane 6.5 km long. The carkings on the inner walls depict 108 bharatanatyam dance poses. There are lots of paintings on the walls too, there is also a large nandi curved out of a single rock.we cannot see the shadow anywhere of gopuram around the temple. this is the miracle of tamil architecture.

Raja raja’s son rajendra chola built a new capital city gangaikondacholapuram in permabalur district. The built a brahadeeswarar temple there raja rajan II built his own new capital at darasuram. The airavateswaram temple there has a mandapam built like a chariot with spoked wheats, drawn by horses. The people who built the sun temple at konark a hundred years later must have got inspiration from darasuram.

Many temples in India have musical pillars. Darasuram has musical steps, on a staircase. Each steps makes a different sound. Many of the beautiful brokes from these there chola are lsot. The few that remain are in the thanjavur museum.

The madurai meenakshi temple is one of the biggest temples. It has four tall gopurams decorated with sculptured figures. It has a hall with a thousand pillars. It you strike the pillars they will produce different notes. The tirumala nayakar mahal or palace is also in madurai.

Kanchipuram was once reputed to have a 1,000 temples. Now about a hundred exist, along with mosques and churches. Kanchi was a famous forhindu, Buddhist and jain scholars. The kamakshhi and varadarajan temples here are famous the sri ranganathan temple at srirangam has seven prakarams or courtyards and has the biggest area of all temples. The rock fort at tiruchi is a well known historical monument. A vigneshwarar temple is at the top of the rock. The natarajar temple at Chidambaram, the oppiliappan temple at kumbakonam, the andal temple at srivilliputhur the lost is endless.


Rameswaram is a small island in the gulf of mannar. It is connected by road to rail to the mainland. It has 22 theerthams in and around the ramalingasamy temple. The temple has a 1000 pillared hall and the longest corrider in the world.

The st. mary’s church at velanganni attracts pilgrims from all over India. Hindus as well as Christians. The dargah at nagore is a famous muslim centre near velanganni. There again people of all religions come to pray.

There are old forts at places like vellore and gingee.

Among the newer monuments is the Vivekananda memorial built in 1970 at kanyakumari. Nearby is a statue of thiruvalluvar about 40m high. It is actually133 fort high. One foot for every one of the 133 chapters of the thirukural. The three oceans or seas the bay of Bengal the Indian ocean and Arabian sea meet here. A Gandhi mandapam has also built at kanyakumari as a memorial to the father of our nation.

The land of tembles and monuments

The land of tembles and monuments: a a thousand kilometer long coast line golden beaches with swaging palms emerald forests and enchanting Tamil nadir .Tamil nadir is one of the four southern states of India in fact the southernmost state. Kanyakumari. The southern most top of main land India is here Tamilnadu is located on the south- eastetn part of Indian peninsula. It is bounded on the west by kerala; on the north Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. To the east, tamilnadu has a long coastline along the bay of Bengal. In the south east the a palk strait and gulf of mannar separate it from srilanka. Tamilnadu has a coastal plain on the east. The eastern ghats line parallel to the coast and have ranges called the javadi. The shevaroy and the pachamazhai. The western ghats lie along the west part of tamilnadu. Palani hills, aanamazhai hills and cardamom hills lie in the western ghats. The western and eastern ghats meet at the nilgiris. Anaimudi on aanamazhai hills is the highest peak in peninsular Indian. The highest peak in the nilgiris is doddabetta. From this peak you can see tamilnadu, kerala and Karnataka states.

The hill station of tamilnadu and udhagamadalam , kodaikanal, yercadu, coonoor , kothagiri, people from the plain go there in summer to escape the heat. The rivers have waterfalls when they come down the ghats. The sivasamudram and hogenakkal falls on the kaveri are famous water falls.

THE FINE ARTS OF ANCIENT INDIA

We had rear about the ellora caves and planned to visit them. The first part of our journey was by train to Aurangabad. after breakfast a guide came and conducted us all round the caves It is hard to believe that men have carved them out of the solid rock. They have formed great rooms and lofty passages on the store wall all kinds of fancial figures have been carved. God’s and men and animals. In every cave there is atleast one image of the sitting Buddha. The most wonderful of all is the cave called kailasa.
There many skilled workmen must have labored patiently .Kailasa is a monument of beauty
.It is a record the history of the times for the story of carved on the wales.This caves were carved out at a time about two centuries before Christ and at that time no western country could produce such noble art, such fine workmanship.

TRAVEL PLEASURE

A man who never moves out of his home-town is a frog in the well.He misses one of the biggest charms in life - namely the pleasures of travel.



Travel is a pleasure whether it is by bus,Train or plane .But a journey gives maximum pleasure. We can enjoy nature through the windows. We can see the hills and valleys, rivers and bridges,singing birds and dancing flowers.We can exchange our food and through with our friends. In the process we can get many new friends. Variety is this spice of life.
Travel enables us to meet a variety of people and know about their customs and manners,food and dress, music and dance. This is a highly enjoyable experience.

Travel to hill stations is a class by itself. When the bus or train crawls along the ghat road we can enjoy the aerial view of the plain.In the hill stations we can see old men turning young and riding boats or horses!
Travel Makes us recall the heroes of history ,their loves and wars.This travel is a source of pleasure.

PINJORE GARDEN

The man needs such a program in order to become fresh after a long time of works.A picnic party or an excursion is an out going program.

I had the good chance of going for an excursion and a picnic party to panjore.Our CEO had organized this program for all the staffs. We went by bus from our office to panjore .

This gardens are situated at some distance from pinjore It is small town just near kalka. there are ancient gardens called mughal gardens at some difference from pinjore.

It was very glad at seeing the beauty of pinjore garden.These garden are built on the model of shalimar garden.Each part is a complete garden in itself.these gardens contains beautiful flowers of all kinds.
we enjoyed the programe very much.