Explore India - Prathiksha jain

Explore India

Presentation By : Prathiksha Jain.Presented on : 05/03/[email protected]/

Abstract :

I. Indian monuments.

II. North Indian Monuments.

III. East Indian Monuments.

IV. South Indian Monuments.

Indian monuments.

Stands unique for its ancient cultures and traditions.

Helps in exploring the history & ancient civilizations of India.

Attracts tourist around the globe.

Monuments built in the center of big lakes, Himalayan valleys, large rivers, deserts, deep forest .

North Indian monuments.

I. Rajasthan.

1. Hawa Mahal2. City Palace (udaiPur/JaiPur)3. Jal Mahal. (udaiPur/JaiPur)4. Umaid Bhawan Palace

II Delhi :

1. Aksharadhama (Delhi)

III. Patna5. Nalanda university.

 "Palace of Winds" or “Palace of the Breeze”

Built 1799,by Maharaja Sawai Prathap singh.

Design : - Fusion of Hindu Rajput/Islamic

Architecture(alike panch Mahal-Fatehpur Sikri).

-  Five-story pyramidal shaped . - Height of 50 feet. - Designed by Lal Chand Ustad  - form of the crown of Krishna/akin to

honey comb. - 953 small windows called jharokhas

(For Purdhas ). - Built of red and pink sandstone.

Hawa Mahal (JaiPur)

City Palace (JaiPur)

Includes the Chandra Mahal and Mubarak Mahal. 

Built between 1729. Design :

- Fusion of Shilpa Shastra Rajput, Mughal and European architecture.

Mubarak Mahal :

Gangajelies (Silver Vessels)

•Two huge sterling silver vessels. (5.2 ft)

• Each with capacity of 4000 liters and weighing 340 kilograms

•were made from 14000 melted silver coins without soldering

- Recorded by the Guinness Book of World Recordsas the world's largest sterling silver vessels.

 Built by Maharana Udai Singh II, in 1559. Includes 11 small separate palaces Inside. Design :

Rajasthani, Mughal, Medieval,European and  Chinese Architecture) • Distinctly homogeneous and eye catching.•  Granite and marble.

City Palace (Udaipur)

Umaid Bhawan Palace

• located at Jodhpur in Rajasthan, India, is one of the world's largest private residences.

• Construction work was completed in 1943.

• Monument has 347 rooms. principal  residence of Jodhpur royal family.

• The present owner of the Palace is Maharaj Gaj Singh.

• known as Jag Niwas.• Located Udaipur, India.

• Is a luxury hotel, of 83 rooms• Marble walls,

• Located on a natural foundation of 4 acres (16,000 m2) rock on the Jag Niwas island 

• On the Lake Pichola, Udaipur.

• Hotel Taj (Trivia)

• Summer Resort for the Rulers of Udaipur.

• Facing East (Worship the sun).

Lake Palace Udaipur

• Located on the Man Sagar Lake,

Aravali hills Jaipur,(Maharaja Jai Singh

II of Amber)

• Built in the Rajput

and Mughal styles of architecture.

During 1596,sandstone

• 5 storied building, of which four

floors remain under water when the

lake is full and the top floor is

exposed.

Jal Mahal

Guinness world record :

* On 17 December 2007.The World’s Largest Comprehensive Hindu Temple.

* It measures 356 ft (109 m). long, 316 ft (96 m). * wide and 141 ft (43 m). high, * covering an area of 86,342 sq ft (8,021.4 m2). * The grand, ancient-style, ornately hand-carved stone temple * has been built without structural steel within five years * by 11,000 artisans and volunteers.

Bill Clinton : "Akshardham is not only a unique place in India but in the whole world. It is even more beautiful than what I had imagined. Taj Mahal is definitely beautiful, but this place, along with beauty, has a beautiful message.

Construction 8 November 2000 - 6 November 2005,

The main monument details Flora, fauna, dancers, musicians, and deities.

Design :

 1. Rajasthani pink sandstone and Italian Carrara marble, 2. No support from steel or concrete. 3. 234 ornately carved pillars, nine domes, and 4. 20,000 murtis 5. 148 scale sized elephants in total and weighs a total of 3000 tons.

Aksharadhama (Delhi)

Nālandā university

Nālandā: (ancient center of higher learning)

1. world's first residential universities.2. Most famous universities.3. Eight separate compounds .4. Ten temples.5. meditation halls and classrooms. 6. Library 9 Story Tall

Decline and end• In 1193, the Nalanda University was sacked by the fanatic Bakhtiya Khilji, a Turk;• Thousands of monks were burned alive and thousands beheaded as Khilji tried his best to uproot Buddhism and plant Islam

• The burning of the library continued for several months., 

South Indian monuments.Bahubali Gomateshwara

Shravanbelagola

•. A Jain monk.

• 60 feet (18 m)

• The saint is  (55 ft) high and is visible from a distance of 30 km.

• It was built in  It was created around 983 AD by Chavundaraya.

• This statue is regarded as one of the largest monolithic statues in the world

• Mahamastakabhisheka festival is held once in 12 years, ( bathed in milk, curds, ghee, saffron and gold coins.) 

Konark Sun Temple orissa

1. Orissan architecture of Ganga dynasty 

2. sandstone , built in the thirteenth century

3. Built the structure around 1238 to 1264 AD.

Design : • A gigantic chariot of the Sun God, Surya • Twelve pairs ornamented wheels pulled by seven horses.• One of the worlds best architectural structures,• UNESCO currently declared The Konark Temple as a World Heritage Site due to the intricate designs, sculptors. 

Natya mandir,konarkKonark Sun Temple

The seven wonders of India, in the order of their voting are the following:

1. Gomateshwara - a place called Shravanabelagola in the Hassan district of Karnataka state

2. Harmandir Sahib (Golden temple) - located in the city of Amritsar in Punjab

3. Taj Mahal - located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh4. Hampi - located in a village in northern Karnataka5. Konark Sun Temple - located a small town in the state of Orissa6. Nalanda - an ancient university near Patna in Bihar7. Khajuraho - a village in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh

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References :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawa_Mahal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaipur

http://indianmonuments.tripod.com/

http://indianmonuments.tripod.com/monuments-south-india.html

http://indianmonuments.tripod.com/monuments-west-india.html

http://indianmonuments.tripod.com/monuments-north-india.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshardham_(Delhi)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahubali

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/nalanda