Explore the hidden treasures of incredible India with a closer view of custom, religion, traditions and historical values. This wonderland surely offers you an astonishing collection of range of surprises in a form of lifelong memories.
2. CREDIBLY INCREDIBLE INDIA:
EXPLORE UNEXPLORED
● Whether it is the snow wrapped hills of J&K or scorching plains of South, India is totally a land of
Paradox –truly incredible all the way.
● Travelling in India is no lesser than a roller coaster ride with ups and downs, swings and jerks that
may leave you exhausted but thrilled and bewildered at the same time.
● If you think that you have seen everything in India then it’s time to think again.
● India is so vast and diverse that one life isn’t enough to see and understand it completely.
4. EXPLORE INDIA
● It is an unsolved mystery that needs to solve yet.
Like terrain, people’s faith, believe custom, religion
and life style changes with every single move
forward.
● India is a complete-movie package that has
emotion, drama, action, suspense, thrill and
adventure that makes anybody wonder-struck.
● Whether you call it amazing, incredible and
bizarre, India- the wonderland never fails to
astonish anybody.
6. Hanging Pillar – Veerabhadra
Temple, Lepakshi, Andhra
Pradesh
● India is a land of wonders, in which
Veerabhadra Temple has one of the
popular name due to its 'Hanging Pillar'.
● To discover this world renowned
attraction, we've to cover scenic drive
from Bangalore to a small silk weaving
town of Lepakshi.
● The town has an ancient temple atop a
small tortoise shaped hill.
● This gorgeous architectural example
has fascinating features of huge Nandi,
fresco paintings, carvings and 70
pillars. But, one of such 70 pillars is a
hanging pillar which doesn't have
contact with the ground and generated
great curiosity.
8. Floating Stones –
Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
● The famous Hindu mythological epic, Ramayana beautifully
explains the linking between India (Rameshwaram) and Sri Lanka
(Mannar Island) in a form of Adam's bridge across Palk Strait. But,
behind this more than 17 million past construction there is a
mythological twist.
● According to which, it is a manmade bridge made up of floating
stones constructed by Lord Rama and his ape army, to bring back
Lordess Sita.
● Even it is scientifically proved that such Floating Stones (of 40
chemicals) have similar composition as that of normal ones.
● But, nobody could be able to find out its floating reason and it still
remains a part of the mystery.
10. Balancing Rock – Mahabalipuram,
Tamil Nadu
● The famous Indian State, Tamil Nadu has a popular tourist attraction of
Mahabalipuram which attracts worldwide tourists with an unexplained mystery
of 'Balancing Rock'.
● In local language this rock is pronounced as "Vaanirai Kal" which literally
means "Stone of The Sky God".
● Here this huge rock of around 250 tons shows a magical balancing act without
any support.
● It is 20 feet high and 5 meter wide rock which stands on a narrow, slippery
area of hill and opposes the laws of Physics.
● This big structure with a hard to believe fact is also known as Krishna's Butter
Ball.
● The site of this stationary rock (around 1200 years past) is a quite popular
attraction among locals, tourists and researchers.
12. Natural Mummy at
Gue in Spiti
● Located at an altitude of almost 3000 meters, Gue is a
small village in the Spiti district of Himachal where lays
India’s only known naturally preserved 500 year-old
mummy of Buddhist monk Sangha Tenzin, from Tibet.
● The monk had undergone mummification when he was
still alive, which was very complex and painful process.
● It was recovered in sitting position with hair and skin
intact.
14. Natural Mummy at
Gue in Spiti
● It is said that the locals knew about the mummy since 1975 when
an earthquake struck the region and brought down the part of the
tomb lying.
● Well nothing much is known about the origin of the mummy except
the local anecdote and hearsays.
● Mummy is kept in a temple perched on the hilltop at the end of the
village.
16. Magnetic Hills Ladakh
● Playing with magnets and attracting iron chunks is an
activity that we all love to do in childhood, but what if
suddenly your vehicle rolls up a steep mountain, with its
ignition off.
● Definitely, your first reaction would be ‘Are you a nuts’?
How could it be possible?
● Well, this magnetic magic can be experienced while
traveling to Leh-Ladhak, around 360 KM from Jammu.
● Known as Magnetic Hill, visiting here would be a thrilling
experience, but actually it is just an optical illusion
caused by gravity hill that gives an illusion of gear off
vehicle moving up.
19. Shetpal- Snake at
every home
● What if one day you have to host a snake as a guest? Well, it may
sound bizarre and send shivers down your spine, but every house in
Shetpal, in Sholapur district of Maharashtra welcomes this unusual
and strange guest.
● Each house in this village has a resting place for dangerous Cobra
snakes in the wooden rafters of their ceilings to protect them.
● These Cobras for villagers are the personification of reverence and
respect to lord Shiva and roam freely in the houses.
● Till now, not even a single case of snake bite ever reported from this
village. Strange, But true – an amazing blend of believe and custom.
22. Karni Mata Temple Rajasthan
● Popularly known as rat temple, Karni Mata temple at
Deshnoke, Rajasthan, India is different from usual shrines in
India.
● Home to more than 20,000 rats, this temple displays
interesting sights of rats being worshipped– as an embodiment
of respect and admiration to Mata Karni.
● Popularly known as cubes, these rats are considered as the
reincarnated form of the Family members of Mata Karni.
25. Jatinga, Assam: Unusual
Mass Bird Suicide
● Snuggled amongst the Borai hills of Assam, Jatinga a quaint village
in Dima Hasao District is famous for the Bird Suicide Mystery.
● Commonly known as Death Valley for Birds, in every monsoon
between September and October, this idyllic village, witness an
unusual uncanny phenomenon of Mass bird Suicide.
● Hundreds of migratory birds during dark and foggy nights fly at their
maximum towards trees and building and succumb to the injuries.
● This 'mass bird suicide' was first brought to global attention by famous naturalist E.P.
● Gee in the 1960s and since then, it has remained one of the world's unsolved mysteries.
28. RoopKund: Land of Skeletons
● Guarded by the two Himalayan peaks Trishul and Nanda Gunti, RoopKund
Lake remains inaccessible for most of years, but it is one of the most
beautiful lake trek with notorious past.
● With many tales roving around the mysterious past of Roopkund, the major
attraction of this lake is the 600 odd human skeletons that were discovered
here.
● Dated back to around 850 AD these skeletons are clearly visible at the
bottom of a lake when the layer of snow depletes in the summers.
● According to local lore, this entourage had earned the fury of the local deity,
Latu, who sent a terrible hail storm their way, which eventually killed them.
31. Loktak Lake- World Only
floating Lake
● You must be surprised to know that India is the home to the world’s only
floating lake. As a mother, Loktak Lake gives shelter to a plethora of flora and
fauna to thrive on its bed which appears like floating over it.
● These floating masses of plants and organic matter in various stages of
decomposition are called Phumdis.
● Spreading across the sprawling 40 km, Keibul Lamjao is largest of all the
Phumdis & is the only national park in the world that floats over it.
● Home to the endangered Shanghai or Manipur brow antlered deer, one of the
subspecies of the Eld’s deer, it is situated in the south-eastern shore of the
lake.
● These floating Phumdis produced such a spell bounded sight that will dazzle
your eyes.
34. Mayong: Land of Black Magic
● Lies on the bank of the river Brahmaputra, approximately 40 km from the city of Guwahti,
for generations Mayong, a village in Assam is known as the black magic capital of India.
● Shrouded under the mysteries, many accounts of black magic, men disappearing into thin
air, human converting into a beast, being tamed and human sacrifices, are associated with
this place.
● In its heydays, Mayong was considered the birthplace of magic art and apprentices across
the world come here to learn the craft of sorcery and magic.
● Well with time, maybe its glory has faded away, but still it is a paradise for the magic
practitioners.
● People through generations are practicing black magic and many ancient relics of
Ayurveda and black magic are now preserved in the Mayong Central Museum. Strange
yet Fascinating.
37. The Gravity Defying Palace: Bara
Imambara
● What will you do if somebody left you in the hall 50 meters
long and 15 meters wide held up without any external
support?
● You might choke up at the obvious thought of its collapse.
But don’t worry, nothing like this going to happen.
● Well, you can call it wonder or supremacy of human
architectural art, the Bara Imambara, the gravity defying
palace at Lucknow is a marvel in it that has been erected
without any external support.
● The main hall was exclusively constructed in interlocked
brickworks and is famous for its architecture.
● Built in 1784 by the fourth Nawab, Barak Imambara Asaf-
ud-Daula it is a blend of Arabic and European
Architecture.
40. Twins Village of Kodinhi, in Kerala
● Kodinhi village in the Malappuram district of Kerala
bewildered scientist across the world with its twin’s mystery.
● For the population of 2000 people, this quiet village has
around 220 pairs of twins at present.
● With about 15 pairs being born every year it truly deserved
the title of “Twin town”.
● Yet ascertain about the actual cause of the high rate of
twin’s birth in this village, it has 6 time higher twin birth rate
then the rest of the world which is a huge difference.