Hikkim – World’s Highest Post-office
This branch post office is located in small town of Hikkim, in Lahaul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh. It is located at the height of 15500 feet and was opened of nov.5,1983.
India’s first floating Post office is on Dal Lake, Srinagar
India’s first floating Post office is on Dal Lake in Srinagar, the first of its kind in the country. The special feature of this post office is that letters posted from here carry a special design which has the picturesque sceneries of Dal Lake and Srinagar city.
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Alang – World’s Largest Ship-breaking Yard
Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India. It is the leading centre of the worldwide ship breaking and recycling industry.
Tirupati Temple – World’s Richest Temple
Tirumala Tirupati Temple is a famous Hindu Temple of Lord Venkateswara and is accredited for being the most visited temple in India and second most visited shrine in the world after Vatican.
Kumbh Mela – Largest gathering in the World
Kumbha Mela is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage that takes place at the following four locations of India: Prayag, Haridwar, Ujjain, Nasik. The Ardh Kumbh Mela is celebrated every six years at Haridwar and Allahabad, while the Purna (complete) Kumbh always takes place at Allahabad every twelve years.
Bailey bridge – World’s highest bridge
The Bailey bridge is the highest bridge in the world. It is located in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan Mountains. It was built by the Indian Army in August 1982. It is 30 meters (98 ft) long and is at an altitude of 5,602 meters (18,379 ft) above sea level.
Bhangarh-Asia’s Most Haunted Place
At the edge of the Sariska Tiger Reserve, between Jaipur and Alwar in Rajasthan, is Bhangarh, popularly known as the “ghost city of India. It is considered to be the Most Haunted Place in whole Asia.
Taj-Ul-Masjid : Asia’s Largest Mosque
Taj-ul-Masajid literally means “the crown of mosques”, also spelt as Taj-ul-Masaajid and Taj-ul-Masjid, is a mosque situated in Bhopal, India. This is the largest mosque in Asia.
The mosque was not completed due to lack of funds, and after a long lay-off, construction was resumed in 1971 by great efforts of Allama Mohammad Imran Khan Nadwi Azhari of Bhopal. The construction was completed by 1985 and the eastern gate was renovated.
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Dhai Seedhi Ki Masjid : Asia’s Smallest Mosque
Asia’s smallest mosque – Dhai Seedhi Ki Masjid (Mosque of two and half step). Dhai Seedi Ki Masjid is in one of the watchtowers. It is the oldest mosque in Bhopal city, initially built as a makeshift mosque during the construction of the Fatehgarh fort started by Dost Mohammad Khan. It was built so that the guards deployed at Fatehgarh Fort could perform Namaaz.
Buland Darwaza – World’s Highest Gateway
Buland Darwaza is the highest gateway in the world and an astounding example of the Mughal architecture. Buland Darwaza or the loft gateway was built by the great Mughal emperor, Akbar in 1601 A.D. at Fatehpur Sikri. Akbar built the Buland Darwaza to commemorate his victory over Gujarat, according to the Persian inscriptions on the archway.
Kashmiri Saffron – World’s Costliest Spice
The expensive spice can have a bright orange-yellow color with a distinct scent, and is sold in either powder form, but deep red filaments are preferable to avoid adulteration. Saffron is produced in countries such as Greece, Spain, Turkey, Iran, India and Morocco, and then sold in different grades by color, taste, and fragrance.
High Passes (La in Ladakhi)
The world’s highest motorable roads across the Khardung La, Tanglang La, and Chang La passes. Himank’s work ensures access to sensitive military areas including the world’s highest battle-ground at the Siachen Glacier and Pangong Tso Lake (at 14500 ft) whose waters span the de facto India-China border.
World’s Largest Family
Residing in a 100-room four-storey mansion outside of Baktawang in Mizoram, Ziona Chana is married to 39 women with whom he has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law, and 33 grand children.It takes 30 chickens, one “giant” pig, 55 lbs of rice and 88 lbs of potatoes for every meal cooked for the entire family. The family grows its own crops and keeps its own livestock.
Majuli – World’s Largest Fresh Water Island
Majuli is the largest fresh Water mid-river deltaic island in the world. It is situated in the upper reaches of the river Brahmaputra in Assam. Its wide blue sky, Holy River floating across the banks.
Mawsynram-Wettest Place in the World
Mawsynram is a village in the Khasi Hills of Meghalaya state in north-eastern India, 56 kilometers from Shillong. It is reportedly the wettest place on Earth, with an annual rainfall of 11,872 mm (about 39 feet), but since it has no meteorological department in the area, Cherrapunji is still officially considered the place recording world’s highest rainfall.
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World’s Largest Chapati
The largest chapati weighed 63.99 kg (141 lb 1 oz) and was made by the Shree Jalarm Mandir Jirnodhar Samitee organisation at the Jalaram Temple, Jamnagar, on 15 January 2005.
Antilia – World’s Most Expensive Home
The Antilia is a more than $1 billion family home in South Mumbai, built for India’s richest man (and Forbes’ fourth richest man) Mukesh Ambani – the billionaire Chairman of Reliance Industries, his wife, three children and his mother. Antilia is named after the mythical island in the Atlantic, Antillia.It has been described as the “Taj Mahal of 21st century India”.
Millenium Park Bus Depot – World’s Largest Bus Depot
The largest bus station in the world is Millennium Park Bus Depot in Delhi, India. The depot is comprehensive in all respects, with parking space for around 1,000 buses, five workshop-cum-bus scanning centres, seven dormitories for Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) officers, night stay for 500 persons, eight washing pits, four underground tanks for washing buses and two CNG filling stations, among other facilities.
World’s Largest Solar Kitchen
The world’s largest solar kitchen has been set up at Taleti, near Mount Abu, situated at a height of 1219 m above sea level in Rajasthan.
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