Monday, June 21, 2010

Diversity in tourism - Must visit Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a land whose sheer size and diversity will bedaze you. Enjoy Maharashtra's mountains that extend into the clouds as far as the eye can see. Her unnumerable forts that stand proud and strong. Her scores of temples, sculpted into and out of basalt rock. Maharashrta's various and colourful cultures, threaded into one mammoth comfort. Her festivals that startle the sleepy thousands into fiery motion. And her miles of beaches, stretched tight and inviting over the entire coast.

Main tourist attractions:

Maharashtra Forts:
Ahmadnagar Fort, Ajinkyatara Fort, Arnala Fort, Bassein Fort, Chakan Fort, Daulatabad Fort, Gavilgad Fort, Harishchandragad Fort, Kandhar Fort, Lohagad Forts, Mumbai Fort, Murud Janjira, Narnala Fort, Panhala Fort, Pratapgad Fort, Purandhar Fort, Raigad Fort, Shivner Fort, Sidhudurg Fort.

Maharashtra Hill Stations: Amboli, Bhandardara, Chikaldhara, Jawhar, Lonavla & Khandala, Mahabaleshwar, Malshejghat, Matheran, Panchgani, Panhala, Sawantwadi, Toranmal.

Parks: Navegaon National Park, Tadoba National Park, Sanjay Gandhi National Park.

Museums: Coin Museum, Jehangir Art Gallery, Mahatma Gandhi Museum, National Maritime Museum, Prince of Wales Museum, Raja Dinkar Museum, Chhatrapati Museum, Shri Bhavani Museum, Taraporewala Aquarium, Tribal Museum, Veermata Museum.

Beaches: Bassein, Dahanu Bordi, Ganapatipule, Harnai, Juhu Beach, Kihim and Mandwa, Madh Island Beach, Marine Drive, Marve Manori Gorai, Murud Janjira, Shriwardhan, Tarkali, Velneshwar, Vengurla Malvan, Vijaydurg Sindhudurg.

Culture Lifestyle: Costumes of Maharashtra, Cuisines in Maharashtra, Dances of Maharashtra, Music of Maharashtra.

Monuments: Agakhan Palace, Chand Minar, Gateway of India, Kesari Wada, Khuldabad, Lal Mahal, New Palace, Raste Wada, Shaniwar Wada, Vishrambag Wada

Fairs of Maharastra: Changdeo Fair, Ganesh Festival, Kala Ghoda Festival, Khuldabad Urs, Kiran Utsav, Kumbh Mela, Mount Mary, Navaratra Mahalaxmi Fair, Pune Festival, Rath Yatra, Shrirama Rathodsava, Snake Festival.

Festivals of Maharastra: Banganga Festival, Bhaubeej, Elephanta Festival, Ellora, Festival, Ganesh Chaturthi, Ganga Dashahara, Jiviti Puja, Kalidas Festival, Kojagiri Poornima, Maharashtra Day, Nag Panchami, Narali Poornima, Palkhi Festival
Pola, Shivaji Jayanti, Wat Poornima.

Religious Places: Afghan Memorial, Ambadevi Temple, Ambarnath Akoli, Anwa Temple, Ayappa Temple, Bahubali Hill Temples, Balaji Temple Nerul, Ballaleshwar Temple, Bibi Ka Maqbara, Chakreshwar Temple, Ganapati Temple.

Sanctuaries: Bharmragarh Sanctuary, Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaprala Sanctuary, Chikhaldhara, Dajipur, Nagzira, Navegaon Park, Pench National Park, Tadoba National Park, Tipeshwer.

Trekking: Trekking In Rajmachi Fort, Trekking In The Sahyadris, Trekking In Waki Woods, Trekking Kalra Caves.