Travel
Kashmir: The Heaven of Earth
There are several other sites worth seeing in the Kashmir Valley. In particular, for any skiers or snowboarders Gulmarg it is worth visiting. It is the premier ski resort in India and has many operating ski lifts. Amarnath as shown as above is a famous Hindu pilgrimage site dedicated to Shiva, where 500,000 pilgrims travel every year.
Jammu, the winter capital of the Indian state of Jammmu and Kashmir, is known as the city of temples and shrines
Assam is one of the richest biodiversity zones in the world and consists of tropical rainforests, deciduous forests, riverine grasslands, bamboo orchards and numerous wetland ecosystems; Many are now protected as national parks and reserved forests. The Kaziranga, home of the rare Indian Rhinoceros, and Manas are two UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Assam. The state is the last refuge for numerous other endangered species such as the Golden Langur (Presbetis geei), White-winged Wood Duck or Deohanh (Cairina scutulata), Bengal Florican, Black-breasted Parrotbill, Pygmy Hog, Greater Adjutant and so on.
Khandala is a hill station in the Western Ghats in the state of Maharashtra, India, about three kilometres from Lonavala and seven kilometers from Karjat.
Khandala is located at one (top) end the Bhor Ghat, a major ghat (meaning valley in Marathi) on the road link between the Deccan Plateau and the Konkan plain. The ghat carries an extensive amount of road and rail traffic. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway, the main link between the major cities of Mumbai and Pune, passes through Khandala.
Lonavla or Lonavale is a city and a hill station Municipal Council in Pune district in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is about 64 km away from the city of Pune, 96 km away from the city Mumbai and 340 km from Surat. It is famous throughout India for the hard candy sweet known as chikki Lonavla comes to life during the monsoon season as the countryside turns lush green with waterfalls and ponds.
