Monuments in India - Pt.II

 

Monument	Founder	Location	Remarks
India Gate	Edward Lutyens	New Delhi	It was dedicated to the nation. Amar Jawan Jyothi was erected much later after independence to commemorate the soldiers who laid their lives in the war of liberation of Bangladesh in 1971
Mysore Palace	Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV	Mysore, Karnataka	The architecture and the paintings in the palace is marvelous.
Statue of Gomateshwara	Chavundraya	Shravanabelagola,  Karnataka	tallest monolithic statue in the world carved on a single block of granite
Buland Darwaza	Akbar	Delhi	highest getaway in the world and the main entrance to the Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri
Nalanda University	Kumaragupta	Patna, Bihar	important center for Buddhist learning in ancient times
Pancha Rathas	Mahendravarman I and his son  Narasimhavarman I	Mahabalipuram	The five structures which are chiseled in the shape of Rathas are the classic examples for Indian architecture. The structure is named after Pancha Pandavas and their wife Draupadi of Mahabharata.
Elephanta caves		Maharashtra	Collection of cave temples dedicated to Lord Shiva. The carvings on these caves narrate Hindu mythological stories.
Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves	Gupta Empire	Bhuvaneshwar, Odisha	Udayagiri has 18 caves while Khandagiri has 15 caves. Each cave has different names like the Rani gumpha, Hathigumpha, Ganesha gumpha, Bajaghara gumpha, Alakapuri Gumpha and so on. Each of these caves have inscriptions in Brahmi script or in Devanagari script.
Meenakshi Temple	Viswanatha Nayak	Madurai, Tamil Nadu	The temple is dedicated to Sundareswarar (Lord Shiva) and Meenakshi (Goddess Parvati)
Tirupati Balaji	Raja Thondaman	Andhra Pradesh	World’s richest temple
Padmanabhapuram Palace	Travancore rulers	Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu	magnificent wooden palace
Mahabodhi Temple	Asoka	Bodhgaya, Bihar	First Buddhist temple to be built entirely from bricks. The tallest tower of the Mahabodhi temple is 180 feet high
Lingaraja Temple	King Jajati Keshari of Somavamsi dynasty	Orissa	The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva, who was also known as, Lingaraja or Harihara.
Howrah Bridge	Braithwaite, Burn & Jessop Construction Company	Kolkata, West Bengal	It is the World’s fourth busiest cantilever bridge, situated on the Hooghly River and connects the two cities of Kolkata and Howrah. The most interesting fact about the bridge is that it does not have nuts and bolts and was built by riveting the whole structure. The bridge also named Rabindra Nath Setu after Rabindra Nath Tagore.
Shaheed Minar	P. Parker (design)	Kolkata, West Bengal	Formerly known as Ochtorlony Monument was built in the year 1848 to honour Sir David Ochtorlony who served in the Nepal War (1814-1816). Later it was named Shaheed Minar to honour the sacrifices of Indian freedom fighters.
Lakshmi Vilas Palace	Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III	Vadodara, Gujarat	It has a remarkable collection of armours and sculptures in bronze, marble and terracotta.
Se Cathedral	Julio Simao and Ambrosio Argueiro (design)	Goa	It is the largest church located in old. The church is dedicated to the Catherine of Alexandria. It was built to commemorate the victory of Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque over Muslim army.
Jhulta Minar	Sidi Bashir, a slave of Sultan Ahmed Shah	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	It is believed that these minarets were built to reduce the damages of the earthquake.
Aga Khan Palace	Sultan Mohammad Shah, Aga Khan III	Pune, Maharashtra	It was an act of charity by Sultan who wanted to help the poor in the neighboring areas. Aga Khan Palace acts as a national monument during Indian freedom struggle. Mahatma Gandhi, Kasturba Gandhi, Mahadev Desai and Sarojini Naidu were imprisoned in the palace during Indian Freedom Movement. It is also a place where Kasturba Gandhi and Mahadev Desai died.
Gwalior Fort	Man Singh Tomar	Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh	The fort has a special place in the field of human civilization as it was the place which has the first ever recorded use of ‘zero’.
Bastar Palace	Kings of the Bastar State	Chhattisgarh	The main point of attraction for the visitors in this palace is the superb figurines and drawings that can be seen on the ceiling and the walls of this palace. Another major point of attraction is the glittering of the fort in sunlight which is another remarkable addition to its beauty.
Amarkantak	Kalachuri Maharaja Karnadeva	Madhya Pradesh	Also known as the The King of Pilgrimage. The Narmada river, the Sone river and the Johila River emerge from this place.
Rajwada Palace/ Holkar Palace	Malhar Rao Holkar	Indore, Madhya Pradesh	The palace is partly built of stone and the remaining wood.
Jain Rock Sculptors		Madhya Pradesh	The sculptors are carved out of rock faces that represent the Jain Tirthankaras. These large and small, standing and seating images of Jain Tirthankaras had been cut from the hill during the 15th century when the fort was under the control of Tomar Kings. The 57 feet figure of Parshvanath seated on a lotus and 30 feet figure of seated Neminatha with a symbol of shell on a pedestal are the major attractions here.