The Great Rann of Kutch is a seasonal salt marsh located in the Thar Desert in the Kutch District of Gujarat. It is about 7,505.22 square kilometres (2,897.78 sq mi) in size and is reputed to be the largest salt desert in the world. The unique thing about the Rann of Kutch is that the area is lost… Continue reading Great Rann of Kutch
Category: Travel Trivia
World’s Highest Cricket Ground
India is the first thing that comes to ones mind after hearing Cricket okay maybe after Sachin, and India has many reasons for this. One of them is that India hosts the Worlds highest Cricket Ground Chail located around 44 km south of Shimla in Himachal Pradesh state of India. Chail is situated at an altitude of 2,250 m and is… Continue reading World’s Highest Cricket Ground
India’s first floating post office
According to the Department of Posts which is generally refereed as Post Office, as of 31 March 2011, the Indian Postal Service had 154,866 post offices. Indian Post other than being the largest postal network in the world is unique in many ways as it not only provides the postal facilities to every Indian but by… Continue reading India’s first floating post office
Richest Hindu Temple of the World
Number of temples in India is still a riddle and nobody bothered to count them, because they are innumerable. However India is home many of the richest temples in the world and Padmanabhaswamy Temple located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India is considered as the richest Temple of the world. This temple is a blend of the Kerala and… Continue reading Richest Hindu Temple of the World
Jarawa and Sentinelese Tribe of Andaman Islands
Jawara residing on the Western side of South Andaman and Middle Andaman and Sentinelese on North Sentinal Island are among the oldest tribe known to mankind. The population of the both tribes have descended which an estimate of 39 Sentinelese at the time of 2001 which declined to 15 in 2011 census. The population of Jawara is predicted around… Continue reading Jarawa and Sentinelese Tribe of Andaman Islands