MURUDESHWARA THE TALLEST STATUE OF GOD “LORD SHIVA” IN THE WORLD

Murudeshwara is a town in the Bhatkal Taluka of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka , India. "Murudeshwara" is another name of the Hindu god Shiva.
Famous for the world’s tallest Shiva statue, this beach town lies on the coast of the Arabian Sea and is also famous for the Murudeshwara Temple. The statue is 123 feet (37 m) in height, and took about 2 years to build.

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS

Murudeshwara Temple and Raja Gopura: This temple is built on the Kanduka Hill which is surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Arabian Sea. It is a temple dedicated to the Lord Shiva, and a 20-storied Gopura is being constructed on the temple. Two life-size elephants in concrete stand guard at the steps leading to the temple. The entire temple and temple complex, including the 249 feet tall Raja Gopura, which is considered the tallest gopura in the world, was constructed to its present form by businessman and philanthropist Mr. R N Shetty.

Niagara Falls

The Niagara Falls are voluminous waterfalls on the Niagara River, straddling the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. The falls are 17 miles (27 km) north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 75 miles (120 km) south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York.

Niagara Falls is composed of two major sections separated by Goat Island: Horseshoe Falls, the majority of which lies on the Canadian side of the border, and American Falls on the American side. The smaller Bridal Veil Falls are also located on the American side, separated from the main falls by Luna Island.

Niagara Falls were formed when glaciers receded at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation (the last ice age), and water from the newly-formed Great Lakes carved a path through the Niagara Escarpment en route to the Atlantic Ocean. While not exceptionally high, the Niagara Falls are very wide. More than six million cubic feet (168,000 m³) of water falls over the crest line every minute in high flow, and almost 4 million cubic feet (110,000 m³) on average. It is the most powerful waterfall in North America.
The Niagara Falls are renowned both for their beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power. Managing the balance between recreational, commercial, and industrial uses has been a challenge for the stewards of the falls since the 1800s. read more...

Disneyland Park (Anaheim)

Disneyland is an American theme park in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. It was dedicated with a press preview on July 17, 1955, and opened to the general public July 18, 1955. Disneyland holds the distinction of being the only theme park to be designed, built, opened, and operated by Walt Disney himself.

Currently the park has been visited by more than 515 million guests since it opened, including presidents, royalty and other heads of state. In 1998, the theme park was re-branded "Disneyland Park" to distinguish it from the larger Disneyland Resort complex. In 2007, more than 14,800,000 people visited the park making it the second most visited park in the world, behind the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.

"To all who come to this happy place - welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America ... with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world. Thank you."

Cave

A cave is a natural underground void large enough for a human to enter. Some people suggest that the term cave should only apply to cavities that have some part that does not receive daylight; however, in popular usage, the term includes smaller spaces like sea caves, rock shelters, and grottos.

Speleology is the science of exploration and study of all aspects of caves and the environment which surrounds the caves. Exploring a cave for recreation or science may be called caving, potholing, or, in Canada and the United States, spelunking.

Large Waterfalls

Significant waterfalls are listed alphabetically:

1. Angel Falls is the world's tallest at 979 metres (3212 feet) in Venezuela.
2. Bambarakanda Falls is Sri Lanka's tallest waterfall at 263 m.
3. Bridalveil Fall in Yosemite Valley is 189 m (620 ft) high with a sheer drop when flowing.
4. Cascata delle Marmore in Italy is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world.
5. Cautley Spout, at 175 m (580 ft), is the tallest waterfall in England.
6. Colonial Creek Falls, the second tallest waterfall in North America at 2,584 ft (788 m), is located in the North Cascades National Park, Washington, United States.
7. Eas a' Chual Aluinn, at 200 m (658 ft), is the tallest waterfall in both Scotland and the United Kingdom.
8. Gocta is the fifth tallest in the world at 771 m (2532 ft) and located in the province Chachapoyas, Peru.
9. Hannoki Falls is the tallest waterfall in Asia at 1,640 ft (500 m) and located in Tateyama, Japan.
10. High Force on the River Tees is one of the tallest waterfalls in England.
11. Huangguoshu Waterfall in Anshun, Guizhou, China, is the largest waterfall in Asia.
12. Iguazu Falls is a tall and extremely wide waterfall located in South America on the Argentina/Brazil border.
13. James Bruce Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America at 840 m, is located in the Princess Louisa Marine Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada.
14. Jog Falls is India's eighth tallest (listed as 314 ranking on the World Waterfall Database), located in Karnataka state, India.
15. Jurong Falls in Singapore is the tallest artificial waterfall in the world.
16. Multnomah Falls is 611 feet (186 m) high and 30 ft wide.
17. Niagara Falls are the most powerful falls in North America.
18. Pissing Mare Falls, at 350 m (1148 ft), is the tallest in eastern North America.
19. Pistyll Rhaeadr, the tallest waterfall in Wales at 240ft (73m).
20. Rhine Falls is Europe's widest and is located in Switzerland.
21. St.Clair's Falls is Sri Lanka's widest waterfall 265 ft high.
22. Swallow Falls is one of Wales's largest waterfalls. Takakkaw Falls is a 384 m (1260 feet) in Yoho National Park in Canada.
23. Tequendama Falls is a 132 m high waterfall on the Bogotá River, about 30 km southwest of Bogotá in Colombia.
24. Tugela Falls is the world's second tallest at 947 m (3110 ft) in KwaZulu-Natal province, Republic of South Africa.
25. Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world and is more than a mile long. It is located on the Zambezi river on the border of Zimbabwe and Zambia.
26. Waihilau Falls, the tallest waterfall in the United States at 2,600 ft (792 m), is located in the Waimanu Valley, Hawaii, United States.

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.The Taj Mahal (also "the Taj") is considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements from Persian, Indian, and Islamic architectural styles. In 1983, the Taj Mahal became a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was cited as "the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage."
While the white domed marble mausoleum is its most familiar component, the Taj Mahal is actually an integrated complex of structures. Building began around 1632 and was completed around 1653, and employed thousands of artisans and craftsmen. The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted to a board of architects under imperial supervision including Abd ul-Karim Ma'mur Khan, Makramat Khan, and Ustad Ahmad Lahauri. Lahauri is generally considered to be the principal designer.

Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China simplified Chinese: traditional Chinese: pinyin: Wànl Chángchéng; literally "The long wall of 10,000 Li is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in northern China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire from Xiongnu attacks during various successive dynasties. Since the 5th century BC, several walls have been built that were referred to as the Great Wall. One of the most famous is the wall built between 220–206 BC by the first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang. Little of that wall remains; it lay farther north than the current wall, which was built during the Ming Dynasty.The Great Wall stretches over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles) from Shanhaiguan in the east to Lop Nur in the west, along an arc that roughly delineates the southern edge of Inner Mongolia, but stretches to over 6,700 km (4,160 miles) in total;a more recent archaeological survey using advanced technologies points out that the entire Great Wall, with all of its branches, stretches for 8,851.8 km (5,500.3 mi). At its peak, the Ming Wall was guarded by more than one million men. It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part of the centuries-long project of building the wall.