While it is easy to build a structure by placing bricks or stones atop each other, carving out a solid rock and giving it a shape of a temple is certainly one of the most challenging feats to undertake and that too in those olden times. Imagine this being accomplished with only hammers and chisels!
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One of the most alluring sights in France is the magical island of Mont-Saint-Michel and its breathtakingly beautiful bay. This island has remained a place of pilgrimage in Europe for centuries and is now declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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When it comes to engineering feats, bridges take the pride of place. Bridges have had a long history, even long before the invention of tools or discovery of metals. In those times, bridges were mainly built to cross on foot. However, as civilization progressed, so did the scale and design to the bridges.
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Imagine being recounted the tales of a mythical city of gold and a Boiling River in the deep and dark forests of Peru. This is exactly how Andrés Ruzo’s young mind was fired with imagination when his grandfather told such tales. Such was their impact of these stories on this young boy that it remained
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You must have seen or been to many lakes, whose waters shimmer in different shades of turquoise blues and emerald greens, but can you believe that there are lakes that are cotton candy pink! Unbelievable, you say? You are wrong.
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You must have heard about or seen or used the world’s longest, the world’s tallest or the world’s highest bridge. These are certainly marvelous engineering feats. But, have you ever seen or heard of naturally formed bridges? Arches maybe, but useable natural rock bridges? Probably not. You will be surprised to know that natural rock
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Of all the holy places of Sikh pilgrimage, Gurdwara Shri Hemkund Sahib ji is probably the most picturesque. Located on the shore of Lake Hemkund, it is surrounded by seven snow peaks of the Himalayan range. Ensconced in the lap of snow clad peaks at a dizzying height of 15,210 feet, this gurudwara is the
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