TOP 5 MINDBLOWING FACTS ABOUT INDIA

"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only."

These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain. And here are 5 Indians facts to support his statement:

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1. Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space

The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space.

2. Bandra Worli Sealink has steel wires equal to the earth's circumference

It took a total of 2,57,00,000 man hours for completion and also weighs as much as 50,000 African elephants. A true engineering and architectural marvel.

3. A floating post office

India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011.

4. The highest cricket ground in the world

At an altitude of 2,444 meters, the Chail Cricket Ground in Chail, Himachal Pradesh, is the highest in the world. It was built in 1893 and is a part of the Chail Military School.

5. The wettest inhabited place in the world

Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest recorded average rainfall in the world. Cherrapunji, also a part of Meghalaya, holds the record for the most rainfall in the calendar year of 1861.

TOP 5 MOST BEAUTIFUL CITIES TO TRAVEL

1.PARIS

Paris (nicknamed the "City of light") is the capital city of France, and the largest city in France. ... Paris is also the center of French economy, politics, traffic and culture. Paris has many art museums and historical buildings. As a traffic center, Paris has a very good underground subway system (called the Metro).

2.NEW YORK

New York City is composed of five boroughs. While Manhattan and Staten Island are islands, Brooklyn and Queens are geographically part of Long Island, and the Bronx is attached to the US mainland. ... Manhattan is roughly 13.4 miles long and about 2.3 miles wide at its widest.

3.LONDON

London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom.^[7][8] Standing on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea, London has been a major settlement for two millennia. Londinium was founded by the Romans.^[9] The City of London, London's ancient core − an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km²) and colloquially known as the Square Mile − retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits.^{[10][11][12][13][14][note 1]} The City of Westminster is also an Inner London borough holding city status. Greater London is governed by the Mayor of London and the London Assembly.^{[15][note 2][16]}

London is considered to be one of the world's most important global cities^[17][18][19] and has been called the world's most powerful,^[20] most desirable,^[21] most influential,^[22] most visited,^[23] most expensive,^[24][25] innovative,^[26] sustainable,^[27] most investment-friendly,^[28] and most-popular-for-work^[29] city

4.VENICE

Venice - a fairytale city in the Adriatic. The city was built on stilts well over a thousand years ago and is a true marvel. It's a labyrinth of 3,000 narrow alleys and 177 canals. On the Grand Canal, the morning rush hour has begun.

5.VANCOUVER

Located on the Burrard Peninsula, Vancouver lies between Burrard Inlet to the north and the Fraser River to the south. ... Vancouver has one of the largest urban parks in North America, Stanley Park, which covers 404.9 ha (1,001 acres).