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	Karnataka is an ancient, enchanting and abounding land of legion and surpassing scenic beauty, rich in flora and fauna. It is a unique and fascinating state. It is unique as it encompasses the varied life patterns and culture and fascinating as it provides joyous insight into the thoughts, moods and emotions of the tourists with pleasure and benefit. It is an embodiment of places of art and culture of which this holy land has every reason to be proud of.
It has the pomp and pageantry of glorious traditions and marvels of modern engineering. It has become indispensable to visit this state and gain a quantum of health, satiety, tranquility and to dwell on the repertoire of Indian culture. It enjoys the finest sights of a picturesque nature, a salubrious climate almost throughout the year. It has a rich and cosmopolitan blend of different people with a different variety of linguistic, ethnic and religious background.
MYSORE CITY: Called the "City of Palaces", Mysore was the capital of the Wodeyar Kings. The Maharaja's Palace, the Jaganmohan Palace Museum, St.Philomena's Church, Zoo and the Bannimantap are exciting spots.
KOLAR: Once the capital of Ganga kings. It has two ancient temples Kolaramma and Someshwara. Kolar is the haunt of Rock climbers.
UDUPI : District head quarters. Famous for its Krishna temple. The temple town is known as centre of Madhwacharya's philosophy.
Hassan : is a picturesque town in the heart of malnad with a pleasant climate, is about 180 KM from Bangalore, the capital city of Karnataka. The Hoysalas brought world wide acclaim to the district through their unique style of Architecture. It is surrounded by 6 districts

S.No	District	Area in Sq Km	Population	Headquarter
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.	Bangalore Bangalore Rural Belgaum Bellary Bidar Bijapur Chikmangalur Chitradurga Dakshina Kannada Dharwad Gulbarga Hassan Kodagu Kolar Mandya Mysore Raichur Shimoga Tumkur Uttara Kannada	2,190 5,815 13,415 9,885 5,448 17,069 7,201 10,852 8,441 13,738 16,224 6,814 4,102 8,223 4,961 11,954 14,017 10,553 10,598 10,291	48,39,162 16,73,194 35,84,000 18, 90,092 12,56,000 29,28,000 10,17,283 21,80,443 26,94,264 35,03,150 25,82,169 15,69,684 4,88,455 22,16,889 16,44,374 31,65,018 23,09,887 19,09,663 23,05,819 12,20,260	Bangalore Bangalore Belgaum Bellary Bidar Bijapur Chikmangalur Chitradurga Mangalore Dharwad Gulbarga Hassan Madikeri Kolar Mandya Mysore Raichur Shimoga Tumkur Karwar

The Mysore Palace, built is Indo-Saracenic style with domes turrets, arches and colonnades; the palace is a treasure house of exquisite carvings and works of art from all over the world.

This sanctuary is famous for its Nilgiri Tahr, an endangered animal. Actually this was set up especially for the preservation of this Nilgiri Tahr. Now the number of Tahrs has increased and they constitute the largest known.

Tirupati City is located in the southeastern part of Andhra Pradesh State. It lies about 152-km northwest of Chennai in the Palkonda Hills.Tirupati is known as the abode of the Hindu god Venkateshwara.

Kettuvallom (House Boat) is a country boat that was used in the early days for the transport of goods from the isolated interior villages to the towns with the advent of roads, bridges and ferry services.

Kerala's rivers, little lakes and backwater lagoons give this landscape a green and silver appearance. They stretch along the costal strip from Quilon to Cochin. Experience the magic where local ferries from Kollam.
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This internationally famous beach is just 16 Km south of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala. It is an ideal spot for sun bath on the silver sands. The sea coast is silvery sand bordered on one side by..
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Most of the beaches in India are exotic and present spectacular effects and memorable experiences to a cross section of people from all over of the world along the vast peninsular Indian coastline.
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Washed by the silvery waves of the Arabian Sea, occupies a significant place in the tourist map of Kerala. Interlocked with a large number of canals and bridges, this water locked district ...| More |