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Earthquakes are a natural phenomenon, but they can be devastating when they occur. The world has many beautiful places that are prone to earthquakes. Destinations that are prone to disasters...

Internet Every year in the months of October and November, Jammu hosts the Jhiri Mela, a fair organised as a tribute to a great farmer. The festival honours a farmer's bravery and his sacrifice for...

From the age of five, wrote the french traveller Alexandria David-Neel, 'I craved to go beyond the garden gate, to follow the road that passed it by, and set out for the Unknown'. This deep desire...

India is known for its vast and diverse landscape, which is home to numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites. UNESCO World Heritage Sites are places that have been listed by UNESCO as being of...

Most people are content to view Nature's more extreme spectacles, such as burning fields of lava or pinnacles of frozen rock, from a distance. Others feel compelled to savour them first-hand, to...

Since our earliest days on Earth, we have expressed our relationship with the landscape in art, music, literature - even dance. And in the 20th century, a new medium arose: the moving picture....

On the riverside of the Ganges, the colourful sacred city of Varanasi (Banares), has been a significant historic, cultural, and spiritual epicentre for more than 6,000 years. Varanasi is one of the...

'Jyotirlinga Tourist Train-Swadesh Darshan', (the pilgrimage special) will enable Hindu adherents to visit various Lord Shiva temples (Jyotirlinga). Swadesh Darshan's tourist circuit will include...

Bougainville Island lies to the east of New Britain and is geographic, the largest of the Solomon Islands. At 120 km (75 mi) long and 65-95 km (40-60 mi) wide, its spine is formed of two mountain...

Majuli lies in the Brahmaputra River in Assam. Once it was the largest riverine island in the world, but every year the monsoon erodes more its shore, and though it is still large - about 1,440 sq...

Internet The Nahr al-Kalb valley, in the municipality of Jeita, is home to Jeita Grotto, the longest cave in the Middle East, which is located 18 kilometers (11 miles) north of Beirut, the capital...

The southern Ethiopian town of Arba Minch lies on the high savanna between the two huge lakes of Chamo and Abaya, surrounded by mountains. This is the here of the Rift Valle, thought to be the...