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                                                        Hogenakkal  is a  waterfall  in  South India  on the  Kaveri  river in the  Dharmapuri district  of the Indian state of  Tamil Nadu .  It is located 180 km (110 mi) from  Bangalore  and 46 km (29 mi) from  Dharmapuri . Sometimes referred to as the " Niagara Falls  of India," it is known for bathing areas and hide boat rides, projecting itself as a major  tourist attraction .  Carbonatite  rocks in this site are considered to be the oldest of its kind in South Asia and one of the oldest in the world.  The Government of Tamil Nadu made a proposal to convert the falls into providing drinking water for the state.                                                   The word Hogenakal is formed of two  Kannada  words  hoge  and  kal . When the water falls on the rocks it appears as if  hoge  (smoke) is emanating from the top of the  kal  (rock) because of the force of the water, hence  Hogenakkal  (smoking rocks). It

                                               Marina Beach  is a natural urban beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, along the Bay of Bengal.The beach runs from near Fort St.George in the north to Foreshore Estate in the south, a distance of 6.0 km (3.7 mi), making it the longest natural urban beach in the country.The Marina is primarily sandy, unlike the short, rocky formations that make up the Juhu Beach in Mumbai. The average width of the beach is 300 m (980 ft) and the width at the widest stretch is 437 m (1,434 ft). Bathing and swimming at the Marina Beach are legally prohibited because of the dangers, as the undercurrent is very turbulent. It is one of the most crowded beaches in the country and attracts about 30,000 visitors a day during weekdays and 50,000 visitors a day during the weekends and on holidays.During summer months, about 15,000 to 20,000 people visit the beach daily.                                                   Marina beach is a majo

                                         Jog Falls ,  Gerosoppa Falls  or  Joga Falls  is the second highest plunge waterfall in  India  located near  Sagara taluk ,  Shivamogga district  in the state of  Karnataka .  It is a segmented waterfall which, depending on rain and season, becomes a  plunge waterfall . The falls are a major  tourist attraction  and is ranked 13th in the world by the waterfall database. They are also known as the Gersoppa Falls or Jogada Gundi                                          Jog Falls is created by the Sharavathi River dropping 253 m (830 ft), making it the second-highest plunge waterfall in India after the Nohkalikai Falls with a drop of 335 m (1100 ft) in Meghalaya.                                           Sharavathi, a river which rises at Ambutirtha, next to Nonabur, in the Thirthahalli taluk and takes the northwesterly course by Fatte petta, receives the Haridravati on the right below Pattaguppe and the Yenne Hole on the left above

                                                 An immense mausoleum of white marble, built in Agra between 1631 and 1648 by order of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favourite wife, the Taj Mahal is the jewel of Muslim art in India and one of the universally admired masterpieces of the world's heritage                                                     The Taj Mahal is located on the right bank of the Yamuna River in a vast Mughal garden that encompasses nearly 17 hectares, in the Agra District in Uttar Pradesh. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal with construction starting in 1632 AD and completed in 1648 AD, with the mosque, the guest house and the main gateway on the south, the outer courtyard and its cloisters were added subsequently and completed in 1653 AD. The existence of several historical and Quaranic inscriptions in Arabic script have facilitated setting the chronology of Taj Mahal. For its constructio