Among the many things India is known for, it is fondly admired for its rich taste in culture and architecture.The tourism industry, which continues to be a substantial part of India, has grown exponentially over the years with more and more foreigners choosing to explore the country. Tourism contributes almost 9.4% to the country’s GDP and supports 8% of total employment.Top 10 Revenue Generating Monuments of India.
Still home to some of the world’s greatest artists, India has a stronghold of cultural heritage sites that includes some of the world’s most famous landmarks.
Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma recently revealed the top revenue-generating monuments in the country between 2015 and 2018, and the list is certainly eye-catching.Top 10 Revenue Generating Monuments of India.
Ellora Caves- Aurangabad, Maharashtra
These 34 cloisters and sanctuaries, stretching out over multiple km, were dug next to each other in the mass of a high basalt precipice, not a long way from Aurangabad, in Maharashtra. Ellora, with its continuous arrangement of landmarks dating from A.D. 600 to 1000, rejuvenates the progress of old India.
Sun Temple- Konark, Odisha
Definition. The Konark or Konarak Sun sanctuary is devoted to the Hindu sun god Surya, and, considered as a goliath stone chariot with 12 wheels, it is the most well known of the couple of sun sanctuaries worked in India. It is situated around 35 km upper east of the city of Puri on the shore in the province of Odisha (prior Orissa).
Red Fort- New Delhi
Agra Fort- Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Monuments in Mamallapuram- Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu
Kanchipuram, likewise called Conjeeveram, city, northern Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It is situated on the Palar River, around 25 miles (40 km) east-southeast of Arcot and out and about and rail courses between Chennai (Madras; upper east) and Bengaluru (Bangalore; west) in Karnataka state.
Ajanta Caves- Aurangabad, Maharashtra
The Ajanta Caves comprise old cloisters and love lobbies of various Buddhist customs cut into a 75-meter (246 ft) mass of rock. The caverns likewise present artworks portraying the previous existences and resurrections of the Buddha, pictorial stories from Aryasura’s Jatakamala, and rock-cut models of Buddhist divinities.
Monuments in Khajuraho- Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh
The sanctuaries are well known for their nagara-style building imagery and a couple of suggestive models. Most Khajuraho sanctuaries were worked between 885 AD and 1000 AD by the Chandela tradition. Verifiable records note that the Khajuraho sanctuary site had 85 sanctuaries by the twelfth 100 years, spread north of 20 square kilometers.
Humayun’s Tomb- New Delhi
Taj Mahal- Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Qutub Minar- New Delhi
