UPSC Map Questions Geography 2014| UPSC Map-Based question discussion | Indian Geography| paper 2 ~ Civil Services Self Study

On the outline map of India provided to you, mark the location of all the following. Write in your QCA Booklet the significance of three locations whether physical/commercial/economic/ecological/environmental/cultural in not more than 30 words for each entry:

(i) Guru Shikhar (गुरु शिखर )

(ii) Bhor Ghat ( भोर घाट

(iii) Shravanabelagola (श्रावणबेलगोला )

(iv) Kalibangan (कालीबंगन)

(v) Ganga Sagar (गंगा सागर)

Guru Shikhar (गुरु शिखर ):

Guru Shikhar is the highest point of the Aravali range and it is located in Rajasthan.
Guru Dattatreya temple is located at Guru Shikhar.
It is about 15 km north of Mount Abu.

Bhor Ghat ( भोर घाट ):

Bhor Ghat is a mountain passage of western Ghats.
It is located in Maharashtra.
It is also a historical site and the famous Battle of Bhor Ghat happened between Maratha and the British in 1781.

Shravanabelagola (श्रावणबेलगोला ):

Shravanabelagola is the most-famous Jain pilgrimage in South India.
The world's tallest monolithic stone statue (of Bahubali ) of a single granite block is located in Shravanabelagola.
It is located in Hassan district in Karnataka.

Kalibangan (कालीबंगन):

Kalibangal is a Harappan site that is located in Rajasthan.
It is located on the bank of the Ghaggar river.
Remains of Fire altars and plowed fields of Harappan and pre-Harappan period were discovered in Kalibangan.

Ganga Sagar (गंगा सागर):

Ganga Sagar is a village ( and island) in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal.
It is a site of Hindu pilgrimage. and famous Kumbh Mela.
Hundreds of thousands of people take bath each year on the occasion of Makar Sankranti as it is the meeting area of Ganga and Bay of Bengal.

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