Did you know these Nicknames??
India is well known for its very diverse culture with many different
languages across the country. Many gurus, sages travel all over India in search
of spirituality and knowledge.
Many places in India are famous for their own beauty, culture and some
religions and traditions.
When you hear the word Nickname, we all think about our family, friends
and people who call us or whom we call them with some nicknames. We decide
nicknames by keeping some things in mind for which the people are quite known
for. For example nickname for siblings and friends are different compared to
some famous personalities like scientists which we would rather call it as “Title”.
Similarly we do have a nicknames for some of the cities in India which they are
best known for.
Bhopal- The City
of Lakes
Bhopal is one of the greenest cities in India, located in
Madhya Pradesh state. It is also known as the City of Lakes for its number of
natural and artificial lakes. It mainly consists of two lakes, Upper Lake and
Lower Lake. Upper lake being called as Bada Talab which is connected to lower lake called as Chota Talab.
Calicut- The City
of Spices
Calicut is also known as Kozhikode, the city located in
Kerala state. It was 1st the capital of Malabar during Zamorin rule
500 years ago. It is famous for cotton trade and spices with Jews, Phoenicians,
Arabs and Chinese. Hence the name city of spices.
Jhodpur- The
Blue City/Sun City
Jhodpur being the second largest city in India is located
in Rajasthan state. Jhodpur is also known as Blue city for more reasons. One
reason being that it is associated with the Lord Shiva who consumed vicious
poison in order to save the planet. The poison consumed by Lord Shiva turned
his body into blue. Since then the followers of Lord Shiva believed the color
blue to be the sacred blue. And the people who worshiped him for his sacredness
painted their house in blue color. Hence the name Blue city. The other reason is
that the blue color being a good reflector of sun, the houses are painted with
the blue to keep their house cool in summer.
Surat- The Silk
City/Diamond City
Surat is one among the cleanest city in India located in
Gujurat state. Since Surat is well known for producing textiles including silk,
it is also called as Silk city of India. Apart from producing textiles it is
also well known for producing diamond. It handles about 90% of the world’s
diamond cutting and polishing.
Nashik-The Wine
capital of India
Nashik is an ancient and largest city located in
Maharastra state. The city is quite famous for Kumba Mela festival which is
celebrated once in 12 years. It is located about 190km from the Mumbai city
which is the capital of Maharastra. It is also called as “wine capital of
India” as half of India’s vineyards and wineries are located here. It supplies
million cases of wine every year.
Darjeeling-
Queen of Hills
Darjeeling is one among the most attractive dream destination
for many who wish to spend their some quality time with the natural beauty of
mountains. It is one of the planned hill resort located in Indian state of West
Bengal. This place is located at a height of 2134 meters adding to its icy
chilly weather of this hill station attracts the tourists. Besides tourists can
enjoy the view of world’s highest peak The Everest from the Tiger Hill, which
is very famous in north east tourism.
Tejpur- City Of
Blood
Tejpur is the town in Sonitpur district of Assam state. This
area is quite famous for tea Plantations along with the Forest and National
Parks which attracts large number of tourists. The reason behind the name “
City Of Blood” is when the entire city
was drenched with human blood after fierce battle between Lord Krishna and
Banasura, when Banasura imprisoned Aniruddha(grandson of Krishna). Hence the city
was titled as “City Of Blood”.
Rishikesh-
City Of Sages
Rishikesh is the city in northern state of Uttarkhand located on the banks of holiest Indian river Ganges. It is regarded as pilgrimage town as many Hindu sages and saints from all over India have visited this place and meditated in search of knowledge since ancient times. So the city Rishikesh is also known as “City Of Sages".
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