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Unusual Places

Certain unique places in India are known for their quirky and interesting culture. Recognise some of
the unusual places from their brief descriptions.

Read the descriptions and write the names of the following unusual places using the Help Box.

1. It is a giant natural 2. It is a 36 km long
balancing rock in wall around a fort
Mahabalipuram near in Rajasthan, also
Chennai (Tamil Nadu). known as the Great
It has a 5 meter Wall of India.
diameter. It stands on
a smooth slope.

4. It is approximately
1,600 years old and
3. This is a village in 7.2 m long. The Iron
Ahmednagar district, column in Qutub Minar
Maharashtra. It is complex does not rust.
famous for the fact This shows high level
that no house in the of skills achieved by
village has doors. ancient Indian ironsmith
Despite this, no theft in the extraction and
was reported in this processing of iron.
village until 2010.

6. This place is located
near Leh in Ladakh.

5. This is a glacial The area's layout and
lake that sits adjacent slopes create
5,029 m (16,500 ft) an illusion of a hill.
above sea level Cars on the road may
in the Indian appear to roll uphill,
Himalayas, defying gravity, when, in reality, they are
circled by snowy moving downwards.
mountains and
rocky glaciers.
Fact File

Loktak Lake is fed by the Manipur River in northeast
Help Box India's Manipur State, situated between Myanmar
and Bangladesh. At nearly 111 square miles, it is the
Roopkund, Magnetic Hill, Krishna’s Butterball, region's largest lake, but what makes it unique is its
Shani Shingnapur, Fort of Kumbhalgarh, Iron Pillar collection of floating islands.

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