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India's natural wonders this is alist of wonders which you must include in your must see list. Diversified in history and geography India rests in the world's tallest mountains, has the largest river delta (The ganges for sure), the rainest areas (Cherrapunji receiving rainfall above 400 inches), the world's seven largest desert (Thar), and also the highest settlement of of people per sq. km (Bihar). Hence India offers more to discover and explore and suprises are in store where ever you roam in India. Lets look at a few :-
The closest that you can ever come to Jurassic park in India is the Indroda Dinosaur and Fossil park is the country's only palaeontological dinosaur park. Fossilized Dinosaur eggs displayed at Indroda Fossil Park. Located in Gandhinagar in Gujarat, it is the only dinosaur museum in the country. It is run by Gujarat Ecological and Research Foundation (GEERI).
Located 1120 kms from Bhuj the park is built on the site where the world's second largest collection of dinosaur eggs were found. These eggs are currently displayed in the museum and its size ranges from duck eggs to cannon balls. Several fossilised dinosaur skeletons preserved dinasaur footprints (called casts) and eggs from around Gujarat have also been brought here and displayed.
Indroda Dinosaur & Fossil Park
Indroda
(120 kms from Bhuj)
Gujarat
The find of the eggs meant that about 65 million years ago Indroda would have been a hotbed of nesting activity for Dinosaurs and there is this thrill in your mind when you move around. There are also scale models of dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus rex, Branchisaurus, Stegosaurus and Iguanodon all poised in frightening positions and carnivores amply equipped with man sized teeth. Its a great place for kids too.
Araku valley, Visakhapatnam
Andhra Pradesh
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Lonar, Buldana District
Maharashtra
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Coconut Island, St Mary's island
Karnataka
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Barren island
The Andamans
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Thiruvakkarai
Tamil Nadu
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Indroda
(120 kms from Bhuj)
Gujarat
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Manikaran (45 km. from Kullu)
Parvati valley
Himachal Pradesh
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