Consider the following pairs: Famous Place Region 1. Trimbakeshwar Malwa 2. Ajanta Vidarbha 3. Araku Valley Assam 4. Khajuraho Bundelkhand 5. Nalanda Chhota Nagpur Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The correct answer is 4 and 5 only. Key Points Trimbakeshwar Located about 28 km southwest of Nashik and it is also one of four places where Sinhastha Fair (Kumbh Mela) is held which draws people from all over India. This temple built of black stone in the Nagara style of architecture is enclosed in a spacious courtyard Trimbak, as Trimbakeshwar is often called, is a town that lies in the shadow of Brahmagiri Hill, t he source of the holy Godavari river. Hence, option 1 is not correct. Ajanta Ajanta is a series of rock-cut caves in the Sahyadri ranges (Western Ghats) on the Waghora river near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Hence, option 2 is not correct. There are a total of 29 caves (all Buddhist) of which 25 were used as Viharas or residential caves while 4 were used as Chaitya or prayer halls. The caves were designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983. Araku Valley Araku Valley is located near Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh . Hence, option 3 is not correct. Araku is also known for its coffee plantations and boasts of manufacturing India’s first tribal growers’ organic coffee brand. Khajuraho Khajuraho was once the capital of the Chandela Rajputs of Bundelkhand. Hence, option 4 is correct. It is home to the world-famous 10th-century Khajuraho temples. These temples represent some of the most exquisite specimens of medieval Hindu architecture and sculpture in the country. The temples are famous for their Nagara-style architectural symbolism. These Temples got the status of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 1986. The temple site is situated within the Vindhya Mountain range. Nalanda Nalanda was an acclaimed Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery in the ancient kingdom of Magadha (modern-day Bihar) in India. The site is located about 95 kilometers southeast of Patna near the town of Bihar Sharif, in the Chhota Nagpur plateau, and was a center of learning from the fifth century CE to1200 CE. Hence, option 5 is correct. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The highly formalized methods of Vedic learning helped inspire the establishment of large teaching institutions such as Taxila, Nalanda, and Vikramashila which are often characterized as India’s early universities.