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The best ropeway rides in India

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">India has some of the highest peaks in the world&period; There are many popular tourist spots in the country that have cable car facilities available&period; A ropeway ride is a thrilling experience for any person&period; Most ropeways or cable car routes connect to a high altitude point&period;  A cable car ride provides tourists with a bird’s eye view of the city or surrounding region&period; It offers a chance to enjoy the magnificent views of nature from a closer distance&period; Many hill stations and pilgrimage sites in India have a ropeway ride available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;rope&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-7187 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;rope-300x123&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"123" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Some of the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;peaceful-destinations-visit-india&sol;">best Destinations to Visit in India<&sol;a>&comma;and few of them you can get many popular ropeway routes&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Gulmarg Gondola&comma; Jammu and Kashmir<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Connecting Gulmarg skiing resort to Apparwath peak located at 4200 meters&comma; this gondola ride is Asia&&num;8217&semi;s largest cable car system&period; The elevation is so high that this ropeway operates in two stages&period; The first phase is from Gulmarg to Kungdori Valley&comma; and the second phase from Kungdori to Apparwath peak&period; The complete route spans about 2&period;5 km&period; It offers tourists with breathtaking views of the snow-filled Himalayan slopes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Nainadevi Ropeway&comma; Himachal Pradesh<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Naina Devi ropeway route was started for the convenience of the devotees visiting the Naina Devi Temple located in Bilaspur&period; It is an exhilarating ropeway ride offering a view of the surrounding hills and the Gobind Sagar Lake&period; The temple complex situated at an altitude of 1177 meters is the end point of this ride&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Auli Cable Car&comma; Uttarakhand<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Auli is India’s premier skiing destination&period; The 4 km long cable car ride connects Auli to Joshimath&period; The uppermost tower of this ropeway is at 3016 meters&period; Apart from the skiing activity&comma; this cable car ride is a major attraction in Auli&period; The journey is about 15 minutes long&period; Riders are treated to spellbinding views of the mighty Himalayas from up close&comma; especially the snow-capped peaks of Nanda Devi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;17522674&lowbar;1153619701432289&lowbar;8592470133247607183&lowbar;n&period;png"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-7191 aligncenter" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsforpublic&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;05&sol;17522674&lowbar;1153619701432289&lowbar;8592470133247607183&lowbar;n-300x111&period;png" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"111" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Mussoorie Cable Car&comma; Uttarakhand<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Considered as one of the best ropeway routes in India&comma; the cable car ride in Mussoorie offers a heavenly view of the surrounding mountains&period; The ropeway starts from Mall and goes up to Gun Hill&comma; situated at a height of 2530 meters&period; Tourists can get a chance to view several peaks on this ride&comma; including the Bandarpunch&period; Taking a ride during sunset is ideal as one gets to experience a mesmerizing view of the sun going down&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Maihar Ropeway&comma; Madhya Pradesh<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">According to Hindu mythology&comma; the Maihar Devi temple located on Trikuta Hill is a Shakti Peeth where the necklace of Goddess Sati had fallen&period; The cable car at Maihar is another <strong><em>DRIL<&sol;em><&sol;strong> project that was originally built to help the physically disabled and elderly devotees so they could reach the Devi temple&period; Before the ropeway was built&comma; devotees had to climb 1000 steps to reach the main gate of the temple&period; Due to a lack of space to build the upper station&comma; the design team came up with an innovative layout where the tension tower which provides the counter weight is built on a very steep slope&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Raigad Ropeway&comma; Maharashtra<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Raigad Fort is historically important because the great Shivaji Maharaj chose this as his capital when he was crowned King of the Maratha Kingdom&period; Built on top of a hill&comma; this ropeway ride makes commute easy for the tourists by avoiding the steep climb&period; The ascent of the ropeway is 420 meters and the rope length is 760 meters&period; The view one gets of the surrounding scenery is very pleasing to the eyes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Deoghar Ropeway&comma; Jharkhand<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">The Ropeway at Trikuta Hills in Deoghar&comma; an undertaking of DRIL&comma; takes passengers to the top of the hill offering a great view of the holy town of Deogarh&period; The three peaks of the Trikuta Hills signify the holy trinity of Brahma&comma; Vishnu and Mahesh&period; Pilgrims visit this holy site all around the year&period; It takes around 10 minutes for one cable car to reach the hill top&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Darjeeling Ropeway&comma; West Bengal<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">This is one of the oldest cable car routes in India&comma; which started running in 1968&period; The ropeway stretches between Singamari and Singla Bazaar&comma; and descends from a height of 7000 feet to 800 feet&period; It offers tourists with a bird’s eye view of the snow-filled mountain slopes&comma; dense forests&comma; green valleys&comma; flowing rivers&comma; and lush tea gardens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"><strong>Gangtok Ropeway&comma; Sikkim<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;">Gangtok is a popular hill station and the ropeway route that passes through various points of the city is one of the major tourist attractions&period; A project of DRIL&comma; this 935 meters long aerial ropeway begins at Deorali Market and stops at Namnang and Tashiling&period; Tourists can enjoy the beautiful panoramic views of the valleys and river flowing some 3500 feet below&period; On a clear sunny day&comma; they can even view the snowcapped peak of the Kanchenjunga&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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