Statue on hill above town, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

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Statue on hill above town, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. Shimla, also known as Simla, is the capital city of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, located in northern India. In 1864, Shimla was declared as the summer capital of British India, and is still a major attraction for domestic Indian tourism. After independence, the city became the capital of Punjab and was later named the capital of Himachal Pradesh. It is the principal commercial, cultural and educational centre of the hilly regions of the state. As of 2011, the city had 171,817 residents, and was one of the least populous capital cities in India. The giant 108 feet high idol of Hanuman (the Monkey God), at the Jakhoo Hanuman temple, overlooks the entire city. Deemed to be world's tallest statue at 108 feet at the highest altitude of over 8100 feet, it surpasses the current tallest statue of 'Christ the Redeemer', which measures at 98 feet and stands at an altitude of 2296 feet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Size: 4928px × 3264px
Location: Simla, Himachal Pradesh, India,
Photo credit: © Geoff Marshall / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: god, hanuman, hill, hillstation, himachal, india, jakhoo, monkey, pradesh, shimla, simla, station, statue, tallest, temple, town