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NICKNAMES OF PLACES AND RIVERS
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Which city is known as “Temple City"?
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Bhuvaneshwar
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Cuttack
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Both of the above
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None of these
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Bhubaneswar is dubbed the “Temple City” – a nom-de-plume earned because of the 700 temples which once stood here.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, is an Indian city commonly known as the “Temple City of India“. The word Bhubaneswar means the ‘God’s World’ and the city exhibits temple architecture down the centuries.
Detailed explanation-3: -The modern name Angkor Wat, alternatively Nokor Wat, means “Temple City” or “City of Temples” in Khmer. Angkor ( ângkôr) meaning “city” or “capital city", is a vernacular form of the word nokor ( nôkôr), which comes from the Sanskrit/Pali word nagara (Devanāgarī: ).
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