Consider the following pairs:
- Place of Pilgrimage : Location
- 1. Srisailam : Nallamala Hills
- 2. Omkareshwar : Satmala Hills
- 3. Pushkar : Mahadeo Hills
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
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This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2015
Only pair 1 is correctly matched.
Srisailam, a famous pilgrimage center and Jyotirlinga site, is located in the Nallamala Hills, which are part of the Eastern Ghats, in Andhra Pradesh (Pair 1 is correct). Omkareshwar is an island in the Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh and is not in the Satmala Hills (Pair 2 is incorrect). Pushkar is located near Ajmer in Rajasthan, not in the Mahadeo Hills, which are part of the Satpura range in Madhya Pradesh (Pair 3 is incorrect).