It looks like the pilot of a small aircraft has crashed into Juhu garden in Mumbai!

Actually, it turns out that this plane has never flown: it has no engine and is made of concrete, which I hear is not the most aerodynamic of materials. Submitter Rushikesh tells us that it is part of a kid’s playpark, and that you can get inside the cockpit and pretend like your flying it!

Thanks: Rushikesh Jukar

A 30 mile chain of limestone shoals connect the islands of Mannar, near Sri Lanka, and Rameswaram, off the coast of India. The bridge is known as Rama’s bridge in Hindu mythology and Adam’s bridge in Christian mythology.

Some archaeologists have claimed to prove the bridge is man-made, although not all are convinced. It does look like a very convenient connection and it is agreed that as late as the 15th century it was possible to pass the bridge on foot.

More about the bridge, as ever, at wikipedia.

Thanks: Jane Turnbull (my mum!)

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The Rashtrapati Bhavan is the Official residence of the President of India. At the back of the building you can see the 13 acre gardens with Mughal style canals and fountains.

To the east is the Rajpath (’Kings Way’). Along the Rajpath there is the Republic Day Parade, an annual celebration of the adoption of the Constitution in 1950. As there is not much crowed along the road this could be the dress rehearsal of the parade which is held on the 24th of January each year. The parade starts here and you can follow it all the way along to the India Gate, a memorial built in commemoration of Indian soldiers who died in World War I and the Afghan Wars.

As the procession continues past the India Gate you can see an aeroplane on the north-west side of the roundabout, and on the north-east side the large cylindrical object is apparently a AGNI-II, an intermediate range ballistic missile.

Thanks: Sathish, Bill Kendrick, Manoj Govindan, donald, Ashutosh Rajekar, Ananya Gupta, Sarathy, Clint, Ashok M & DDA

The Bahá’í Faith is one of the youngest of the world’s major religions. There are currently seven Bahá’í Houses of Worship in various parts of the globe, although we can only find two of them available in high-res satellite shots.

Our first temple is in Wilmette, Illinois USA and one submitter noted that it resembles a big egg from the ground.

The second Bahá’í Temple available on Google Maps is also the most famous, The Lotus Temple in New Delhi apparently holds the title of “most visited edifice in the world”, designed to resemble a lotus flower it is composed of 27 free-standing marble clad “petals” and is just over 40 meters tall.

Thanks: Joe Chin, Artem Koronkevitch, Sathish, Saikat Guha, Ashutosh Rajekar, Jay Hinde, Rob B, Tom, Eamon, Esquif & Ananya Gupta