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MSN, Wednesday, June 09, 2010
The Banasura Hill Resort has been named Asia's largest 'earth' resort and is considered on of the 'greenest' destination in the Nilgiris biosphere. Read more..
Arab News, Wednesday, May 26, 2010
The main building of the resort with a plinth area of 20,000 sq ft is a massive two-story structure made entirely of mud with a roof of bamboo and coconut palm fronds. All the 31 spacious rooms, villas and suites are tastefully furnished. Read more..
Gulf Times, Tuesday, May 18, 2010
India's tourism superbrand has recently embarked on a major initiative on sustainable tourism, and this resort can rightly claim to be a trailblazer and a strong answer to the concrete jungles being erected in Kerala's tourist hotspots like Munnar, causing large scale environmental destruction. Read more..
OMAN DAILY Observer, Saturday, May 01, 2010
A resort built of mud is the new attraction for holidaymakers in Kerala. Tucked away at an altitude of 3500 feet above sea level on the mistclad hills of Wayanad, Banasura Hill Resort is Asia’s first earth resort ... Cement constitutes only five per cent of the buildings and the rest is the mud abundantly available there besides locally resourced degradable materials. Read more..
Khaleej Times, Friday, April 23, 2010
The mud resort, which is the largest of its kind in Asia, is built using mud excavated from the very site that it stands on, and therefore blends harmoniously with the micro environment around the resort. Only five per cent cement has been used as an additive during construction.
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DECCAN HERALD: Sunday, March 07, 2010
The main building of the resort with a carpet area of 20,000 square feet is a massive two-storey structure made entirely out of mud, with a roof of bamboo and coconut palm fronds. What differentiates the building from an actual tribal hamlet located a kilometre away is that all the 31 spacious rooms, villas and suites are tastefully furnished. Read more..
BBC NEWS South Asia, Tuesday, February 23, 2010
A mud haven - India's only "earth" resort and possibly the largest of its kind in Asia - nestling in 35 acres of greenery stacked with pepper, coffee and tea plantations and ponds. The 20,000 sq ft two-storey structure in the Banasura hills is made entirely out of mud with bamboo and coconut palm leaf roofs: a paean to Mother Earth. Read more..
FREE PRESS JOURNAL: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Earth has been a tried and trusted natural building material for thousands of years, and in combination with latest building techniques, it can be used in the construction of modern ecological structures....Banasura Hill Resort is built using mud excavated from the very site that it stands on, and therefore blends harmoniously with the micro environment around the resort. Read more..
THE HINDU MAGAZINE: Sunday, January 17, 2010
Walk out of the main building and the view is simply amazing: The mist plays hide and seek among the majestic hills. The mist almost never lifts from the highest peak, even at noon. Reserved forests border one side of the resort, 3,500 ft above sea level. Trek uphill to the edge of the property and a waterfall comes into view, amidst natural vegetation, trees, shrubs and vines. Read more..
travelbird.in: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
When we entered the main mud corridors, any doubt about the structure's uniqueness was completely wiped out from our minds. Something beyond words, something more than natural, greeted us. The interiors gave us a comfort which no centralized air-conditioned building could offer. Something any visitor from the concrete jungles would definitely cherish. Read more..
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Highlights
- Asia's largest 'Earth' Resort
- Nestled on a 35 acre eco-friendly farm
- Set at 3500 feet amidst gushing waterfalls
- Adjacent to forests with exotic flora and fauna
- Neighboring an ethnic tribal hamlet
- The 'Greenest' destination in the Nilgiris Biosphere
Stunning Earth Structures of the World
The Djenne Mosque in Mali is the world’s largest mud structure. It was built in 1907, and is today a proud UNESCO World Heritage site. The prayer hall of the mosque measures 26 by 50 meters (85 ft x 165 ft), and is large enough to accommodate 3000 people. The mud covered wooden roof is supported by ninety massive rectangular pillars. The walls vary in thickness between sixteen and twenty-four inches.
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Saint Francis of Assisi Church is a small mission in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. Work on the church was started in 1772 by Spanish priests of the Franciscan Order and completed in 1815. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful edifice in the State of New Mexico, and is an outstanding example of adobe architecture.
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Marrakesh is the third largest city in Morocco after Casablanca and Rabat, and lies near the foothills of the snow capped Atlas Mountains. Like many North African cities, Marrakesh is divided into two distinct parts: the Medina, comprising the historical walled city, and the modern district called Gueliz.
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The ancient Citadel of Bam located in the Kerman Province of Iran, dates back to the Parthian Empire (248 BC–224 AD). With an area of 180,000 square meters, the Citadel of Bam was the largest earth structure in the world.
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Ur was a city in ancient Sumer (now Iraq). Ziggurats are massive pyramid-like structures that have stepped levels leading to a temple at the top. They were built in the ancient Mesopotamian valley and the western Iranian plateau.
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Chan Chan (pronounced 'jang jang'), is located close to the Pacific coast about 5km east Trujillo in Peru. Chan Chan was a 6sqkm earthen city built in 850 AD by the Chimor, a late intermediate period civilization which grew out of the remnants of the Moche civilization.
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The Citadel of Rayen is a historical site situated on the foothills of the Hezar Mountains to the south-west of the city of Rayen. It is considered to be the biggest earthen structure of the Kerman province of Iran, and dates back to the pre-Islamic Sassanid era (224 AD-651 AD).
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Chogha Zanbil was a palace and temple complex of the ancient Elamite city of Dur Untashi in Khuzestan province of Iran. Its construction was started by king Untash-Napirisha in 1250 BC. At the center of the complex is a great ziggurat dedicated to the bull-god Insusinak. It is the best preserved example of such structures in the world today. In 1979 Chogha Zanbil became the first Iranian site to be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Ait Benhaddou is a 'fortified city', built on the banks of the Ouarzazate River along the former caravan route between the Sahara and the city of Marrakesh in present-day Morocco. Ait Benhaddou has some beautiful examples of Kasbah architecture.
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Shibam is an ancient town in Yemen that was built in the 2nd century AD. What is distinctive about Shibam is the fact that its houses are all made out of mud bricks, and about 500 of them are tower houses that rise 5 to 16 stories high, with each floor having one or two apartments. In fact Shibam is often called 'the oldest skyscraper-city in the world. Shibam is the earliest example of urban planning based on the principle of vertical construction. The city has the tallest mud buildings in the world with some of them rising to 40 meters (130 feet).
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