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Indian Superlatives 2025

India’s Largest, Longest, Highest, and Biggest Facts

S.N.	Category / Title	Name / Details	Location / Description
1.	The longest river Bridge	Bhupen Hazarika (Dhola Sadiya) Bridge	9,150 m
2.	The largest animal Fair	Sonepur	Bihar
3.	The largest Auditorium	Sri Shanmukhnand Hall	Mumbai
4.	The largest Lake	Vembanad	Kerala
5.	The highest Dam	Tehri Dam on Bhagirathi River	Uttarakhand
6.	The largest Desert	That	Rajasthan
7.	The largest cave Temple	Kailash Temple	Ellora, Maharashtra
8.	The largest Mosque	Jama Masjid	Delhi
9.	The highest Peak	Godwin Austen / K-2	8,611 m
10.	The longest Tunnel	Chenani–Nashri (Patnitop) Tunnel, NH-44	Jammu & Kashmir
11.	The largest Delta	Sundarbans	West Bengal
12.	The longest Corridor	Corridor of Ramnathswami Temple	Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
13.	The highest Waterfall	Jog or Garsoppa	Karnataka
14.	The longest National Highway	NH-44 (Srinagar–Kanyakumari)	3,745 km
15.	The highest Gateway	Buland Darwaza	Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh
16.	The longest River	The Ganga	—
17.	The largest Museum	Indian Museum	Kolkata
18.	The tallest Statue	Statue of Unity	Narmada Valley, Kevadiya Colony, Gujarat
19.	The largest Public Sector Bank	State Bank of India	—
20.	The biggest Cantilever Bridge	Rabindra Setu / Howrah Bridge	Kolkata
21.	The longest Canal	Indira Gandhi Canal / Rajasthan Canal	Rajasthan
22.	The longest Railway Platform	Gorakhpur	Uttar Pradesh (1366.33 m)
23.	The longest Railway Tunnel	Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel	Jammu & Kashmir (11.215 km)
24.	The biggest Stadium	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium (Motera)	Ahmedabad
25.	The most popular City	Mumbai	Maharashtra
26.	The largest Sea Bridge	Bandra–Worli Sea Link / Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link	Mumbai
27.	The longest Passenger Train	Vivek Express	—
28.	The longest Passenger Train Route	Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari	—
29.	The state with longest Coastline	Gujarat	1,600 km (approx.)
30.	The highest Lake	Tso Lhamo / Cholamu Lake	Sikkim
31.	The largest Saline Water Lake	Chilka Lake	Odisha
32.	The largest freshwater lake	Wular Lake	Jammu & Kashmir
33.	The longest Natural Cave	Krem Liat Prah	Meghalaya
34.	The longest River of Southern India	Godavari	—
35.	The longest Dam	Hirakud Dam	Odisha
36.	The highest Gallantry Award	Param Vir Chakra	—
37.	The highest Award	Bharat Ratna	—
38.	The largest Gurudwara	Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple)	Amritsar
39.	The tallest TV Tower	Rameshwaram TV Tower	Tamil Nadu (323 m)
40.	The southern Indian state with longest Coastline	Andhra Pradesh	975 km (approx.)
41.	The longest Sea Beach	Marina Beach	Chennai
42.	The highest Road	Leh–Manali Highway, Khardung La	Leh–Manali Sector
43.	The largest Artificial Lake	Dhebar / Jaisamand Lake	Udaipur, Rajasthan
44.	The deepest River Valley	Bhagirathi and Alaknanda	—
45.	The largest River without a delta	Narmada and Tapti	—
46.	The highest Battlefield and Longest Glacier	Siachen Glacier	—
47.	The biggest River Island	Majuli (Brahmaputra River)	Assam
48.	The largest Planetarium	M.P. Birla Planetarium	Kolkata
49.	The highest Airport	Leh Airport	Ladakh
50.	The fastest Train in India	Gatimaan Express / Vande Bharat	Delhi to Jhansi
51.	Most Frequent Path-Changing River	Kosi	—
52.	Largest District	Kutch	Gujarat
53.	Largest State (Area-wise)	Rajasthan	—
54.	State with Maximum Urban Area	Maharashtra	—
55.	Largest Natural Port	Mumbai	Maharashtra
56.	Largest Artificial Lake (Alternate)	Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar	—

Final Thoughts

India is home to some of the world’s most remarkable landmarks and engineering marvels that reflect its vast diversity and progress. From the Bhupen Hazarika Bridge, the country’s longest river bridge, to the Statue of Unity, the tallest statue in the world, each record showcases India’s innovation and heritage.

The Thar Desert, Vembanad Lake, and Tehri Dam represent its rich natural and structural variety. Meanwhile, the Ganga River, Sundarbans Delta, and Siachen Glacier highlight the nation’s geographic extremes.

These superlative features not only define India’s identity but also symbolise its engineering excellence, natural beauty, and cultural pride across regions.

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