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Traveling and Tourism has been an integral part of Indian Culture &Tradition. Tourism Industry is the most vibrant tertiary activity and a multibillion industry in India. Today tourism is the largest service industry in India, with a contribution of 6.23% to the National GDP and providing 8.78% of the total employment. India witnesses' more than 5 million annual foreign tourist arrivals and 562 million domestic tourism visits. As per the Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2009 by the World Economic Forum, India is ranked 11th in the Asia Pacific region and 62nd overall, moving up three places on the list of the world's attractive destinations. It is ranked the 14th best tourist destination for its natural resources and 24th for its cultural resources, with many World Heritage Sites, both natural and cultural, rich fauna, and strong creative industries in the country. India also bagged 37th rank for its air transport network. The India travel and tourism industry ranked 5th in the long-term (10-year) growth and is expected to be the second largest employer in the world by 2019. The objective of the paper is to throw light on some of the historically important places, which are not included in the important places of tourism and the way the neglected places of historical importance came to lime light with the interference of the local philanthropists/social workers/devotees, and to emphasize the role of the Govt., to accelerate the growth of tourism