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Dharmasthali

Dharmasthali is popular for its Mahankal temple on the top of a hillock and is only four kilometers from Balaju Ring Road.

Houserville Site

Located in College Township near the community of Houserville, the site lies on the summit and sides of a knoll above Slate Cabin Run.

Ibrahim Yukpasi

While his two brothers stayed at Pashin Quetta, Khwaja Shams-ud-Din Ibrahim traveled on to the valley of Mastung 50 km, away in the south of Quetta valley and selected a hillock called Safaid Bulandi (White height) for his dwelling.

Jivdani Mata

After the onset of Kali Yuga, and after the advent of the Buddhist faith, the number of Vaidik Yogis lessened and slowly people forget the hillock and the devi.

Kaivara

The ashram, the cave, Amara Narayanaswamy temple, Vaikunta (temple) by the side of the cave, and the hillock (on which Bheema is supposed to have killed the Bakasura) are all places worth visiting.

Knockentiber

from 'the hillock of the well', and Busbie, 'the town of the bushes', being partly Old Norse in origin.

Knowler

Knowler is an uncommon English surname, a toponymic derived from knoll (Old English cnoll), with the suffix -er common in Kent and Sussex.

Kumaran Kundram

Kumaran Kundram is a hillock on the outskirts of Chennai, Chromepet.

Lankeshwar Temple

Lankeshwar {(Pron: ˈlæŋˌkeɪʃwə(r)} Temple is an ancient Shiva temple on top of a hillock in the western part of the Guwahati city near Gauhati University campus.

Longkhum

Major tourist attractions include the Mata Yimkong - the top of the hillock where once stood a fortress and the students' Jubilee Tower, the highest point of the village.

Luzón

Luzón is located on top of a small hillock peaked by the parish church which is dedicated to Saint Peter the Apostle and belongs to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sigüenza-Guadalajara.

Mallén

Belsinon is an ancient Celtiberian archeological site located in the Cerro del Convento hillock, formerly known as Mania or Manlia, near Mallén.

Manjanikkara Dayara

It is situated at the top of the hillock in Manjanikkara, near Omallur, Pathanamthitta District, in South Kerala, India.

Mount Gandhamadana

Mt. Gandhamadana is believed to be the hillock from whose summit, the Hindu god Hanuman commenced his flight to Ravana's Lanka.

Parnasala

The demon king "Ravana" parked his Pushpaka on the hillock on the opposite side of the river and abducted her.

Ponvayal

Kalki wrote a serial in his own weekly magazine Kalki, titled Poimaan Karadu about a vast stretch of dry land in Salem District where a hillock resembled a deer at rest, and hence the name of the place.

Posadigumpe

It is an ideal picnic spot and tourist resort located on a hillock 487.68 metres above sea level in Dharmathadka, 30 km north-east of Kasargod.

Rockall Basin

Features of the Rockall Plateau have been officially named after features of Middle-earth in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, e.g. Eriador Seamount, Rohan Seamount, Gondor Seamount, Fangorn Bank, Edoras Bank, Lorien Knoll, Isengard Ridge.

Samkha Kshetra

In the centre of the Kshetra lies the hillock called Nilachal where the temple of Shri Jagannath stands and within its compound many sacred institutions of importance are located.


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