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Bagore
This gracious 18th-century haveli, set on the water’s edge in the Gangaur Ghat area, was built by a Mewar prime minister and has since been carefully restored. There are 138 rooms set around courtyards, some arranged to evoke the period during which the house was inhabited, while o
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Bahai House of Worship
Designed by Iranian-Canadian architect Fariburz Sahba in 1986, Delhi’s Bahai temple is a wonderful place to enjoy silence – a rare experience in Delhi. Styled after a lotus flower, with 27 immaculate white-marble petals, the temple was created to bring faiths together; visitors are
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Seafront
Pondy is a seaside town, but that doesn’t make it a beach destination; the city’s sand is a thin strip of dirty brown that slurps into a seawall of jagged rocks. But Goubert Ave (Beach Rd) is a killer stroll, especially at dawn and dusk when half the town takes a romantic wander th
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Samadhi Swamiji Maharaj Bagh
Known simply as Swami Bagh, this huge white marble mausoleum , which houses the tomb of Sri Shiv Dayal Singh Seth, the founder of the Radhasoami Faith, is of particular interest because it is still being built – more than 80 years after it was started. Inside there’s a 1904 paintin
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Shashur Gompa
About 3km (one hour of uphill walking) above Keylong, Shashur Gompa was founded in the 17th century by the Zanskari lama Deva Gyatsho. The original gompa, featuring 5m-high thangkas, is now enshrined inside a modern concrete one, with fine views over the valley. During the Tsheshu
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Kangra Fort
At the south end of town, a ₹100 autorickshaw ride from the bus stand, the impregnable-looking Kangra Fort soars on a high promontory of land between the Manjhi and Banganga Rivers. The fort was occupied by Hindu rajas, Mughal warlords and even the British (in 1846), before it was
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Great Himalayan National Park
The 754-sq-km Great Himalayan National Park, which gained World Heritage status in 2014, stretches up to the 6000m-plus peaks of the Great Himalaya Range, with a variety of wildlife. Lush forests lower down give way to alpine meadows and high-altitude glaciers. There are plenty of
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Jaigarh
A scrubby green hill rises above Amber and is topped by the imposing Jaigarh, built in 1726 by Jai Singh. The stern fort, punctuated by whimsical-hatted lookout towers, was never captured and has survived intact through the centuries. It’s an uphill walk (about 1km) from Amber and
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Lokayatan Folk Museum
This museum, 3km west of the river in Bhudarpura, displays an impressive range of Gujarati folk arts, including wood carvings, metalwork and some wonderful embroidered textiles and amazing tie-dyed quilts. Included in the ticket is the Kalpana Mangaldas Museum , with festival masks
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Church of Nossa Senhora, Mae de Deus
As you explore the countryside, don’t miss a peek into the Church of Nossa Senhora, Mae de Deus, with its unusual neo-Gothic Christmas-cake style topped with a row of fanciful turrets. Built in 1873, it houses a rather technicolour, and allegedly ‘miraculous,’ statue of the Mother
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Rohtang La
From Manali the road strikes north along the Beas River and climbs slowly through pine forests and endless switchbacks to the bare rocky slopes below the spectacular Rohtang La (3978m). The name literally translates as ‘pile of dead bodies’ – hundreds of travellers have frozen to d
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Karsha Gompa
At the far side of a wide, sun-blasted plain around two hours’ walk from Padum, Karsha Gompa is Zanskar’s largest Buddhist monastery. Dating back to at least the 10th century, it’s a jumble of whitewashed blocks rising almost vertically up a red rock mountain cliff. Concrete steps
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Seth Arjun Das Goenka Haveli
A short distance to the south of Satyanarayan Temple is the stunning restored 1875–85 haveli belonging to the powerful Goenka family. As with all restored havelis, the bright colours are something of a shock after the discrete tones of murals faded with age. The interior offers a g
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Old Guwahati
This quaint area of Guwahati, bordering the Brahmaputra River, is best explored on foot. Walk past the beehive dome of the Courthouse , which rises above attractive Dighulipukhuri Park , with its large tank full of colourful boats (per person ₹20). The nearby Guwahati Planetarium l
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Historic Buildings
The Ridge is lined with grand examples of British architecture, including the Town Hall , oddly reminiscent of the mansion in Hammer Horror films, and the mock-Tudor folly housing the post office (1883). At the west end of the Mall is the grand neo-Gothic Gorton Castle , formerly t
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Majorda Beach
Approached through pleasant, leafy Majorda village, Majorda Beach is a smarter, more organised option than neighbouring Utorda. Here, the stagnant streams and puddles that blight the division between road and beach have been arranged to form a moat which flows round into a pleasant
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Tea Museum
About 1.5km northwest of town, this museum is as close as you’ll get to a working tea factory around Munnar. It’s a demo model of the real thing, but it still shows the basic process. A collection of old bits and pieces from the colonial era, including photographs and a 1905 tea-ro
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Kerala Folklore Museum
Created in Keralan style from ancient temples and beautiful old houses collected by its owner, an antique dealer, the museum includes over 4000 artefacts and covers three architectural styles: Malabar on the ground-floor, Kochi on the 1st, Travancore on the 2nd. Upstairs is a beaut
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Church of Our Lady of Miracles
Founded in 1594 and rebuilt several times since, the Church of Our Lady of Miracles (also known as St Jerome’s), around 600m east of the Municipal Gardens, is famous more for its annual festival than for its architecture. It was built by the Portuguese on the site of an old Hindu t
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Sittannavasal
About 16km north of Pudukkottai is Sittannavasal , is a small Jain cave temple that conceals magnificent vegetable-oil frescoes. The shrine is small, but the cave is widely ignored by day trippers, which means you’ll likely get to appreciate these masterpieces of Jain art on your o
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