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La Martinière School
This prestigious boarding school – where timeless British pop legend Sir Cliff Richard once studied – was designed and built by the Frenchman Major General Claude Martin as a palatial home. In 1800 it became his tomb – he is buried in the basement at the bottom of a blue-washed spi
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Jain Temple
The 13th-century Jain temple near Sultanbatheri has splendid stone carvings and is an important monument to the region’s strong historical Jain presence.
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Dr Ramnath A Podar Haveli Museum
Built in 1902 on the eastern side of town, and known locally as ‘Podar Haveli,’ this is one of the region’s few buildings to have been thoroughly restored. The paintings of this haveli are defined in strong colours, and are the most vivid murals in town, although purists point to t
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Dhamekh Stupa & Monastery Ruins
Set in a peaceful park of monastery ruins is the impressive 34m Dhamekh Stupa, which marks the spot where the Buddha preached his first sermon. The floral and geometric carvings are 5th century AD, but some of the brickwork dates back as far as 200 BC.Nearby is the 3rd-century BC A
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Vivekananda House
The marshmallow-pink Vivekananda House is interesting not only for its displays on the famous ‘wandering monk’, Swami Vivekananda, but also for its semicircular form, built in 1842 to store ice imported from the USA. Vivekananda stayed here briefly in 1897 and preached his ascetic
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Mother Teresas Motherhouse
A regular flow of mostly Christian pilgrims visit the Missionaries of Charity’s Motherhouse to pay homage at Mother Teresa’s large, sober tomb. A small adjacent museum room displays Teresa’s worn sandals and battered enamel dinner bowl. Located upstairs is the room where she worked
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Church of St Lawrence
A short way to the east of the bastion is the pretty Church of St Lawrence, which also occupies a magnificent viewpoint. The church was built in 1643 to honour St Lawrence, the patron saint of sailors, whose image stands on the gilded reredos (ornamental screen), holding a model sh
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Naranag Shiva temple ruins
The first of two 8th-century Shiva temple ruins is immediately visible from the point where the paved lane into Naranag dead ends. The second is a short walk further up a narrowing, steep-sided pine valley beside a frothing river. The setting is beautiful and the ruins, which may i
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Northern Gateway
The Northern Gateway, topped by a broken wheel of law, is the best preserved of the toranas. Scenes include a monkey offering a bowl of honey to Buddha, who is represented by a bodhi tree. Another panel depicts the Miracle of Sravasti – one of several miracles represented here – i
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Secretariat Building
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Raghunath Temple
Kullus pre-eminent temple enshrines the Kullu Valleys most important idol, a tiny bronze image of Raghunath Ji (Rama) that lords it over the Dussehra celebrations. The 17th-century temple is on the hill above the bus station and near the Raja Rupi, the former Kullu rajas palace; it
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Krishna Balaram Temple Complex
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness , also known as the Hare Krishnas, is based at the Krishna Balaram temple complex (Ishkon Temple), accessed through a beautiful white-marble gate, which houses the tomb of Swami Prabhupada (1896–1977), the founder of the Hare Kris
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Desert Cultural Centre & Museum
This interesting little museum tells the history of Rajasthan’s princely states and has exhibits on traditional Rajasthani culture. Features include Rajasthani music (with video), textiles, a kaavad mobile temple, and a phad scroll painting depicting the story of the Rajasthani fol
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Japanese Peace Pagoda
Perched on a hillside at the end of AJC Bose Rd, this gleaming white pagoda is one of more than 70 pagodas built around the world by the Japanese Buddhist Nipponzan Myohoji organisation. During the drumming puja (prayers) sessions, visitors are offered a hand drum and encouraged to
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Daria Daulat Bagh
Set within lovely manicured grounds, Srirangapatnam’s star attraction is Tipu’s summer palace, 1km east of the fort. Built largely out of teak, the palace may not look like much from the outside, but the lavish decoration that covers every inch of its interiors is impressive. The c
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Badshahi Ashurkhana
The 1594 Badshahi Ashurkhana (literally royal house of mourning) was one of the first structures built by the Qutb Shahs in their new city of Hyderabad. In a courtyard set back from the road, its walls are practically glowing with intricate, brightly-coloured tile mosaics. The Ashu
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Tirumalai Nayak Palace
What the Meenakshi Amman Temple is to Nayak religious architecture, Tirumalai Nayaks crumbling palace is to the secular. Although it’s said to be only a quarter of its original size, its massive scale and hybrid Dravidian-Islamic style still testify to the lofty aspirations of its
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Naulakha Museum
This ecclectic museum in the old part of town is housed in a beautiful, 260-year-old riverside royal palace that was built in a mixture of styles, with striking gargoyles. It shows royal artefacts, including scales used to weigh Maharaja Bhagwat Sinhji in 1934 (his weight in silver
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Exorcism temple
The extraordinary Hindu exorcism temple is about 3km off the Jaipur–Agra road. People bring their possessed loved ones here to have bad spirits exorcised through prayer and rituals. Most exorcisms take place on Tuesday and Saturday, and the only people who can get inside the temple
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Betelbatim Beach
Betelbatim’s sands, just to the north of Colva, are a good example of what difference a few hundred metres can make, as calm, quiet and pastoral as Colva’s are touristed and dust-blown. Betelbatim itself consists of several different smaller strips of beach – try Lovers’ Beach, whi
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