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Tashijong Gompa
Thirteen kilometres from Palampur on the Mandi road, a side road leads 1km north to Tashijong village, centred on the impressive Tashijong Gompa, founded by lamas from Tibets important Khampagar Monastery who fled to India in the 1950s. Its home to about 150 Drukpa Kagyud (Red Hat)
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Hoshang’s Tomb
Reputed to be India’s oldest marble building, this imposing tomb is crowned with a crescent thought to have been imported from Persia or Mesopotamia. Inside, light filters into the echoing dome through stone jalis (carved lattice screens), intended to cast an appropriately subdued
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Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary
South India’s most popular wildlife sanctuary, encompasses 777 sq km and a 26-sq-km artificial lake created by the British in 1895. The vast region is home to bison, sambar, wild boar, langur, over 1000 elephants and around 46 tigers. Firmly established on both the Indian and forei
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Himalayan Zoological Park
Among the better-maintained zoos in the country, the Gangtok zoo occupies an entire hill opposite Ganesh Tok viewpoint. Red pandas, civet cats, Himalayan bears, clouded leopards and snow leopards roam around in extensive forested enclosures so large that you’ll value a car to shutt
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National Rail Museum
Trainspotters and kids will adore this recently renovated museum, with its collection of steam locos and carriages spread across 11 acres. Among the venerable bogies are the former Viceregal Dining Car, the Maharaja of Mysore’s rolling saloon, and the Fairy Queen locomotive, dating
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Swami Vivekananda Wandering Monk Exhibition
This excellent exhibition details Swami Vivekanandas wisdom, sayings and encounters with the mighty and the lowly during his five years as a wandering monk around India from 1888 to 1893.Your ticket also covers the Vivekananda-inspired Awake! Awake! exhibition in Vivekanandapuram,
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Mayur Patola Art
Rajkot has quickly developed a Patola-weaving industry. This skill comes from Patan, and is a torturous process that involves dyeing each thread before it is woven. However, in Patan both the warp and weft threads are dyed (double ikat ), whereas in Rajkot only the weft is dyed (si
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Floating Gardens & Lake Villages
Much of Dal Lake is thick with foliage, lotus patches and large areas of cultivated vegetable gardens linked by channels and served by villages of stilted walk-ways. Assuming that 2014 flood damage is repaired, a great way to see these areas is by walking along Chowdary Bagh. Event
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Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, known affectionately as the Toy Train, made its first journey along its precipice-topping, 2ft-wide tracks in September 1881 and is one of the few hill railways still operating in India. Its even listed as a Unesco World Heritage site. Besides its
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Sri Ramakrishna Math
The tranquil, flowery grounds of the Ramakrishna Math are a world away from the chaos outside. Orange-robed monks glide around and there’s a reverential feel. The Math is a monastic order following the teachings of the 19th-century sage Sri Ramakrishna, who preached the essential u
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Lakshminath Temple
The splendid Hindu Lakshminath Temple, behind Bhandasar Temple, was built during the reign of Rao Lunkaran between 1505 and 1526. Lakshminath was the patron god of the rulers of Bikaner, and during major religious festivals a royal procession headed by the maharaja pays homage here
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Esplanade
Rising above chaotic Esplanade bus station, the 1828 Sahid Minar is a 48m-tall round-topped obelisk originally celebrating an 1814 British military victory over Nepal. Across one of Kolkata’s busiest junctions, the striking Metropolitan Building was originally a colonial-era depart
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NC Mehta Gallery
In the same building as the LD Museum, this gallery has an important collection of jewel-like illustrated manuscripts and miniature paintings. Best known is Chaurapanchasika (Fifty Love Lyrics of a Thief), written by Vilhana, an 11th-century Kashmiri poet sentenced to be hanged for
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Hari Parbat Fort
This prominent hilltop north of centre was briefly fortified in the 6th century and once again by Emperor Akbar in 1590, but most of what you see today dates from the 1808 constructions of Pathan governor Atta Mohammad Khan. While still used by a handful of military personnel, it r
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Zangla Palace
From 1823, Hungarian scholar Alexander (Sándor) Csoma de Kőrös took a room in the little knoll-top fortress-palace at the edge of Zangla while compiling the first Western dictionary of Tibetan. Effectively forgotten, the structure was a ruin on the verge of collapse in 2008 when a
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Zoji La
The major choke point on the Srinagar–Kargil road, this pass climbs via two parallel ladders of hairpins that are prey to closures of hours or days during rock falls. The pass closes altogether from November to April depending on snow. Views are magnificent if you arent too busy bi
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Stupa 1
Beautifully proportioned, the Great Stupa is the main structure on the hill, directly in front of you as you enter the complex from the north. Originally constructed by Ashoka, it was later enlarged and the original brick stupa enclosed within a stone one. Presently it stands 16m h
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Tower of Fame
A little further north of Surajpol, the 24m-high Tower of Fame, dating from 1301, is smaller than the Tower of Victory. Built by a Jain merchant, the tower is dedicated to Adinath, the first Jain tirthankar (one of the 24 revered Jain teachers) and is decorated with naked figures o
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Bhadra Fort
Built immediately after the founding of Ahmedabad in 1411, Bhadra Fort now houses government offices and a Kali temple. Its gate formed the eastern entrance of the Ahmedabad citadel, which stretched west to the river. From the roof you can see the formidable structure and views of
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Sula Vineyards
Sula Vineyards, located 15km west of Nasik offers a slick, professional tour (around 45 minutes) of its impressive estate and high-tech facilities. This is rounded off with a wine-tasting session (four/six wines ₹150/250) that features its best drops and offers excellent tasting ti
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