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Nehru Centenary Tribal Museum
Andhra Pradesh’s 33 tribal groups, based mostly in the northeastern part of the state, comprise several million people. This museum, run by the government’s Tribal Welfare Department, exhibits photographs, dioramas of village life, musical instruments and some exquisite Naikpod mas
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Chetram Sanganeeria Haveli
If you take the road east from the Radhi Murlimanohar Temple, on the corner of the second laneway on the right is the Chetram Sanganeeria Haveli. The lower paintings on the western wall are badly damaged; the plaster has peeled away and concrete rendering has been applied. But you
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Bogmalo Beach
A small and once picturesque bay, now within roaring distance of Dabolim airport, this small stretch of sand makes a decent stop if you’ve got an hour or two to kill before a flight, or if you’re keen to experience Goa’s underwater scene, courtesy of its highly respected diving out
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Armenian Church of Nazareth
Hidden away amid the bustle of Old China Bazaar St, the 1707 Armenian Church is claimed to be Kolkata’s oldest place of Christian worship. It has a squat but finely proportioned, whitewashed spire that can be best spied from Bonfield Lane. Sign a guest book to escape the melee of t
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Velsao Beach
Velsao Beach makes for a quiet place to get away from it all in the company of just a lifeguard, a scattering of tourists and a flock or two of milling sea birds. The beach road travels through thick coconut groves past dozens of old bungalows, whilst the coastal road around this s
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Leh Old Town
Behind Leh’s fanciful Jamia Masjid (Sunni men’s mosque), winding alleys and stairways burrow between and beneath a series of old mud-brick Ladakhi houses and eroded old chortens (stupas). The alleys themselves are a large part of the attraction, but some individual buildings have b
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Gulab Rai Ladia Haveli
Unfortunately, many of the erotic images in the Gulab Rai Ladia Haveli, a short distance to the east, have been systematically defaced by prudish souls. In the last pair of brackets on the first half of the southern wall, a woman is seen giving birth, attended by maidservants. Ther
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Buddha Statue & Hussain Sagar
Set picturesquely on a plinth in the Hussain Sagar, a lake created by the Qutb Shahs, is one of the world’s largest free-standing stone Buddha statues (18m tall). Its an especially magnificent sight when illuminated at night.Frequent boats make the 30-minute return trip to the stat
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Kesava Deo Temple
Among the foundations of the mural-filled Kesava Deo temple complex is a small, bare room with a slab of rock on which Krishna is said to have been born, some 3500 years ago. Near Katra Masjid , a mosque built by Aurangzeb in 1661 on the site of a temple he ordered to be destroyed.
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Radhanagar
One of India’s prettiest and most famous stretches of sand is the critically acclaimed Radhanagar. It’s a beautiful curve of sugar fronted by perfectly spiraled waves, all backed by native forest. It’s on the northwestern side of the island, about 12km from the jetty.Late afternoon
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Rajaji National Park
This unspoilt park , covering 820 sq km in the forested foothills near Haridwar, is best known for its wild elephants, numbering around 450 to 500 at last count. Within the Rajaji National Park there are nine historical but basic forest rest houses at Asarohi, Beribara, Chilla, Kan
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Lion Safari Park
Surrounding an idyllic lake created by the 1964 Neyyar Dam 35km north of Trivandrum, the main attraction at this sanctuary is the Lion Safari Park. Admission includes a boat ride across the lake, lion safari by bus, a visit to a deer park and Crocodile Production Centre (named for
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The Maidan
After the ‘Black Hole’ fiasco, a moated ‘second’ Fort William was constructed in 1758 in octagonal, Vaubanesque form. The whole village of Gobindapur was flattened to give the new fort’s cannons a clear line of fire. Though sad for then-residents, this created the Maidan (moi-dan),
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Shankaracharya Mandir
On top of thickly forested Shankaracharya Hill, this small Shiva temple is built from hefty blocks of visibly ancient grey stone. Previously known as Takht-i-Sulaiman (Throne of Solomon), it’s now named for a sage who reached enlightenment here in AD 750, but signs date the octagon
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Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Trivandrum’s spiritual heart is this 260-year-old temple in the Fort area. The main entrance is the 30m-tall, seven-tier eastern gopuram (gateway tower). In the inner sanctum (Hindus only), the deity Padmanabha reclines on the sacred serpent and is made from over 10,000 salagramam
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Ruins
Allow an hour or two for wandering the extensive ruins – they’re peaceful and well-maintained with a park-like atmosphere of clipped lawns, shrubs and roses. A guide (₹50 per hour) is a worthwhile investment in unravelling the labyrinthine buildings and their history. The red-brick
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Dubdi Gompa
High on the ridge above Yuksom, this atmospheric gompa (its name means hermit’s cell) is set in beautifully tended gardens behind three coarsely hewn stupas. Established in 1701, it is said to be Sikkim’s oldest monastery, though the current chapel looks much newer. Start the steep
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Sankar Gompa
Walking to the timeless two-storey Gelukpa Sankar Gompa takes you between stone walls and attractive Ladakhi farmhouses following little streamlets and passing a pretty rural stupa. Sankar’s small, main prayer room features a portrait of Kushok Bakula Rinpoche (died 2004), Ladakh’s
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Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum
An oddball of a museum that’s one of Pune’s true delights, housing only a fraction of the 20,000-odd objects of Indian daily life painstakingly collected by Dinkar Kelkar (who died in 1990). The quirky pan-Indian collection includes hundreds of hookah pipes, writing instruments, la
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Tilon
The attractive 14th-century Tilon-ki-Pol gateway that straddles the road down to Gadi Sagar is said to have been built by a famous prostitute. When she offered to pay to have it constructed, the maharawal refused permission on the grounds that he would have to pass under it to go d
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