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Viewpoint
Mandvi Beach (Kutch), Gujarat
A wide golden beach with wind turbines behind it and camel rides along the sand. The shipyard at the creek, where wooden dhows are still built by hand, is the more interesting half of Mandvi.
Market
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
A jewellery bazaar by day and a famous street-food hub by night.
Attraction
Haridwar, Uttarakhand
On Bilwa Parvat above the town, three kilometres up by ropeway or on foot. Pilgrims tie a thread here and come back to untie it if the wish is granted.
Experience
Lake Mansarovar
The sacred circumambulation of the high-altitude holy lake.
Marari Beach, Kerala
A traditional Kerala fishing hamlet beside the beach.
Wilson Hills, Gujarat
A historic marble dome structure built on the edge of a deep cliff, serving as the prime location for watching sunrises and panoramic valley horizons.
Marina Beach (Chennai), Tamil Nadu
The long seafront walk lined with statues and food stalls.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Three and a half kilometres of seafront reclaimed in the 1920s, with a row of Art Deco flats behind it that is UNESCO-listed. Walk it after six, when the rest of the city is doing the same. The concrete blocks on the sea side are tetrapods, and people sit on them despite the risk.
Hampi, Karnataka
The highest geographic point in the ruins, accessible via a steep stepped trail and famous for panoramic sunset views over the entire stone landscape.
Kochi (Fort Kochi), Kerala
A historic palace built by the Portuguese and renovated by the Dutch, housing rare multi-century old murals detailing the Ramayana.
Dawki & Mawlynnong, Meghalaya
A bamboo viewing tower in Asia's cleanest village, overlooking the plains of Bangladesh.
Cherrapunji & Living Root Bridges, Meghalaya
A historic, well-lit natural limestone cave complex near the town, popular for exploring complex stalactite and stalagmite columns.
Mawsynram & Nongriat Root Bridges, Meghalaya
Limestone caves near the world's wettest village.
Jodhpur, Rajasthan
Founded around 1459 by Rao Jodha of the Rathore clan, though most of what stands is seventeenth-century work by his successors — a hundred and twenty metres above the city, spread across twelve hundred acres. Seven gates lead in: Jai Pol was built by Man Singh to mark victories over Jaipur and Bikaner in 1806, Fattehpol commemorates Ajit Singh's victory over the Mughals. Inside are palace courtyards, the Chamunda Mataji temple and a museum of the Jodhpur royal collection. Kipling called it a palace built by titans; what it actually gives you is the clearest view there is of the blue houses below.
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
A Mughal garden across the river from the Taj, laid out as the fourth side of its plan and buried in silt for centuries before being dug out. Worth an hour on its own, not just as a viewpoint.
Taj Mahal (Agra), Uttar Pradesh
The far bank of the Yamuna, directly on the Taj's axis, and where the sunset photograph is taken from. The river between is often a trickle rather than the mirror in the pictures. Separate small ticket.
Shamlaji, Gujarat
The river and reservoir immediately behind the temple, with stone bathing ghats along the bank. Full of bathers on festival days and very quiet the rest of the time.
Minicoy Island, Lakshadweep
A historic British-era lighthouse with views over the lagoon.
Mehsana, Gujarat
An eleventh-century temple to Surya on the bank of the Pushpavati, built under Bhima I and Karna I of the Chaulukya dynasty. It has not been used for worship for a very long time and is a protected monument under the Archaeological Survey of India, which is why you can walk through all of it. Three parts: the shrine hall, the assembly hall in front of it, and the kunda — a stepped tank with small shrines set into every tier, running down to the water. The carving on the exteriors and pillars is the reason to come, and the tank is the reason to come early.
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra
A popular core zone with frequent tiger and leopard sightings.
Key Monastery, Himachal Pradesh
The traditional wood-fired kitchen where friendly lamas prepare hot butter tea and local barley meals for visitors.
South Goa (Palolem), Goa
The rocky headland at the south end of Palolem, walkable at low tide and cut off at high — check the tide or you will be swimming back. The view along the whole crescent from the top is the reason to go.
Chamundeshwari Temple, Karnataka
The sacred bull, 16 feet high and 24 feet long, chiselled out of black granite in the 17th century and standing halfway up the hill.
Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh
Built in 1931, with wall paintings by the Japanese artist Kosetsu Nosu that took him years to finish. The Bodhi tree outside was grown from a cutting of the one at Anuradhapura, which came from Bodh Gaya. The relics are shown once a year.
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