Things to do in India

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Attraction

Dwarkadhish Temple

Dwarka, Gujarat

The five-storey temple of Krishna as king, with its famous flag changed five times a day.

Attraction

Dwarkadhish Temple (Jagat Mandir)

Dwarka, Gujarat

The Jagat Mandir — a Krishna temple where he is worshipped as Dwarkadhish, lord of Dwarka, and one of the four Char Dham sites of the Hindu pilgrimage circuit. Five storeys carried on seventy-two pillars, with a spire visible across the town and a flag that is changed by hand several times a day. Archaeology puts the earliest temple on this spot at around 200 BCE; what stands now is largely a fifteenth- and sixteenth-century rebuilding. There are two gates, one to enter by and one to leave by, and a queue at both right through the morning.

Attraction

Dwarkamai

Shirdi, Maharashtra

The mosque where Sai Baba lived, with the ever-burning sacred fire (dhuni).

Experience

Dzukou Campsite

Dzukou Valley, Nagaland

The overnight camping ground and rest house at the heart of the valley, prized for stargazing.

Viewpoint

Dzukou Meadows

Dzukou Valley, Nagaland

The valley's signature rolling grasslands, cut by a winding stream and famous for seasonal lilies.

Attraction

Edakkal Caves

Wayanad, Kerala

Two natural stone caves on Ambukuthi Hill housing rare, multi-century old Neolithic rock carvings and petroglyphs.

Experience

Elephant Beach

Havelock Island (Swaraj Dweep), Andaman & Nicobar Islands

A reef-fringed beach popular for snorkelling, scuba diving and water sports.

Experience

Elephant Beach Reef

Elephant Beach (Havelock), Andaman & Nicobar Islands

A shallow reef a few metres out from the sand, which is why every boat from Havelock comes here. Gear is hired on the beach. Take the first boat, before the water is stirred up.

Attraction

Elephant Falls

Shillong, Meghalaya

A popular three-tiered waterfall on the city's edge, set among ferns and rocks.

Attraction

Eravikulam National Park

Munnar, Kerala

The protected high-altitude sanctuary famous for hosting the largest surviving population of the endangered Nilgiri Tahr mountain goat.

Market

Floating Vegetable Market

Srinagar (Dal Lake), Jammu & Kashmir

The historic dawn marketplace where local farmers assemble on wooden boats to trade freshly harvested lake produce.

Attraction

French Quarter (White Town)

Pondicherry (Puducherry), Puducherry

The mustard-yellow colonial heart of Pondicherry, lined with cafes, boutiques and heritage villas.

Viewpoint

Gandhi Shikhar

Don Hill Station, Gujarat

The highest point you can walk to on the Don plateau, a short climb off the road with a small monument at the top. Sunrise is the reason to be up there.

Attraction

Gandikota Fort

Gandikota, Andhra Pradesh

A historic hilltop fort overlooking the gorge, with old temples and a mosque.

Viewpoint

Gandikota Gorge

Gandikota, Andhra Pradesh

The dramatic Pennar River canyon through red sandstone cliffs.

Attraction

Ganpatipule Ganesh Temple

Ganpatipule Beach, Maharashtra

A swayambhu Ganesh temple right beside the beach.

Experience

Garam Sadak

Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh

The sunny one of Dalhousie's two linking walks: Garam Sadak gets the light, Thandi Sadak on the far side stays in shade. Both run between Gandhi Chowk and Subhash Chowk, and either takes about half an hour.

Attraction

Gateway of India

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Basalt, twenty-six metres, finished in 1924 to mark a royal visit that had happened thirteen years earlier. The last British troops in India left through it in 1948. Ferries to Elephanta go from the jetty alongside.

Attraction

Gaumukh Glacier Trek

Gangotri, Uttarakhand

Eighteen kilometres up the Bhagirathi to the snout of the Gangotri glacier, which is where the river actually begins. Permits are capped daily and issued at Gangotri; most people take two days and sleep at Bhojbasa.

Viewpoint

Gaumukh Kund

Chittorgarh Fort, Rajasthan

A deep sacred water reservoir carved into the cliff edge, fed continuously by a spring shaped naturally like a cow's mouth.

Attraction

Ghangaria Gurudwara

Hemkund Sahib, Uttarakhand

The gurudwara six kilometres below Hemkund, where almost everyone sleeps before the final climb. Free langar and dormitory space. The village has little else and closes completely in winter.

Attraction

Ghangaria Village

Valley of Flowers National Park, Uttarakhand

The base for both the valley and Hemkund, three and a half kilometres below the park gate. A row of lodges and a gurudwara, no road in, and empty through winter.

Experience

Gir Lion Safari

Gir National Park, Gujarat

The only place in the world with wild Asiatic lions. The park was declared in 1965 out of the Nawab of Junagadh's private shooting grounds — 1,410 square kilometres in all, of which 259 are fully protected national park and the rest sanctuary, in the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forest. The 2015 census counted 523 lions, up from 411 in 2010 and 359 in 2005, and the range now spreads well beyond the park into Amreli and Bhavnagar. Safaris run in fixed zones on permits released in limited numbers and booked ahead; the park closes through the monsoon.

Experience

Gir National Park Safari

Sasan Gir (Talala), Gujarat

The regulated core of the forest, covered on guided jeep routes: Asiatic lions, leopards, sambar and spotted deer.