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Jaipur, Rajasthan
Mecca Masjid (Hyderabad), Telangana
Gangtok, Sikkim
Damdama Sahib (Talwandi Sabo), Punjab
Konark Sun Temple, Odisha
Delhi, Delhi
Patna, Bihar
Tirupati (Tirumala), Andhra Pradesh
Majuli, Assam
Nagoa Beach (Diu), Daman & Diu
Old Goa (Basilica of Bom Jesus), Goa
Key Monastery, Himachal Pradesh

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Palaces, forts and the grand stories of India's past.

400places36statesOctober–March

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Buddhist Monuments at SanchiUNESCO

Madhya Pradesh

Buddhist Monuments at Sanchi

Group of Monuments at HampiUNESCO

Karnataka

Group of Monuments at Hampi

Nalanda MahaviharaUNESCO

Bihar

Nalanda Mahavihara

DholaviraUNESCO

Khadir Bet (Kutch), Gujarat

Dholavira

Fatehpur SikriUNESCO

Uttar Pradesh

Fatehpur Sikri

Great Living Chola TemplesUNESCO

Tamil Nadu

Great Living Chola Temples

Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at PatanUNESCO

Gujarat

Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) at Patan

Chhatrapati Shivaji TerminusUNESCO

Maharashtra

Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus

Historic City of AhmadabadUNESCO

Gujarat

Historic City of Ahmadabad

Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) TempleUNESCO

Telangana

Kakatiya Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple

Maratha Military Landscapes of IndiaUNESCO

Maharashtra

Maratha Military Landscapes of India

Hill Forts of RajasthanUNESCO

Rajasthan

Hill Forts of Rajasthan

Sun Temple, KonarkUNESCO

Odisha

Sun Temple, Konark

Qutb Minar and its Monuments, DelhiUNESCO

Delhi

Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi

Keoladeo National ParkUNESCO

Rajasthan

Keoladeo National Park

Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological ParkUNESCO

Gujarat

Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park

Khajuraho Group of MonumentsUNESCO

Madhya Pradesh

Khajuraho Group of Monuments

Sacred Ensembles of the HoysalasUNESCO

Karnataka

Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas

Forts, palaces & monuments

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Rajasthan

Bhangarh Fort

Bhangarh is less a fort than a whole town that emptied, and the Archaeological Survey of India protects it as exactly that: an "ancient site" of fort walls…

Haryana

Cantonment Church Tower

St James' Church was founded in Karnal in 1806 and is no longer a church.

Telangana

Aishwarya Ganapathi

There is one thing to see here and it is worth the detour: a monolithic Ganesha, 7.62 metres tall and 9.144 metres counting the pedestal, at Avancha in…

Telangana

Devunigutta Temple

Probably 6th century, probably Vakataka, and left alone on a forested plateau some 60 km east of Warangal until the ASI recorded it, abandoned, in 2012.

Telangana

Medak Fort

The Kakatiyas built this around the 12th century, under Rudra Deva, as a command post rather than a palace, and put it on a hillock north of the town where…

Telangana

Rachakonda Fort

Come knowing the dates and the hill reads differently. Anapotanayaka of the Recherla Nayakas shifted his capital from Anumagallu to Rachakonda at around 1360…

Sikkim

Namgyal Institute of Tibetology

A Tibet museum in Gangtok, named after Sir Tashi Namgyal, the eleventh Chogyal of Sikkim. It is a working institution as much as a display.

Punjab

Bahadurgarh Fort

Just outside Patiala, and with two histories inside one set of walls.

Punjab

Aam Khas Bagh

This was never a destination. It was a highway-inn on the Mughal military road between Delhi and Lahore, where the royal couple broke the journey going up and…

Punjab

Hussainiwala National Martyrs Memorial

Hussainiwala village sits out past Firozpur city, and the memorial there is held for Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru.

Odisha

Sisupalgarh

Ruined fortifications in Khurda district, first inhabited around the 7th to 6th centuries BCE.

Jharkhand

Jama Masjid, Chitarpur

Built in 1670 under the Mughals and in the Mughal style, this is one of the oldest mosques in Jharkhand, standing in Chitarpur town in Ramgarh district.

Delhi

Khari Baoli

Asia's largest wholesale spice market, trading since the 17th century, on the road that runs west off the end of Chandni Chowk beside the Fatehpuri Masjid, a…

Chhattisgarh

Narayanpal Temple

A queen built this. Mumunda Devi of the Chindaka Naga dynasty raised it around 1111 AD in Narayanpal village, near where the Indravati meets the Narangi…

Bihar

Sitamarhi Cave

One chamber hewn into a single hemispherical block of granite, 20 km southwest of Rajgir and 10 km southwest of Hisua.

Andhra Pradesh

Vijayawada

Vijayawada works for a living. It is the second largest city in Andhra Pradesh and its main commercial hub, sitting on the Krishna River with the Eastern…

Andhra Pradesh

Thotlakonda

The name means hill of cisterns, and the cisterns are what to look for: rock-cut tanks hewn straight into the bedrock to hold rainwater for the monks who…

Andhra Pradesh

Pavurallakonda

What survives up here is mostly floor plan: foundations of viharas, circular chaityas, votive stupas and hall outlines, two Brahmi label inscriptions, and…

Andhra Pradesh

Bavikonda

A bone fragment kept in an urn, recovered on this hill and taken to be a relic of the Buddha himself, is why the site matters more than its modest ruins…

Andhra Pradesh

Shilparamam Jathara

This is a made place rather than an old one, a crafts village the state government laid out in 2009 across 28 acres at Madhurawada, a few kilometres out of…

Andhra Pradesh

Mogalrajapuram Caves

Five groups of rock-cut caves, scattered across different parts of Vijayawada rather than gathered at one site, which is the main practical difficulty in…

Arunachal Pradesh

Ita Fort

Itanagar is named after this fort: ita is brick in Assamese, so the capital is simply the town of the brick fort.

Arunachal Pradesh

Jawaharlal Nehru Museum, Itanagar

An hour in here before you head out to the districts is worth more than an hour anywhere else in the capital.

Assam

Sri Surya Pahar

Hundreds of Shiva lingas lie scattered across roughly a kilometre of hillside here, some the size of a fist and some far larger, along with votive stupas and…

Assam

Garchuk Lachit Garh

What is left is earthwork, not architecture: two earthen ramparts with lakes and ditches between them, running about three kilometres from the Fatasil hills…

Assam

Moidam

Burial, not cremation, was the Ahom rite, and after the kings adopted Hinduism they went on burying the ashes under mounds.

Bihar

Sujata Stupa

Twenty minutes on foot from Bodh Gaya, across the Phalgu, stands the mound where the milkmaid Sujata is said to have given the Buddha milk and rice under a…

Bihar

Barabar Caves

These are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, 24 km north of Gaya in Jehanabad district, cut under the Mauryas for ascetics of the Ajivika sect.

Bihar

Vaishali (ancient city)

Few sites carry this much weight in two religions at once. The Buddha gave his last sermon at Vaishali before his mahaparinirvana, and the Relic Stupa here is…

Bihar

Munger Fort

Munger's fort sits on a rocky hillock above the south bank of the Ganges and carries almost everything the town has been: the tomb of Pir Shah Nufa, who died…