India's most popular places to visit

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India's genuinely most-visited destinations, from ASI and government footfall records and well-documented heritage or pilgrimage scale — not opinion. Filter by type or state to explore.

Gujarat

Statue of Unity

The Statue of Unity, at 182 metres the tallest statue in the world, honours Sardar Vallabhbai Patel and stands beside the Narmada dam.

Uttar Pradesh

Agra Fort

Agra Fort is a massive red-sandstone fortress-palace complex on the banks of the Yamuna River, enclosed by 2.5 km of walls, and served as the principal…

Maharashtra

Ellora Caves

The Ellora Caves are a group of 34 rock-cut shrines carved into the basalt cliffs of the Charanandri Hills near Aurangabad.

Karnataka

ISKCON Temple

ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Rajajinagar is one of the largest ISKCON temples in the world, a striking blend of modern glass-and-steel architecture with…

Uttarakhand

Auli

India's winter skiing destination, with panoramic views of Nanda Devi and snow slopes.

Delhi

Red Fort

The Red Fort (Lal Qila) is a massive red-sandstone Mughal fortress-palace in Old Delhi, built as the residence of the Mughal emperors and the seat of the…

Uttar Pradesh

Taj Mahal (Agra)

The Taj Mahal stands in white marble on the southern bank of the Yamuna River at Agra.

Jammu & Kashmir

Vaishno Devi (Katra)

The shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi stands at 1,585 metres in the Trikuta Mountains of Jammu.

Punjab

Amritsar (Golden Temple)

The Golden Temple sits lower than the ground around it, and you walk down steps to reach the water.

Odisha

Konark Sun Temple

The Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century temple near the Bay of Bengal coast in Odisha's Puri district, built in dark khondalite stone as a giant chariot for…

Telangana

Golconda Fort

Golconda Fort stands on a granite hill on the western outskirts of Hyderabad, Telangana, encircled by a roughly 10-km outer wall with 87 semicircular bastions.

Goa

Fort Aguada

Fort Aguada, completed by the Portuguese in 1612, guards the mouth of the Mandovi from the Sinquerim headland — the strongest of Goa's coastal forts and the…

Odisha

Udayagiri & Khandagiri Caves

Udayagiri and Khandagiri are twin hills on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar honeycombed with rock-cut caves carved as dwellings for Jain monks, dating back to the…

Delhi

Humayun's Tomb

Humayun's Tomb in Delhi was the first grand Mughal garden-tomb in India, built in the 1560s for Emperor Humayun by his widow Empress Bega Begum.

Maharashtra

Shaniwar Wada

Shaniwar Wada is the fortified palace complex in Pune that served as the seat of the Peshwas, the prime ministers who effectively ruled the Maratha Empire…

Rajasthan

Chittorgarh Fort

Chittorgarh is the largest fort complex in the Indian subcontinent, spread across a fish-shaped plateau of nearly 700 acres that rises 180 metres straight out…

Karnataka

Hampi

Hampi is an archaeological site in the open air, spread along the boulder-strewn Tungabhadra in Vijayanagara district.

Tamil Nadu

Mahabalipuram

Mahabalipuram, historically known as Mamallapuram, sits on the Bay of Bengal roughly 55 km south of Chennai and is known for its rock monuments carved in the…

Delhi

Qutb Minar

Qutb Minar is the centrepiece of a UNESCO World Heritage complex in south Delhi, and at 73 metres it remains the tallest brick minaret in the world.

Uttarakhand

Jim Corbett National Park

Jim Corbett is India's oldest national park and the birthplace of Project Tiger, set in the Himalayan foothills along the Ramganga River.

Assam

Kaziranga National Park

Kaziranga covers over 430 square kilometres of alluvial floodplain along the southern bank of the Brahmaputra in Assam.

Rajasthan

Ranthambore National Park

Ranthambore is one of the largest and best-known wildlife sanctuaries in northern India, with a thriving population of the endangered Royal Bengal tiger.

Gujarat

Gir National Park

Gir is the last refuge of the Asiatic lion, the only place on earth outside Africa where wild lions roam.

Madhya Pradesh

Kanha National Park

Kanha is one of India's largest and most beautiful tiger reserves, a landscape of sal forests and open meadows said to have inspired Kipling's 'The Jungle…