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The Ajanta Caves are 30 rock-cut Buddhist monuments set into a horseshoe-shaped gorge in Aurangabad district.
Located right in the heart of Alibaug town, this historic beach sits just 95 km from Mumbai by road, or a quick 45-minute ferry ride from Gateway of India to…
Bibi Ka Maqbara in Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar) is a grand Mughal mausoleum built in the 1660s to 1670s for Dilras Banu Begum, the wife of Emperor…
Daulatabad Fort (historically Devagiri) stands atop a steep 200-metre conical hill roughly 15-16 km northwest of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad)…
The Elephanta Caves sit on an island in Mumbai Harbour, about an hour's ferry ride from the Gateway of India, and hold a network of rock-cut cave temples…
The Ellora Caves are a group of 34 rock-cut shrines carved into the basalt cliffs of the Charanandri Hills near Aurangabad.
The Gateway of India is Mumbai's most recognisable landmark, a triumphal basalt arch built overlooking the Arabian Sea at Apollo Bunder.
The Haji Ali Dargah is one of Mumbai's most recognisable landmarks — a white-domed Indo-Islamic shrine and mosque set on a tiny islet in the Arabian Sea…
Harishchandragad is an ancient hill fort where the boundaries of Thane, Pune and Ahmednagar (Ahilyanagar) districts converge, renowned for the Kedareshwar…
Lohagad ("Iron Fort") is a hill fort in the Sahyadri range near Lonavala, about 52 km northwest of Pune, rising to 1,033 m above sea level and connected to…
Mahabaleshwar sits at 1,353 metres on a broad plateau ridge of the Sahyadri range in Satara district, the highest and most extensive hill resort in…
Situated near Dapoli in the Raigad/Ratnagiri region, Murud Beach sits approximately 140 km south of Mumbai, overlooking the open sea.
Murud-Janjira is an oval-shaped island fort in the Arabian Sea off Raigad district, about 165 km south of Mumbai, famed as the sea stronghold of the Siddis…
Naldurg is the Deccan's great water-engineered fort: a basalt stronghold of 114 bastions where the Bori river was dammed to fill the moat and, in flood, to…
Takht Sri Hazur Sahib at Nanded is one of the five Takhts (seats of temporal authority) of Sikhism, marking the place where Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru…
Panhala Fort sits in the Sahyadri range about 18-20 km northwest of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, at roughly 845 m above sea level, with a 14 km perimeter and around…
Pratapgad is a mountain fort in Satara district, Maharashtra, standing 1,080 m above sea level and divided into a lower and upper fort with two main entrances…
Purandar Fort stands in the Western Ghats of Pune district at an elevation of about 1,374 metres, historically significant as the birthplace of Chhatrapati…
Raigad is a hill fort in Mahad, Raigad district, Maharashtra, in the Sahyadri (Western Ghats) mountain range, rising 820 metres above its base and 1,356 m…
Rajgad Fort stands on a hill known as Murumbadevi Dongar in Pune district, Maharashtra, about 50-60 km southwest of Pune city, rising to 1,376 metres above…
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…
Shivneri Fort stands on a rugged hill near Junnar in Pune district, Maharashtra, with a triangular shape, seven defended gates, and mud walls spanning about a…
Sindhudurg Fort is a sea fort built on Khurte island off Malvan in Sindhudurg district, roughly 450 km south of Mumbai, spanning about 48 acres with a nearly…
Sinhagad ("Lion's Fort") is an ancient hill fortress about 28 km southwest of Pune, perched on the Bhuleswar range of the Sahyadri Mountains at 1,317 m above…
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