Explore attractions across India
Temples, monasteries, viewpoints, national parks and trails in India, with a guide to each: what to see, when to go and how to get there.
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Rumtek Monastery
Sikkim, India
Rumtek Monastery near Gangtok is the largest monastery in Sikkim and the seat in exile of the Karmapa of the Karma Kagyu school.
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Sirpur
Chhattisgarh, India
Sirpur, Chhattisgarh: an ancient capital on the Mahanadi with the brick Lakshmana Temple and excavated Buddhist monasteries.
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Solomon's Temple
Mizoram, India
Solomon's Temple is a large white church of the Kohhran Thianghlim at Kidron Valley on the edge of Aizawl, Mizoram.
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Somnath Temple
Gujarat, India
Somnath Temple on the Gujarat coast is the first of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva, rebuilt in 1951.
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Sundarbans
West Bengal, India
The Sundarbans is the world's largest mangrove forest, spanning West Bengal and Bangladesh and home to swimming Bengal tigers.
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Surajkund
Haryana, India
A 10th-century sun reservoir in Faridabad, Haryana, famous for the Surajkund International Crafts Mela each February
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Unakoti
Tripura, India
Unakoti in northern Tripura is a hillside of giant rock-cut Shaiva carvings and stone images dating from about the 7th to 9th centuries.
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Wagah Border
Punjab, India
Wagah Border, Amritsar: the Attari-Wagah crossing where the Beating Retreat flag ceremony is held every evening.
Nature
Zakir Hussain Rose Garden
Chandigarh, India
A 30-acre rose garden in Sector 16, Chandigarh, with about 1,600 varieties and the city's February Rose Festival
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Ziro Valley
Arunachal Pradesh, India
Ziro Valley is the Apatani homeland in Arunachal Pradesh, known for its rice and fish farming and a UNESCO tentative-list landscape.
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Agra Fort
Uttar Pradesh, India
Agra Fort is the red sandstone Mughal fortress on the Yamuna in Agra, rebuilt by Akbar from 1565 and a UNESCO site since 1983.
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Capitol Complex
Chandigarh, India
Le Corbusier's UNESCO-listed government complex in Chandigarh, with the High Court, Assembly, Secretariat and Open Hand Monument
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Chand Baori Stepwell
Rajasthan, India
Chand Baori is a 9th-century stepwell in Abhaneri village, Rajasthan, with about 3,500 steps zigzagging down 13 levels.
Viewpoint
Marine Drive
Maharashtra, India
Marine Drive is Mumbai's curving seafront promenade along Back Bay, known at night as the Queen's Necklace.
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Rashtrapati Bhavan
Delhi, India
The President of India's residence, built by Lutyens as the Viceroy's House and completed in 1929, at the head of Kartavya Path
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Elephanta Caves
Maharashtra, India
The Elephanta Caves are 5th to 7th century rock-cut temples to Shiva on an island in Mumbai harbour, reached by ferry.
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Itmad-ud-Daula (Baby Taj)
Uttar Pradesh, India
Itmad-ud-Daula, known as the Baby Taj, is a white marble tomb in Agra inlaid with semi-precious stones, built from 1622 to 1628.
Viewpoint
Jal Mahal (Water Palace)
Rajasthan, India
Jal Mahal is an 18th-century palace in the middle of Man Sagar Lake, Jaipur, that seems to float when the lake is full.
Temple & sacred site
Lotus Temple
Delhi, India
Delhi's lotus-shaped Bahá'í House of Worship, opened in 1986 and open to people of every faith
Market & shopping
Sector 17 Plaza
Chandigarh, India
Chandigarh's car-free central plaza in Sector 17, the shopping and social heart of Le Corbusier's planned city
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)
Maharashtra, India
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is Mumbai's 1888 Victorian Gothic railway station, a working UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Market & shopping
Elante Mall
Chandigarh, India
A large modern shopping mall in Industrial Area Phase 1, Chandigarh, with brands, a food court and a multiplex
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Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)
Rajasthan, India
Hawa Mahal is a five-storey pink sandstone palace facade in Jaipur, built in 1799 with 953 latticed windows.
Temple & sacred site
Jama Masjid
Delhi, India
Shah Jahan's great congregational mosque in Old Delhi, built between 1650 and 1656 with a courtyard for 25,000 worshippers