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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Aru Valley

Attraction

Aru Valley

Jammu And Kashmir, India

Betaab Valley

Attraction

Betaab Valley

Jammu And Kashmir, India

Dashashwamedh Ghat

Attraction

Dashashwamedh Ghat

Uttar Pradesh, India

Great Buddha Statue

Attraction

Great Buddha Statue

Bihar, India

Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Attraction

Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Uttar Pradesh, India

Nishat Bagh

Attraction

Nishat Bagh

Jammu And Kashmir, India

Pahalgam

Attraction

Pahalgam

Jammu And Kashmir, India

Sarnath

Attraction

Sarnath

Uttar Pradesh, India

Shalimar Bagh

Attraction

Shalimar Bagh

Jammu And Kashmir, India

French Quarter (White Town)

Attraction

French Quarter (White Town)

Puducherry, India

The French Quarter (White Town) of Puducherry is the old colonial grid of mustard and white villas between the canal and the sea

Chinese Fishing Nets, Fort Kochi

Viewpoint

Chinese Fishing Nets, Fort Kochi

Kerala, India

The Chinese fishing nets of Fort Kochi are giant shore-operated cantilevered nets, a working symbol of Kochi's trading past

Soma Gompa (Jokhang)

Temple & sacred site

Soma Gompa (Jokhang)

Ladakh, India

Soma Gompa, the Jokhang of Leh, is a Buddhist temple in the Main Bazaar dedicated to Jowo Rinpoche, the crowned Buddha.

Hall of Fame, Leh

Museum

Hall of Fame, Leh

Ladakh, India

The Hall of Fame is the Indian Army's war memorial and museum near Leh, telling the story of soldiers in Ladakh's mountains.

St. Francis Church, Kochi

Temple & sacred site

St. Francis Church, Kochi

Kerala, India

St. Francis Church in Fort Kochi, founded by the Portuguese in 1503, is the oldest European church in India and Vasco da Gama's first grave

Gurudwara Pathar Sahib

Temple & sacred site

Gurudwara Pathar Sahib

Ladakh, India

Gurudwara Pathar Sahib is a Sikh shrine on the Leh to Kargil road, built around a boulder linked to Guru Nanak.

Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica

Temple & sacred site

Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica

Kerala, India

Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica is a Gothic-style Catholic cathedral in Fort Kochi, completed in 1905, known for its painted interior

Magnetic Hill

Attraction

Magnetic Hill

Ladakh, India

Magnetic Hill is a stretch of the Leh to Kargil road where an optical illusion makes vehicles seem to roll uphill.

Paradesi Synagogue

Temple & sacred site

Paradesi Synagogue

Kerala, India

The Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry, built in 1568, is the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth, famed for its Chinese floor tiles

Cheeyappara Waterfalls

Nature

Cheeyappara Waterfalls

Kerala, India

Cheeyappara Waterfalls is a seven-tiered waterfall beside the Kochi to Munnar highway in Kerala's Idukki district

Sangam (Indus–Zanskar Confluence)

Viewpoint

Sangam (Indus–Zanskar Confluence)

Ladakh, India

The Sangam near Nimmu is where the Zanskar river joins the Indus, the two flowing side by side in different colours.

Eravikulam National Park

Nature

Eravikulam National Park

Kerala, India

Eravikulam National Park near Munnar protects high grasslands and shola forest, and is the main home of the endangered Nilgiri tahr

Shanti Stupa

Viewpoint

Shanti Stupa

Ladakh, India

Shanti Stupa is a white-domed peace pagoda on a hilltop at Chanspa above Leh, the town's favourite sunset viewpoint.

Laxminarayan Temple (Birla Mandir)

Temple & sacred site

Laxminarayan Temple (Birla Mandir)

Delhi, India

Delhi's Laxminarayan Temple, built by the Birla family and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1939

Tata Tea Museum

Museum

Tata Tea Museum

Kerala, India

The Tata Tea Museum on Munnar's Nallathanni Estate is India's first tea museum, telling the story of the Kanan Devan Hills estates

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