Ladakh
Though best known for its cameo role in the popular Bollywood film 3 Idiots, this school of more than 700 students has an interesting campus of prize…
Must-see attractions in India
North Goa
Though it’s not open to the public, seek out the beautiful Casa dos Costa-Frias, down a side road just opposite Candolim’s football field, which belonged…
Siliguri & New Jalpaiguri
About 7km north of central Siliguri, this brightly coloured Tibetan-style monastery is crowned with an imposing 30m tall chorten (Tibetan-style stupa).
Manali
Though there's relatively minimal information here beyond a few photos of local wildlife species, the place is handy for a free toilet. More importantly,…
Manali
Himachal Tourism's amusingly low-tech leisure and games centre beside the Manalsu Nala stream includes swan-shaped pedal-boats, a little haunted house and…
Himachal Pradesh
Lording it over the town is the unmissable if relatively unexotic Akhand Chandi Palace, the whitewashed former home of the Chamba raja. Built in the mid…
North Goa
The narrow road northwest of the village leads you past lots of village homes with rooms for rent, up to a small harbour where the day’s catch is hauled…
Archaeological Survey of India Museum
Tamil Nadu
Inside the fort, this museum houses a small collection of very worn Pallava, Chola and Nayak stone sculptures, plus British-era cannons and displays on…
North Goa
Southwest of Bicholim and about 35km from Panaji, glistening Mayem Lake is a pleasant sort of place that’s popular among local picnickers and families. In…
South Goa
A clean, if slightly characterless stretch of beach, Utorda makes for a pleasant afternoon. Take your pick from a ragtag bunch of beach shacks, most of…
Panaji
Tiny Jama Masjid, barely 100m south of the Municipal Gardens and built about two centuries ago, is easy to miss. The exterior of the mosque is plain, its…
New Delhi
This old-fashioned, open-air children's centre is a charming hodgepodge, with a polychrome-painted toy train ride, a small arts museum, arts-and-crafts…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
This mosque was built by Sikander Jahan Begum in 1862. Similar in style to the Jama Masjid in Delhi, it's a smaller marble-faced mosque with two dark-pink…
Himachal Pradesh
This highly colourful 'temple of eleven gods', fronted with musicians and elephant heads, features 10 incarnations of Vishnu in its niches along with the…
Kolkata (Calcutta)
By day you can exit the Victoria Memorial park from the east gate but not enter this way. From 5pm, a ticket booth here starts issuing tickets for the…
Lucknow
The large, shady zoo is depressing, with animals pacing up and down in their small enclosures, but you must enter it if you want to visit Lucknow’s fine…
Delhi
Founded in 1952, this is a vast green space in the city, covering 86 hectares. Kept in reasonable condition (relatively speaking) are lions, tigers,…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
The samadhi (resting place of ashes) and equestrian monument of Lakshmibai, the Rani (Queen) of Jhansi, a heroine of the First War of Independence (Indian…
Himachal Pradesh
This school, built over a stream, is a key landmark on the walk from Vashisht to Jogini waterfalls.
Maharashtra
An unfinished excavation, cave 5 lacks sculpture and architectural elements of note and its interiors are inaccessible. It does however have an ornate…
Kerala
Kollam's main beach, 2km south of town, is a bit tatty but worth an evening stroll for its sunsets and the colourful local fish market at the harbour to…
Srinagar
En route to Pari Mahal you'll pass the small Cheshmashahi Garden, folded amid the wooded mountain foothills. Its central feature is a square fountain pool…
Northern Kerala
Around 3km southwest of Vythiri (10km southwest of Kalpetta), Pookot Lake is a beautiful mirror framed by forest. With well-maintained gardens, a cafe, a…
Uttarakhand
The Tribal Heritage Museum has an eclectic collection of local crafts and tools and information about the region's culture and traditions. It was set up…
Darjeeling
Darjeeling's most conspicuous Hindu temple is a replica of the famous Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu. It’s easy to find – just below Darjeeling train…
Shimla
The Bengali hut–style Kali Bari Mandir enshrines an image of Kali as Shyamala.
Ladakh
Although there are numerous places to gaze at the ever-changing lake-scapes, one particular sand spit enclosing a mini-lagoon draws numerous Indian…
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
A walk of about 1km west from Reechgarh (which is 3.3km west of the Jai Stambh) leads to a small, crystal-clear pool called Ramya Kund.
Ladakh
Across from Stok Palace, a short alley leads to the 350-year-old Stok Abagon, the decrepit former home of the royal physician, with a few dusty displays…
Shimla
Opposite the Viceregal Lodge's gate, the Himalayan Bird Park is a little aviary that's home to a small collection of exotic birdlife, including the…
Lucknow
This decaying and empty watchtower looks like a medieval painting of the Tower of Babel. Known as Satkhanda, it has only four storeys because construction…
Madurai
Attached to the very interesting Gandhi Memorial Museum, this is a sadly neglected collection of archaeological finds, sculpture, bronzes, costumes and…
Rishikesh
A lovely multitiered waterfall at the end of a 20-minute hike that starts 2km north of Lakshman Jhula. However it's blighted by its touristy setup,…
Tamil Nadu
At this teensy ramshackle museum, you'll be enthusiastically shown a mishmash of old boats, fishing memorabilia and a hard-hitting photo-video of the…
Orchha
These two pillars form an ingenious Persian-designed cooling system, being perforated on the top in order to catch the wind, while their lower parts were…
Kolkata (Calcutta)
This twin-spired church and the eponymous school makes a useful orientation landmark when seeking out the Motherhouse for the first time. Ask for 'Jora…
Kerala
Around 1.5km north of Kollam's boat jetty, this lakeside park is popular with families for its playground, picnicking, motorboating (₹95 per person),…
Dalhousie
Hidden among the restaurants at Khajjiar is the Khajjinag Temple, with its crude effigies of the five Pandavas installed in the 16th century.
Leh
Till the 1950s, this temple was Leh's main Buddhist place of public worship. It features internal murals celebrating the pantheon of 1000 Buddhas, of…
Zigar Drukpa Kargyud Institute
Himachal Pradesh
A short detour uphill from the lake en route to the giant statue, this three-storey complex is a Buddhist study centre with outsized statues of Tantric…
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