Famous places
Temples, forts, natural wonders and cities that every Indian should know.
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- Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, Ujjain
महाकालेश्वर ज्योतिर्लिंग, उज्जैन
One of the twelve jyotirlingas of Shiva, in the ancient city of Ujjain on the Shipra river.
Madhya PradeshPilgrimage site - Majuli
माजुली
A large inhabited river island in the Brahmaputra and the heart of Assam’s Vaishnava satra culture.
AssamPilgrimage site - Mawlynnong
मावलिननॉन्ग
A Khasi village near the Bangladesh border, famous for its cleanliness, flower-lined paths and community way of life.
MeghalayaVillage - Minicoy (Maliku)
मिनिकॉय
Southernmost island of Lakshadweep, with its own language and customs, a tall lighthouse and a long tradition of tuna fishing and seafaring.
LakshadweepIsland - Moti Daman Fort
मोटी दमन किला
A large Portuguese walled town on the south bank of the Damanganga river, with churches, old houses and government offices inside its walls.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuFort - Mysuru Palace
मैसूर पैलेस
The palace of the Wadiyar rulers of Mysore, famous for its Indo-Saracenic architecture and for being lit by thousands of bulbs during Dasara.
KarnatakaPalace - Namdapha National Park
नामदफा राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
A vast rainforest tiger reserve in the far east of India that rises from low river valleys to snowy peaks, rich in rare animals and plants.
Arunachal PradeshNational park - Nubra Valley
नुब्रा घाटी
A wide valley of the Shyok and Nubra rivers, with sand dunes, double-humped camels and old monasteries, reached over Khardung La.
LadakhNatural wonder - Pahalgam
पहलगाम
A valley town on the Lidder river, surrounded by pine forests and meadows, and the starting point of the traditional Amarnath route.
Jammu and KashmirHill station - Pemayangtse Monastery
पेमायांग्त्से मठ
One of the oldest and most important monasteries of Sikkim, of the Nyingma school, on a hilltop near Pelling.
SikkimPilgrimage site - Periyar Tiger Reserve
पेरियार टाइगर रिज़र्व
A forest reserve around an artificial lake at Thekkady, known for elephants, boat safaris and community-based ecotourism.
KeralaWildlife sanctuary - Pinjore (Yadavindra) Gardens
पिंजौर (यादवेंद्र) उद्यान
A 17th-century Mughal terraced garden at the foot of the Shivalik hills, with fountains, water channels and palace pavilions.
HaryanaMonument - Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram
रामनाथस्वामी मंदिर, रामेश्वरम
An island temple of Lord Shiva, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas and one of the four Char Dham pilgrimages.
Tamil NaduPilgrimage site - Shaheed Dweep (Neil Island)
शहीद द्वीप (नील द्वीप)
A small, quiet island of farms and beaches south of Swaraj Dweep, known for its natural rock bridge and coral reefs.
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsNatural wonder - Shree Govindajee Temple
श्री गोविंदजी मंदिर
The main Vaishnava temple of Manipur, beside the old royal palace in Imphal, with twin domes and a large hall for dance and worship.
ManipurTemple - Sundarbans National Park
सुंदरबन राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
Part of the world’s largest mangrove forest, in the delta of the Ganga and Brahmaputra, home to the Royal Bengal tiger, which swims between the islands.
West BengalNational parkUNESCO 1987 - Tripura Sundari Temple (Matabari), Udaipur
त्रिपुरा सुंदरी मंदिर (माताबाड़ी), उदयपुर
A hilltop temple of the goddess Tripura Sundari, revered as one of the Shakti Peethas and the most important shrine in the State.
TripuraTemple - Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves
उदयगिरि और खंडगिरि गुफाएँ
Rock-cut caves on two hills in Bhubaneswar, carved as dwellings for Jain monks, with the Hathigumpha inscription of King Kharavela.
OdishaMonument - Vaishali
वैशाली
Seat of the ancient Licchavi republic, birthplace of Lord Mahavira, and a town the Buddha visited several times.
BiharPilgrimage site - Vantawng Falls
वानतॉन्ग जलप्रपात
A tall, two-tier waterfall in thick forest near Thenzawl, among the highest falls in Mizoram.
MizoramNatural wonder - Varanasi and Shri Kashi Vishwanath
वाराणसी और श्री काशी विश्वनाथ
Ancient city of ghats on the Ganga and home of Shri Kashi Vishwanath, one of the twelve jyotirlingas of Bhagwan Shiva.
Uttar PradeshPilgrimage site - Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi
वीरभद्र मंदिर, लेपाक्षी
A 16th-century Vijayanagara-era temple famous for its ceiling murals, a 'hanging' pillar and a giant stone Nandi.
Andhra PradeshTemple - Warangal Fort and the Thousand Pillar Temple
वारंगल किला और हज़ार स्तंभ मंदिर
The ruins of the Kakatiya capital at Warangal, with its carved stone gateways, and the star-shaped Thousand Pillar Temple at nearby Hanamkonda.
TelanganaFort - Zakir Hussain Rose Garden
ज़ाकिर हुसैन रोज़ गार्डन
A large rose garden with many hundreds of varieties of roses, home to Chandigarh's annual Rose Festival.
ChandigarhGarden - Araku Valley and Borra Caves
अरकू घाटी और बोर्रा गुफाएँ
A green valley in the Eastern Ghats known for coffee gardens, tribal culture and the limestone Borra Caves.
Andhra PradeshHill station - Arulmigu Manakula Vinayagar Temple
मनाकुला विनायगर मंदिर
A much-loved Ganesha temple in the heart of Puducherry's old town, known for its golden chariot and painted walls.
PuducherryTemple - Baratang limestone caves and mud volcano
बाराटांग चूना पत्थर गुफाएं
An island in Middle Andaman reached through mangrove creeks, with limestone caves full of stalactites and small active mud volcanoes.
Andaman and Nicobar IslandsNatural wonder - Bhadrachalam Sri Sita Ramachandra Swamy Temple
भद्राचलम श्री सीता रामचंद्र स्वामी मंदिर
A major Rama temple on the banks of the Godavari, linked with the seventeenth-century saint-poet Bhakta Ramadas.
TelanganaPilgrimage site - Danteshwari temple, Dantewada
दंतेश्वरी मंदिर, दंतेवाड़ा
The temple of goddess Danteshwari, the guardian deity of Bastar, at the meeting of the Shankini and Dankini rivers.
ChhattisgarhTemple - Darjeeling and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
दार्जिलिंग और दार्जिलिंग हिमालयन रेलवे
A hill town of tea gardens and views of Kanchenjunga, reached by the narrow-gauge ‘toy train’, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mountain Railways of India.
West BengalHill stationUNESCO 1999 - Dawki and the Umngot river
डावकी और उमंगोट नदी
A border town where the Umngot river runs so clear that boats seem to float on air over the stones of the riverbed.
MeghalayaNatural wonder - Dhauli
धौली
A hill near Bhubaneswar on the Daya river, linked by tradition to the Kalinga war, with rock edicts of Emperor Ashoka and a white Peace Pagoda.
OdishaMonument - Durgiana Temple, Amritsar
दुर्गियाना मंदिर, अमृतसर
A major Hindu temple in Amritsar that stands in the middle of a sacred tank and is built in a style that echoes the Golden Temple.
PunjabTemple - Gangotri and Gaumukh
गंगोत्री और गोमुख
The temple of the goddess Ganga on the Bhagirathi river, and the snout of the Gangotri glacier at Gaumukh, the source of the river.
UttarakhandPilgrimage site - Gateway of India and South Mumbai
गेटवे ऑफ़ इंडिया
Mumbai's waterfront arch facing the Arabian Sea, close to the Victorian Gothic and Art Deco buildings of the old city.
MaharashtraCity - Ghoghla Beach
घोघला बीच
The longest beach of Diu, on the mainland side of the creek, with clean sands and calm water; it holds the international Blue Flag certification.
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuBeach - Government Museum and Art Gallery
राजकीय संग्रहालय एवं कला दीर्घा
A museum in a Le Corbusier building, known for its Gandhara sculptures and miniature paintings.
ChandigarhMuseum - Great Himalayan National Park
ग्रेट हिमालयन राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kullu district, protecting high mountain forests, alpine meadows and glaciers, home to the western tragopan and the Himalayan musk deer.
Himachal PradeshNational parkUNESCO 2014 - Gwalior Fort
ग्वालियर का किला
A hilltop fort with palaces and temples, long known as one of the strongest forts in India.
Madhya PradeshFort - Historic City of Ahmedabad
ऐतिहासिक अहमदाबाद नगर
The walled old city founded by Sultan Ahmad Shah in 1411, with carved wooden pol houses, mosques and temples. India's first World Heritage City.
GujaratCityUNESCO 2017 - Ima Keithel (Mothers’ Market)
इमा कैथेल
A large market in the heart of Imphal where every stall is run by a woman, said to be one of the biggest women-run markets in Asia.
ManipurMarket - Jama Masjid, Delhi
जामा मस्जिद, दिल्ली
One of the largest mosques in India, built by Shah Jahan in red sandstone and white marble facing the Red Fort.
DelhiMonument - Kadmat
कदमत
Long, narrow island with lagoons on both sides, popular for water sports and diving.
LakshadweepBeach - Kanyakumari
कन्याकुमारी
The southern tip of mainland India, where the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal meet.
Tamil NaduPilgrimage site - Leh Palace
लेह पैलेस
The nine-storey former royal palace of the Namgyal kings, overlooking the old town of Leh.
LadakhPalace - Mehrangarh Fort
मेहरानगढ़ किला
A massive fort on a high rock above Jodhpur, the Blue City, founded by Rao Jodha in the 15th century.
RajasthanFort - Netarhat
नेतरहाट
A quiet hill station on the Chota Nagpur plateau, called the ‘Queen of Chotanagpur’, known for sunrise and sunset views over forested hills.
JharkhandHill station - Ntangki National Park
नटांगकी राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
Nagaland’s national park, a tropical forest home to hoolock gibbons, hornbills and other wildlife.
NagalandNational park - Palak Dil
पालक दिल
The largest natural lake in Mizoram, set among forests in the far south.
MizoramNatural wonder - Palolem beach
पालोलेम समुद्र तट
A crescent-shaped bay in south Goa with calm water, palm trees and a quieter pace than the north.
GoaBeach - Parshuram Kund
परशुराम कुंड
A Hindu pilgrimage site on the Lohit river where thousands take a holy dip on Makar Sankranti.
Arunachal PradeshPilgrimage site - Sarnath
सारनाथ
Deer park near Varanasi where the Buddha gave his first sermon after enlightenment, with the Dhamek Stupa and the Ashokan pillar.
Uttar PradeshPilgrimage siteUNESCO 2026 - Sepahijala Wildlife Sanctuary
सिपाहीजला वन्यजीव अभयारण्य
A forest sanctuary near Agartala known for Phayre's leaf monkey (the spectacled monkey), birds and the Clouded Leopard National Park.
TripuraWildlife sanctuary - Shravanabelagola
श्रवणबेलगोला
A major Jain pilgrimage town with the monolithic statue of Gommateshwara (Bahubali) standing on Vindhyagiri hill.
KarnatakaPilgrimage site - Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine
श्री माता वैष्णो देवी
A cave shrine of the Mother Goddess in the Trikuta hills above Katra, one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in India.
Jammu and KashmirPilgrimage site - Silent Valley National Park
साइलेंट वैली राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
One of the last large stretches of undisturbed tropical evergreen rainforest in the Western Ghats, saved from a hydroelectric project by a public campaign.
KeralaNational park - Sivasagar and the Ahom monuments
शिवसागर और अहोम स्मारक
The old capital of the Ahom kings, with royal palaces, a royal pavilion and temples around a great man-made tank.
AssamMonument - Surajkund
सूरजकुंड
An ancient amphitheatre-shaped reservoir near Faridabad, home every February to the Surajkund International Crafts Mela.
HaryanaMonument - Takht Sri Harimandir Ji, Patna Sahib
तख्त श्री हरिमंदिर जी, पटना साहिब
One of the five Takhts of Sikhism, built at the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru.
BiharPilgrimage site - Tsomgo (Changu) Lake
छांगू झील
A glacial lake high in the mountains on the road from Gangtok to Nathu La, frozen in winter and ringed by flowers in spring.
SikkimNatural wonder