Famous places
Temples, forts, natural wonders and cities that every Indian should know.
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- Vitthal–Rukmini temple, Pandharpur
विठ्ठल–रुक्मिणी मंदिर, पंढरपूर
The temple of Vitthal (Vithoba) on the Chandrabhaga river, goal of the great Wari pilgrimage on foot.
MaharashtraPilgrimage site - Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and Mollem National Park
भगवान महावीर वन्यजीव अभयारण्य और मोलेम राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
The largest protected forest of Goa, in the Western Ghats, home to gaur, leopards, deer and many birds, and to the Tambdi Surla temple.
GoaWildlife sanctuary - Bhitarkanika National Park
भितरकनिका राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
Dense mangrove forests and creeks in the Brahmani–Baitarani delta, home to large saltwater crocodiles and close to the Gahirmatha turtle beach.
OdishaNational park - Haflong
हाफलोंग
Assam’s hill station in the Dima Hasao hills, with a lake, cool weather and green ridges.
AssamHill station - Hazarduari Palace, Murshidabad
हज़ारद्वारी महल, मुर्शिदाबाद
A 19th-century palace of the Nawabs of Murshidabad on the Bhagirathi, named for its ‘thousand doors’, many of them false, now an ASI museum.
West BengalPalace - Jog Falls
जोग जलप्रपात
One of India’s highest plunge waterfalls, where the Sharavathi river drops down a sheer cliff in four streams.
KarnatakaNatural wonder - Kangra Fort
कांगड़ा किला
A large hill fort, traditionally counted among the oldest in India, the seat of the Katoch rulers of Kangra, standing above the meeting of the Banganga and Patal rivers.
Himachal PradeshFort - Kanha Tiger Reserve
कान्हा टाइगर रिज़र्व
Sal forests and open meadows in the Maikal hills, home to tigers and the hard-ground barasingha.
Madhya PradeshNational park - Martand Sun Temple
मार्तंड सूर्य मंदिर
Ruins of a grand 8th-century temple to the Sun God on a plateau near Anantnag, built by King Lalitaditya Muktapida.
Jammu and KashmirMonument - Mathura and Vrindavan
मथुरा और वृंदावन
Twin towns of Braj linked to the birth and childhood of Shri Krishna, full of temples, ghats and festivals.
Uttar PradeshPilgrimage site - Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
मुदुमलाई टाइगर रिज़र्व
Forests on the Nilgiri slopes rich in elephants, tigers and gaur, with a long-running elephant camp at Theppakadu.
Tamil NaduNational park - Nainital
नैनीताल
A hill town built around a crescent-shaped lake in Kumaon, once the summer seat of the United Provinces.
UttarakhandHill station - Raj Ghat
राजघाट
The memorial on the banks of the Yamuna where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated on 31 January 1948.
DelhiMemorial - Rann of Kachchh
कच्छ का रण
A vast seasonal salt marsh that dries into a white desert in winter, home to craft villages and the Rann Utsav.
GujaratNatural wonder - Ranthambore National Park
रणथंभौर राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
A dry deciduous forest between the Aravalli and Vindhya hills, famous for tigers seen in the open, with an old fort and lakes inside the park.
RajasthanNational park - Sabarimala
सबरीमला
A hilltop forest shrine of Lord Ayyappa in the Western Ghats, visited by millions of pilgrims each season after a period of austerity.
KeralaPilgrimage site - Srikalahasteeswara Temple, Srikalahasti
श्रीकालहस्तीश्वर मंदिर, श्रीकालहस्ती
A Shiva temple on the Swarnamukhi river, revered as the Vayu (air) linga among the five element temples of South India.
Andhra PradeshTemple - Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve
ताडोबा-अंधारी व्याघ्र प्रकल्प
Teak and bamboo forests around Tadoba lake in Vidarbha, one of the best places in India to see tigers in the wild.
MaharashtraNational park - Vikramshila Mahavihara
विक्रमशिला महाविहार
Ruins of a great Buddhist university founded by the Pala kings, on the banks of the Ganga near Bhagalpur.
BiharMonument - Bandipur National Park
बांदीपुर राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
A tiger reserve of dry deciduous forest at the foot of the Nilgiris, home to tigers, elephants, gaur and many birds.
KarnatakaNational park - Bara Imambara, Lucknow
बड़ा इमामबाड़ा, लखनऊ
Grand 18th-century complex built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula, famous for its vaulted hall without beams and its maze, the Bhool Bhulaiya.
Uttar PradeshMonument - Chamba and Khajjiar
चंबा और खज्जियार
The old hill capital of Chamba on the Ravi, with its stone temples, and the nearby meadow of Khajjiar ringed by deodar forest.
Himachal PradeshCity - Chennai
चेन्नई
Tamil Nadu's capital on the Bay of Bengal: a port, industrial and IT city with old temples, colonial buildings and a long beach.
Tamil NaduCity - Gangasagar (Sagar Island)
गंगासागर (सागर द्वीप)
The island where the Ganga meets the Bay of Bengal, site of the Kapil Muni temple and the Gangasagar Mela on Makar Sankranti.
West BengalPilgrimage site - Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah
हज़रत निज़ामुद्दीन दरगाह
The shrine of the Chishti Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya, where qawwalis are sung in the courtyard in the evenings.
DelhiPilgrimage site - Jageshwar temple group
जागेश्वर मंदिर समूह
More than a hundred stone temples of Shiva in a deodar forest near Almora, built over several centuries in the early medieval period.
UttarakhandTemple - Kovalam beach
कोवलम समुद्र तट
A crescent of beaches south of Thiruvananthapuram, marked by a red-and-white lighthouse on a rocky headland, known for Ayurveda centres.
KeralaBeach - Mahabaleshwar
महाबळेश्वर
A hill station in the Sahyadri range, known for its viewpoints, strawberries and the source of the Krishna river.
MaharashtraHill station - Pachmarhi
पचमढ़ी
Madhya Pradesh’s only hill station, in the Satpura range, with waterfalls, gorges, caves and forest.
Madhya PradeshHill station - Pushkar
पुष्कर
A sacred lake town near Ajmer with one of the very few temples in India dedicated to Lord Brahma, and a famous fair in the month of Kartik.
RajasthanPilgrimage site - Raghunath Temple, Jammu
रघुनाथ मंदिर, जम्मू
A large 19th-century temple complex in the heart of Jammu city, dedicated to Lord Rama, with gilded spires and many shrines.
Jammu and KashmirTemple - Similipal National Park
सिमलीपाल राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
A large forested tiger reserve in Mayurbhanj, with sal forests, waterfalls and grasslands, also a UNESCO biosphere reserve.
OdishaNational park - Statue of Unity
स्टैच्यू ऑफ यूनिटी
A 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel near the Sardar Sarovar Dam, the tallest statue in the world.
GujaratMemorial - Bhedaghat Marble Rocks
भेड़ाघाट के संगमरमर की चट्टानें
The Narmada flows through a gorge of white and coloured marble cliffs near Jabalpur.
Madhya PradeshNatural wonder - Dudhwa National Park
दुधवा राष्ट्रीय उद्यान
Terai forest and grassland on the India–Nepal border, home to tigers, swamp deer and reintroduced one-horned rhinoceros.
Uttar PradeshNational park - Gurdwara Bangla Sahib
गुरुद्वारा बंगला साहिब
A Sikh shrine near Connaught Place linked with Guru Har Krishan, the eighth Sikh Guru, with a sacred pool and a langar that serves free meals to all.
DelhiPilgrimage site - Kanchipuram
कांचीपुरम
An ancient temple city and Pallava capital, famous for its many temples and its silk sarees.
Tamil NaduPilgrimage site - Kodagu (Coorg)
कोडगु (कूर्ग)
A hill district of coffee estates, misty forests and waterfalls in the Western Ghats, and home of the Kodava people.
KarnatakaHill station - Lonar crater lake
लोणार सरोवर
A saline, alkaline lake in a crater formed by a meteorite impact in the basalt rock of the Deccan plateau.
MaharashtraNatural wonder - Mount Abu and the Dilwara Temples
माउंट आबू और दिलवाड़ा मंदिर
Rajasthan’s only hill station, in the Aravallis, home to the Dilwara Jain temples with some of the finest marble carving in India.
RajasthanHill station