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India - Overview
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...s simply no other word that convincingly captures the enigma that is India. With its in-your-face diversity, from snow-dusted mountains to sun...
Maharashtra - Overview
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- Maharashtra
Sprawling Maharashtra, India’s second most populous state, stretches from the gorgeous greens of the...
Kolkata (Calcutta) - Overview
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- Kolkata (Calcutta)
...not an inch of space is wasted. By its old spelling, Calcutta, India’s second-biggest city conjures up images of human suffering to most...
Rameswaram - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Tamil Nadu
- Southern Tamil Nadu
- Rameswaram
Rameswaram is one of the most significant pilgrimage centres in South India for both Shaivites and Vaishnavaites. It was here that Rama (an incarnation...
Uttar Pradesh - Overview
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- Uttar Pradesh
...UP, and often referred to as the cow belt or Hindu belt, India’s most populous state covers the vast, sprawling plain of northern India...
Jammu & Kashmir - Overview
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- Jammu & Kashmir
The mountain retreat of Mughals and Buddhist lamas; the Alps of India; Jehangir’s Valley of Paradise. All these terms have been used to...
Bihar & Jharkhand - Overview
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- Asia
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- Bihar & Jharkhand
As the birthplace of Buddhism, Bihar holds great significance in India’s cultural and spiritual heritage. Siddhartha Gautama – Buddha – spent much of his...
Delhi - Overview
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- Delhi
...metropolis. Scratch beyond the gritty surface and you’ll swiftly discover that India’s capital is sprinkled with glittering gems: captivating ancient monuments, magnificent museums...
Punjab & Haryana - Overview
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- Punjab & Haryana
...clad population generally provide a break from the stresses found elsewhere in India. Punjab may share a (Sikh) prime minister with the rest of India...
Northeast States - Overview
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- Northeast States
India’s 1947 partition left the northeastern states dangling like a crooked cartographic...
Surat - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Gujarat
- Eastern Gujarat
- Surat
...point for Mecca, and in 1613 was the first English settlement in India. Once India’s chief trading port, it declined when the East India...
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh - Overview
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- Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh (MP) was India’s largest state until tribal Chhattisgarh broke away in 2000. It’s...
Elephanta Island - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Mumbai (Bombay)
- Greater Mumbai
- Elephanta Island
In the middle of Mumbai Harbour, 9km northeast of the Gateway of India, the rock-cut temples on Elephanta Island (Indian/foreigner Rs 10/250...
Varanasi - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Uttar Pradesh
- Varanasi
Few places in India are as colourful, charismatic or spiritual as the bathing ghats lining the...
Calangute & Baga - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Goa
- North Goa
- Calangute & Baga
...rampant package- and charter-tourist market in the ’90s. Today they are India’s ‘kiss me quick’ hat capital and the most popular beach resorts...
Sikkim - Overview
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- India
- Sikkim
If you’re feeling jaded by the heat and hassles of India, Sikkim is the perfect antidote. It’s clean (plastic bags are banned...
Bihar - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Bihar & Jharkhand
- Bihar
The birthplace of Buddhism in India, Bihar occupies an important place in India’s cultural and spiritual history...
Shimla - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Himachal Pradesh
- Eastern Himachal Pradesh
- Shimla
...capital of the Raj. Every summer until 1939, the entire government of India fled here from the sweltering heat of the plains, with all their...
Tamil Nadu - Overview
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- Tamil Nadu
...appeal, then Tamil Nadu – land of the Tamils and heartland of southern India – is the place to be. Long coastlines and forested mountains form stunning...
Puducherry (Pondicherry) - Overview
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- Asia
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- Tamil Nadu
- Northern Tamil Nadu
- Puducherry (Pondicherry)
...changed from Pondicherry in October 2006 – is unlike anywhere else in South India. That’s hardly surprising – the former French colony was settled in the...
Pune - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Maharashtra
- Southern Maharashtra
- Pune
A place where old and new India interweave without a second thought, Pune (pronounced Poona) is a thriving centre...
The Western Ghats - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Tamil Nadu
- The Western Ghats
...forest, and are the source of all the major rivers in South India. They also form a diverse biological and ecological haven with 27% of...
Mapusa - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Goa
- North Goa
- Mapusa
...also find a few souvenirs and textiles here. If your idea of India has yet to extend beyond the beach bubbles then this is a...
Corbett Tiger Reserve - Overview
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- Asia
- India
- Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal)
- Corbett Tiger Reserve
This famous reserve (15 Nov-15 Jun) was established in 1936 as India’s first national park. Originally called Hailey National Park, then Ramganga National...
