Sights of India

  • Rajasthan
    • Jaisalmer Fort
    • Pushkar – a mystical small town around a holy lake
    • Meherangarh – a fort with stunning blue-city views
    • Udaipur – lake town with surrounding countryside
    • Jaipur – pink city with palace and observatory
  • Punjab & Haryana
    • Amritsar – the Golden Temple is Sikism’s most holy site
    • Attari – see the Pakistan-India closing the border display
    • Chandigarh – India’s greenest and cleanest city
  • Himachal Pradesh
    • Shimla – the faded town only the Raj’s favorite hill
      station
    • Spiti Valley – stunning mountain scenerary Buddisht culture
    • Manali-Lew Highway – some of the worlds highest motorable
      passes
    • McLeod Ganj – Home to the Dali Lama and other Tibetan
      refugees
    • Kinnaur Valley – lush orchards and wooded slopes
  • Jammu & Kashmir
    • Leh – a labyrinth of alleyways, gompas and palaces
    • Lamayuru – Ladakh’s most stunning gompas
    • Zanskar – great trekking
    • Alchi – some of India’s finest Buddist artwork
    • Tso Moiri – home to nomadic Khampa people
    • Dal lake – a serene lake
  • Uttar Pradesh
    • Agra – Taj Mahal and the Red Fort
    • Varanasi – watch the bathing at the River Ganges
    • Fatehpur Sikri – red sandstone palaces
    • Sarnarth & Kushinagar – important Buddist sights
    • Lucknow – a city of crumbling relics
  • Uttaranchal
    • Trekking in the Himalaya
    • Char Dham & Hem Kund pilgrames
    • Corbett Tiger Reserve
    • Rishikesh- yoga capital of the world
    • Mussoorie & Nainital – hill stations
    • Hardiwar – ashrams, temples and havelis
  • West Bengal
  • Jammu & Kashmir

    Lamayuru Gompa

    Visit the ancient Lamayuru Gompa set in the spectacular
    Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir

    Leh

    Look out over the labyrinthe Leh nestled among the mountains
    of Jammu & Kashmir

    Punjab

    Golden Temple,  Amritsar

    Contemplate the grandeur of the Golden Temple.s

    Delhi

    Jama Masjid

    Ascend the steps of the impressive Jama Masjid, India’s
    margest mosque

    Rajasthan

    City Palace

    Gaze at the impressive City Palace across Lake Pichola,
    Udaipur

    Golden Fort

    Take in the view from the golden fort across the sandstone
    city of Jaisalmer

    Meherangarh

    View the stunning site of the seaof blue houses from
    Jodhpur’s awesome fort.

    Uttar Pradesh

    Taj Mahal

    Marvel at the magical Taj Mahal at sunrise, Agra

    Varanasi

    Take a dawn boat ride down the Ganges, then after weave your
    way through the colurful crowd on the Varanasi ghats.

    Madhya Pradesh

    Khajuraho

    Visit the exquisit erotic temles of Khajuraho, perfectly
    preserved in this tiny little town.

    West Bengal

    Ghoom’s Gompas

    Discover the colurful buildings and residents of Ghoom’s
    gompas near Darjeeling

    Pareshnath Jain Temple

    Seek out theff ornate Pareshnath Jain temple in Kolcata
    (Calcutta)

    Maharashtra

    Mumbai (Bombay)

    Experience India’s most cosmipolitan city with its colonial
    architecture, Elephanta Island and mingle with the evening crowd at
    Chowpatty Beach

    Tamil Nadu

    Sri Meenaski Temple

    Admire the intricate Dravidian carving of the Sri Meenakshi
    Temple in Madurai.

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