| ITINERARY | STATE | SIGHTS |
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| Z | ASSAM and nearby states | |
| | Kaziranga National Park (rhinos, tigers, elephants) |
| | Namdapha National Park (tigers, leopards, snow leopards) |
| Z | MEGHALAYA | |
| | -Shillong |
| | wildlife |
| | tribes |
| Z | NEGALAND | |
| | tribes |
| Z | SIKKIM | |
| | wildlife |
| | Himalaya |
| | Tashiding monastery (1717) |
| | Pemayangtze: Trekking to Dzongri |
| WEST BENGAL | |
| A14 | | +Kolkata/Calcutta: +Victoria Memorial (1921), +Indian Museum (+stupa and sculptures from Barhut of 2nd c BC) |
| Z | | Darjeeling: Kangchenjunga, India's highest mountain, Trekking the Singalila Ridge |
| Z | | Sunderbans: Ganges Delta |
| Z | | Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary (tigers, crocodiles, birds) |
| Z | | Jaldhapara Wildlife Sanctuary (rhinos, elephants) |
| Z | | +Bishnupur/ Vishnupur: +Shyama Raya temple (1643), Keshta Raya temple (1655) |
| A13 | | Gaur (Dhulian) |
| A13 | | Pandua: Eklakhi Mausoleum (14##) |
| LADAKH | |
| C4 | | +Leh: Palace (163#), Spitok monastery (14##), +Alchi monastery (11##), Lamayuru monastery (10##) |
| C4 | | Hemis: monastery (1630) |
| C4 | | Padum: Trekking |
| C4 | | Zanskar region: Trekking |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR | |
| C3 | | +Srinagar |
| C3 | | Zanskar: +Phugtal monastery (10##) |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH | |
| C1 | | Shimla/ Simla: Christ Church (1846) |
| C1 | | +Sarahan: +Bhimakali temple (11##) |
| | Key monastery |
| | Tabo monastery |
| | Dhankar: Pin Valley National Park (leopards, bears) |
| | Sangam: Trekking in Pin Valley |
| | Naggar: Trekking to Parvati Valley |
| | Kalpa: Trekking in the Kinnaur region |
| | Lahaul: Trekking in the Sacred Valley of Spiti to Chandra Tal lake |
| UTTARANCHAL | |
| | Valley of Flowers National Park (flowers and butterflies) |
| | Corbett Tiger Reserve |
| | Rajaji National Park (tigers, leopards, bears) |
| | Govind Wildlife Sanctuary (leopards, bears) |
| | Gangotri: Trekking over the Garhwal hills to the source of the Ganges |
| | Nanda Devi, India's second highest mountain |
| PUNJAB | |
| C2 | | +Amritsar: ++Harimandir Sahib/ Golden temple (1601) |
| | Chandigarh: +Capital complex including LeCorbusier's High Court (1952), Cactus garden (largest in Asia) |
| | +Manali & Kulu Valley |
| RAJASTAN |  |
| | -Alwar: MOosi Maharani ki Chhatri |
| | -Shekhawati: havelis of Lachhmangarh and Fatehpur, Pushkar |
| | ++Jaisalmer: ++Fort (1156) with seven-storied palace complex, ++Jain temples (15##), ++Old town with ++Patwon Ki Haveli (1855), Salim Singh Haveli (1845), Nathmalji Haveli (1855) |
| B12 | | ++Jaipur: +Jantar Mantar Observatory (1734), +Hawa Mahal (1799), Jal Mahal (175#) in the lake, Ishtar Lat (1749), Jami Masjid, Tripolia Gate (1734), Chandra Maal (17##), +Johari Bazaar, +Govind Dev temple, ++Amber Fort (16##) |
| B1 | | Bikaner: Junagarh Fort (1593) |
| B1 | | Eshnok: Temple of rats |
| B9 | | Udaipur: +Jag Niwas (1751) in the lake, +City Palace (15##-19##) |
| B9 | | Kumbhalgarh: Fort (14##) |
| B9 | | Nagda (near Udaipur): Jain temples (9##) |
| B9 | | ++Ranakpur: Surya temple (1250 AD), ++Adinatha temple (1439) |
| | -Bundi: Garh Palace |
| B11 | | -Ajmer: Dargah Sharif, Adhai-Din-ka-Jhonpra (12##),Jain temple |
| B2 | | +Jodhpur: Umaid Bhavan palace (1944), +Meherangarh Fort (1459), Sardar Bazaar, Jaswant Thanda (189#) |
| B10 | | Chittorgahr: Fort (15##) |
| B3 | | ++Mount Abu/ Dilwara temples: ++Vimala Vasahi (1045), +Luna Vasahi (1232), +Neminath/Tejpal temple (1230) |
| B3 | | Rajastan desert |
| B3 | | Sariska National Park (tigers) |
| B3 | | Ranthambhore National Park (crocodiles, tigers) |
| B3 | | Bharatpur: Keoladeo Ghana National Park (birds) |
| UTTAR PRADESH |  |
| | -Ayodhya |
| B2 | | Mathura/ Muttra: Mahaban, Godarbhan, Radhakund, Dig, Brindaban, Vishram Ghat, Museum (+Yaksha of Mauryan period) |
| C0 | | Hardwar |
| A3 | | ++Agra: +Agra Fort (1573), ++Taj Mahal (1648), +Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah (1628), Jami Masijd (15##) |
| A3 | | Sikandra: Mausoleum of Akbar (16##) |
| A4 | | +Lucknow: Tomb of Saadat Ali Khan, Tomb of Khurshid Zadi, Bara Imambara (17##), Qaiser Bagh palace (185#) |
| A5 | | ++Fatehpur-Sikri: +Panch Mahal (1585), +Diwan-i-khas (1585) |
| A6 | | Allahabad |
| A7 | | ++Varanasi |
| A8 | | +Sarnath: monastery complex, +Dhamekh stupa (4##, the lion capital of the Ashoka column is at the museum), +Sarnath Buddha of 5th c, Museum (+Ashoka's Pillar of the Four Lions of 240 BC) |
| (A8) | | Jaunpur: Jami Masjid (14##) |
| DELHI | |
| A1 | | ++Delhi: National Museum, +Red Fort/ Lal Kila (1648), +Jami Masjid (1978), Puruna Qila, ++Humayun's Tomb (1570),
Alai Darwaza gate (1311),
Quwwat-ul-Islam (1192-1316),
++Qutb Minar (12##), Tuklakaban, Baha'i |
| A1 | | Dudhwa National Park (tigers, leopards, rhinos) |
| BIHAR |  |
| A9 | | Patna: +Pataliputra (7kms from Patna), ancient capital of the Maurya empire) |
| A9 | | Lauriya-Nandangarh: Ashoka's column of 243 BC |
| A9 | | +Bodh Gaya/ Bodhgaya/ Buddhgaya: +Mahabodhi Buddhist temple (5## AD) with carving on the railing from 1st c BC, Barabar caves, Vishnupad |
| A11 | | +Nalanda: monastery (7th-12th c), temple 3 (5## AD) and university |
| A12 | | Rajgir caves |
| A12 | | Sasaram: mausoleum of Emperor Sher Shah Suri (1545) |
| GUJARAT |  |
| | --Surat |
| | -Dwarka |
| | -Bhuj: Alna Mahal (1752) |
| B4 | | +Junagadh: Fort, +Jain temple complex of Girnar Hill including the Neminath temple |
| B5 | | Veraval |
| B6 | | +Patan Somnath |
| B7 | | Girnar |
| B8 | | Ahmedabad: Old city, Calico Museum |
| B8 | | +Modhera: +Sun temple (1026) |
| | -Vadodara/ Baroda: Laxmi Vilas palace (1890) |
| | -Bhavnagar: Velavadar National Park (delta region) |
| | ++Palitana: Shatrunjaya sanctuary (1550 AD) with more than 800 Jain sanctuaries and shrines starting with the lower Adinath temple (16##) and the circular +Neminath temple, +Bala Vasami, +Sheth Moti Shaw Tonk, +upper Adinath temple |
| | Sasan Gir Wildlife Sanctuary (lions, leopards, crocodiles) |
| | -Little Rann of Kutch Wildlife Sanctuary (desert region) |
| | Nal Sarovar Sanctuary (birds) |
| MADHYA PRADESH |  |
| E13 | | +Mandu/Mandogarh: +Hindola Mahal (149#), +Jahaz Mahal (149#), Shah's tomb (1440), caves of Bagh |
| E14 | | ++Sanchi: ++Great Stupa (2nd c BC) with gates (35 BC): ++southern gate (oldest, Buddha's miracle, crowned by a wheel of law), +eastern gate (young Gautama leaving his father's place), +western gate (seven incarnations of the Buddha and the Buddha preaching his first sermon); +Stupa 2 (2nd c BC) with surrounding +stone balustrade; +Stupa 3 (2nd c BC) with only one gate; +Ashoka Pillar (pillar #10) near the southern gate of the Great Stupa (the capital is in the museum); ruins of a Gupta temple (4th c AD), one of the earliest in India |
| E14 | | Jabalpur: Kanha National Park (tigers, leopards), -Bandhavgarh National Park (tigers) |
| | -Mahoba |
| E15 | | ++Khajuraho: +Chitragupta temple (1000), ++Lakshmana temple (954), ++Kandarya Mahadeva temple (1000) with +celestial deities Devi Jagdamba, Jain temple +Parshvanatha (10th c) |
| E16 | | +Gwalior: +Gwalior Fort (1516) with +Jain sculptures and +Teli-ka-Mandir (8##) |
| | -Dholpur |
| | +Orchha: +Jahangiri Mahal (1626), Raj Mahal (1560), Rai Praveen Mahal (16##) |
| | -Shivpuri: Cenotaph of Malhavrao Scinda |
| | Deogarh: Jain frieze of Kandali Fort |
| MAHARASHTRA |  |
| E7 | | Mumbai/Bombay: High Court, Gateway of India, Rajabal clock tower in Bombay University, Prince of Wales Museum, Victoria Terminus/ Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (1888), BMC Building, -Sanjay Gandhi National Park |
| E7 | | +Elephanta/Gharapuri cave (550 AD, hypostile hall, ++Three-headed Trimurti SadaShiva or Shiva Maheshvara of 8th c); southern sculptures of Kalyanasundara, Gangadhara, Ardhanariswara, Uma Maheswara; western sculptures of Nataraja and Andhakaasuravadamoorthy; eastern sculptures of Yogiswara and Ravanaanugrahamurthy |
| E6 | | Lonavla/Lonavala: +Karla/Karli cave (+Chaitya Hall of 1st c BC with relief of 6th AD), +Bhaja caves (+Chaitya Hall of 1st c BC, oldest Buddhist rock temple art), Bedsa |
| E5 | | -Poona/Pune |
| E8 | | Kanheri: cave temples (150 BC) |
| E9 | | Nasik: Pandu Lena caves (50 AD) |
| E10 | | Aurangabad: caves (5##-6##, especially Cave 1 of 1st c AD and +Cave 7), Bibi ka Maqbara (1678) |
| E11 | | +++Ellora: caves (600 AD) +Cave 21 (59#) facade and Dancing Shiva, +Cave 29 (650) Shiva and Parvati, Cave 15 Vishnu-lion, Facade and colossal Buddha of Cave 10, Chapel of Cave 15, Jain Cave 31, +Jain Cave 32 (950), Cave 11, Cave 12, deities of Cave 14, +++Kailasa (773 AD) |
| E12 | | ++Ajanta: caves (450 AD), Cave 1 painting of 600 AD, Cave 2 facade and frescoes, Cave 9 facade, Cave 10 fresco and largest chaitya of 1st c BC (oldest cave), Cave 16 fresco and sculptures of maidens, +Cave 17 frescoes and Buddha sculptures, +Cave 19 facade of 6th c AD and sculpture of Nagaraja of 550, ++Cave 26 interior of 642 AD, sculptured and giant sleeping Buddha |
| | -Vasai (Bassein) |
| | -Daulatabad: Deogiri fort |
| | -Khulidabad: Rauza |
| | Navagaon National Park (leopards, bears, birds) |
| GOA | |
| D13 | | Goa: Panaji's Church of Our Lady, Old Goa's Basilica de Bom Jesus (1594) |
| D13 | | -Ponda: Hindu temples |
| D13 | | -Rachol: Church of St Ignatius Loyola |
| KARNATAKA |  |
| D10 | | +Mysore/Maisur: Henry Irwin's +Amba Vilas Palace (1912) |
| | +Somnathpur: +Keshava temple (1268 AD) |
| D12 | | +Hampi: +Vijayanagar (15##, +Vitthala temple, Pampapati Svani temple) |
| E4 | | ++Badami (ancient Chalukya capital called Vatapi): caves (+Cave 3 of 578 AD with finely decorated brackets, Cave 1 with Shiva panel) with the carvings are 81 dance poses of Nataraja; Sanskrit inscription from 543; temples of the hill: lower Azar/Loval Shivalaya temple (6##), upper Malegitti Shivalaya (610, Viaishnavite temple, roof, sculpture of Shiva); temples of the lake: Buthanatha temple (5th c), Mallikarjuna temple (10##) |
| E4 | | +Pattadakal: +Virupaksha temple (725 AD), Sangameshvara temple (725), Mallikarjuna temple (745, relief carving), Papanatha temple (7##) |
| E4 | | ++Aihole (ancient capital of Chalukya): +Ladh Khan temple (600 AD), Durga temple (725 AD), Hutchimalli Temple (5th c), Meguti Temple (634), Ravala Phadi Cave (59#) |
| D10 | | +Hassan: +Halebid (ancient Hoysala capital) with +Hoysaleshvara temple (1150), Belur's +Chennakeshava temple (1117) with 16th c gopura |
| E3 | | Bijapur: Citadel, +Gol Gumbad (1656), third largest dome in the world, +Ibrahim Roza mausoleum (1620) |
| D11 | | Bangalore: Vidhana Soudha (1956) |
| | -Bidar: Fort |
| | -Belgaun |
| ORISSA |  |
| A15 | | ++Bhubaneswar: +Parashurameshvara temple (65# AD), Vaital Deul (65#, with guardian nymphs), +Mukteshvara temple (100# AD), ++Rajarani temple (100# AD) with Lady Under a Tree, +Lingaraja temple (1104#), +Brahmeshvara temple (1075 AD), Dhauli carved rock (250 BC), +Udayagiri Jain Caves (100 BC, Caves 1,3,10,12,14) and Hindu caves (Cave 5 of 400 AD), Kudaigiri (Cave 3), Rani Gumpha Jain monastery (1## BC) |
| | --Jaugarh: carved rock |
| | --Lalitgiri: monastery |
| | --Ratnagiri (7th - 11th c): monastery |
| | --Khandur: Jain caves |
| A16 | | ++Konarak: Sun temple (1240 AD) |
| A17 | | +Puri: Jagannath temple (11##) |
| A17 | | Balasore: Similipal National Park (tigers, elephants, crocodiles, leopards, birds) |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |  |
| E2 | | ++Hyderabad: Falaknuma palace (1872), +Charminar (1591), Golconda fort (citadel of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, 1507-1687) |
| | -Nagarjunakonda: Bodhishri Chaitya |
| | -Tirupati: Shri Venkateshvara temple |
| | +Amravati: Maha Chaitya (3##), Buddhist sculptures |
| TAMIL NADU |  |
| D1 | | Chennai/Madras: Pantheon Complex, St Andrew's Kirk, Fort St George, Archeological Museum |
| D2 | | +Kanchipuram (ancient capital of Pallava): +Kailasanatha temple (720 AD), Vaikunta Perumal (750 AD), Ekambareshvara (1506) with six-headed Kartileya, Deva Rajaswami (a few kms from town) |
| D3 | | ++Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram): ++Panch Rathas (630 AD, Dharmaraja, Bhima, Draupadi, Arjuna, Nakula-Sahadeva), +Shore/Arjuna temple (700 AD), +Relief of Arjuna's Penance (7th c), +Relief of Krishna Mandapa (7th c), Tiger cave, Varaha cave (7th c) |
| D3 | | Tiruvannamalai: Arunachaleshvara temple (1500) |
| D4 | | Gingee Fort: Kalyana Mahal |
| D4 | | +Chidambaram: +Nataraja temple (8##) |
| D4 | | Pondicherry |
| D4 | | Kumbakonam: temples around the Mahamaham tank, +Darasuram's Airavateshvara temple (11##) |
| D5 | | ++Thanjavur: ++Brihadiswara temple (1000 AD) and linga gallery, Subrahmanja temple (16##), Seven-storied observation tower of the Royal Palace (16##), Calimere Bird Sanctuary |
| D5 | | Tiruvallur: Sri Vaidhya Veeraraghava Swami temple |
| D6 | | ++Tiruchirapalli (Trichy): +Shrirangam/ Sri Rangam/ Srirangam (sacred island with Ranganatha of 13th-17th c on 60 acres, biggest functioning Hindu temple in the world), +Jambukeshvara (16## AD), Venugopala (1270), Ucchi Pillayar Koil/ Rock Fort temple with cave temples (upper cave of the 7th c with ++Gangadhara panel and lower cave of the 8th c) |
| D7 | | ++Madurai (ancient capital of the Pandyas 7th-13th century): ++Minakshi Sundareshvara (1659) |
| D8 | | Ootacamund |
| D8 | | Rameshvaram: Ramanathaswamy temple |
| D8 | | Suchindram: Sthanumalaya temple |
| D8 | | Tirunelvelli: Kanthimathi Nellaiyappar temple |
| | -Vellore: Fort |
| | Suchindram: Sthanumalaya temple of 18th c |
| | Chengalpattu: Vedantangal Bird Sanctuary |
| | -Pollachi: Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary |
| | Chilka Lake (one million birds) |
| | -Udhagamandalam: Hiking across the Nilgiris to the Mukurthi volcano |
| KERALA |  |
wtr>D9 | | Kochi/Cochi: Paradesi synagogue (1604), Fort (1503, with oldest European church in India), Mattancherry Palace (1555) |
| | -Thiruvananthapuram/Trivandrum: Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple, Padmanabhapuram Palace |
| | Periyar tiger reserve |
| | Western Ghats forests |
| | --Calicut |
| | -Rameswaran |
| | Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary |
| | Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve |
| | Silent Valley National Park (orchids, tigers, elephants, bears) |
| | Kollan: backwater boat tour to Alappuzha |
| | -Eravikulam National Park |
| BANGLADESH | |
| BD | | + 8th-century Somapuri Vihara at Paharpur |
| SRI LANKA |  |
| SL | | +Anuradhapura: Thuparama Dagaba (3rd c BC, oldest stupa in Sri Lanka), +Seated Buddha (6th c AD), +Jetawanarawa (3rd c AD, tallest stupa), ++Ruvanveli Mahaseya (2nd c BC, holiest stupa) |
| SL | | +Polonnaruva: +Sacred Quadrangle (12th c) with +Vatadage (1187), +Gal Vihara (12th century) |
| SL | | Mihintale |
| SL | | +Sigiriya: Royal palace of 5th c AD, Royal gardens (earliest extant gardens in Asia), Buddhist caves of 3rd-1st c BC |
| SL | | +Dambula/ Dhambulla: +Rock temple (founded in 1st c BC, with statues and paintings of the 12th-18th centuries) |
| SL | | Arthalanthaya |
| SL | | Yapahuwa |
| SL | | Aluvihara |
| PAKISTAN | |
| PK | | Harappa |
| PK | | Mohenjo-Daro |
| PK | | Peshawar (Kanishka's stupa of 2nd c AD) |
