Explore India

Mughal grandeur meets 400-year-old bazaars — the soul of Old India

The garden-tomb that inspired the Taj Mahal — a Mughal UNESCO masterpiece

A 73-metre brick minaret from 1193 — surrounded by 1,000 years of hidden ruins

The world's oldest living city — death and life on the Ganges

The world's greatest monument to love — and Akbar's ghost capital in red sandstone

The confluence of three sacred rivers — host to the world's largest human gathering

Birthplace of Lord Krishna — where 5,000 temples echo with his name

India's most gracious city — tehzeeb, galouti kebabs, and Nawabi splendour

Where the Buddha attained enlightenment — the most sacred Buddhist site on Earth

The world's first residential university — 10,000 students, 9 million manuscripts

Ancient Magadha capital — where Buddha preached and Bimbisara ruled

The Mahabharata battlefield — where Krishna revealed the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna

Le Corbusier's planned city — and a secret garden built from 50,000 tons of waste

The Golden Temple, the Langar, and Punjab's greatest food city

Birthplace of the Khalsa — where Guru Gobind Singh forged Sikh identity

The Middle Land — a cold desert valley at 4,000m untouched by mass tourism

Home of the Dalai Lama — Little Lhasa in the Himalayan foothills

Gateway to Ladakh — snow peaks, apple orchards and deodar cedar forests