Must See in India
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Must See in India
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Agra & Taj Mahal
This city (pop. 956,000) is best known as the location of the Taj Mahal. The elegant structure was ordered built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child.
It took some 20,000 labourers 22 years to build the Taj, and every detail is absorbing.The beauty of this magnificent monument is such that it is beyond the scope of words. The thoughts that come into the mind while watching the Taj Mahal of Agra is not just its phenomenal beauty,
The classical gardens, the reflecting pool and elaborate patterns of semiprecious stones decorating the white marble. So precious is the Taj, more than 200 factories in the area have been shut down to prevent air pollution from discolouring the marble.
Other sights in Agra include the Agra Fort, built under the Mughal Emperor Akbar in 1565 that contains numerous palaces and a white marble mosque, while Itmad-ud-Daulah’s tomb was a marble forerunner to the Tajmahal.Agra itself is unexceptional, but if you follow the road out of the Taj’s main gate and keep heading straight, you’ll find yourself in old Agra, which has a lively market.
Amritsar
Tours to India Holidays, As the holy centre of the Sikh religion, Amritsar, a 16th-century Punjabi city (pop. 1,050,000) near the Pakistani border, is a good place to visit for an insight into the Sikh culture. The religion’s adherents don’t cut their hair.
The men are easily identified by their turbans, beards and silver bracelets; the women by their salwaar kameez, a dress-and-pants combination that has become popular through India. Amritsar’s main attraction is the beautiful Golden Temple made of white marble, bronze and gold leaf. To enter the temple, you must don a traditional headscarf, wade through a shallow pool (a purification ritual) and merge with the mass of bodies that circle the embankment around the holy structure.
Darjeeling
Attractions Of India , Situated at 7,000 ft, Darjeeling (pop. 73,000) is out of the way, but worth the visit. This pretty resort, built among tea plantations, is one of the cool hill stations where leaders of the British Raj escaped the
Tourist Spots in India Thanks to its picturesque location on the Mandovi River, between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, Goa is one of India’s prime destinations. The Portuguese, who claimed Goa as the seat of the Catholic Church in the East in the 1500s, controlled the area until 1961, when India invaded to liberate it. The state’s Portuguese past is most apparent in its plazas, cathedrals and architecture and a few Portuguese insist that Goa retains more old world heritage than most of Portugal. A fun way to explore Goa is by renting a bike or scooter. They are easily available, but you must have an International Drivers License and provide passport details. Although best known for its massive stretch of magnificent, palm tree-lined beaches along the Arabian Sea coast, Goa offers other attractions; for example, the Portuguese Catholic Church of Old Goa, St. Anne’s Church (an ornate marvel from the 1600s) and the Basilica of Bom Jesus. The surrounding countryside is dotted with luxurious old estates built by wealthy Indians (many of whom converted to Catholicism), including Braganza Palace which is open to the public.
Tours to India Holidays, Situated in the mighty Thar Desert, the walled sandstone city of Jaisalmer perches dramatically on a flat-topped hill. The town has several interesting Jain temples, havelis (intricately carved buildings), a maze of narrow alleys and two medieval estates, Patwon-ki-Haveli and Salim-ki-Haveli. Before sundown, walk to the inns and rest houses just outside town or take a camel ride to Bada Bagh, a collection of royal stone cenotaphs north of the city walls. As the sun goes down, the stones of the entire town take on the shades of the fading sky. People watching is another treat. Residents wear especially brilliant colours, perhaps to make up for the starkness of the surrounding terrain.Kolkata (Calcutta)
Formerly known as Calcutta, India’s second-largest city (pop. 14,000,000) is a fascinating east coast metropolis.
The Indian Museum is a 19th-century British institution with collections of ancient art and relics beginning from India’s Buddhist era. As in many large Indian cities, Kolkata has a fascinating train station, worth a visit even if you’re not taking a train. A microcosm of Indian life, Howrah Station is filled with thousands of people eating, sleeping and even living in its interiors. Outside the station is one of the city’s most recognized structures - the massive steel Howrah Bridge across the Hooghly River. If the volume of people in the station doesn’t impress you, the mass movement of people across the bridge will. A less modern form of transportation is readily available in Kolkata - the hand-pulled rickshaw. A few years back the Indian government tried to take them off the streets, but relented in the face of opposition from the pullers themselves.
Mumbai (Bombay)
Attractions Of India , Mumbai - or Bombay, as it was formerly known, remains India’s city of dreams. Despite extreme poverty and eye-watering pollution, it is so dynamic that paupers still flock there in the hope of becoming successful entrepreneurs. Built largely by the British around one of the best-protected natural harbours in the world, Mumbai is India’s strategic economic centre. The city is also is home to the country’s prolific Bollywood film industry, which cranks out more feature films than any place in the world. The main draw of Mumbai, like much of India, remains its contradictions. Within minutes (or a few miles) you can be awestruck by the palatial houses on Malabar Hill and then depressed by the makeshift shacks and the bedraggled children in the city’s poverty-stricken neighbourhoods.
Shimla
The most famous of the British hill stations, this city (pop. 110,000) is the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh. Set in the foothills of the Himalayas at an altitude of 6,700 ft, it afforded a resort-like atmosphere for the British. It doesn’t take much imagination to realise how idyllic life must have been there for the privileged during the Raj. Today, it’s a popular resort for vacationing Indians (though still more closely resembles an English village). Enjoyable walks can be taken in the surrounding hills. Also see the Kulu Valley, a pleasant area of fruit orchards, rice fields and Hindu temples.
Udaipur
A fascinating walled city of 308,000, Udaipur sits on the shores of Lake Pichola. It’s renowned for its palaces - the white marble Maharajah’s Palace, the Winter Palace (with its inlaid tile, mirrors and mosaics of peacocks), the Jag Mandir (an 18th-century yellow-sandstone palace) and Jag Niwas (an 18th-century granite and marble palace). Also see the Victoria Hall Museum (local historical displays and antiques), Sahelion-ki-Bari (a garden) and the Jagdish Temple. The Lake Palace Hotel is the former summer palace of the local maharajah. Even if you don’t stay there, take the launch over for a meal. It’s a fantastic building and the restaurants are good.
Varanasi
Attractions Of India , Varanasi is guaranteed to make an impression. The city of 1,027,000 is the holiest site in India and thousands of Hindu pilgrims tour its temples and bathe in the Ganges River to gain religious merit. Thousands more go to die and have their ashes thrown into the holy waters. You must be emotionally prepared, because the waters contain not only ashes, but also corpses in various stages of decomposition and the beggars who line the paths to the rivers are often disfigured from leprosy. If you’re braced to see this, you’ll want to venture down to the boats and onto the water at dawn to see an amazing sight. Scores of people enter the water from the ghats (riverside platforms with steps) to purify themselves before the rising sun. Some perform religious rituals in the water; others go to bathe and swim. While you watch all of this, cremations take place on some of the ghats. Don’t even think of entering the water - it may be spiritually pure, but it’s one of the most polluted rivers in the world. Nor should you take pictures of the cremations. It is considered disrespectful. All of this incredible commotion takes place along the western bank, the eastern bank is unpopulated and almost barren. You can view the scene from tour boats that patrol the waters. Small boats (with or without rowers) can also be hired.
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