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Sim’s Park
Upper Coonoors 12-hectare Sim’s Park, established in 1874, is a peaceful oasis of sloping manicured lawns with more than 1000 plant species from several continents, including magnolia, tree ferns, roses and camellia. Kotagiri-bound buses will drop you here.
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Vedh Shala
Ujjain has been India’s Greenwich since the 4th century BC, and this simple but interesting observatory was built by Maharaja Jai Singh in about 1730. He also built observatories in Jaipur, Delhi, Varanasi and Mathura, but Ujjain’s is the only one still in use.
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stone temples
Descending to the dhobi-wallahs (clothes washers) at the ghats, you pass two impressive stone temples . The one on the right, guarded by stone Holkar sentries and a frieze of elephants, houses more images of Ahilyabai and two candle towers, lit during festivals.
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Pampore
Straggling between Km279 and Km281 at Srinagar’s southern limits, dusty Pampore is India’s saffron capital. In October the violet crocuses, whose yellow stamens produce the saffron, bloom colourfully around Km276, but in summer youll see nothing but dusty fields.
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Fort Museum
The Fort Museum has displays on Chennais origins and the fort itself, and interesting military memorabilia and artwork from colonial times. The 1st-floor portrait gallery of colonial-era VIPs includes a very assured-looking Robert Clive (Clive of India).
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Bengal Natural History Museum
Established in 1903, this minor sight houses a moth-eaten collection of Himalayan and Bengali species, hidden away in a compound just off Bishop Eric Benjamin Rd. The giant leeches and horrific baby animals pickled in jars are guaranteed to provoke a shudder.
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Kausani Tea Estate
At Kausani Tea Estate – a tea plantation that involves private enterprise, the government and local farmers – you can look around and sample and buy products that are exported around the world. It’s 3.5km north of the village on the road to Baijnath, an easy and scenic walk.
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Dilwara Temples
These temples rank among India’s finest temple architecture. Note, no photography is allowed (though photographs are sold outside). As at other Jain temples, leather articles (belts as well as shoes) have to be left at the entrance and menstruating women are warned away.
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Sri Sharika
On the western flank of Hari Parbat is Sri Sharika (aka Chakreshwar temple), the abode of the citys 18-armed guardian goddess represented here by a vermilion-orange painted Shila rock beneath a rather gaudy temple-pavilion. Its a pilgrimage spot for local Hindus.
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Skandasramam
An unsigned path across the road from the northwest corner of Arunachaleshwar Temple leads the way up past homes and two caves, Virupaksha (about 20 minutes up) and Skandasramam (30 minutes). Sri Ramana Maharshi lived and meditated in these caves from 1899 to 1922.
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Tsechokling Gompa
At the base of a long flight of steps off of Nowrojee Rd, this peaceful gompa was built in 1987 to replace the original Dip Tse Chokling Gompa in Tibet, destroyed in the Cultural Revolution. The prayer hall enshrines a statue of Sakyamuni in a magnificent jewelled headdress.
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Talatalghar
This famous Ahom ruin is 4km down AT Rd from central Sivasagar, and is marked by the elegant Rang Ghar , a two-storey oval-shaped pavilion from where Ahom monarchs once watched buffalo and elephant fights in an arena that’s now been converted into a manicured garden.
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Udaigiri Cave Shrines
Cut into a sandstone hill, about 5km northwest of Vidisha, are some 20 Gupta cave shrines dating from the reign of Chandragupta II (AD 382–401). Most are Hindu but two, near the top of the hill, are Jain (Caves 1 and 20) – unfortunately both are closed due to unsafe roofs.
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Pillar 10
Of the scattered pillar remains, the most important is Pillar 10 , erected by Ashoka but later broken. Two upper sections of this beautifully proportioned and executed shaft lie side by side behind Stupa 1; the capital (head of the pillar, usually sculpted) is in the museum.
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Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue
Built in 1884, this unmistakable sky-blue synagogue still functions and is tenderly maintained by the city’s dwindling Jewish community. It’s protected by very heavy security, but the caretaker is welcoming (and will point out a photo of Madonna, who dropped by in 2008).
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District Museum
This informative little district museum sells Adi-related books and has a shabby display of tribal artefacts. It is adjacent to the Circuit House.
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Chaturbhuj Temple
Ram Raja is overlooked by the spectacular towers of Chaturbhuj Temple, an immensely solid building on a cruciform plan. Buy a cheap torch from the bazaar and climb the internal stairs to the roof where, from among the mossy spires and domes, you get the best view in town.
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Cave 9
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Anasakti Ashram
About 1km uphill from the bus stand, Anasakti Ashram is where Mahatma Gandhi spent two weeks pondering and writing Anasakti Yoga . It has a small museum that tells the story of Gandhi’s life through photographs and words. Visit at 6pm to attend nightly prayers in his memory.
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Brahmajuni Hill
One thousand stone steps leads to the top of the Brahmajuni Hill, 1km southwest of the Vishnupad Temple, where Buddha is said to have preached the fire sermon. The view from the top of Gaya and the surrounding plains is expansive and theres a small temple and cave here.
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