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Ugyen Sangnak Choling Gompa
At Kungri, the 680-year-old Ugyen Sangnak Choling Gompa has a huge new monastery building and three much more interesting medieval shrines, featuring blackened murals, festival masks and carved wooden snow lions. Women are not allowed into two of them.
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Pudukkottai Museum
The relics of bygone days are on display in this wonderful museum, 4km north of Pudukkottai train station. Its eclectic collection includes musical instruments, megalithic burial artefacts, and some remarkable paintings, sculptures and miniatures.
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Buddha Carvings
Right at the roadside in Shey, rises a central dry rocky ridge on which youll find a series of historic Buddha carvings. As you arrive from Leh, they are to the left as you round a sharp corner just before reaching the historic palace building.
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Sivagiri Mutt
Sivagiri Mutt is the headquarters of the Shri Narayana Dharma Sanghom Trust, the ashram devoted to Shri Narayana Guru (1855–1928), Kerala’s most prominent guru. This is a popular pilgrimage site and the resident swami is happy to talk to visitors.
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Museum of Habitat
Arakus Museum of Habitat, next to the bus station and 2km east of the train station, has extensive exhibits on the tribal peoples of eastern Andhra Pradesh, including full-scale mock-ups of hunting, ceremonial and other scenes, and a few craft stalls.
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Cheshmashahi Garden
En route to Pari Mahal youll pass the small Cheshmashahi Garden attractively folded amid the wooded mountain foothills. Its central feature is a square fountain pool fed by a water-chute from the so-called Royal Springs on the gardens upper half.
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Akhand Chandi Palace
Lording it over the town is the unmissable stately white Akhand Chandi Palace, the former home of the Chamba raja, built in the mid-18th century. It now houses a postgraduate college; you can peep inside from the north-side entrance during school hours.
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Jalori Pass
South from Shoja the road climbs to the panoramic 3223m Jalori Pass (normally closed for two or three winter months), from where you can walk 6km east (pretty level) to the sacred Saryolsar Lake, or 3km west (uphill) to the faint ruins of Raghupur Fort.
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Tirathgarh Falls & Caves
Four kilometres from the Kanger Valley National Park entrance are Tirathgarh Falls , where water drops 100m through three sets of cascades. Open all year, they’re best visited after the monsoon. Three caves with stunning, pristine formations can also be visited.
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Uravu
Around 6km southeast of Kalpetta a collective of workers create all sorts of artefacts from bamboo. You can visit the artists’ workshops, where they work on looms, painting and carving, and support their work by buying vases, lampshades, bangles and baskets.
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Nishat Bagh
Of all Srinagars Mughal Gardens, Nishat Bagh is arguably the most appealing with terracing thats steeper than better known Shalimar Bagh framing a lovely lake-panorama between fragrant blooming magnolias. Its on the lakeside drive, 7.5km from Nehru Park.
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Moti Masjid
This mosque near Sadar Manzil was built by Qudsia Begums daughter, Sikander Jahan Begum, in 1860. Similar in style to the Jama Masjid in Delhi, its a smaller marble-faced mosque with two dark red minarets and gold-spiked cupolas.
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Gagan Mahal
The most impressive of the remaining fragments in the Citadel is the colossal archway of Gagan Mahal, built by Ali Adil Shah I around 1561 as a dual-purpose royal residency and durbar hall. The gates here are locked, but someone will be on hand to let you in
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Dharbanga Statue
Majestically bearded and dressed in warrior costume yet sat merrily cross legged, this delightful statue gives Maharaja Lakshmeshwar Singh of Dharbanga an air of a playful Falstaff. The statue is easily missed amid foliage in the southwest corner of BBD Bagh.
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Chuchik
This tiny family shrine in delightful Kanji, is almost as old as the village itself and though it looks plain from outside, the interior is a delight with a trio of ancient statues in the Alchi style and a pair of fine mandala murals. Key from Konchok Trinley.
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Central Market
A refreshing change in pace from historic ruins, this lively market is an explosion of colour and scents with flowers, spices and fresh produce on sale.
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Eravikulam National Park
Eravikulam National Park, 16km from Munnar, is home to the endangered, but almost tame, Nilgiri tahr (a type of mountain goat). From Munnar, an autorickshaw/taxi costs around ₹300/400 return; a government bus takes you the final 4km from the checkpoint (₹40).
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Padmasambhava Cave
High above Rewalsar Lake on the ridge, Padmasambhava allegedly meditated here. Take a taxi here (one-way/return ₹500/600 from Rewalsar) or jump on one of the five daily buses from Rewalsar bus stand to Naina Devi Temple (₹30) and get off 1km before the temple.
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Chaukhandi Stupa
This large ruined stupa dates back to the 5th century AD, and marks the spot where Buddha met his first disciples. The incongruous tower on top of the stupa is Mughal and was constructed here in the 16th century to commemorate the visit of Emperor Humayun.
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Javari Temple
Resembling Chaturbhuja Temple in the southern group, Javari Temple (1075–1100) stands just north of the old village. It’s dedicated to Vishnu and is a good example of small-scale Khajuraho architecture for its crocodile-covered entrance and slender sikhara.
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