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Neyyar Dam Sanctuary
This sanctuary , 32km north of Trivandrum, lies around an idyllic lake created by the 1964 Neyyar Dam. The fertile forest lining the shoreline is home to gaurs, sambar deer, sloth, elephants, lion-tailed macaques and the occasional tiger.
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Mysore Zoo
Unlike many other pitiful zoos in India, Mysore Zoo conforms to much higher standards, set in pretty gardens that date from 1892. Highlights include white tigers, lowland gorillas and rhinos. It’s situated around 2km southeast of Mysore Palace.
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Church of Nossa Senhora de Penha de Franca
Britona’s parish church, Nossa Senhora de Penha de Franca, is a grand old dame, occupying a fine location at the confluence of the Mandovi and Mapusa Rivers, looking across to Chorao Island on one side and to the Ribandar Causeway on the other.
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Indosan Nipponji Temple
The different monasteries in Bodhgaya offer visitors a unique opportunity to peek into different Buddhist cultures and compare architectural styles. For example, the Indosan Nipponji Temple is an exercise in quiet Japanese understatement.
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Kappil Beach
About 9km north of Varkala by road, Kappil Beach is a prettty and, as yet, undeveloped stretch of sand. Its also the start of a mini network of backwaters. The Kappil Lake Boat Club, near the bridge, hires out boats for short trips on the lake.
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Cave 6
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Beach 2
On the north side of the island, Beach 2 has the Natural Bridge rock formation, accessible only at low tide by walking around the rocky cove. To get here by bicycle, take the side road that runs through the bazaar, then take a left where the road forks.
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Old Anchor Hotel
Allegedly the first ever resort in south Goa, Cavelossim’s decrepit Old Anchor is worth a scooter-ride past on the road down to Mobor, solely for its extreme Las Vegas outskirts–style kitsch value, shaped to resemble a huge boat. Ahoy there, me hearties.
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Nakhoda Mosque
Located to the east, the 1926 red-sandstone Nakhoda Mosque rises impressively above the bustling shop fronts of ever-fascinating Rabindra Sarani. Its roof, which is bristling with domes and minarets, was loosely modelled on Akbar’s Mausoleum at Sikandra.
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Ahar Government Museum
Just 150m along the road from the royal cremation ground, the Ahar Government Museum contains copper and pottery objects more than 3300 years old, plus sculptures of Hindu gods and tirthankars (great Jain teachers) from the 8th to 16th centuries AD.
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Shiva Temple
This small, 16th-century Shiva temple has a cold, clean, spring-fed swimming pool in front of it.
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Vyas Chhatri
This atmospheric assemblage of golden sandstone chhatris, in an old Brahmin cemetery on a rise on the northwestern edge of town, forms a popular sunset point from which to view the fort. Enter from Ramgarh Rd opposite the Himmatgarh Palace Hotel.
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VVRM House
VVRM House is one of Chettinadus most ancient mansions, built in 1870 with the distinctive egg-plaster walls, teak columns and intricate wood carvings of Chettiar homes; a ₹100 donation per group is expected. Kanadukathan is 9km south of Thirumayam.
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Kiran Nadar Museum of Art
A fine private museum devoted to contemporary art, this is a drop of culture amid Saket’s malls. There are excellent temporary exhibitions, but the permanent collection will be displayed to full effect once the 80,000 sq ft gallery is completed.
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Ponnumthuruthu Island
About 10km south of Varkala, this island in the middle of a backwater lake is home to the Shiva-Parvati Hindu Temple, also known as the Golden Temple. The main reason to venture down here is the scenic punt-powered boat ride to and around the island.
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St Aloysius College Chapel
Catholicism’s roots in Mangaluru date back to the arrival of the Portuguese in the early 1500s, and one of the most impressive legacies is the 1880 Sistine Chapel–like St Aloysius chapel, with its walls and ceilings painted with brilliant frescoes.
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Mumba Devi Temple
Pay a visit to the city’s patron goddess at this 18th-century temple, about 1km north of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. Among the deities in residence is Bahuchar Maa, goddess of the transgender hijras . Puja (prayer) is held several times a day.
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Imphal War Cemetery
This peaceful, well-kept memorial contains the graves of more than 1600 British and Commonwealth soldiers killed in WWII battles that raged around Imphal in 1944. You’ll find the cemetery across a shaded park at the end of a bylane off Imphal Rd.
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Kaba Gandhi No Delo
This is the house where Gandhi lived from the age of six (while his father was diwan of Rajkot), and it contains lots of interesting information on his life. The Mahatma’s passion for the handloom is preserved in the form of a small weaving school.
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Dogra Art Gallery
This museum of bronzes, armaments, instruments, 9th-century carvings and Kushan coins is within the oldest part of the Mubarak Mahal complex. Now painted a rather tatty pink, the early 18th-century building was once the Dev dynastys Durbar Hall.
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