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Esselworld
Little tykes with energy to burn will love this Gorai Island amusement park. Its well maintained and has lots of rides, slides and shade. Off-season weekday ticket prices are lower. It’s a ₹35 ferry ride from Borivali jetty.
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Zamskhang Palace
The Zamskhang Palace was a former residence of the kings of Nubra. Long abandoned and burnt out, the site is surrounded by a hillside of tiny stupas filled with thousands of votive clay tablets left here by pilgrims on the Silk Rd.
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Wax World
If you’re a fan of kooky representations of obscure historical figures, look no further than this waxworks , which boasts of a host of ‘Life-Size Look-Alike Wax Statues’ including a full, waxen version of Michelangelo’s Last Supper .
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Bharat Kala Bhavan
On the Benares Hindu University campus is Bharat Kala Bhavan , a roomy museum with a wonderful collection of miniature paintings, as well as 12th-century palm-leaf manuscripts, sculptures and local history displays. No cameras.
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Ganesh Temple
If you don’t like crowds avoid the temple on Wednesdays (the auspicious day), when there are throngs of devotees. You can buy ladoos (sweet balls made from gram flour) to offer to Ganesh from the sweet stalls outside the temple.
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Connemara Tea Factory
About 13km from Kumily, this 75-year-old working tea factory and plantation offers interesting guided tours of the tea-making process and tea garden and ends with some tea-tastings. Regular buses from Kumily pass by the entrance.
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Markula Devi Temple
Udaipurs Markula Devi Temple looks plain on the outside but the inside is covered with fabulous, detailed wood carvings from the 11th to 16th centuries, including scenes from the Mahabharata and Ramayana around the top of the walls.
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Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion Museum Complex
Housed in a grand mansion, on the university campus west of town, this museum specialises in folklore, with artefacts, stone tablets and sculptures, including rural costumes and a wooden puppet of the 10-headed demon king Ravana.
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Jawahar Aquarium
Just up from the cable-car station, this aquarium is Mussoorie’s newest attraction. What may be Uttarakhand’s only escalator takes you to eight modest but well-presented tanks containing tropical fish, tiny sharks and red piranha.
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Imambara
Climb the lofty clocktower of the romantically crumbling Imambara , where the view over the river (not to mention the climb) will take your breath away. The building was constructed in 1806 to host the Shiite procession of Muharram.
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St Paul’s Cathedral
With its central crenellated tower, St Paul’s would look quite at home in Cambridgeshire. Built between 1839 and 1847, it has a remarkably wide nave and features a stained-glass west window by pre-Raphaelite maestro, Sir Edward Burne-Jones.
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Trimurti Cave Temple
Pass between the rocks north of Krishnas Butterball to the Trimurti Cave Temple, honouring the Hindu trinity: Brahma (left), Shiva (centre) and Vishnu (right). On the back of the same rock is a beautiful group of carved elephants.
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Hemakuta Hill
To the south, overlooking Virupaksha Temple, Hemakuta Hill has a scattering of early ruins, including monolithic sculptures of Narasimha (Vishnu in his man-lion incarnation) and Ganesh. It’s worth the short walk up for the view over the bazaar.
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Highfield Tea Estate
This 50-year-old estate (2km northeast of upper Coonoor) is one of few Nilgiri working tea factories open to visitors. Self-appointed guides jump in quickly, but youre perfectly welcome to to watch the full tea-making process independently.
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Handi Khoh
On the way to Chauragarh, stop at Handi Khoh , also known as Suicide Point, to gawk down the 100m canyon into the dense forest. You’ll spy Chauragarh in the distance from here as well as Priyadarshini (Forsyth Point), further along the road.
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Lighthouse
Mamallapurams lighthouse offers wonderful panoramas.
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Nandi Shrine
Believed to have been built in 1002, the 2.2m-long statue of Nandi , Shiva’s bull vehicle, faces the Vishvanath Temple. The basement of the 12-pillared shrine is decorated with an elephant frieze that recalls similar work on Lakshmana’s facade.
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Tripura Sundari Temple
About 400m up the road from the castle, the pagoda-style Tripura Sundari Temple is sacred to the local earth/mother goddess. The existing building is only about 35 years old, but the site has probably been sacred since pre-Hindu times.
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Tulip Garden
Just behind the Botanical Garden is Asia’s biggest Tulip Garden, which attracts crowds in March/April. Its long, straight rows of blooming tulips (60 varieties) would look like a typical Dutch flower farm but for the backdrop of mountains.
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Lord Shiva Statue
Making for a spectacular photography opportunity, the epic seashore statue of Lord Shiva which sits looking over Arabian Sea makes for a worthwhile stop for those en route to Gokarna or Mangaluru. Its the worlds second largest Shiva statue.
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