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Mahasati
Below the Tower of Victory, to the southwest, is the Mahasati area where there are many sati (self-immolation) stones – this was the royal cremation ground and was also where 13,000 women committed jauhar in 1535.
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Chini
This Persian-style riverside tomb of Afzal Khan, a poet who served as Shah Jahan’s chief minister, was built between 1628 and 1639. Rarely visited, it is hidden away down a shady avenue of trees on the east bank of the Yamuna.
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Promenade
The Promenade is a supremely modern beachfront boutique dripping with contemporary design flash. It’s owned and operated by the swish Hidesign group, and is trying to magnetise itself as a centre for Puducherry’s small social scene.
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Tribal Research Institute Museum
The Tribal Research Institute Museum is worth a visit to delve into the history of Jharkhand’s many tribal groups, including the Asurs, Mundas and Gonds. The museum is not signed in English and is about 200m from Murabadi stadium.
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Temple 31
The rectangular Temple 31 was built in the 6th or 7th century but reconstructed during the 10th or 11th century. It contains a well-executed image of Buddha, which may come from another temple as it doesnt exactly fit its pedestal.
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Chorten
The colourful, recently-built temple between Temple and Jogiwara Rds is generally known as the Chorten (Tibetan for Stupa), since it indeed encases an old chorten. You can climb steps inside to inspect the chortens upper levels.
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Brij Vilas Bhavan Museum
This small, run-down government museum, just north of Kishore Sagar, has a collection of 9th- to 12th-century stone idols and other sculptural fragments (mainly from Baroli and Jhalawar), as well as some miniature paintings.
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Dharni Dharka Haveli
This haveli , dating from 1930, features an ornate painted carving above the arches and portraits of Gandhi, Nehru in an automobile, and Krishna and Radha (favourite mistress of Krishna when he lived as a cowherd) on a swing.
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Chandigarh Architecture Museum
Using photos, letters, models, newspaper reports and architectural drawings, this museum tells the story of Chandigarh’s planning and development, including the abandoned first plan for Chandigarh by Albert Mayer and Matthew Nowicki.
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Berijam Lake
Visiting forest-fringed Berijam Lake, west of town, requires a Forest Department permit. Taxi drivers will organise this, if asked the day before, and do four-hour forest tours to Berijam, via a couple more lookouts, for ₹1800.
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Ullal Beach
While it’s no Om Beach, this stretch of golden sand is a good place to escape the city heat. It’s about an hour’s drive south of town. An autorickshaw is ₹200 one way, or the frequent bus 44A or 44C (₹10) from the City bus stand.
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VM East Gate
By day you can exit the Victoria Memorial park from the east gate but not enter this way. From 5pm a ticket booth here starts issuing tickets for the evenings sound and light show and for that show, entry IS via the east gate.
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Tergar Monastery
The most impressive of all the modern monasteries is the Tergar Monastery of the Karmapa school of Tibetan Buddhism. Its a glory of Tibetan decorative arts that will leave you slack-jawed as you enter. Open sunrise to sunset.
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Lenyadri
About 4km from Shivneri, on the other side of Junnar, is an interesting group of Hinayana Buddhist caves called Lenyadri. Of the 30-odd caves, cave 7 is the most impressive, and interestingly houses an image of the Hindu god Ganesh.
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Mehboob Chowk
Laad Bazar opens into Mehboob Chowk, a square with a 19th-century clock tower and mosque, shops selling antiquarian books and antiques, a livestock market off its south side, and an exotic birds market, Chiddi Bazar, just southwest.
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Kumaon Regimental Centre Museum
The Kumaon Regimental Centre Museum , located off the Mall, is stuffed full of photos and military memorabilia relating to the Kumaon regiment. These include weapons captured in various battles, and the coffin of General TN Raina.
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Jumma Masjid
The Jumma Masjid, the mosque inside the fort, was converted from a palace in the 15th century by Gujarat Sultan Mahmud Begada and has a rare roofed courtyard with three octagonal openings which may once have been covered by domes.
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Kristu Kala Mandir Art Gallery
This gallery, sandwiched between the Church of St Francis of Assisi and Sé Cathedral, is located in what used to be the archbishop’s house, and contains a hodgepodge collection of contemporary Christian art and religious objects.
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Nandankanan Zoological Park
Famous for its blue-eyed white tigers, the zoo also boasts rare Asiatic lions, rhinoceroses, copious reptiles, monkeys and deer. Don’t get food out of your bag in front of any of the monkeys that roam free around the zoo; trust us.
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Government Silk Weaving Factory
Although damaged by the 2014 floods, this historic factory still churns out bolts of silk on old-fashioned weaving machines, much as it has done since 1938. Ask permission at the time gate or, at the government emporium in front.
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