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Shimla Heritage Museum
This gallery in the old United Services Club (1862) has some historic B&W photos of old Shimla, and helpful staff, though its not a must-see. A new museum is planned here over the coming years.
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Bahmani Tombs
The huge domed tombs of the Bahmani kings in Ashtur, 3km east of Bidar, were built to house the remains of the sultans, of which the painted interior of Ahmad Shah Bahman’s tomb is the most impressive.
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Sir John Marshall Memorial
The preserved Gothic-style bungalow of Sir John Marshall, former Director of the Archilogical Survey of India. Marshall stayed here in 1912-13 and was the instrumental figure in excavations at Sanchi.
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South Park Street Cemetery
Active 1757 to 1840, this historic cemetery remains a wonderful oasis of calm featuring mossy Raj-era graves from rotundas to soaring pyramids, all jostling for space in a lightly manicured jungle.
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Parvati Temple
Continuing around the enclosure from Chitragupta, the closed-up Parvati Temple is on your right, a small temple originally dedicated to Vishnu and now with an image of Gauri riding a godha (iguana).
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Pineview Nursery
Kalimpong is a major flower exporter and produces about 80% of India’s gladioli as well as many orchid varieties. Visit Pine View Nursery to gaze at its eminently photographable cactus collection.
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Reechgarh Viewpoint
Further along the main road, past the trailhead, you’ll find the access roads for Duchess Falls, the two beauty points known as Reechgarh and Astachal, and a small, crystal-clear pool called Ramykund.
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Duchess Falls
Further along the main road, past the trailhead, you’ll find the access roads for Duchess Falls , the two beauty points known as Reechgarh and Astachal, and a small, crystal-clear pool called Ramykund.
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Ganesh Ratha
The Ganesh Ratha is carved from a single rock, with lion-shaped pillar bases. Once a Shiva temple, it became a shrine to Ganesh (Shiva’s elephant-headed son) after the original lingam was removed.
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Coaker’s Walk
Assuming it’s not cloaked in opaque mist, the views from paved Coaker’s Walk are beautiful, all the way down to the plains 2000m below (sometimes even to Madurai). The stroll takes all of five minutes.
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Black Hole Memorial
Commemmorating those who died in the seige of Calcutta as well as those who perished in the Black Hole this monument was originally errected in 1902, but moved to the St Johns Church grounds in 1940.
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Bardan Gompa
Bardan Gompa is a 17th-century Dugpa-Kargyud monastery, whose spectacular setting on a rocky outcrop above the main valley, is best appreciated from the road as approaching from Padum (11km).
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Archaeological Survey Museum
The Archaeological Survey Museum has a good collection of Pallava, Chola and Nayak stone sculptures, plus exhibits on the 1806 Vellore Mutiny, the earliest anti-British uprising by Indian troops.
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Krishna Mandapa
South along the road from Arjunas Penance is the Krishna Mandapa, with a famous carving depicting Krishna lifting Govardhana Hill to protect cows and villagers from a storm sent by the god Indra.
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Khalsa College
This vast, sprawling castle of a college, on your right as you head west along GT Rd, was founded in 1890 to educate the cream of Punjabi society; it’s a glorious example of the Indo-Saracenic style.
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Shah Begums Tomb
A second tomb at Khusru Bagh belongs to Shah Begum , Khusru’s mother (Jehangir’s first wife), who committed suicide in 1603 with an opium overdose because of the ongoing feud between her son and his father.
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Museum of Archaeology
The Mumtaz Mahal houses the Museum of Archaeology, with royal vestments, miniature paintings, astrolabes, Mughal scrolls and a shirt inscribed with verses from the Quran to protect the emperor from assassins.
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Chit Sabha
The innermost sanctum, the golden-roofed Chit Sabha, holds the temples central bronze image of Nataraja – Shiva the cosmic dancer, ending one cycle of creation, beginning another and uniting all opposites.
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Cave 24
Had it been finished, cave 24 would be the largest vihara at Ajanta. Here you can see how the caves were constructed – long galleries were cut into the rock and then the rock between them was broken through.
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Baneshwar Temple
From the ramparts of the fort you can see boats (return trip per person/boat ₹50/500) and incense smoke drifting across the water to Baneshwar Temple , located on a tiny island in the middle of the river.
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