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Sultan’s Battery
The only remnant of Tipu Sultan’s fort is this small lookout with views over scenic backwaters. It’s 4km from the city centre on the headland of the old port; bus 16 will get you there.
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Sculpture Museum
The Sculpture Museum contains over 3000 local sculptures in stone, wood, metal and even cement. Some fine paintings are also on display and the front courtyard is littered with sculptures.
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Buddha Museum
Exhibits Buddhist relics, sculptures and terracottas unearthed from the Kushinagar region, as well as some Tibetan thangkas (rectangular cloth paintings) and Mughal miniature paintings.
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Sunehri Masjid
South of the Red Fort is the 18th-century Sunehri Masjid. In 1739 Nadir Shah, the Persian invader, stood on its roof and watched his soldiers conduct a bloody massacre of Delhi’s inhabitants.
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Pascoal Organic Spice Village
About 7km east of Ponda, Pascoal offers bamboo river-rafting, elephant rides and cultural shows, along with farm tours and lunch. You can stay here overnight in innovative mud cottages.
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Nritta Sabha
In the southern part of the central compound is the 13th-century Nritta Sabha, shaped like a chariot with 56 finely carved pillars. Some say this is the very spot where Shiva outdanced Kali.
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Curzon Mansion
Directly south of the zoos entrance, the access road to the National Library loops around the very regal Curzon Mansion, once the colonial Viceroys residence. Its not (yet) a museum.
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Institut Français de Pondichéry
This grand neoclassical colonial-era building is also a flourishing research institution devoted to Indian culture, history and ecology. Visitors can browse books in the beach-facing library.
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Bekal Beach
The Bekal beach encompasses a grassy park and a long, beautiful stretch of sand that turns into a circus on weekends and holidays when local families descend here for rambunctious leisure time.
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Roof Viewpoint
Inside the temples fourth gopuram is the ticket desk for the nearby roof viewpoint, which gives semi-panoramic views of the complex. Guides here will try all kinds of stories to get you to hire them.
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Saas Bahu Temples
In Nagda, the 10th-century Saas Bahu Temples – the name meaning ‘mother-in-law daughter-in-law’ – are dedicated to Vishnu and feature fine, intricate carvings, including a number of erotic figures.
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Saraswati Temple
The one-hour trek up to the hilltop Saraswati Temple overlooking the lake is best made before dawn (to beat the heat and capture the best light), though the views are fantastic at any time of day.
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Vihara
The vihara, literally ‘resting place’, was built to house the returned relics from Stupa 3. They can be viewed on the last Sunday of the month. It’s immediately on your left as you enter the complex.
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Palki Mahal
On the other side of the village, Palki Mahal was the palace of Dinman Hardol (the son of Bir Singh Deo), who committed suicide to ‘prove his innocence’ over an affair with his brother’s wife.
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Gandhi Smriti Museum
Mahatma Gandhi attended university in Bhavnagar, and this dusty museum, by the clock tower, has a multitude of Gandhi photographs and documents. Unfortunately, explanatory placards aren’t in English.
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National Bal Bhavan
Delhi’s museum for children is a disorderly affair, with a toy train, animal enclosures, an exhibition on astrology and astronomy, and some delightful mini-dioramas showing key events in Indian history.
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Kalika Mata Temple
Across from Padmini’s Palace is the Kalika Mata Temple, an 8th-century sun temple damaged during the first sacking of Chittorgarh and then converted to a temple for the goddess Kali in the 14th century.
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Hunder Fort
Where the main Diskit–Turtuk road crosses a river on a large new bridge beside Hunders modest gompa, look up at the glistening black cliff to spy the remnants of an old fortress high above you.
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Padam Palace
The delightful, terraced and turreted Padam Palace was built in 1925 for the Maharaja of Bushahr; only the garden is open to visitors. Its just beside the Old Bus Stand in the centre of Rampur.
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Hussainabad Picture Gallery
The Hussainabad Picture Gallery is a striking red-brick baradari (pavilion) built in 1842 that was once a royal summer house. It overlooks an artificial lake and houses portraits of the nawabs.
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