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Parmarth
Run by a delightful family whose work has won national awards, Parmarth specialises in Ahir embroidery. New Dhaneti is 17km east of Bhujodi, on the Bhachau road.
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Metropolitan Building
Curiosities around New Market include the fascinatingly crumbling Futani Chambers, the brilliant colonial-era Metropolitan Building and the fanciful Tippu Sultans Mosque.
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Schwartzs Church
North of the Brihadishwara temple compound, but still within the outer fortifications, are a park containing the Sivaganga tank, and 18th-century Schwartzs Church.
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Ranganatha Temple
Mythically referred to as Kishkinda, the kingdom of the monkey gods, Anegundi retains many of its historic monuments, such as the Ranganatha Temple devoted to Rama.
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Kevda Masjid
At this mosque in Champaners citadel, you can climb narrow stairs to the roof, and higher up the minarets, to spot other mosques even further out into the countryside.
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Chiriya Tapu Biological Park
A pleasant place to stroll in a forested setting with natural enclosures for indigenous species such as crab-eating macaques, Andaman wild pig and salt-water crocs.
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Sar
Slightly downhill, behind the palace remnants, darker and even more atmospheric Sar-Zung Temple hosts another outsized Maitreya statue and a library of wrapped scriptures.
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Sahakari Spice Farm
This well-touristed farm just 2km from Ponda, near the village of Curti, is also a good place for elephant rides (₹700) and elephant bathing (₹700) in the small river.
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Sisganj Gurdwara
The 18th-century Sisganj Gurdwara marks the the martrydom site of the ninth Sikh guru, Tegh Bahadur, executed by Aurangzeb in 1675 for resisting conversion to Islam.
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Shankar’s International Dolls Museum
From tacky Spanish bullfighting figurines to graceful Japanese geisha dolls, this cutesy but engaging museum has 6500 dolls from 85 countries, from Brazil to Japan.
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Von Ngari Monastery
The traditional Von Ngari Monastery has an atmospheric prayer room crammed with statues of bodhisattvas (enlightened beings), revered lamas and Buddhist deities.
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St Paul’s Church
A wedding cake of a church, founded by Jesuits in 1600 and then rebuilt in 1807. Its neoclassical facade is the most elaborate of any Portuguese church in India.
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Rizong Gompa
Clinging to the walls of a steep, arid amphitheatre, the two old prayer halls of intriguing Rizong Gompa have soot-darkened but highly regarded murals and gilded statues.
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Bee Falls
Just south of town, past Christchurch, the trailhead for Bee Falls is easily accessed by bike. There are chai and snack stalls along the way to the bottom of the trail.
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Hathiya Paur Gate
Thehe fifth gate on the eastern approach to Gwailor Fort, Hathiya Paur , now the entrance to the palace grounds (as the sixth gate, Hawa Gate, no longer exists).
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Manu Maharishi Temple
The towered Manu Maharishi Temple is built on the site where, legend says, the ark of the Noah-like Manu, the creator of civilisation, landed after the great flood.
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Zigar Drukpa Kagyu Institute
A short detour uphill from the lake is the three-storey, white Zigar Drukpa Kagyu Institute, a Buddhist study centre with outsized statues of Tantric protectors in its temple.
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Zoo
Opposite Albert Hall, one of the oldest in India, and housing the usual motley array of disconsolate animals.
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Naqshband Sahib
This beautifully proportioned but uncoloured 17th-century shrine was built in Himachal Pradesh style with alternating layers of wood and brick to dissipate the force of earthquakes.
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Ngadhak Changchub Choling Gompa
This other new and colourful gompa is accessed through an ornate gateway opposite Hotel Yangri Gang. The main statue is of an 11-headed Chenresig, the Bodhissatva of Compassion.
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