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Sports Museum The Old Moti Bagh Palace houses a sports museum with exhibits that include memorabilia relating to Punjabi sprinting hero Milkha Singh, ‘the Flying Sikh’.
Tulsi Manas Temple The modern marble, sikhara -style Tulsi ManasTemple s walls are engraved with verses and scenes from the Ram Charit Manas, the Hindi version of the Ramayana.
Ladakh Rocks & Minerals Museum Outside Sankar Gompa, this sweet one-room museum presents labeled examples of Ladakhs geological curiosities including a chunk of Fulgurite lightening rock.
Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Cathedral, completed in 1791, is a robin’s-egg-blue-and-cloud-white typically Jesuit edifice in a Goa-like Portuguese style.
Interpretation Centre Interesting exhibits detailing the history and legends of Bandhavgarh, plus some superb tiger photos on the 1st floor. On your right just before the village.
Gita Temple This serene marble temple, on the road to Vrindavan, has the entire Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Song of the Divine One) written on a red pillar in the garden.
Dhankar Tso An hour’s walk up from Dhankar village is the small lake of Dhankar Tso, offering views over the valley and towards the twin peaks of Manirang (6593m).
Eastern Railways Building Designed with a slightly Spanish flourish, this huge building has window arches and overhangs picked out in red and the odd wooden window box or shade in brown.
Gangotri Temple Gangotri Temple is one of the holiest places in India. Near the source of the Ganges, the shrine is dedicated to the origin of Hinduism’s most sacred river.
Naubat Khana At the eastern end of Chatta Chowk, the arched Naubat Khana once accommodated royal musicians and served as a parking lot for royal horses and elephants.
Natural History Museum In the zoological park complex, the Natural History Museum has hundreds of stuffed animals and birds, and a fine skeleton collection.
Car Museum Don’t forget to visit the fantastic Car Museum, home to 48 vintage autos, including a 1903 Renault and 1920s Studebaker President used by Mahatma Gandhi.
Bodhgaya Multimedia Museum The Dalai Lama himself blessed the 2010 opening of this visual museum, which is low on production value but big on information and historical perspective.
Zampa Gateway Painted bright red, has carvings of lions, angels and a priest, while just inside it is a chapel with an image of the Virgin and Child dating from 1702.
Public Pool An open-air public pool just uphill from the Vashisht Mandir, past a set of hot-water spouts that are always busy with locals washing clothes or dishes.
Turkish Bath Stars and octagons perforate the domed roofs of this tiny hammam (Turkish bath), which had hot and cold water and a hypocaust (underfloor heated) sauna.
VM South Gate Day-tme entry tickets to the park and Victoria Memorial museum are sold at both north and south gates. No access to the sound and light show from here.
Temple of Mallinath The triple Temple of Mallinath, dedicated to the ninth tirthankar, was erected in 1177 by two brothers. During festivals this temple is a sadhu magnet.
Swaninarayan Temple Swaninarayan Temple , owned by the wealthy Swaninarayan sect, is a white, 19th-century building built on land donated by the maharaja, with an attached farm.
Sati Burj This four-storey tower was built by the son of Behari Mal of Jaipur in 1570 to commemorate his mother’s sati (self-immolation on her husband’s funeral pyre).

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