Tuesday, January 7, 2025

100 Wonders of India - A List

I bought this coffee table book in Landmark a few years ago which listed 100 wonders of India. I have been ticking off a few since. Maybe there is a power to seeing those pictures that makes things happen. Anyway, I would like to share the list here.



Places I have been to

1) Ajanta caves, Maharashtra
2) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti dargah, Ajmer 
3) Basilica of Bom Jesus, Goa
4) Dholavira and Lothal, Gujarat
5) Dwarka, Gujarat
6) Ellora caves, Maharashtra
7) Mumbai Fort Area, Maharashtra
8) Belur and Halebid, Karnataka
9) Hampi, Karnataka
10) Hawa Mahal and Amber fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan
11) Humayun's tomb, Delhi
12) Jagannath temple, Puri
13) Jama masjid, Old Delhi
14) Lodhi gardens, Delhi
15) Mandu, MP
16) Mehrangarh fort, Jodhpur
17) Mysore palace, Karnataka
18) Nagarjuna konda, Telangana/Andhra Pradesh
19) Qutb Minar, Delhi
20) Rashtrapathi Bhavan, Delhi
21) Salajung Museum, Hyderabad
22) Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu
23) Gomateshwara, Sravanabelagola, Karnataka
24) Rani ki vava, Adalaj, Gujarat
25) St Paul's cathedral, Kolkata
26) Konark, Orissa
27) Lake Palace, Udaipur
28) Varanasi, UP
29) Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
30) CST, Mumbai
31) Andaman and Nicobar
32) Goa
33) Puducherry
34) Jog falls, Karnataka
35) Meenakshi temple, Madurai
36) Gol Gumbaz, Bijapur 

Places yet to visit

37) Zanskar river, Kashmir
38) Valley of Flowers
39) Toda settlements, Ooty
40) Tea gardens, Assam
41) Sundarbans
42) Srinagar
43) Chandratal, Spiti, Himachal
44) Rupkund lake, Uttarakhand
45) Rann of Kutch
46) Nanda Devi National park, Uttarakhand
47) Periyar, Kerala
48) Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh
49) Leh
50) Lokatak lake, Imphal
51) Lakshadweep
52) Kulu valley
53) Kheechan Bird Sanctury, Jodhpur
54) Backwaters, Kerala
55) Keoladeo National Park, Jaipur
56) Kaziranga National Park
57) Kanchenjunga, Sikkim
58) Kashmir
59) Gir National Park
60) Gangotri
61) Jim Corbett
62) Eravikulam National Park
63) Chilika
64) Chambal
65) Brahmaputra
66) Bhitarkanika, Orissa (Olive Ridley Turtles)
67) Bastar
68) Bandhavgarh Park, Bhopal
69) Viceregal Lodge, Shimla
70) Ranganatha temple, Trichy
71) Taj Mahal
72) Sanchi
73) Shekhawati homes, Jhunjhunwala
74) Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
75) Padmanabhapuram
76) Orchha
77) Nalanda
78) Ladakh
79) Khajuraho
80) Kedarnath
81) Jaisalmer
82) Imambaras of Lucknow
83) Gwalior fort
84) Golden temple
85) Amarnath cave
86) Asokan pillars, Sarnath
87) Bahai temple, Delhi
88) Bhimakali temples, Himachal Pradesh
89) Shiva temples of Bhubaneshwar
90) Bodhgaya
91) Thanjavur
92) Chittorgarh
93) Darjeeling toy train
94) Dilwara
95) Elephanta caves
96) Fatehpur Sikri
97) Manali to Leh drive
98) Palace on Wheels
99) Terracotta temples of Bishnupur, Bengal
100) Bhimbetka

Interesting list. I am keen on some.

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