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 
37) Toda settlements, Ooty
38) Rann of Kutch
39) Backwaters, Kerala
40) Taj Mahal
41) Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
42) Padmanabhapuram
43) Bahai temple, Delhi

Places yet to visit

44) Zanskar river, Kashmir
45) Valley of Flowers
46) Tea gardens, Assam
47) Sundarbans
48) Srinagar
49) Chandratal, Spiti, Himachal
50) Rupkund lake, Uttarakhand
51)  Nanda Devi National park, Uttarakhand
52) Periyar, Kerala
53) Namdapha, Arunachal Pradesh
54) Leh
55) Lokatak lake, Imphal
56) Lakshadweep
57) Kulu valley
58) Kheechan Bird Sanctury, Jodhpur
59) Keoladeo National Park, Jaipur
60) Kaziranga National Park
61) Kanchenjunga, Sikkim
62) Kashmir
63) Gir National Park
64) Gangotri
65) Jim Corbett
66) Eravikulam National Park
67) Chilika
68) Chambal
69) Brahmaputra
70) Bhitarkanika, Orissa (Olive Ridley Turtles)
71) Bastar
72) Bandhavgarh Park, Bhopal
73) Viceregal Lodge, Shimla
74) Ranganatha temple, Trichy
75) Sanchi
76) Shekhawati homes, Jhunjhunwala
77) Orchha
78) Nalanda
79) Ladakh
80) Khajuraho
81) Kedarnath
82) Jaisalmer
83) Imambaras of Lucknow
84) Gwalior fort
85) Golden temple
86) Amarnath cave
87) Asokan pillars, Sarnath
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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