The Year in Travel - 2025

Another year of travel, mostly on cricketing tours, a couple on my personal agenda, and some personal stuff. Overall quite satisfied with my exploring this year - travel out of town and heritage walks in Hyderabad. 

Out of town travel first

Ahmedabad (Heritage walks, Swami Narayan temple, Hutheesing Jain temple, Rani Sipri mosque, Lothal, Auto World, Kankaria lake)

Nagpur (Deekshabhoomi, Zero milestone, Adivasi Gowari memorial, All Saints cathedral, Narrow gauge museum, SVK Shikshan Sansthan)

Mahbubnagar (Pillalamarri)

Trivandrum (Padmanabha Temple, Padmanabha palace, Kanakakkanu palace, Rama Rao lamp, CSI Memorial Church, World War I Memorial, St Joseph's Church, Conemara market, Kovalam beach, Napiers museum, Chitra Art Gallery, Vinzhigam lighthouse) 

Cochin (Fort Kochi, St Francis Church, Santa Cruz Basilica, Kumbalingi, Alleppey)

Polamuru, Padmanabhuni Cheruvu

Mumbai (Worli Fort, Mahim Fort, Bandra Fort, C Shivaji Maharaj Sangrahalaya, Bhauji Lad Museum, National Gallery of Art)

Pune (Raja Dinkar Kelkar Museum, Shaniwar Wada, Nana Wada, Kasbapeth Ganpathi temple, Dagdu Sheth Ganpathi temple, Mandai, Tulsibaug, Shinde Chhatri, Blades of Glory Museum, Chatyrshringi temple)

Pondicherry 

Delhi (Ashoka University, Delhi University)

Himachal Pradesh (Amtar Fort, Jwalamukhi temple, Beas River)

Jammu (Gurudwara, Raghunath mandir, Mubarak mandi palace, Amar Mahal Palace, Bahu fort, Peerkho caves, Vaishnodevi temple, Harisingh Park)

Rajkot (Dholavira, Road to Heaven)

Heritage walks in Hyderabad 

Sardar Paparayudu statue

Faqr Ul Mulk tomb 

Yellamma Pochamma temple

Lake front

Bansilalpet Stepwell

Charminar

Mint Compound

Naubat pahad

Taramati Baradari

Char kaman

Khursid jah devdi

Iqbal ud dowla devdi

Nampally Sarai

Ek minar

Lake view park

Errum manzil palace

Durgam cheruvu lake walk

Yousufain dargah

Shah khamosh dargah

Public gardens

Assembly building

Gun Park

Aliya school

Gunfoundry

Nizamia observatory

Central library

Osmania general hospital

Jumeraat bazar

Purana pul

Musallam jung pul

Nayapul

King Kothi palace

Khairatabad Mosque

Khairatunnisa tomb

Nizams museum

Irrum Numa palace

Parsi fire temple

Seth Ramgopalpet house

Saidani ma tomb

Patton tank

Saroornagar palace

Asmangadh palace

Raymond's tomb

Mahbub mansion

Qutb shahi tombs

Telangana State Archeology Museum

Paigah Palace

Ujjaini Mahankali temple

Punjagutta dargah

Idar-e-Adbitlyat-e-Urdu

Mah Laqa Bai Chanda

Hashmath ganj gate

Turrebaz khan gate

Golconda

Moula Ali 

Premamati mosque

King Kothi

Naya Quila

Badshahi Ashoorkhana

Akkanna Madanna temple

Daira e momin 

Darul Shifa

Aza Khana e Zehra

 Hazrat Imam Ali Ibn Moosa As Reza

Purana Pul darwaza

Dabeerpuea darwaza

Shah Raju Qattal dargah

Mint museum

British Residency 

Haribowli walk

Hussaini Alam Ashoorkhana

Raja Kishen Pershad devdi

Patancheru gate

Rashtrapati Nilayam

Toli masjid

Osman Sagar

Sufi walk

Wall street walk

Hussain Shah Wali dargah