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Attraction

Ranchhodraiji Temple

Dakor, Gujarat

Built in 1772 by a Maratha noble, with eight spires over a walled compound and a black stone Krishna inside. Full-moon days bring very large numbers on foot from the surrounding villages — avoid those unless that is what you came for.

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Red Fort

Delhi, Delhi

The grand Mughal fort and UNESCO site, from whose ramparts the PM addresses the nation.

Experience

Rishikonda Water Sports

Rishikonda Beach (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh

Surfing, jet-skiing and banana-boat rides off the beach.

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Rock Garden

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

Nek Chand's vast sculpture garden built entirely from recycled materials.

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Rumi Darwaza

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

An ornate 60-foot Awadhi gateway, a symbol of the city.

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Rumtek Monastery

Gangtok, Sikkim

A grand, multi-story Tibetan Buddhist monastic sanctuary located 24 km away, serving as the supreme international seat for the Karma Kagyu lineage.

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Sabarmati Ashram

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Gandhi's home on the west bank of the Sabarmati, about six kilometres from the town hall, and the place he set out from on 12 March 1930 to walk to Dandi and break the salt law. He lived here and at Sevagram in Wardha for twelve years between travelling and prison, with Kasturba and followers including Vinoba Bhave; the Gita was recited daily as part of the day's routine. It is a national monument now — low buildings, a courtyard, his room kept as it was. Best in the morning, before the school groups.

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Saheliyon-ki-Bari

Udaipur, Rajasthan

The garden of the maidens, in the north of Udaipur, built by Rana Sangram Singh for the women of the court. Fountains, kiosks, a lotus pool and marble elephants, laid out around water brought down from the lake above — the fountains were engineered to run on that fall alone, without pumps. There is a small museum on the site with material on the city's history. It is a garden rather than a monument, so treat it as half an hour and not an afternoon, and go early: it is small enough that two coach parties fill it.

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Samadhi Mandir

Shirdi, Maharashtra

The temple enshrining Sai Baba's tomb, the heart of the pilgrimage.

Hidden Gem

Sanasar Lake

Patnitop, Jammu & Kashmir

A beautiful, offbeat satellite meadow cup enclosing a small natural lake 20 km away, popular for paragliding and wilderness camping.

Experience

Saputara Lake

Saputara, Gujarat

The lake in the middle of town, with boats on it and a path around the edge. Half an hour, and it is what everyone does on arriving.

Viewpoint

Saputara Ropeway

Saputara, Gujarat

A cable car from the town up to the sunset point, which saves a climb and is the only reason most people get up there. Short queues on weekdays, long ones at dusk on Sundays.

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Saputara Tribal Museum

Saputara, Gujarat

A single-room state museum of Dang tribal material — instruments, masks, wedding dress, farming tools. It takes twenty minutes and is better than it has any need to be. Small enough for half an hour, and it shuts for a break in the middle of the day.

Viewpoint

Sayaji Baug (Kamati Baug)

Vadodara, Gujarat

More than a hundred acres in the middle of Vadodara, laid out by Sayajirao Gaekwad III and the largest garden in western India. It works as a public park rather than a formal garden — joggers at six in the morning, families at six in the evening, and a toy train that has been running for decades. The Baroda Museum and Picture Gallery stands inside it, along with a planetarium and a zoo. Free, open from early, and the one place in the city where you can walk for an hour without crossing traffic.

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Se Cathedral

Old Goa Churches (Velha Goa), Goa

One of the largest churches in Asia, dedicated to St. Catherine.

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Shaniwar Wada

Pune, Maharashtra

The fortified 18th-century seat of the Maratha Peshwas.

Viewpoint

Shivrajpur Shoreline

Shivrajpur Beach, Gujarat

Main beach stretch for walking and sunset views.

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Sidi Saiyyed Mosque

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

Built in 1572-73 by Sidi Sayyad, a Habshi nobleman in the service of the Gujarat Sultanate, and a Monument of National Importance. Nobody comes for the mosque as a whole — they come for one window. The jali on the western wall is cut from a single slab into a tree with intertwined branches and palm fronds, and it has become the city's emblem: the Indian Institute of Management borrowed it for its logo and it turns up on everything from tea packets to shopfronts. It is a working mosque, so time a visit outside prayers.

Experience

Skyview Patnitop

Patnitop, Jammu & Kashmir

A 2.8-kilometre gondola over the gorge at Sanasar, opened in 2019, and the drop underneath is the whole point of it. There is an adventure park at the top station.

Viewpoint

Snow View Point

Nainital, Uttarakhand

A cable-car summit with panoramic Himalayan views.

Experience

Solang Valley

Manali, Himachal Pradesh

A side valley famous as an outdoor adventure hub for paragliding, quad biking, and amateur winter ski slopes.

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Statue of Unity

Kevadia (Ekta Nagar), Gujarat

At 182 metres, the tallest statue in the world — Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, independence leader and independent India's first deputy prime minister and home minister, standing above the Narmada facing the Sardar Sarovar dam, about a hundred kilometres south-east of Vadodara. Announced by Narendra Modi as Gujarat's chief minister in 2010, built by Larsen and Toubro from October 2013 at a cost of ₹27 billion, designed by the sculptor Ram V. Sutar, and inaugurated on 31 October 2018, which would have been Patel's 143rd birthday.

Viewpoint

Statue Viewing Gallery

Statue of Unity (Kevadia), Gujarat

A gallery at 153 m inside the statue with valley and dam views.

Viewpoint

Sukhna Lake

Chandigarh, Chandigarh

A scenic man-made lake popular for boating and sunset walks.