India’s best attractions including top sights, cites and natural wonders
The following is all of Funky India’s attractions including top sights, best cites, and most amazing natural wonders, listed in alphabetic order:
- Andamans : spectacular island considered a sought after resort destination within the Bay of Bengal.
- Aravalli: mountain range South of Punjab which cuts Rajasthan into two
- Bishnupur : home to the terracotta temples as well as being the center for classical Bishnupur Gharana music
- Bodh Gaya: a Buddhist holly place known for being the place where the Buddha attained enlightenment
- Brahmaputra: Himalayan river which flows through Assam in the northeast of India
- Dandakaranya: forest covering the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand in the northern tip of Andhra Pradesh
- Ellora/Ajanta : considered a religious destination for both the Hindus and the Buddhists, and home to magnificent monasteries and temples, some built in rocks and caves
- Ganga: India’s most famous and holly river
- Gangtok : lovely hill-station and capital city of the Sikkim state
- Goa : the favorite Indian resort destination packed with some spectacular beaches and natural beauty , as well as a lovely Portuguese influenced architecture.
- Golden Temple : a spectacular gold plated shrine in Amritsar, considered one of Sikhism’s holiest destinations
- Hampi: home to the remarkable ruins of the Vijayanagara empire
- Hill Stations: surrounded with some of the country most spectacular natural beauty in the northern stations of Darjeeling, Shimla and Shillong.
- Himalayas: the tallest mountain range in the world
- Jaisalmer : a unique Indian city located in the heart of the Thar Desert
- Kerala backwaters: auniquenetwork of rivers and lakes
- Khajuraho : considered the birth place of Kamasutra, offering numerous temples packed with a variety of erotic sculptures .
- Kochi : one of the most amazing destination in Kerala offering spectacular beaches and the unique house boat experience on its backwaters.
- Konark: a UNESCO World Heritage site built in a Kalingan Architecture as a Sun Temple
- Lake Palace: a magnificent palace situated within Udaipur
- Leh : one of the world’s highest inhabited city offering breathtaking views of the surroundings
- Meenakshi : a breathtaking Hindu temple situated in the French influenced Madurai
- Nalanda : once home to the world’s oldest university, before being complete ruined during the Muslim invasions and today considered a key destination for Buddhism
- Pondicherry : once a popular French colony it is a sought after spiritual destination with a remaining French bistro vibe
- Sahyadri: home to the Western and the Eastern Ghats
- Sangla Valley : perhaps the world’s most beautiful valley located within the upper regions of Himachal Pradesh, offering breathtaking landscapes views
- Sindhu (Indus) : river which flow through Punjab considered the crib of India’s civilization flourished
- Srinagar : capital city of the Jammu and Kashmir state surrounded by the Himalayas mountain range and next to the amazing Dal lake
- Sundarbans: world’s largest mangrove forest, home to the remarkable Royal Bengal tigers and estuarine crocodiles.
- Taj Mahal : the splendid marble tomb in Agra, consider the most iconic Indian sight
- Thar desert: western Rajasthan natural wonders
- Tirupati Balaji : considered the world’s richest religious temple within Andhra Pradesh
- Varanasi : known as the world’s oldest inhabited city with some 5,000 years history, as well as India’s most important religious sight, being the birth place of Hinduism
- Vindhyas: Madhya Pradesh start of the southern peninsula Deccan plateau
- Yamuna (Jamuna)