The holiest shrine of Sikhism, a gold-covered temple in the middle of a sacred pool, open to all. Its free kitchen (langar) feeds up to 100,000 people a day; join them on the floor for a meal. It's especially beautiful at night.
Cover your head, remove shoes and wash your feet. The Jallianwala Bagh memorial is nearby. The flag ceremony at the Wagah border with Pakistan is held every evening.
The main temple of the Tibetan community in exile, next to the residence of the Dalai Lama, in McLeod Ganj above Dharamsala.
A waterfall in the hills above the village of Bhagsu, about 2 km from McLeod Ganj.
A popular day hike from McLeod Ganj up through oak and rhododendron forest to the grassy ridge of Triund at 2,850 m.
A homestay on a forested ridge at Shoghi, about 13 km before Shimla on the highway from Chandigarh.
A holy town on the Ganges at the foot of the Himalayas, the 'yoga capital of the world', with ashrams, yoga courses and the evening Ganga Aarti at Tr…
The Mughal emperors' palace fortress, with red sandstone walls, built by Shah Jahan in the 1640s, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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