The opulent palace of the Wadiyar maharajas, built in 1912 in Indo-Saracenic style, with stained glass, mosaics and carved doors. On Sunday evenings and festivals it's lit by nearly 100,000 bulbs.
The Dasara festival in October is the grandest time to visit. Climb Chamundi Hill for views, and visit the Devaraja market for flowers and spices.
Kodagu (Coorg) is a misty hill region of coffee and spice plantations in Karnataka.
A hill station in the Western Ghats of Kerala, surrounded by emerald tea plantations carpeting rolling hills.
A vast Hindu temple complex in the heart of Madurai, dedicated to Meenakshi (Parvati) and Sundareswarar (Shiva), with 14 towering gateways (gopurams)…
A network of lagoons, lakes and canals along the Kerala coast, lined with palms, paddy fields and villages.
The ruins of Vijayanagara, once one of the world's richest cities, scattered among giant boulders, banana plantations and the Tungabhadra River, a UN…
A group of 7th and 8th-century Pallava monuments by the sea south of Chennai, a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the granite Shore Temple, the Five Rathas…
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