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1. Amber Fort

Hill fort and palaceAmer

Hilltop Rajput palace-fortress above Maota Lake in Amer, about 11 km from Jaipur, known for its courtyards, Sheesh Mahal mirror work and UNESCO-listed walls.

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2. Gateway of India

Monument and waterfront archColaba

The 1924 basalt arch on the Apollo Bunder waterfront, built to mark a royal visit and now the departure point for Elephanta ferries.

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3. Red Fort

Mughal fort and palace complexOld Delhi

Shah Jahan's red sandstone citadel, completed in 1648, with audience halls, palace pavilions, gardens and several museums inside a UNESCO-listed complex in Old Delhi.

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4. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus

UNESCO-listed railway stationFort

The Victorian Gothic railway terminus formerly known as Victoria Terminus, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and still Central Railway's busy headquarters.

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5. City Palace Jaipur

Royal palace and museumOld City (Pink City)

The royal palace at the heart of the walled Pink City, begun in 1729, combining museum galleries, ornate courtyards and the residence of the former Jaipur royal family.

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6. Qutub Minar

Medieval minaret and monument complexMehrauli

A 72.5-metre sandstone minaret begun in 1199, standing in a UNESCO-listed complex in Mehrauli with the Iron Pillar and the ruins of Delhi's earliest mosque.

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7. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya

Art and history museumFort

Mumbai's main museum, the former Prince of Wales Museum, with around 50,000 objects from Indus Valley finds to Mughal miniatures in an Indo-Saracenic building.

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8. Hawa Mahal

Palace facade and monumentOld City (Pink City)

Jaipur's 'Palace of Winds', a five-storey pink sandstone screen of 953 small windows built in 1799 so royal women could watch street life unseen.

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9. Humayun’s Tomb

Mughal garden tombNizamuddin East

The 16th-century garden tomb of the emperor Humayun, a UNESCO World Heritage Site whose red sandstone and marble design set the pattern later followed by the Taj Mahal.

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10. Elephanta Caves

UNESCO rock-cut cave templesElephanta Island

UNESCO-listed rock-cut cave temples on an island in Mumbai Harbour, famous for the colossal three-faced Sadashiva sculpture of Shiva.

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11. India Gate

War memorialKartavya Path

Lutyens' 42-metre memorial arch on Kartavya Path, inaugurated in 1931 to honour Indian soldiers who died between 1914 and 1921, surrounded by wide public lawns.

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12. Jantar Mantar Jaipur

Astronomical observatoryOld City (Pink City)

UNESCO-listed 18th-century observatory beside City Palace with 19 masonry instruments built by Sawai Jai Singh II, including a giant stone sundial.

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13. Haji Ali Dargah

Mosque and Sufi shrineWorli

A whitewashed 15th-century Sufi shrine and mosque on an islet in Haji Ali Bay, reached by a long causeway that floods at high tide.

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14. Jama Masjid

Mughal mosqueOld Delhi

Shah Jahan's great congregational mosque in Old Delhi, completed in 1656, with a courtyard for 25,000 worshippers, three gateways and two 41-metre minarets.

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15. Nahargarh Fort

Hill fort and viewpointAravalli Hills (north of Old City)

Hilltop fort built in 1734 on the ridge above Jaipur, with the frescoed Madhavendra Bhawan apartments and wide views over the city at sunset.

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16. Jaigarh Fort

Hill fort and cannon museumAmer

Defensive hill fort on the Hill of Eagles above Amber Fort, home to the 18th-century Jaivana cannon, an armoury, water tanks and wide Aravalli views.

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17. Lotus Temple

Bahá'í House of WorshipKalkaji

The Bahá'í House of Worship in Kalkaji, opened in 1987, whose 27 marble-clad petals form a lotus and whose prayer hall is open to people of every faith.

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18. Shree Siddhivinayak Temple

Hindu templePrabhadevi

Mumbai's best-known Ganesh temple, founded in 1801 in Prabhadevi and visited by large numbers of devotees, with the longest queues on festival days.

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19. Albert Hall Museum

State museumRam Niwas Garden

Rajasthan's oldest museum, an Indo-Saracenic hall in Ram Niwas Garden opened in 1887, with crafts, carpets, coins, arms and an Egyptian mummy.

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20. Kanheri Caves

Buddhist cave complex and national parkBorivali

More than a hundred Buddhist caves carved into the forested hills of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, with a great pillared prayer hall and giant Buddha reliefs.

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