Thursday, September 23, 2010

Discover India’s Exotic Destinations

India is a diverse, magical and exotic country that has so much to offer and we all have so much to see and feel. I love travelling through this country that I call my home. I doubt if this journey will ever end. During this journey of India, I have personally been to so many unique places and I thought it would be appropriate if I shared this information with you through this article.

Below is a list of exotic places that I have personally visited in India. Each label links to my travel blog posts about that place.
Note: The list has been sorted first by ‘State/Union Territory’ and then by the name of the ‘Place’.

Generic – Runs Across States

Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Cauvery
(Kaveri River)
East Coast Eastern Ghats
Eastern Himalayas Ganges (Ganga) Himalayas Indian Ocean Indian Railways
Indo-Chinese Border Kamasutra Mahatma Gandhi My Solo All India Motorcycle Journey National Highway 17
Neela Kurinji Flower NH 5 North East India Panchabootha Sthala Sahyadri Hills
Tata Nano Superdrive Western Ghats Western Himalayas    

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Andaman Sea Baratang Island Beach No. 7 Butler Bay Beach Cellular Jail
Corbyn’s Cove Elephant Beach Ferar Beach Havelock Island Hut Bay
Jolly Buoy Island Kalapathar Beach Kalapathar Limestone Caves Kalapathar Village Little Andaman
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park North Bay Port Blair Radhanagar Beach Ritchie’s Archipelago
ROSS Island Vijaynagar Beach Viper Island Wandoor White Surf Falls

Andhra Pradesh

Banjara Hills Charminar Godavari Bridge (Godavari River Bridge) Golconda Fort (Golkonda) Hyderabad
Kailashgiri Makkah Masjid Ramakrishna Beach Rishikonda Beach Submarine Museum
Vijayawada Vishakhapatnam
(Vizag)
     

Bihar

Golghar Mahatma Gandhi Setu Patna Patna University  

Chhattisgarh

Gaurav Path Ghadi Chowk Raigarh Raipur  

Daman and Diu

Diu        

Goa

Baga Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary Calangute Dudhsagar Falls Mandovi River
Mollem National Park North Goa Panjim    

Gujarat

Ahmedabad Gir National Park Junagadh Kutch Little Rann of Kutch
Sabarmati Ashram Sasan Gir Velavadar National Park    

Himachal Pradesh

Great Himalayan National Park Jalori Pass Kangra Kinnaur Kinner Kailash
Lahaul Nagrota Surian Pong Dam Wetlands Recong Peo Spiti

Jammu and Kashmir

Khardung La Ladakh Leh    

Jharkhand

Jagannathpur Temple Pahadi Mandir Ranchi    

Karnataka

Agumbe Aihole Baba Budangiri Badami Bandipur National Park
Bangalore(Bangalore International Airport) Barachukki Falls Bheemeshwari Biligiri Ranganatha Hills (BR Hills) Bylakuppe
Chandrayana Betta Chickballapur Chickmagalur Coorg Devbagh
Dubare Gaganachukki Falls Gangavali Bridge (Gangavali River) Gokarna Hampi
Hebbe Falls Hogenakkal Falls Honey Valley Resort Hoskote Lake Inam Dattatreya Baba Budan Swamy Dargah
Irpu Falls Jog Falls Jogigundi Falls Kabbinakad Kakkabe
Kalahatti Falls Kali River Karavalli Coast Karwar Kemmangundi
Kodachadri Hills Kodagu Kollur Kollur Mookambika Temple Kukke Subramanya
Kumaraparvatha Mahabaleshwar Temple Mangalore Maravanthe Beach Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary
Mulaiyangiri Murudeshwar Nagarhole National Park Nalnad Palace Nandi Hills
National Highway 206 Netrani Island Nilakandi Falls OM Beach Pattadakkal
Sadashivgad Hill Sharavati River (Sharavati River Bridge) Sharavati River Valley View Sheshparvatha Shivanasamudra Falls
Skandagiri Someshwar Someshwar Wildlife Sanctuary Somwarpet Sowparnika River
Talakad Thadiyendamol Peak Tungabhadra Upunda Bridge (Upunda River) Vanakebe Falls
Vijaynagar Empire Virajpet Yaana Hills    

Kerala

Alappuzha Banasura Sagar Dam Chembra Estate Chembra Peak Cherai (Cherai Beach Resorts)
Cochin/Kochi
(Cochin Port)
Eravikulam National Park Kalpetta Meppady Munnar
Palakkad Gap Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Periakkanal Tea Estate Periyar Tiger Reserve Sairandhri
Silent Valley National Park Soochipara Falls Thekkady Wayanad (Wynad) Willingdon Island


Lakshadweep Islands

Kadmat Island Kalpeni Island Kavaratti Island Lacadives Lakshadweep Sea

Madhya Pradesh

Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve Bhopal Bheem Betika Ken Gharial Sanctuary Khajuraho
Moti Masjid Narmada River (Narmada River Bridge) Pench Tiger Reserve Umaria  

Maharashtra

Aurangabad Bibi Ka Maqbara (Dakkhani Taj) (Taj of Deccan) Daulatabad Fort Diksha Bhoomi Kasturchand Park
Khandala Lonavala Mumbai Mumbai – Pune Expressway Nagpur (City of Oranges)
Panch Chakki Pune Sinhagad Zero Mile Marker  

Meghalaya

Shillong        

Orissa

Bhubaneshwar Bindu Sagar Chandipur Cuttack Daya River
Dhaulagiri
(Dhauli Hill)
Kalinga Battlefield Kalinga Dynasty Khurda Lingaraj Temple
Mahanadi River (Mahanadi River Bridge) Rajarani Temple      

Pondicherry

Aurobindo Ashram Auroville Matrimandir Pondicherry(Puducherry)  

Punjab

Amritsar Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib) Jallianwala Bagh Wagah Border  

Rajasthan

Aravallis Desert National Park Jaisalmer Great Indian Thar Desert Mount Abu
Ranthambore National Park Udaipur      

Sikkim

Banjhakri Falls Bulbulay East Sikkim Gangtok Gurudongmar Lake
Himalayan Zoological Park Kangchendzonga Kyongnosla Alpine Sanctuary/
Kyongnosla
Lachung Lingdum Monastery/ Ranka Monastery
Nathulla Pass/ Nathu La North Sikkim Pelling Pemayangtze Monastery Royal Demazong Resort
Shingba Rhododendron Sanctuary Tsomgo (Changu) Lake West Sikkim Yumthang Valley  

Tamil Nadu

Agaya Gangai Falls/Akash Ganga Falls Anaimalai Arapaleeswarar Temple Aruvankadu Avalanche Dam
Bellikal Bungalow on the Beach Chennai Chidambaram Coonoor
Courtallam East Coast Road Emerald Dam Fort Dansborg Hogenakkal Falls
Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve Kallidaikurichi Kanyakumari Kalhatti Falls
Karaiyar Ketty Kodaikanal Kodanad Estate/ Kodanad View Point Kolli Hills/Kolli Malai
Kotagiri Lovedale MM Hills Madurai Mahabalipuram 
(Mammallapuram)
Male Mahadeshwara Temple Masila Falls Masilamani Nathar Temple Mettupalayam Murugan Idli Shop
Namakkal Natarajar Temple Nilgiris
(Nilgiri Biosphere)
Ooty (Ootacamund)/ Udagamandalam Papanasam
Rasipuram Red Hills Salem Shore Temple Sigur Ghat Road
Suchindram Thamarabarani River Tharangambadi
(Tranquebar)
Tirunelveli Vellore
Vellore Institute of Technology Wellington      


Uttar Pradesh

Agra Benaras (Kashi) (Varanasi) Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary (Keoladeo National Park) Taj Mahal  

Uttarakhand

Corbett National Park Mussoorie      


West Bengal

Darjeeling Kolkata Sevok Singalila Trek Sunderbans Tiger Reserve
Teesta River Railway Bridge        

P.S. I aim to update this list as often as possible. Though this method is time consuming, it ranks over the tag cloud as it doesn’t goof up the search results and reduce the bounce rate of the blog. I hope you all find this article useful. If you have any suggestions to make this better, please feel free to share it through the comments below.

8 comments:

  1. How do you travel so much and that too to almost all exotic locations of India. :)

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  2. Well I guess both of us can ask each other the same question :-) I guess we get into 'THE ZONE' only when you are on the road. BTW, I am trying to setup my business in travel :-)

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  3. wow.. thats a long list!

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  4. Do you think so? I feel there are so many places in India that I have to explore and the list keeps on growing by the day.

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  5. Fantastic post. I found everything here regarding travel in different destinations in India, all at one place. Nice sharing of great informative links. Keep posting more like the same.

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  6. Thank you and Thank you! I am glad you find this post helpful.

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  7. Hi, I got your email but I don't know if you list other sites on your post. If so, let's exchange. Tell me what you want me to put on mine.

    Stan Diamond
    http://standiamond.blogspot.com/

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  8. Stan,

    Haven't we already exchanged links with each other?

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