Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.

A towering work of stone and philosophy that was constructed using ancient Hindu science.

Known as the wettest place on earth.

This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

World's most expensive home.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

This 17th-century mausoleum is topped with an acoustic marvel.

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.

Remote town home to Himachalis, Israelis, and tons of hashish.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.