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Babul Bhatt

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India Gate Canopy

New Delhi, India

India Gate Canopy

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

An aircraft at Safdarjung Airport

New Delhi, India

Safdarjung Airport

The former Willingdon Airport started operations in 1929, in India's capital, Delhi. Now, it's used for maintenance runs and helicopter rides.

Lotus Temple

New Delhi, India

Bahá'í Lotus Temple

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

Neemrana baori.

Neemrana, India

Neemrana Baori

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.

The abandoned Mughal fortress, Fatehpur Sikri.

Fatehpur Sikri, India

Fatehpur Sikri

An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.

Jal Mahal

Jaipur, India

Jal Mahal

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

Jantar Mantar

Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

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

Sir Edwin Arnold thought Hawa Mahal was "a vision of daring and dainty loveliness, of storeys of rosy masonry and delicate overhanging balconies and latticed windows. Soaring with tier after tier of fanciful architecture in a pyramidal form, a very mountain of airy and audacious beauty through the thousand pierced screens and gilded arches of which the Indian air blows cool over the flat roofs of the very highest house." As quoted in, Delhi Agra Jaipur, by Surendra Sahai.  See more at https://kimcarpenterphotos.smugmug.com/Hawa-Mahal-Jaipur-India/.

Jaipur, India

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

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

Reliquary of St. Francis Xavier

Velha Goa, India

Body of St. Francis Xavier

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

Adalaj stepwell.

Adalaj, India

Adalaj Ni Vav

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

Ajanta Caves

Ajanta, India

Ajanta Caves

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

Bibi Ka Maqbara

Aurangabad, India

Bibi Ka Maqbara

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.

Ellora Caves

Verul, India

Ellora Caves

This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.

(Flickr/Jay Hariani)

Mumbai, India

Antilia

World's most expensive home.

Boy studying at Mahakali Caves.

Mumbai, India

Mahakali Caves

Nineteen ancient rock-cut Buddhist caves can be found on the outskirts of Mumbai.

Gardens by the Bay.

Singapore

Gardens by the Bay

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

Bronze Bathers

Singapore

Bronze Bathers

The most playful of the life-sized statues that make up Singapore's "People of the River."

The temple at dusk.

Singapore

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple & Museum

This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.

CHIJMES

Singapore

CHIJMES

A historical convent known for taking in bad luck babies left on its doorstep is now an upscale shopping center.

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Singapore

Haw Par Villa

A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.

Temple lingam.

Mumbai, India

Banganga Tank

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.

Entrance to the main cave.

Gharapuri, India

Elephanta Caves

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

Temple entrance.

Mumbai, India

Kwan Kung Temple

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

Marble Palace

Kolkata, India

Marble Palace

This lavish estate recalls the opulent history of Calcutta.

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