This elaborate temple was built around one of the Buddha's teeth.

This fort dates back to 1588 and was colonized by the Portuguese, Dutch, and English and sits prominently on the Indian Ocean where azure water lap the coast.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

Once considered one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world.

This chapel was built by Afonso de Albuquerque in 1510 to commemorate his entry into the city of Goa on St. Catherine’s Day.

An open-air collection of historical stones with engravings and inscriptions in Old Goa.

The millstones of an ancient Portuguese gunpowder factory have been kept on display at Old Goa.

This church in Old Goa was established by eight Portuguese Franciscan friars who landed there in 1517.

In Old Goa, the former residence of the archbishop now houses a permanent exhibition.

A mysterious burial crypt that was rediscovered inside a cathedral in Velha Goa.

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

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

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.

Ancient rock-cut caves adorned with Buddhist inscriptions and sculptures.

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

An architectural marvel that combines Gothic architecture with Indian elements.

Mumbai's angel.

These animal carvings stand as representations of India and Britain.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

A gigantic shoe, inspired by a nursery rhyme, sits in a park atop Mumbai’s Malabar Hill.

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.

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

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