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A gray market run by Burmese Indians offers a portal to a forgotten period in history.

A village in India with a mysteriously high number of twins.

This reserve is the only place in the world where you can see the Barasingha swamp deer in the wild.

Known as the wettest place on earth.

The Kaveri River cuts through the rocky terrain then drops off to form these misty falls.

A pair of nearly 1,000-year-old temples profusely covered in meticulous stone carvings.

The site of an atrocity that would be used to justify Britain’s conquest of India.

This ruined relic of the medieval city of Jahanpanah is a quiet oasis in the middle of New Delhi.

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.

The tallest statue in the world is twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.

In Mumbai, a bright blue synagogue is the largest one for the Baghdadi Jewish community in Asia.

Buddhist monk remarkably preserved because he started the mummification process while still living.

This magical and eccentric stepwell is a hidden treasure within the ancient fort city of Mandu.

This hidden Sufi cemetery is a spiritual monument for India's third gender community.

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

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

This small and unknown museum recounts the life of Mirabai, a remarkable mystic saint of the 16th century.

Inside the dome of this gigantic, Saturn-shaped building is one of the largest planetariums in Asia.

A collection of crumbling mansions stand as a reminder of a more prosperous time in this Indian village.

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.