Artistic streetlamps depicting Lord Ganesh’s favourite food and divine mount around an iconic temple of the deity in the heart of Pune.

On the Mutha riverbank near the center of Pune stands a centuries-old temple with a fascinating old stone entrance.

An eighth-century rock-cut cave temple in the middle of Pune.

Dedicated to one of the greatest military minds of the Maratha Empire.

One of the last few remnants of an ancient fort which once stood in the oldest area of Pune.

A set of stairs leading down to the Mutha River sits by the foundations of a former temple.

In the premises of Pune Head Post Office stands a curious letterbox topped with the design of a crown.

One in a series of historical markers from the massive 19th-century undertaking to map all of India.

These fascinating 19th-century tombs in the center of Pune belong to Europeans who lived in the city in that era.

An obelisk designed in memory of the soldiers from the city and district who fought in The Great War.

This 700-year-old temple is one of the city's oldest.

This basalt temple in the center of Pune was built more than 250 years ago.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.