Places vijayhm Wants to Go

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.

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

Ornate, dome-topped cenotaphs fill this royal crematorium.

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

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

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

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

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.

A mecca for India's Jains.

This rare basalt crater lake is used to study the Moon and Mars.

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

The only Chinese temple in Mumbai.

World's most expensive home.

A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.

The place of worship for Zoroastrians, Mumbai's Parsi fire temples use fire and ash for purification.

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

These particularly resplendent rodents are the state animal of Maharashtra.

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

This fortress played a key role in the battle that would ultimately give rise to the Maratha Empire.

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

A peculiar idol to the Hindu King of Ghosts demands fine leather footwear in exchange for warding off evil.

The last remaining colonial-era Italian church in Old Goa.