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

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

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

Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

A former bastion of Rajput chivalry, this massive hill fort is the site of legend and tragedy.

A complex of six forts embedded in the Rajasthan hills.

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

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.

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

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

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 66-million-year-old rock formation stands tall over Mumbai, offering stellar city views.

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

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

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

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.

Half-size replica of the Taj Mahal.

A centuries-old shrine where Indians pray for U.S. visas.

A magical expanse of colorful street murals lies hidden within the quiet neighborhood.

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

A fresco in this magnificent palace is said to have been the first depiction of the Taj Mahal's design.