Destinations

★ Netarhat · Jharkhand Netarhat: The Queen of Chotanagpur A practical guide to Netarhat — the plateau’s cool hill station, its famous sunrise and sunset points, the pine and sal forests, the waterfalls nearby, and how to visit Jharkhand’s quiet highland retreat. Written byAshvinee UpdatedOctober 2026 Reading time6 min read ◷ Days needed 1–2 days

★ Betla · Jharkhand Betla National Park: Palamau’s Sal-Forest Tiger Reserve A practical guide to Betla National Park — the sal forests and wildlife of the Palamau Tiger Reserve, the old jungle forts, the safaris and season, and how to visit the wild heart of western Jharkhand. Written byAshvinee UpdatedOctober 2026 Reading time7 min read

★ Pawapuri · Bihar Pawapuri: The Jal Mandir Where Mahavira Found Nirvana A practical guide to Pawapuri — the white marble Jal Mandir set in a lotus tank, the place where Mahavira attained nirvana, its link to Diwali, and how to visit this serene Jain pilgrimage town in central Bihar. Written byAshvinee UpdatedOctober 2026 Reading

★ Patna · Bihar Patna: The Bihar Museum, a Sikh Takht, and the Ganga A practical guide to Patna — the superb Bihar Museum, the Sikh shrine of Takht Sri Patna Sahib, the Golghar granary and the ruins of ancient Pataliputra, and how to use the capital as the gateway to a Bihar trip. Written

★ Rajgir · Bihar Rajgir: Peace Stupa, Ropeway and Hills Sacred to Two Faiths A practical guide to Rajgir — the Vishwa Shanti Stupa and its ropeway, Vulture’s Peak, the hot springs, Ghora Katora lake, the glass bridge and nature safari, and how to visit this ancient Magadhan capital in central Bihar. Written byAshvinee UpdatedOctober

★ Bodh Gaya · Bihar Bodh Gaya: Where the Buddha Was Enlightened A practical guide to Bodh Gaya — the Mahabodhi Temple and the Bodhi tree, the Great Buddha statue, the monasteries built by every Buddhist nation, and how to visit the spiritual centre of the Buddhist world in southern Bihar. Written byAshvinee UpdatedOctober 2026

★ Nalanda · Bihar Nalanda: The Ruins of the Ancient University A practical guide to Nalanda — the red-brick ruins of the Mahavihara that taught for seven centuries, the UNESCO World Heritage site, the archaeological museum and Xuanzang hall, and how to visit it from Rajgir or Patna in Bihar. Written byAshvinee UpdatedOctober 2026 Reading

★ Ramappa · Telangana Ramappa Temple: The Kakatiya Masterpiece UNESCO Made a World Heritage Site A practical guide to the Ramappa (Rudreshwara) Temple near Warangal — the 13th-century Kakatiya temple of floating bricks and carved bracket figures, why UNESCO listed it in 2021, and how to visit from Warangal or Hyderabad. Written byAshvinee UpdatedSeptember 2026

★ Nagarjuna Sagar · Telangana Nagarjuna Sagar: A Giant Dam and an Island of Buddhist Relics A practical guide to Nagarjuna Sagar — one of the world’s largest masonry dams on the Krishna, the boat across the reservoir to the Buddhist relics of Nagarjunakonda, the Ethipothala waterfall, and how to visit from Hyderabad. Written byAshvinee

★ Bhadrachalam · Telangana Bhadrachalam: The Rama Temple on the Banks of the Godavari A practical guide to Bhadrachalam — the Sita Ramachandraswamy temple on the Godavari, its great Rama Navami festival, the Ramayana sites nearby at Parnasala, and how to visit this pilgrimage town in eastern Telangana. Written byAshvinee UpdatedSeptember 2026 Reading time7 min