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Assi Ghat
The southernmost main ghat, quieter than Dashashwamedh, with a morning aarti, yoga sessions and a…
1 hr
Free entry
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Hemis Monastery
The largest and wealthiest gompa in Ladakh, hidden in a gorge, famous for its June masked dance…
2 hr
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Sri Aurobindo Ashram
The ashram founded in 1926, centred on the flower-covered samadhi of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother in a…
45 min
Free entry
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ISKCON Sri Radha Krishna Temple
A large modern temple complex on a hill in Rajajinagar, with glass-and-gold architecture and a…
1 hr 15 min
Free entry
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Mecca Masjid
One of India's largest mosques, begun in 1614, with bricks from Mecca set above the central arch and…
45 min
Free entry
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St Francis Church
Built in 1503 and the oldest European church in India, where Vasco da Gama was buried before his…
30 min
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Jagdish Temple
An Indo-Aryan temple of 1651 to Vishnu, up a flight of 32 steps in the middle of the old city and busy…
30 min
Free entry
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Triveni Ghat
The main bathing ghat in the town centre, busiest at the evening Maha Aarti and at dawn when pilgrims…
45 min
Free entry
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Manakula Vinayagar Temple
A Ganesha temple that predates the French, with 40 gold-covered panels inside and a resident temple…
30 min
Free entry
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Peace Pagoda and Japanese Temple
A white Nipponzan Myohoji pagoda on Jalapahar hill, with drumming at morning and evening prayers and a…
1 hr
Free entry
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Neelkanth Mahadev Temple
A Shiva temple at 1,330 m in the hills above town, reached by a winding road or a steep three-hour…
3 hr
Free entry
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Dodda Basavana Gudi (Bull Temple)
A 16th-century temple around a 4.5-metre monolithic Nandi bull carved from a single granite boulder.
40 min
Free entry
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St Philomena's Cathedral
A neo-Gothic cathedral of 1936 modelled on Cologne, with twin 53-metre spires and a crypt below the…
40 min
Free entry
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Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
A neo-Gothic basilica of 1907 in the Tamil quarter, with 24 stained-glass panels telling the life of…
30 min
Free entry
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Azhagar Kovil (Alagar Koil)
A Vishnu temple in the hills 21 km north-east, central to the Chithirai festival when Alagar rides down…
2 hr
Free entry
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Galtaji Monkey Temple
A temple complex in a ravine east of the city, built around natural spring-fed tanks and populated by…
1 hr 15 min
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Manu Temple
A small wooden temple in Old Manali dedicated to the sage Manu — the only one of its kind in India, and…
30 min
Free entry
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Durgiana Temple
A Hindu temple built in the 1920s on the plan of the Golden Temple — gilded, set in its own tank, and…
45 min
Free entry