This garden is very fertile.

This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.

The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.

Known as the "Queen of Beach Markets," Calangute epitomizes Goa's beach flea market scene.

A favorite haunt of Delhi's politicos and intellectuals, this old-school coffee shop was shut down under Indira Gandhi's Emergency.

A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

Over 3 miles up in the Himalayas this pass is one of the highest drivable roads in the world.

On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.

This weekly bazaar started in the 1960s as a way for hippie travelers to barter their goods.

World's tallest monolithic statue has served as a pilgrimage site since its completion in 993 CE.

The mysterious empty cupola behind the monumental arch points to an ancient prophecy of Delhi.

Scholar, adventurer, saint, and instigator of the Goa Inquisition.

At this sweet shop, the descendants of a royal chef serve up the fudge-like dessert his ancestor invented for a king.

These medieval funerary monuments are now home to a colony of critically endangered vultures.

This 11th-century temple gave rise to the word "juggernaut," as well as some mysteries that defy scientific explanation.

There are millions of temples in India, but only one prominent temple dedicated to the Hindu creator god.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.

The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.

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

At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.

An ancient iron pillar in Delhi that seems to be rustproof.

An abandoned settlement originally established by British colonialists in the Andaman archipelago.