Sacred Indian temple that’s all monkey business.

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

This small and unknown museum recounts the life of Mirabai, a remarkable mystic saint of the 16th century.

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

Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.

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

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

This ancient goddess temple inspired the design of India’s Parliament House.

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

This colorful colonial neighborhood in Panjim is one of the only Latin Quarters in Asia.

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

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

The evocative ruins of a 1,000-year-old hill fort lie within a popular tiger reserve.

The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.

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

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.

A small town in Rajasthan has been dubbed the "City of Stepwells," and Raniji ki Baori is the queen.

This magical place built as an astronomical center starred as a James Bond villain's lair.

A mecca for India's Jains.

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.