State guides

Travel guides to all 36 states & union territories

Where to go, when to go and how to get there, from the Himalaya to the islands. 330 places, each with a photo.

Andaman and Nicobar IslandsIslands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Turquoise water and island history

7 placesUT
Andhra PradeshSouth

Andhra Pradesh

Temple hills, coffee valleys and a canyon of its own

9 placesState
Arunachal PradeshNortheast

Arunachal Pradesh

Where India greets the first sunrise

9 placesState
AssamNortheast

Assam

Rhinos, river islands and tea country

9 placesState
BiharEast

Bihar

Where the Buddha found enlightenment

8 placesState
ChandigarhNorth

Chandigarh

A planned city of gardens and modernism

5 placesUT
ChhattisgarhCentral

Chhattisgarh

Waterfalls and forests of Bastar

7 placesState
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuWest

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Portuguese forts and quiet coasts

5 placesUT
DelhiNorth

Delhi

Seven cities, one capital

8 placesUT
GoaWest

Goa

Beaches, basilicas and Portuguese lanes

8 placesState
GujaratWest

Gujarat

White desert, Asiatic lions and stepwells

12 placesState
HaryanaNorth

Haryana

Epic battlefields and bird lakes

7 placesState
Himachal PradeshNorth

Himachal Pradesh

Hill towns, high deserts and mountain cafes

12 placesState
Jammu and KashmirNorth

Jammu and Kashmir

Paradise on earth

10 placesUT
JharkhandEast

Jharkhand

Plateau waterfalls and sal forests

8 placesState
KarnatakaSouth

Karnataka

Ruined empires, coffee hills and quiet coasts

12 placesState
KeralaSouth

Kerala

Backwaters, tea hills and spice-scented coast

12 placesState
LadakhNorth

Ladakh

High passes and moonscapes

10 placesUT
LakshadweepIslands

Lakshadweep

Coral atolls in the Arabian Sea

5 placesUT
Madhya PradeshCentral

Madhya Pradesh

The heart of India, temples and tigers

13 placesState
MaharashtraWest

Maharashtra

Caves, forts and the city that never sleeps

11 placesState
ManipurNortheast

Manipur

Floating islands and the jewel of India

5 placesState
MeghalayaNortheast

Meghalaya

The abode of clouds

9 placesState
MizoramNortheast

Mizoram

Bamboo hills and blue mountains

7 placesState
NagalandNortheast

Nagaland

Hornbill country

8 placesState
OdishaEast

Odisha

Temples, lagoons and turtle beaches

9 placesState
PuducherrySouth

Puducherry

French lanes by the Bay of Bengal

6 placesUT
PunjabNorth

Punjab

Golden domes and big-hearted food

8 placesState
RajasthanNorth

Rajasthan

Forts, palaces and golden dunes

14 placesState
SikkimNortheast

Sikkim

Monasteries under Kangchenjunga

9 placesState
Tamil NaduSouth

Tamil Nadu

Towering gopurams and living traditions

14 placesState
TelanganaSouth

Telangana

Biryani, minarets and a UNESCO temple

8 placesState
TripuraNortheast

Tripura

Palaces on water and carved hills

7 placesState
Uttar PradeshNorth

Uttar Pradesh

The Taj, the Ganga and Awadhi kitchens

12 placesState
UttarakhandNorth

Uttarakhand

Land of the gods

14 placesState
West BengalEast

West Bengal

From Himalayan tea to tiger mangroves

13 placesState