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. 148 places, each with a photo.

Andaman and Nicobar IslandsIslands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Turquoise water and island history

3 placesUT
Andhra PradeshSouth

Andhra Pradesh

Temple hills, coffee valleys and a canyon of its own

5 placesState
Arunachal PradeshNortheast

Arunachal Pradesh

Where India greets the first sunrise

5 placesState
AssamNortheast

Assam

Rhinos, river islands and tea country

4 placesState
BiharEast

Bihar

Where the Buddha found enlightenment

4 placesState
ChandigarhNorth

Chandigarh

A planned city of gardens and modernism

3 placesUT
ChhattisgarhCentral

Chhattisgarh

Waterfalls and forests of Bastar

3 placesState
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and DiuWest

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

Portuguese forts and quiet coasts

2 placesUT
DelhiNorth

Delhi

Seven cities, one capital

4 placesUT
GoaWest

Goa

Beaches, basilicas and Portuguese lanes

4 placesState
GujaratWest

Gujarat

White desert, Asiatic lions and stepwells

6 placesState
HaryanaNorth

Haryana

Epic battlefields and bird lakes

3 placesState
Himachal PradeshNorth

Himachal Pradesh

Hill towns, high deserts and mountain cafes

5 placesState
Jammu and KashmirNorth

Jammu and Kashmir

Paradise on earth

5 placesUT
JharkhandEast

Jharkhand

Plateau waterfalls and sal forests

4 placesState
KarnatakaSouth

Karnataka

Ruined empires, coffee hills and quiet coasts

5 placesState
KeralaSouth

Kerala

Backwaters, tea hills and spice-scented coast

5 placesState
LadakhNorth

Ladakh

High passes and moonscapes

5 placesUT
LakshadweepIslands

Lakshadweep

Coral atolls in the Arabian Sea

3 placesUT
Madhya PradeshCentral

Madhya Pradesh

The heart of India, temples and tigers

5 placesState
MaharashtraWest

Maharashtra

Caves, forts and the city that never sleeps

4 placesState
ManipurNortheast

Manipur

Floating islands and the jewel of India

2 placesState
MeghalayaNortheast

Meghalaya

The abode of clouds

4 placesState
MizoramNortheast

Mizoram

Bamboo hills and blue mountains

3 placesState
NagalandNortheast

Nagaland

Hornbill country

4 placesState
OdishaEast

Odisha

Temples, lagoons and turtle beaches

4 placesState
PuducherrySouth

Puducherry

French lanes by the Bay of Bengal

3 placesUT
PunjabNorth

Punjab

Golden domes and big-hearted food

3 placesState
RajasthanNorth

Rajasthan

Forts, palaces and golden dunes

6 placesState
SikkimNortheast

Sikkim

Monasteries under Kangchenjunga

4 placesState
Tamil NaduSouth

Tamil Nadu

Towering gopurams and living traditions

6 placesState
TelanganaSouth

Telangana

Biryani, minarets and a UNESCO temple

3 placesState
TripuraNortheast

Tripura

Palaces on water and carved hills

3 placesState
Uttar PradeshNorth

Uttar Pradesh

The Taj, the Ganga and Awadhi kitchens

5 placesState
UttarakhandNorth

Uttarakhand

Land of the gods

6 placesState
West BengalEast

West Bengal

From Himalayan tea to tiger mangroves

5 placesState