Detourmap
Places worth the detour in India
Detourmap lists 590 places in India, across 2 kinds of detour; nature & landscapes are the largest group (483). Best known: Ajanta Caves. 325 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 590
- Oldest here
- Lothal 2399 BC
- Little known
- 325 of 590
- City page
- 1
By region
6 first-level divisions of India have enough places for a page of their own.
By city
One city in India has enough places for a page of its own.
Nature & landscapes in India 483
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1.Ajanta Caves
Nature · 2nd century BC · Iconic
2nd century BCE to 1st century CE Buddhist cave monuments located in Maharashtra, India
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2.Ellora Caves
Nature · Iconic
Ancient cave temples of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism in Maharashtra, India
Archaeological & historic sites in India 107
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1.Ujjain
Archaeological · Iconic
Ancient city beside the Kshipra River in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
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2.Nalanda Mahavihara
Archaeological · Iconic
Ancient Hindu-Buddhist monastery in present-day Bihar, India
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3.Hampi
Archaeological · Iconic
Ancient and medieval monuments, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India
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5.Konark Sun Temple
Archaeological · 13th century · Renowned
13th century Surya Temple and UNESCO world heritage site in Odisha, India
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6.Lothal
Archaeological · 24th century BC · Renowned
Prominent city of the ancient Indus valley civilization (present-day Gujarat, India)
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in India?
Ajanta Caves, 2nd century BC. 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE Buddhist cave monuments located in Maharashtra, India. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in India?
590: 483 nature & landscapes and 107 archaeological & historic sites. 325 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in India?
Lothal, dated to 2399 BC. 82 of the 590 places here carry a founding date at all, and 9 of those predate the year 1000.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.