Castles, palaces & forts in India
Detourmap maps 323 castles, palaces & forts worth the detour in India — castles, fortresses, palaces and châteaux. The best known is Red Fort. The 150 most notable are listed here; the rest are on the map. Each has a photo and a Wikipedia article.
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Mysore Palace
Castles & palaces · 20th century · Notable
Historical palace in Mysuru, Karnataka, India
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Lake Palace
Castles & palaces · 18th century · Notable
Former palace, today hotel on the Jag Niwas island in Lake Pichola, Udaipur, India
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Falaknuma Palace
Castles & palaces · 19th century · Notable
Former palace in Hyderabad, India and now a luxury hotel
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Ramnagar Fort
Castles & palaces · 18th century · Notable
Fortification near the Ganga River in Varanasi, India
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Sindhudurg Fort
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Island fort in Arabian Sea off the coast of Western India
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Panhala Fort
Castles & palaces · 12th century · Hidden gem
Mediaeval Era Fort in Western Maharashtra
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Lok Bhavan
Castles & palaces · 19th century · Hidden gem
Official residence of the Governor of West Bengal
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Jorasanko Thakur Bari
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Ancestral home of the Tagore family in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Gawilghur Fort
Castles & palaces · 15th century · Hidden gem
Fortified mountain stronghold of the Maratha Empire
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Sikandar Bagh
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Present day Park which was stormed in 1857 by the British during the Indian Rebellion
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Suvarnadurg Fort
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Fort located between Mumbai and Goa on a small island in the Arabian Sea
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Fort Dansborg
Castles & palaces · 17th century · Hidden gem
Danish fort in the shores of Bay of Bengal
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Hazarduari Palace
Castles & palaces · 19th century · Hidden gem
Historical building of Murshidabad, West Bengal
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Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
17th-century palace in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
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Kondapalli Fort
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Fort in Kondapalli village of Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, India
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Summer Palace of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Castles & palaces · 19th century · Hidden gem
Palace in Amritsar, Punjab, India
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Madh Fort
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Small fort in northern Mumbai, India situated at Madh Island
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Cranganore Fort
Castles & palaces · 16th century · Hidden gem
Fort in Kottappuram, Kodungallur, Kerala, India
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Kondaveedu Fort
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Fort in Kondaveedu village, Yadlapadu mandal Palnad district,
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Buxa Fort
Castles & palaces · 19th century · Hidden gem
Historical fort and prison on mountain cliff at Buxa
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Tiruchirappalli Rock Fort
Castles & palaces · Hidden gem
Historic fort and temple complex in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
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Visapur Fort
Castles & palaces · 18th century · Hidden gem
Fort in Pune district, Maharashtra, India
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Bashirbagh Palace
Castles & palaces · 19th century · Hidden gem
Demolished palace in Hyderabad, India
