Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Maharashtra
Detourmap lists 53 places in Maharashtra, India, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Ajanta Caves. 30 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 53
- Oldest
- Ajanta Caves 200 BC
- Little known
- 30 of 53
- Share of India
- 9%
Maharashtra 53
All 53, best known first.
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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
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3.Elephanta Caves
Nature · Renowned
Shiva cave temples and UNESCO world heritage site on a Mumbai harbor island
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9.Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve
Nature · 20th century · Notable
Tiger reserve and national park in Maharashtra, India
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49.Hirapur dolmen
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Megalithic burial site in Chandrapur district in Maharashtra
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53.Vijasan Caves
Nature · Hidden gem
Buddhist caves near Bhadravati, an Archeological Survey of India (ASI) site of national importance
Elsewhere in India
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Maharashtra?
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 Maharashtra?
53: 46 nature & landscapes and 7 archaeological & historic sites. 30 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 Maharashtra?
Ajanta Caves, dated to 200 BC. 3 of the 53 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Maharashtra here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Maharashtra if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Maharashtra is a first-level division of India, the same level as a state or a province.
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.