Places for this
Bodh GayaThe village where the Buddha is said to have become enlightened, with the Mahabodhi Temple and monasteries from Buddhist countries.Dharamshala-McLeod GanjThe home of the Tibetan exile community in India, in pine hills below the snow-capped Dhauladhar range.Ajanta-ElloraBuddhist wall paintings at Ajanta, and Buddhist, Hindu and Jain temples cut into a hillside at Ellora.Gangtok and SikkimSikkim's tidy hill capital: monasteries, prayer flags and high lakes, but only with an online permit sorted first.Leh, Nubra, PangongA high-altitude desert of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries, sand dunes and huge blue lakes in Ladakh.SpitiA remote high desert of cliff-top monasteries and mud-brick villages, close to the edge of Tibet.TawangA Tibetan Buddhist monastery town high in the Himalaya, over the Sela Pass on long mountain roads, and only with a permit.VaranasiBoats at dawn, fire on the river at dusk, and life and death in plain sight on the same stone steps.DarjeelingTea gardens, a small heritage railway and long Himalayan views when the cloud clears, at about 2,045 m.