In this issue

THE RUINS OF ELEGANCE: Hampi To Burhanpur—Experience The Rise & Fall Of Great Empires 

Empires UNIQUE MUSEUMS: The Best Way To Experience History & Heritage Of India

MOUNTAIN OASIS: Nako In Kinnaur Is Hard To Reach & Harder To Leave

MANSIONS OF GOA: Peek Into Goa’s Portuguese Heritage At Its Mansions 

DELHI’S STREET FOOD: The Best Of The Capital’s Buzzing Food Scene

View From The Top

Ajeet Bajaj, an adventure enthusiast and 25-year-old Deeya have become the first ever Indian father-daughter team to summit Mount Everest. After almost a year of planning and preparation, the two embarked on the journey to scale the towering mountain on April 19 from base camp. Exactly 28 days later, they were unfurling the Indian tricolour at the peak. It was an emotional moment, as they tell Discover India.

3 mins

Rise Of An Empire

Once the centre of the greatest empire of the south, Hampi today stands in ruins—over 1,600 of them. The austere beauty of the landscape, marked by unique boulder formations, has been a crowd-puller for years.

10+ mins

Diamond In The Dust

Mosques with inscriptions in Farsi and Sanskrit, Mumtaz Mahal’s hamam, the Black ‘Taj Mahal’ and other astonishing monuments in the cultural capital of the Mughals makes Burhanpur one of the richest heritage hotspots in India.

10+ mins

Mystic Mountain

A trans-Himalayan holiday doesn’t come easy. Least of all in mountaintop villages that offer the patient traveller a sweeping view of the great Tibetan plateau. Nako is one of those, an oasis approachable only by a rough, isolated road.

7 mins

North By Northeast

Nature in North Sikkim is raw and rugged. Each bend of the treacherously narrow and winding roads here presents stunning views of the towering Himalaya unlike anywhere else.

6 mins

Home Is Where The Heritage Is

Behind the veil of modernity and assimilation, lie remnants of Goa’s Portuguese heritage—in the large, once opulent mansions of some of the most illustrious families of the sunshine state.

7 mins

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Discover India Magazine Description:

Discover India, India's premium travel and culture magazine launched in 1988 by Media Transasia India Limited in active cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, with a view to cater primarily to the inbound tourist. It is a beautifully presented glossy monthly, widely circulated and available at all our missions abroad.
Discover India reflects the diverse aspects of India. It deals with India's philosophy, history, culture, architecture, fashion, art and folklore in both the ancient and modern context. It is a magazine with some thing for everyone - the gourmet, the scholar, the architect.