On a rocky island in the Betwa River, in a quiet corner of central India, stands one of the country’s most atmospheric palace complexes, the fort of Orchha. Cross the

Among the smallest of India’s communities, yet among the most remarkable, are the Parsis, the descendants of Zoroastrians who fled Persia after the coming of Islam and found refuge in

Rising in great walls of red sandstone along the banks of the Yamuna river in the heart of Old Delhi, the Red Fort is the supreme monument of the Mughal

Across the forested plateaus of Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha live the Santhal, one of the largest tribal communities of India and among the most ancient peoples of the subcontinent.

In the great temple city of Madurai and other towns of Tamil Nadu lives one of the most remarkable communities of India: the Saurashtra people, silk-weavers who speak an Indo-Aryan

Scattered in pockets across Gujarat, Karnataka, and around Hyderabad live the Siddi, one of the most remarkable communities of India: a people of African descent, rooted for centuries in the

From the fertile plains of the Punjab, the land of five rivers, come the Sikhs, followers of one of the world’s major religions and one of the most distinctive communities

The Thanjavur Maratha Palace in Tamil Nadu is a vast complex of painted halls, a famous library and a renowned bronze gallery, built by Nayak and Maratha rulers. Explore its durbar hall, towers and treasures.

High in the misty grasslands of the Nilgiri hills of Tamil Nadu lives one of the most remarkable small peoples of India: the Toda, a community of barely a thousand

On the green coast of south-western India, between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, live the Tulu people, a Dravidian nation with their own language and one of Indias