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Belgaum 538 Bihar & Jharkhand (cont.) Brahmins 45, 46
Belur 527 map 217 Brahmo Samaj 271
Belur Math 290 restaurants 709 Bramdungchung Nunnery 331
Benares Hindu University (Varanasi) Bijapur 53, 546–7 Brassware 722
212 Bijolia 408 Brighton End Corner (Almora) 194
Benaulim 509, 511 Bikaner 382–3 Brihadishvara Temple (Thanjavur) 24, 51,
Bengal, Kingdom of 53 hotels 699 602–3
Bengaluru 15, 441, 516–18, 555 restaurants 712 Brindavan 11, 183
airport 749 Bimbisara 224 festivals 40, 183
festivals 38, 40 Bindusagar Tank (Bhubaneswar) 310 British Bank of the Middle East
map 517 Binsar 194 (Mumbai) 456
restaurants 716 Bir Singh Deo 238 British rule 56–60
Bentinck, Lord William 57 Birbal’s House (Fatehpur Sikri) 186 Brocades 213
Berar kingdom 53 Birds Brock, Thomas 278
Berhampur 320 BRT Wildlife Sanctuary 524 Brodie Castle (Chennai) 575
Besant, Annie 575, 576 Keoladeo Ghana National Park 372–3 Brothers (Andaman Islands) 626
Besnagar 247 Khichan 383 Buddha Jayanti 39, 93, 229
Betul 511 Kumarakom bird sanctuary 642 Buddha Mahotsava (Sarnath/
Beypore 637, 657 Nal Sarovar Sanctuary 420 Kushinagar) 183
Bhagamandala 525 Ranganthittoo Bird Sanctuary 524 Buddhism
Bhagavad Gita 30 Vedantangal sanctuary 586 Bodh Gaya 226–7
Bhagiratha’s (Arjuna’s) Penance Birla, BD 82 Buddhist architecture 24
(Mamallapuram) 17, 582 Bishnoi tribe 385, 389 emergence of 46, 165, 217
Bhaktal 530 Bishnupur 294–5 Five Buddhas of Meditation 150
Bhakti cult 49, 52, 53 Bishop’s House (Kochi) 649 history 49
Bhalukpong 330 Bissau 376 iconography 145
Bharat Natyam (dance) 33 Bites, insect 743 In the Buddha’s Footsteps 225
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 61 Bithur 199 Mahayana 47, 145
Bharatpur 371 Black Hole of Kolkata 276 Monasteries Along the Indus 142–3
Bharmal ki Chhatri (Amber) 370 Blair, Lieutenant Archibald 622 monastic dance-dramas of Ladakh 144
Bharmour 129 Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna 575 pilgrim sites 225
festivals 117 Boat House Club (Nainital) 194 Rajgir 224
Bhatkhande Music Deemed University Boat trips Sanchi 246–9
(Lucknow) 200 Backwaters Tour (Kerala) 638–9 Sarnath 212
Bhauma Kara dynasty 310 Goan river cruises 491 sculpture 47
Bhavani Island 678 Keoladeo Ghana National Park 372 sects in Ladakh 143
Bhavani Natya Shala Theatre (Jhalawar) The Sunderbans 292 see also Festivals; Monasteries, Buddhist;
407 Varanasi 209 Stupas; Temples, Buddhist; Tibetan
Bhavnagar 426 Boats 757 Buddhism
Bheemunipatnam 674–5 Kerala 637, 657 Buddhist Trail 225
Bhim Tal 194 races 40 Budget hotels 691
Bhima I 422 Bodh Gaya 165, 225, 226–7 Buena Vista Hunting Lodge
Bhimakali Temple (Sarahan) festivals 229 (Kapurthala) 108
120–21 hotels 696 Buguda 320
Bhimbetka Caves 246 restaurants 709 Buland Darwaza (Fatehpur Sikri) 187
Bhitargaon 199 Bodhi Tree, sacred (Bodh Gaya) 225, 226, Bumchu Festival (Tashiding) 305
Bhitarkanika Sanctuary 323 227 Bundela Rajputs 236, 238
Bhoj, Raja 244 Bodhisattvas 145 Bundelkhand, Tour of 236
Bhojpur 246 Body language 738 Bundi 408
Bhonsle dynasty 486 Bogmalo Beach 495, 511 paintings 409
Bhopa balladeers 385 Bolghatty Island (Kochi) 16, 647 Bureaux de changes 744
Bhopal 165, 244–5 Bollywood 36–7, 447, 464 Burma Road 337
climate 43 Bombay see Mumbai Burmese Pavilion (Kolkata) 277
hotels 696 Bombay Stock Exchange 457 Burne-Jones, Edward 277
map 245 Bomdila 330 Burra Din (Kolkata) 299
restaurants 710 festivals 331 Bus travel
Bhubaneswar 262, 310–11 Book shops 286, 287, 571 in cities 758
festivals 313 Bookings long distance 756–7
hotels 698 advance 734 Bushahr kings 120
map 310–11 domestic airlines 751 Buxar, Battle of 56
restaurants 711 hotel 690
surroundings of 312–13 rail tickets 752–3 C
Bhuj 432 Botanical Gardens (Kolkata) 285 Cabo de Rama 511
Bhuta cult 85 Bourbon, Jean Philippe 173 Calangute 494
Bicycles 759 Boutiques 721 hotels 701
Bidar 53, 548–9 Boys’ High School (Hyderabad) 664 restaurants 716
Big Vagator Beach 496 Braganza Cunha, Tristao de 491 Calcutta see Kolkata
Bihar 164–5, 217 Braganza House (Chandor) 509, 510, Calcutta University 276
Bihar & Jharkhand 216–29 512–13 Caldwell, James Lillyman 566, 571
festivals 229 Brahma 29 Calendar 737
food 169 Brahmapuri 189 Calico Museum (Ahmedabad) 415, 416–
hotels 696 Brahmaputra River 327, 329, 336 17
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