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Village architecture 27 Wellington Fountain (Mumbai) 451 Wildlife (cont.)
Village Group (Mandu) 251 Wells Nameri Sanctuary 330
Vintage and Classic Car Rally (Kolkata) St Andrew’s Kirk (Chennai) 567 Nandan Kanan Zoo (Bhubaneswar)
41 temple towns 557 311
Viper Island (Near Port Blair) 622 see also Stepwells Orang Wildlife Sanctuary 330
Visakhapatnam 674–5 West Bengal 264–5, 289 Palamau Wildlife Sanctuary 228
hotels 703 West Bengal & Sikkim 288–307 Point Calimere sanctuary 595
restaurants 719 festivals 299 River Ganges 167
Visas 734 hotels 697–8 Seog Wildlife Sanctuary (Shimla)
Vishnu 28 map 289 116
avatars of 683 restaurants 711 Sunderbans Reserve 292
Vishnuvardhana 527 trekking 306–7 Wayanad (Muthanga) Wildlife
Vishu 633, 636 see also Kolkata Sanctuary 658
Vishwanath Gali (Varanasi) 209 Western Ganga dynasty 48, 49 wildlife sanctuaries of Karnataka
Visva Bharati University (Shantiniketan) Western Ghats 443, 525, 531, 555, 524
296 608 wildlife tourism 729, 731
Visvantara Jataka 485 hiking 477 Zoo (Guwahati) 329
Vitthala Temple (Hampi) 536–7 landscape and wildlife 23, 656 see also Birds; Camels; Elephants;
Vivekananda, Swami 290, 573, 619 Western India 344–435 National parks; Olive Ridley Turtles;
Vivekananda Memorial food 352–3 Tigers
(Kanniyakumari) 619 getting around 346 Willingdon, Lady 83
Gujarat 412–35 Willingdon, Lord 92, 647
W hotels 699–700 Willingdon Island (Kochi) 647
Wagah 109 map 346–7 Wind-surfing 728
Wajid Ali Shah 57, 200, 202 portrait of 348–9 Windamere Hotel (Darjeeling) 301
Walled City (Bikaner) 383 Rajasthan 354–411 Winter 40–41
Waltair 674 restaurants 712–14 Wittet, George 450, 451, 454, 456, 461
Wancho tribe 340 Wheel of Life 145 Wodeyar dynasty 522, 523
Wandoor Marine National Park 624–5 Wheeler, General Sir Hugh 199 Women
Warangal 672 White-water rafting 39, 728, 731 in the British Raj 59
festivals 673 Himachal Pradesh 119 position of 61
Ward Lake (Shillong) 338 Ladakh & Zanskar 256–7 travellers 740–41
Wardha 487 River Tour Along the Ganges 189 Wood, John 282
hotels 701 West Bengal & Sikkim 307 World War I
Water sports 728–9, 731 Wildflower Hall (Charabra) 116 Port Trust War Memorial (Mumbai)
Andaman Water Sports Complex Wildgrass Resort (Kaziranga) 335, 699 461
(Port Blair) 622, 623 Wildlife 22–3 Teen Murti Memorial (Delhi) 82
Goa 494, 495 Alipore Zoological Gardens (Kolkata) Victory War Memorial (Chennai)
Water Sports Institute (Kadmat 282 572
Island) 650, 651 Bandipur Wildlife Sanctuary 524, World War II 60
Water-borne diseases 742 608 Burma Road 337
Water-skiing 728 Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary 507 Imphal 342
Waterfalls Bhitarkanika Sanctuary 323 Kohima 343
Abbey Falls (Kodagu) 525 Bhopal Zoo 243, 245 Ross Island 623
Beadon Falls (near Shillong) 338 Bondla Sanctuary 507 Writers’ Building (Kolkata) 275
Bee Fall (Pachmarhi) 256 BRT Wildlife Sanctuary 524
Bishop Falls (near Shillong) 338 Chail Wildlife Sanctuary 116 Y
Burha Ghagh (Burha Falls) (Netarhat) Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary 511 Yacht Club (Mumbai) 450
228 Crocodile Bank (Dakshina Chitra) 17, Yachting 728, 731
Courtallam (Kuttalam) Falls 618 582 Yakshagana (Karnataka) 539
Dhuandhar Falls 255, 256 Crocodile Sanctuary (Simlipal Yale, Elihu 564
Dudhsagar Waterfalls 507 National Park) 325 Yamuna river 95, 166, 172, 182, 215
Elephant Falls (near Shillong) 338 Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary 407 Yamunotri 191
Hundru Falls (near Ranchi) 229 Eastern Himalayas 303 Yercaud 608
Jog Falls (near Bhaktal) 530 Himalayan Nature Park (Kufri) 116 Yerikadu Lake 608
Kempty Falls (Mussoorie) 190 Himalayan Zoo (Darjeeling) 300, Yoga 188, 730, 731
Killiyur Falls (Yercaud) 608 301 Bihar School of Yoga (Munger) 221
Moyar Waterfalls 609 Himalayas 69 Youth hostels 692, 693, 736
Nohkalikai Falls 339 Jaldapara Wildlife Sanctuary 298–9 Yuksam 305
Nohsngithiang Falls 339 Kalatope Wildlife Sanctuary Yumthang 304
Rajat Prapat (Pachmarhi) 256 (Dalhousie) 128 Yusuf Adil Shah 490, 501, 505
Raneh Falls (near Khajuraho) 242 Kumbhalgarh Wildlife Sanctuary
Siruvani Waterfalls (Coimbatore) 399 Z
609 Little Rann of Kutch Sanctuary 433 Zanskar 133, 154–5
Wayanad District 658 Madras Snake Park (Chennai) 576–7 trekking 156–7
hotels 703 Marine Aquarium (Kavaratti Island) Zanskar Range 113, 147, 151, 154
Weaving see Textiles 650 Zardozi 175
Wedding costumes 34–5 marine life in the coral reefs 651 Zenanas 351
Weights and measures 737 Melghat Tiger Reserve 486 Ziro 337
Weiking Dance (Shillong) 331 Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary 608–9 Zoffany, John 276, 279
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Nagarhole Wildlife Sanctuary 524, Zoos see Wildlife
451, 564, 658 608 Zoroastrianism see Parsis
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