India GOPlaces to visit near Naggar
Chandigarh
India's first planned city, drawn from scratch by Le Corbusier: numbered sectors, wide green avenues, cycle tracks and raw-concrete landmarks at the foot of the Shivaliks. The cleanest, calmest city in the north, plus Nek Chand's famous Rock Garden.
~160 km as the crow flies
Mussoorie
The 'Queen of the Hills' spills down a Himalayan ridge above the Doon valley: a colonial Mall Road, the Camel's Back loop and snow peaks floating on a clear morning. Cool air, easy strolls and one of the north's favourite hill escapes, an hour above Dehradun.
~200 km as the crow flies
Gangotri
High in the Garhwal Himalaya, where the Ganga is worshipped at her source: a small stone temple, prayer flags and thin, cold air at the edge of the glaciers. One of Hinduism's holiest pilgrimages, and the trek to Gaumukh, the icy mouth where the river begins.
~210 km as the crow flies
Dehradun
The unhurried gateway to the hills, cradled in the Doon valley: Tibetan monasteries, leafy old boarding schools, litchi orchards and the dripping caverns of Robber's Cave. An easy way into the Himalaya, with Mussoorie and Rishikesh a short climb away.
~220 km as the crow flies
Rishikesh
Where the Ganga leaves the Himalaya: ashrams and yoga halls, swaying footbridges, riverside cafés and evening aarti by the water. The world's yoga capital, white-water rafting, and the gateway to the mountains.
~250 km as the crow flies
Haridwar
Where the Ganga leaves the mountains for the plains stands one of Hinduism's great sacred cities: every evening Har Ki Pauri fills for the Ganga aarti, a river of lamps, bells and chanting. India's most stirring riverside ritual, and a host of the Kumbh Mela.
~260 km as the crow flies
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