Photo credits

Abhishek PrasadUnsplash

• A traditional houseboat on the palm-lined backwaters of Alleppey

Aditya ChacheUnsplash

• Snow-covered mountains above pine trees in Solang Valley, Manali

Aditya ParikhUnsplash

• People gathered on a lakeside ghat below an ornate gateway in Udaipur
• An ornate palace courtyard in Udaipur with carved balconies and a chequered floor

Adriana RodricksUnsplash

• A whitewashed Catholic church with a cross on top in Calangute, Goa

Alexey TurenkovUnsplash

• Turquoise water in front of a palm-lined beach in Goa under a clear sky

Allwyn MendesUnsplash

• A fishing boat on the sea beside a rocky Goa shore, with green headlands behind

Amit JainUnsplash

• Two people in a wooden boat on the green, clear water of the Umngot river

Anjith PaulUnsplash

• Rolling tea plantations in Munnar with a mountain peak behind

Ankittt BhattacharjeePexels

• Sunlit green hills and forest near Madikeri in Coorg

Atharva DixitUnsplash

• A paraglider in the air above a snowy mountain ridge near Manali

Carolin ThiergartUnsplash

• Silhouettes of people gathered around a large bonfire at night

Chirayu SharmaUnsplash

• The double-decker living root bridge over a stream in a Meghalaya forest

Dibbendu KoleyUnsplash

• People walking past the church on the Ridge in Shimla at dusk

Divyanshi VermaUnsplash

• A Kathakali performer with green face paint and an ornate headdress, hands joined

Gurth BramallUnsplash

• A cane-roofed Kerala houseboat moored under coconut palms

Iftekhar NibirUnsplash

• Visitors on a wide snowfield below snowy peaks near Manali

Ishank ChoudharyUnsplash

• Visitors outside the wooden Hadimba Temple among tall deodar trees

Jainam MehtaUnsplash

• A red boat on Lake Pichola in front of Udaipur's lakeside palace

Maitree PatelUnsplash

• Udaipur's City Palace seen across Lake Pichola in warm evening light

Miguel BaixauliUnsplash

• People carrying surfboards along a wet beach in Goa in soft morning light

Mondakranta SaikiaUnsplash

• Wooden boats on the clear teal Umngot river at Dawki, below cliffs

Naman PandeyUnsplash

• Colourful buildings of Shimla covering a green hillside under a blue sky

Narinder PalUnsplash

• Red rafts on the green Ganga below hillside buildings in Rishikesh
• A team in helmets and life jackets paddling a red raft on the Ganga

Nvr Endng AnupamUnsplash

• People walking across a hanging bridge through thick forest at Shnongpdeng

Palak PitrodaUnsplash

• Priests holding flaming lamps during the evening Ganga aarti in Rishikesh

Raghav GoyalUnsplash

• Shimla's buildings spread along a forested ridge, with clouds in the valleys below

Rohit SardarUnsplash

• People standing in shallow water at Palolem Beach at sunset

Sandip RoyUnsplash

• People crossing a suspension bridge over the Ganga in Rishikesh

Siddhesh MangelaUnsplash

• Lake Pichola and lit-up lakeside buildings at blue hour

Simanta SahaUnsplash

• Clouds drifting over forested ridges in Meghalaya

Sneha ChandrashekarUnsplash

• An elephant eating beside a wooden fence at the Dubare elephant camp

Sooraj SankerUnsplash

• Coffee plants growing in the shade of tall trees on a Coorg estate
• Ripening red and green coffee cherries on a branch

Tahir AnsariUnsplash

• Crowds on a misty evening street in Shimla lit by old lamp posts

Tomas SevillaUnsplash

• View from the deck of a houseboat moving along a green, palm-lined Kerala backwater

Travel With EnfieldUnsplash

• A tall tiered temple on the banks of the Ganga in Rishikesh, with forested hills behind

Upkar MahtoUnsplash

• Snow on the rooftops of Shimla with white mountains in the distance

Vidhey PVUnsplash

• Layers of dark hills under an orange sunset sky near Madikeri

VishyUnsplash

• Three friends in snow suits lying in the snow and laughing, mountains behind