Category: Travel

India is famous for enormous lakes such as Wular, Chilika and Vembanad, but some of the country's most beautiful water bodies occupy only a tiny patch on the map. A small lake tucked inside a…

When people think of Uttar Pradesh, the first images are usually the Ganga, the ghats of Varanasi, the Taj Mahal or the historic cities of Lucknow and Agra. But the state also has an impressive…

Madhya Pradesh may be known as the “Heart of India”, but water is just as much a part of its landscape as forests, forts and tiger reserves. In Bhopal, a centuries-old lake defines the character…

Imagine travelling above 15,000 feet, where trees disappear, oxygen becomes noticeably thinner, snow remains on the mountains even in warmer months, and suddenly a brilliant blue lake appears between barren Himalayan peaks. India's highest lakes…

India's saltwater lakes are dramatically different from one another. One stretches along Odisha's coast and mixes river water with the sea; another lies more than 4,000 metres above sea level among Ladakh's barren mountains; another…

India's map is dotted with spectacular lakes—from the floating landscapes of Manipur to vast reservoirs stretching across central India. But ask a simple question such as “Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?” and…

Imagine standing on the shore of a lake so enormous that you cannot see the opposite side. The water stretches to the horizon like an ocean, ships travel across it, and several countries may share…