Visit the Batu Caves, a series of limestone caves and Hindu temple complex in Malaysia, known for the towering statue of Lord Murugan and vibrant Thaipusam festival
Fourteen gopuram towers over Madurai, every inch of them crowded with painted gods.
The Tamil north, a Dutch fort, the Nallur Kandaswamy temple and the crab curry.
The yoga capital of the world on the Ganges, evening aarti and whitewater rafting below the Himalayas.
The Meenakshi temple with 14 gopuram towers covered in painted gods, the heart of Tamil culture.
Medieval Newar royal square of pagodas and wood-carved palaces.
The "citadel of women": pink sandstone carved so finely it is called the jewel of Khmer art.
Technicolour district of temples, spice shops and the Tekka Centre hawker stalls.
Towering 9th-century Hindu temple compound near Yogyakarta.
Boulder-strewn ruins of the Vijayanagara empire along the Tungabhadra river.
Rock-cut cave temples in Maharashtra, crowned by the monolithic Kailasa temple.
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