Vashishta Gufa
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India
Nearby attractions
Shivpuri Rafting Point
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
The white-water heart of the Ganga — 16 km of Grade III rapids from Shivpuri to Rishikesh past beach camps and cliff-jump coves.
Kunjapuri Devi Temple
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
A hilltop Shakti shrine at 5,500 ft above Rishikesh whose sunrise unveils a 180° wall from Swargarohini to Chaukhamba.
Lakshman Jhula & Ram Jhula
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Rishikesh's swaying suspension bridges over the glass-green Ganga, strung between 13-storey temples, ashrams and café ghats.
Neelkanth Mahadev Temple
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
The forest shrine where Shiva's throat turned blue with the ocean's poison, 32 km above Rishikesh through Rajaji's jungle.
Beatles Ashram
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's abandoned ashram where the Beatles wrote the White Album in 1968 — egg-domed cells now covered in graffiti art.
Devprayag
Devprayag, Uttarakhand
The holiest of the five prayags — where the jade Bhagirathi and slate-green Alaknanda visibly braid together and the Ganga is born by name.
Rishikesh
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand
The yoga capital of the world, where the Ganga leaves the Himalaya — ashrams and cafés line the ghats between Laxman Jhula's swaying bridges, the evening aarti sets the river ablaze with lamps, and Grade III rapids deliver India's best white-water weekend.
Chamba Uttarakhand
Chamba, Uttarakhand
A breezy junction town at 5,500 ft among pine and apple slopes, its ridge road serving Himalayan views from Srikhand to Bandarpunch.
Tehri Lake
New Tehri, Uttarakhand
A 42-sq-km reservoir behind one of the world's tallest dams, drowning old Tehri and birthing India's newest water-sports playground.