# ^ # \ # \ # \ # ] # \ # \ # \ # ] # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # ] # \ # ^ # \ # \ # ] # \ # \ # ] # \ # ^ # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # ] # ^ # ] # \ # \ # ] # \ # \ # ] # \ # \ # \ # \ # \ # ] # \ # ] # \ # \ # \ # \ # ^ # \ # ^ # ^ # ] # \ # \ # \ # \ # ^ # \ # _ # \ # \ # \ # ÷ # ë # ÷ # ÷ # ÷ # – # – 80°E 20°N 15°N 10°N 75°E Lakshadweep Islands INDIAN OCEAN Arabian Sea Gulf of Mannar Gulf of Cambay Gandhi Sagar Rana Pratap Sagar Stanley Reservoir Little Rann of Kutch Great Rann of Kutch P a r b a t i M a h i Penner K r is h n a B h i m a B e t w a Kolidam C a u v e r y Tapi N arm a da W a i n g a n g a Palar Son I n d r a v a t i T u n g a b h a d r a T u ng a b ha d r a G o d a v a r i G o d äv a ri Bengaluru (Bangalore) Chennai (Madras) Gandhinagar Mumbai (Bombay) Raipur Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) Hyderabad Colombo Mahabaleshwar Tirumala Nandi Hills Mamallapuram Katni Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) Ajanta Ellora Kovalam Rameswaram Sanchi Mt Abu Ongole Dahanu Bijapur Sholapur Hassan Nanded Ratnagiri Khajuraho Hampi Thalasseri (Tellicherry) Amraoti Akola Kozhikode (Calicut) Kochi (Cochin) Belgaum Chittorgarh (Chittor) Hubli Kollam (Quilon) Gadag Nellore Kakinada Nizamabad Satna Pune Dhule Hospet Kalyan Parbhani Chidambaram Sagar Manmad Ooty (Udhagamandalam) Seoni Jalgaon Machilipatnam Ratlam Madurai Chittoor Khandwa Nasik Mysore Warangal Aurangabad Puducherry (Pondicherry) Vijayawada Mangalore Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) Coimbatore Udaipur Surat Indore Nagpur Panaji (Panjim) Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) Wildlife Sanctuary Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Bandipur National Park Mudumalai National Park Vedantangal Bird Sanctuary PAKISTAN SRI LANKA INDIA Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Andhra Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh Kerala Goa Karnataka at Rann f Kutch Ea s t er n G h at s K o n k a n H ills W e s t e r n G h at s 3 » 13 3 » 5 3 » 17 3 » 4 3 » 5 3 » 4 3 » 7 3 » 7 3 » 9 › South India & Kerala Fort Cochin Captivating island fortress (p285) Keralan Backwaters Palm-fringed rivers, lakes & lagoons (p268) Mumbai India’s cosmopolitan capital of cool (p39) Goa’s Beaches Warm waters, golden sands (p115) Ajanta Caves Ancient caves along horseshoe-shaped cliff (p92)