Cities

Asansol

West Bengal

A coal and steel city on Bengal's western edge.

Photo: Jayantamitra980 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Best Time to Go
Oct–Mar
Our full guide to Asansol is being written.

Nearby

1–3 of 18
Worth a Detour
Heritage · UNESCO

Santiniketan

West Bengal
About 43 miles away

Rabindranath Tagore's university town, a UNESCO site of art, music and open-air classes.

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Worth a Detour
Heritage · Hindu temples

Bishnupur

West Bengal
About 47 miles away

Terracotta temples carved with epics, and a town famous for its silk saris and clay horses.

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Must-See
Spiritual · Pilgrimage

Shikharji

Jharkhand
About 57 miles away

Jainism's holiest hill, where twenty of the twenty-four Tirthankaras attained liberation, climbed barefoot.

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