
13 of India's best islands
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India is gigantic -- there are 28 states, with cultural and linguistic divergences between them. But there's more to this South Asian country than the mainland. India is also home to more than a thousand islands. Here are 13 of the best.
Bangalore (CNN) — India is gigantic -- there are 28 states, with cultural and linguistic divergences between them. You can easily spend a few weeks (or months) exploring the popular Golden Triangle circuit that covers Delhi, the Taj Mahal in Agra, and Jaipur in the Rajasthan desert; visiting the sacred cities of Varanasi and Haridwar in North India; tracing the colonial past in Kolkata, shopping in Mumbai or temple-hopping in South India. But there's more to this beautiful South Asian country than the mainland.
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