India, Aug. 26 -- India isn't "one size suits all". And that holds true for our architecture as well. Who wants to construct a tidy little white-stone basilica when you can cobble together domes, arches, filigree, courtyards, stained glass, animal sculpture, and a dash of imported foreign influences brought in by whoever happened to be the ruler that decade? The outcome is less a museum of architecture than an ongoing, pulsating buffet: Mughal marble one minute, Dravidian gopurams the next, a dash of Gothic, a sprinkle of Rajput, sometimes all stuffed together in one delirious building. Here are the 10 most famous buildings and landmarks in India that you should definitely visit.

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