India’s Living Museums: Villages Where Time Stands Still

Amidst India's sea change of urbanization and modernization, there are a few magic places where time itself has stood still. They're not villages—living museums, where centuries- or millennia-old traditions, art, architecture, and lifestyle are lovingly preserved. In these rural islands, you may travel back in time, live the authentic regional culture, and sense India's soul as you can nowhere else.

A trip to three culturally retained villages—Gujarat's Hodka village, Himachal Pradesh's Pragpur village, and Tamil Nadu's Chettinad village—that reflect the timelessness of rural India's antiquity.

1. Hodka Village, Gujarat: The Desert Art Haven
 

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