India is a bright, chaotic jewel

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Photos of popular tourist stops in India.

A TOURIST identified as "Cassandra" (left) from New Mexico poses with the moustache of Ram Nath Chowdhury at the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Travel to India from the U.S. increased 10 percent between 2006 and 2007. Rajasthan is a popular stop for tourists.

HINDU HOLY men offer prayers while wading in the Ganges during the Makar Sankranti festival. India has always been popular among tourists seeking a sort of spirituality, but that tourist base is broadening now.

AN INDIAN WOMAN takes a dip in the Ganges River during the annual fair of Magh Mela in Allahabad.

HINDU DEVOTEES walk at Gangasagar on Sagar Island, the confluence of River Ganges and Bay of Bengal, about 87 miles south of Calcutta.

A TOURIST dances with a Rajasthan folk dancer at the "rural Olympics" in Ludhiana, which is in Punjab.

TOURISTS LOLL on the lawn of the Taj Mahal in Agra.

A CAMEL is silhouetted as villagers walk to the annual cattle fair in Pushkar at sunrise.

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A TOURIST identified as "Cassandra" (left) from New Mexico poses with the moustache of Ram Nath Chowdhury at the annual cattle fair in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Travel to India from the U.S. increased 10 percent between 2006 and 2007. Rajasthan is a popular stop for tourists.

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