Sarina Singh, Stuart Butler, Virginia Jealous Discover South India Let the nights festivities wash away with the tide while relaxing on a palm-fringed beach in Goa. Perform a puja at a Hindu temple: scoop smoke from a burning lamp and wash your face. Feast like a maharaja on tasty thalis in Mumbai (Bombay) and sumptuous seafood in Kerala. In This Guide: 26 years of experience covering India - no other guide is better positioned to advise you on the countrys south. All the content on the South from our India guide with extensive coverage of Goas beaches and Keralas backwaters. New activities chapter covers everything from wildlife safaris to Ayurveda, ashrams and yoga courses. Visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates and traveler suggestions.