Map of my India trip
note that some town names in my “flags” will have slightly different spelling (due to new and old names), but if it sounds close, it’s the same 
Here is the list of places I visited (with state name for the first time entering a state):
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- Mamallapuram
- Pondy – Puducherry (Pondicherry)
- Trichy – Tiruchchirrappali, with day trip to Thanjavur
- Madurai
- Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin) – the southern tip of mainland India
- Varkala, Kerala
- Backwaters (Alleppey, Chennamkary village/island)
- Kochi (Cochin)
- Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka
- Mysore
- Hampi
- Benaulim beach, Goa
- Arambol beach
- Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra
- Aurangabad, with ½ day trip to Ellora cave temples
- Ajanta caves, on way to Jalgaon to catch night train to…
- Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
- Agra
- Jodphur, Rajasthan
- Bikaner
- Chandigarh, Union Territory between Punjab and Haryana
- Amritsar, Punjab
- Delhi, Capital Territory