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Mountain range along the western coast of India
Photo: Arjun Singh Kulkarni, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The Western Ghats are a range of mountains along the western coast of India, traversing the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Western Ghats are one of the "hottest hotspots" of biological diversity in the world and has been listed as a .
Most destinations on the Western Ghats can be reached by road, train or plane.
Read in the guideThe Western Ghats have two narrow-gauge heritage railways, the Matheran Hill Railway (MHR) and the Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR). The Konkan Railway also provides a picturesque route through the Western Ghats.
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