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There are many astrotourism locations in India ranging from Ladakh, [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[South India]] to [[Andaman Nicobar Islands]]. Among these Uttrakhand has highest number of public and private night sky observatories, such as [[Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences]] (ARIOSARIES) in DevthalDevasthal in [[Nainital district]]. Uttrakhand government is also setting up observatories at [[Abbott Mount]]<!-- Retain the red link to encourage article creation. --> in [[Champawat district]], [[Pithoragarh]], [[Kausani]], [[Sang, Uttarakhand|Jadhang]] (or Jadung, under the [[India–China border infrastructure#VIP|Vibrant Villages programme]]), and [[Takula]]<!-- Retain the red link to encourage article creation. --> (in Nainital). In Uttarakhand, a startup named Starscapes also has private astrotourism observatories at [[Bhimtal]], [[Kausani]], and astrovillage [[Benital]]<!-- Retain the red link to encourage article creation. --> in [[Chamoli district]].<ref name=prih1/>

There are more than [[List of planetariums#India|100 planetariums in India]]. [[Nehru Planetarium]] is based in five locations [[Mumbai]], [[New Delhi]], [[Pune]] and [[Bangalore]] and [[Jawahar Planetarium|Prayagraj]]. The [[Kalpana Chawla]] Planetarium in [[Jyotisar]] in [[Kurukshetra]] in [[Haryana]].<ref name=":2">{{cite web|author=<!--Updated 1136 hrs 3 February 2010(+)--> |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/planetarium-in-kalpana-chawlas-memory/36993-11.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927102422/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/planetarium-in-kalpana-chawlas-memory/36993-11.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 September 2009 |title=IBN News |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=3 February 2010 |access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref>