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There are more than [[List of planetariums#India|100 planetariums in India]]. [[Nehru Planetarium]] is based in five locations at [[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>

In 2023, India had more than 15 private observatories for astrotourism that came up in last five years, many of which have their observatories in multiple locations. ''Astrostays'', a startup, organises astrotourism trips to [[Pangong range|Pangong]] in Ladakh. In [[Karnataka]], the ''Association of Bangalore Amateur Astronomers'' (ABAA) meets every Sunday at [[Nehru Planetarium|Banglore Nehru Planetarium]] and ''Bangalore Astronomical Society'' (BAS) organizers regular astro tours to the outskirts of citycities and to remote locations ofin India. ''Starvoirs'', a [[Chennai]] -based startup, asowns private observatories in nine places across the country, including [[Rameshwaram]], [[Chidambaram]], [[Kodanad]], the [[Andaman Islands]], and [[Nagaland]], etc.<ref name=prih1/>

The astrotourism potential in India is underutilised and underdeveloped. There are numerous places in India that could be developed, designated and preserved as the dark sky preserves,. forFor example, [[Madikeri]] in [[Coorg]] is surrounded by coffee plantations and natural forests and rates 3 three (rural sky) on the Bortle scale. Just like theas [[Project Tiger]] has immensely helped the conservation of tigertigers, their surrounding ecology, and reduction of carbon footprintfootprints,{{cn}} the issue of conservation of dark skies could help conservation of ecology and nocturnal animals, but there is a very low awareness of this. Therein is it a no nationwide plan to systematically develop more dark sky areas with the mandatory lighting restrictionsIndia.{{cn}} The designation of dark sky preserve by the [[International Dark-Sky Association]] (IDA) is a 3 -year process, which involves identifying dark sky areas, preparing a development and conservation plan, and submitting a proposal to IDA for the designation. IndiaThere urgentlyis needsno suchnationwide aplan nationwideto program,systematically butdevelop asmore ofdark 2023sky thereareas iswith nonethe mandatory lighting restrictions. <ref name=prih1/>

==Facilities==