In big cities often longer. Photography Travelers to India find ample themes with varied subjects for photography from faces to monuments, wildlife, festivities, scenic beauty, etc. Photography in the wildlife sanctuaries is allowed on payment of a prescribed fee. Photography is prohibited in tribal areas. International 24-hours service from large hotels and telegraph offices in major cities.
Telephone calls to most countries are now direct.
There are telephone facilities between the most cities and towns. Any money in the form of travellers' cheques, drafts, bills, cheques, etc. which tourists wish to convent into Indian currency should be exchanged only through authorised money changers. Tourists are warned that changing money through unauthorised persons is not only illegal but also involves the risk of receiving counterfeit currency. To exchange foreign money other than through banks or authorised money changers is an offence. Please note that no Indian currency whatso-ever can be imported or exported, except for Rupee travellers' cheques.