text: E. M. Forster fans can undertake their own private pilgrimage 25 km ( 15 miles ) north , to the Barabar Caves , which were the setting for the Marabar incident in Forster 's famous novel Passage to India .
  
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  E. M. Forster made up all the locations in the novel Passage to India , though the characters are based on real people .