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With late entry in Khajuraho, though groggy eyed by early rising, we all walked with swift steps through the dusty, shrubby surroundings of the temple town of Khajuraho. Placed in flat plains of Bundelkhand between Ken and Betwa river, this small town does have desert shrubs all around. For few long centuries, temples of Khajuraho remained out of public sight, in hands of sadhu and bairagee, shrouded in mystery and jungle. Late in 19’th century, some Englishmen re-discovered these massive stone temples in this ‘out of nowhere’ land. And from then this small town rose to fame on world map for this splendid work of art and architecture on a scale which will stop your breath and finesse which will keep you spellbound.

We walked for a short distance and there came the first panoramic view of 3 to 4 temples. Khajuraho temples are a scattered lot. The most famous are Western group of temples which are declared to be a World Heritage site.
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Puducherry(Pondicherry) is a small heaven just south of Chennai. Puducherry means “New Village” which it really stood out for us, a bunch of frustated lunatics looking for some fun. It was just a place out of the blue for us. Surrounded on all sides by Tamil Nadu but we didn’t find any resemblance between the two at all. People were quite friendly and humble. Maybe because it is a tourist destination and we were tourists but still i didn’t find any malice in anyone’s heart(of course except the police).

We went there just for the sake of food and eye candy. It was also our first bike trip. Maybe it was why the whole trip actually happened. The drive was a challenge in itself. We had no clue about the route that we planned to undertake. No idea about the roads or the places we were going to pass through but there was an excitement about the whole thing, hidden charm and a desire which fueled our passion to actually undertake the whole journey. There were of course doubts raised whether such journey could be undertaken at all but they were all swept aside by our passion.
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Day 3 of the trip to Pachmarhi. We had already covered many of the main areas such as the waterfall (there were other waterfalls, but the resort owner was not too enthusiastic about the other such as Angel Falls, etc), and we had covered some of the religious locations. In fact, day 3 was going to turn out to be a totally religious trip, since we would be covering sites such as the 2 Mahadevs, as well as the temple at Chauragarh (and together, these would take a major part of the day). At the start of day 3, we talked some more with the owner of the resort about the trip to Chauragarh, since it was some distance away and would take a lot of effort. He confirmed that it is a good spot to cover, and that clinched the question.
We took some packed lunch with us (club sandwiches), and set off for the Mahadevs. Actually, before we reached the caves, we stopped for some time for some para-sailing. There is a facility in some open grounds where they use Maruti gypsys trailing a para-sail behind them (it costs Rs. 500 per person, and Rs. 750 for two). Great fun. From there, it was onto the Mahadevs.

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This is not a true story about Corbett- The den of tigers. It is more about my experience at Ram Ganga Resort. The resort is managed by Welcome Heritage Group. The staff here is friendly and courteous.

The Resort is situated at the banks of Ram Ganga River and boasts of tents and rooms for accommodation and swimming pool, a decent dining room, gardens and amazing natural beauty.

Ram Ganga Resort

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