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manish

Full Name Manish Khamesra

An IC chip designer by profession, when I travel to a place I want to know almost everything about it - culture, history, politics, local dishes, people, birds etc. As a young boy, I traveled extensively across India with my parents.My job further provided me opportunity to see the world. As I am getting old, the impetus for Ghumakkari is from my kid Rachit who is very fond of traveling.

Ghumakkar Since 2007-09-27 04:28:58

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Total Number of travel stories by manish at Ghumakkar (27)

2010-02-20 / Comments (17)

Junagadh – A walk through history and folklores at Uparkot Fort

Junagadh is an exciting town to explore for the tourists with an eye for architecture and a taste for history. It was an important city during the regimes of Mauryean and Gupta dynasties in 300 to 200 BC and early AD. Post-independence, it was again in prominence and tested the skills of ‘Iron-will’ [...]

Junagadh – A journey through the ages

Junagadh is a city which is headquarters of Junagadh district in Gujarat. It is 327 km from Ahmedabad and is about 58 Km from Sasan Gir. The small city of Junagadh is rich in myths-legends and has such an eventful past that it almost breathes history. It is at the base of mount Girnar [...]

Lessons of life at Anil Farm House – Sasan Gir

दिल ढूंढता है, फिर वही फ़ुर्सत के रात दिन …
जाड़ों की नर्म धूप और
आँगन में लेटकर
आँखों पे खींचकर तेरे
दामन के साए को
औंधे पड़े रहें, कभी करवट लिए हुए |

An accommodation in the midst of vibrant shades of verdant green, a place that was inhabited yet very calm, where silence was the music, days started with [...]

Some more Chittaurgarh: the last ninety minutes – III

Legendary Queens of Chittaurgarh – II

Chittaurgarh Fort, an enigma with a thin line between history and mythology -I

Gazing in the Gir for the wild cats with Mr. Leopard Lucky

Roaring Gir

Sun-soaked in Somnath

The Saga of Somnath and Sardar Patel

Walking tour of the bicycle capital of Europe – Amsterdam

Canal cruise in “Venice of north” – Amsterdam

Well grounded in high flying Amsterdam

Magical Berry Farming in Rajsamand

A Commoner in Kollam

Venice of East – Kollam/Quilon

A visit to the kingdom of spices in Kumily

Backwater trip to the Land of Kettuvallams – Kottayam to Alleppey

Call of the wild in Thekkady

Freshly water colored landscape of Munnar – God’s own art