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It all started with an idea to visit some off-beat destination around Delhi. Google search leads to an image of Bhangarh ruins that claims to be India’s most haunted place. Great! I googled more and it appears to have a potential of a good day trip... Read More
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DWARKA :- Saptapuri and City of Moksha. Nearby Places 5th  January 2012 :- Here we come on the second last day of the city which grants universe's most precious thing that is Moksha. This day was great as it was Vaikuntha Ekadashi on that day ( b... Read More
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Note 1: Please check for the updated highway numbers as per the re-numbering of the National Highways across India, wherever you see NH in this article. Note2: Take the most of the usage of Google Maps for highways, its just wonderful. A road tri... Read More
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Destinations with obscurity ,where roads ultimately wind up at corners where no one has ever revered always ignites a sense of being the "man on the moon". Well i will not be amused to land up on moon but would always love to be on an excursion u... Read More
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After visiting the Mahadev shrines near Kota and returning back to my friends house, where we unanimously voted for Gagron Fort in Jhalawar (a part of the Hadoti region of Rajasthan) to be our next. Gagron Fort is so obscure but at the same time it... Read More
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To read the series from the start please click here.  In coming final two posts I dedicate my wholehearted and sincere thanks to Maa Vaishno Devi because of whose blessings I was able t0 come here. It was only and only the decision of Great Godde... Read More
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JAISALMER Major Places to visit in Jaisalmer 1) Jaisalmer fort 2) Patwa ki haweli 3) Nathmal ki haweli 4) Sam sand dunes and camel riding 5) Gadisar Lake Jaisalmer was our next destination and on our return journey we planned to cover ... Read More
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"My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away." ~ Percy Bysshe Shelley In my quest t... Read More
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पहली बार बाइक पे जाना था तो रूट भी कुच्छ अलग चुना - फरीदाबाद >> देल्ली >> गाजिआबाद >> मेरठ >> म... Read More
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पिछले लेख से आगे। संग्रहालय घूमते समय हम लोग चलचित्र (Light & Sound Show Hall)वाले हॉल में जा पहुचे और यहाँ पर... Read More
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Cities and Thrones and Powers   Stand in Time's eye, Almost as long as flowers,   Which daily die: But, as new buds put forth   To glad new men, Out of the spent and unconsidered Earth   The Cities rise again. Cities and Thrones and P... Read More
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January 15, 2012 After our exertions at Mullayanagari Peak, we returned back to Chikmagalur town by mid-day, had our lunch and reached our hotel. I had hoped to catch some of the action from the Perth Test(hoping to watch Sachin's 100th hundred li... Read More
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To read the series from the start please click here. Golden Temple to Hotel After completing the visit to The Golden Temple , at 12.30 PM, we were heading back towards the parking place where our rented vehicle was parked. Again after our visit... Read More
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While Bhattsaab (Harish Bhatt) was @ Gular Kui trying to accommodate himself in his nest, Shivraj Singh, the guide who was assigned with me @ Rajbagh Hunting Lodge-1 and the nature guide assigned with Vishal Raina colluded and asked us to stay togeth... Read More
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The pink city Jaipur is a very colorful city and the list of things to do and see here is very long. Besides things, that can be seen anytime in the year, my Jaipur tour had an added attraction…the Kite Festival. Since 14th of January 2012 was Satu... Read More
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Imagine all Indians having education in Dutch language, not knowing English! That is exactly what would have happened if Dutch had survived and succeeded at Tranquebar in Tamilnadu. They were there much before the British, to form Dutch East India Co... Read More
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2nd October 2012 Dear Soul Mates , We got up at early morning 4.30 AM since we had to Aurangabad as soon as possible. My return train to Mumbai was from Nasik in midnight at 11.00 pm and Sandeep's Train to Delhi was at 3.00 AM in the morning. ... Read More
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भाग ३- बीकानेर से जयपुर और जयपुर सुबह करीब सात आठ बजे हम जब बीकानेर से निकलने लगे तो मौसम ठीक ठाक... Read More
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The British called the Chitradurga Fort stupendous and impregnable. For once you can agree with them. The Chitradurga fort is truly stupendous and magnificent. It is one of the biggest hidden gem surprises from India’s monument treasure trove. Arch... Read More
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Bhimashankar Jyotirling is the most remote jyotirling among all the jyotirlings apart from Kedarnath.  Nagfani Peak or Point Finally after 6 hours of trek and walking and climbing around 10 km at around 4.30 PM we were on the top most part of ... Read More
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इस श्रंखला के पिछले भाग में मैंने आपको जानकारी दी थी की किस तरह से हम महेश्वर में अहिल्या घाट पर ... Read More
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Bhimakshankar Trekking via Shidi Ghat "Trek to Bhimashankar is not a child's play. Leave it to Professional Experts." - Vishal Rathod "Around 300 meters of this deadly trek are even more difficult than trekking Shrikhand Mahadev" - Sandeep Jatd... Read More
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Had an awesome trip to Gwalior, few days back (July 14, 2012). I had the constraint of time. I generally don't have Saturdays as offs. Hence, I returned home on Saturday evening, packed my bag and headed towards Hazrat Nizamuddin to board Dakshin Exp... Read More
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इस बार फरवरी का महीना मेरे लिये एक सुखद समाचार लेकर आया।  बैंक में सुझाव मिला कि मुझे अपनी इंदौर ... Read More
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Warning If you don't have experience in trekking , never try to start with this trek via Shidi Ghat. First complete  2 to 3 heavy treks and then try this one. Or else try this one by Ganapati  Ghat which starts 2 kms from Khandas. Flashback... Read More
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इस बार फरवरी का महीना मेरे लिये एक सुखद समाचार लेकर आया।  बैंक में सुझाव मिला कि मुझे अपनी इंदौर ... Read More
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Before the celluloid Hollywood Terminator, there was the real life Delhi Decapitator. Alauddin Khilji (1296-1316) had a penchant for decapitated heads. If it was not Mongols then it was the common thieves. But everyone had to lose his head. You figur... Read More
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Sher Shah Suri was medieval India’s first rockstar Emperor. Who else can lay claim to successfully chase a Mughal Emperor out of the country? Such was Sher Shah Suri’s fear that when Humayun’s son Akbar was fighting Sher Shah’s later successo... Read More
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Hello everyone, after a long gap, today I am back to my Kerala series with my concluding post. In our 04 days trip to Kerala one day we spent at Munnar, another day at Athirapally and Vazahal waterfall. Other two days we reserved for Cochin. The day ... Read More
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Delhi history teaches us a lot. It is about getting knocked down, getting back up, dusting off yourself and being ready for the next battle. Delhi is about rising like a phoenix from the ashes. William Dalrymple, author of ‘City of Djinns: A Year i... Read More
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Day 5, 3rd day of January 2013 started with gunguni dhoop in Udaipur. That day we decided to have punjabi breakfast so aaloo paranthas from Kailash Bhojanalaya was our breakfast in Rajasthan. We were sure that we had to go to Kumbhalgarh that day but... Read More
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We wanted to make the most of our second and last day in Edinburgh. By lunch time we were done with our tour of the Edinburgh Castle and thus we decided to move on to what was next on our list. We had been told a lot about two other attractions – ... Read More
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I never thought of visiting Bundi ever, forget about planning a vacation. But on any given day I would pick a visit to a place over no visit to any place so when my better half so excitedly suggested for Bundi/Kota, I was game. Rajasthan in winters i... Read More
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Our day 3 was the day ushering a new year on this planet. HAPPY NEW YEAR was the wish on our lips. When I opened the door of balcony opening towards the main busy chauraha of Surajpole, a surprise awaited me as in beautiful colours, it was written on... Read More
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So , winter vacations were there and date was 30, december 2012. Some days ago we were undecided where to proceed on our annual vacation trip. But various posts on Ghummakar just solved my problem and me along with my my wife savita and daughters Bha... Read More
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It was now our second and last day in Edinburgh. Our main aim for the day was to visit the Edinburgh Castle, and then from there on see what all we’d have time for. We woke up at about 7:30 am, which was, again, one of the earliest times we’ve... Read More
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On May 1, 1857 East India Company’s Sepoys (Indian Soldiers) belonging to 7th Oudh Irregular Infantry refused to bite the cartridges of the newly introduced Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket. The cartridges were allegedly greased with beef and pork... Read More
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As a traveler we want to visit places that we will remain itched in our memories for years to come and we will brag about them to our friends. I have been fortunate to visit many such paces and have had my share of bragging rights and photo albums. B... Read More
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प्रिय मित्रों, अभी तक हम माउंट आबू घूम रहे थे और दो दिन ज्ञान सरोवर में ज्ञान-गंगा में डुबकियां ... Read More
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प्रिय मित्रों, आप जान ही चुके हैं कि हम सहारनपुर से कार से दिल्ली और फिर दिल्ली से वायुयान से उद... Read More
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प्रिय मित्रों, एक शाम उदयपुर में बिता कर अगले दो दिनों के लिये हम माउंट आबू के लिये उदयपुर से अप... Read More
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Nawabs have taken a lot of bad rap in the press for being fat, drunk & kowtowing to the British. But here is a story that will warm the cockles of your cynic heart. To be fair to the press, Asaf-ud-Daula, Nawab of Awadh also started as fat, dr... Read More
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Dear Soul Mates, On my 5 days of Kashi Yatra one day I went to South Varanasi with my family and visited all the temples. Apart from temples there is a city on the south eastern side of Varanasi on the opposite bank of Ganges called Ramnagar. ram... Read More
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Dear Soul Mates, In last post I had mentioned my visit to Grishneshwar Temple . At around 12.30 PM  We reached Daulatabad Fort at Daulatabad city near Aurangabad which was our last destination.  Frankly speaking words and pictures cannot descri... Read More
By :    173 days ago   Comments :  10
2nd October 2012 Dear Soul Mates , We got up at early morning 4.30 AM since we had to Aurangabad as soon as possible. My return train to Mumbai was from Nasik in midnight at 11.00 pm and Sandeep's Train to Delhi was at 3.00 AM in the morning. ... Read More
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Daulatabad Fort has been tragically condemned by labelling it with the whims of the ‘Mad King’ Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq of the 14th century. We have all read about the king in the school history books who could not decide where to have his capital an... Read More
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Inexplicably, Rajasthan never attracted us in all these years of travel. Even now, it was a must attend wedding in Jaipur that drew us here at the end of October and using the marriage as an excuse, we happily planned a ten day trip from Jodhpur thro... Read More
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Bhimashankar Jyotirling is the most remote jyotirling among all the jyotirlings apart from Kedarnath.  Nagfani Peak or Point Finally after 6 hours of trek and walking and climbing around 10 km at around 4.30 PM we were on the top most part of ... Read More
By :    191 days ago   Comments :  19
Warning If you don't have experience in trekking , never try to start with this trek via Shidi Ghat. First complete  2 to 3 heavy treks and then try this one. Or else try this one by Ganapati  Ghat which starts 2 kms from Khandas. Flashback... Read More
By :    194 days ago   Comments :  26
Bhimakshankar Trekking via Shidi Ghat "Trek to Bhimashankar is not a child's play. Leave it to Professional Experts." - Vishal Rathod "Around 300 meters of this deadly trek are even more difficult than trekking Shrikhand Mahadev" - Sandeep Jatd... Read More