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I am basically from Lucknow and live in Noida. Normally I board a night train to visit Lucknow. We were visiting my parents in Lucknow on new year's weekend and this time decided to drive down because of two reasons. One, we had to pick up some stuff... Read More
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Last Saturday (July 15, 2007), I was driving on NH24 as I had some work in Naukuchiatal and thought that I would write a quick Road Review (and about Delhi to Nainital road condition), since there are lots of folks who use this road for going almost ... Read More
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After the successful post on Delhi-Agra-Kanpur-Lucknow road review by Aditya, a strong need was felt on having a review of the other road which connects Delhi to Lucknow. In fact there were so many comment on Aditya's post where people wanted to know... Read More
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My wife seems to have been smitten by some religious bug. Though I am myself a reasonably religious person (except for after 7 on some days, when the “spirits” of United Breweries, Seagram and Johnnie Walkers of the world, keep on hovering around... Read More
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My intention behind writing road-reviews have been to provide necessary information to fellow travelers (read drivers) who wish to undertake that journey. With that thought, probably New Delhi to Patna by road, doesn't make the cut, since not many wo... Read More
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Akbar is often remembered as a liberal ruler who expanded Mughal Empire to the vast region but his lust for women is lesser known. The royal complex of Fatehpur Sikri was witness to his typical Mughal attitude towards women. The number of women in hi... Read More
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My summer trip to Nainital and then to Corbett started from Lucknow, the place where I live. I initially thought of writing all of this in one long story but someone suggested that it might be better to separate stories, it might be easier to read. ... Read More
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The joke of the month is, by fellow Ghumakkar Srijan , that I do not get train tickets. The Indian Railways ticket reservation software refuses to let me in. And I am probably one of the few people after MKG who seem to have been thrown out of the gr... Read More
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It was past 3 PM when we were done with our lunch at Jhansi and we gathered ourselves for the last and final leg of our journey towards Khajuraho. Hindi is the primary language of this region and we had no difficulty in getting directions and in a wh... Read More
By :     18,514 views    Comments :  25
Last weekend, I drove to Corbett and I discovered few new things and thought that a quick road review would benefit fellow ghumakkars. Delhi - Ramnagar (Corbett is just a little beyond Ramnagar) can be divided into following stretches. 1. Del... Read More
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Khurja is a small city (and a municipal board) in the Bulandshahr district in Uttar Pradesh. It is situated around 85 km from Delhi. Actually I had to meet someone there and then complete my official work. I have been to Khurja many times . I used t... Read More
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The last time I visited Vrindavan and Mathura was around 3 years ago. This time again I got the chance to visit the holy place. Actually a relative of us had built a dharamshala in Vrindavan. So at its inauguration they invited us. So our 2 families ... Read More
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Day 1: Delhi to Varanasi: 5th Feb 2010 (793 km) The journey continues... Thanks for all the comments. And thanks for recharging my batteries. Part 1 was all about our raw excitement. With Part 2, we will try to describe the journey with ... Read More
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A business trip for two days to the city of 'Tehzeeb', as Aditya said in his post on Lucknow, had to have some room for non-business activity, even though the activity is in/around an old and charming business center. I was there to pick some brights... Read More
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Who has not heard of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi? The last few lines of one of the most recited poetry in Hindi literature composed by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan on the life of Rani Lakshmibai are here below. During my school days, I've sung it too wit... Read More
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Ganga River and Varanasi :- Combination of Shiva and Shakti 10th , 11th and 14th March 2011 , 3 days we were in Kashi and many times again and again we went to banks of Ganga for having her mighty darshan. I will try to put some info on this might... Read More
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Hi, I am Shubham Sarcar. I am a student of Delhi Public School. I study in Class IV. I will tell you about my trip to Garhmukteshwar. This was my first trip without my parents and I was very excited. We had to reach school by six-thirty in the mornin... Read More
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To begin with my first post, I am expressing my sincere thanks to Nandan and team Ghumakkar for motivating me to drive this long. It has been a long time to complete this tour, but I think it will be worth writing my experience of driving to eastern... Read More
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You Ghumakkars are just great. Two weeks ago yours truly had to urgently go on a field trip to Mainpuri. I normally go to Etawah by the Gomti Express and catch a bus to Mainpuri. However on such short notice, IRCTC gave me a wait list a mile long. An... Read More
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Hello Ghumakkars, The following post is based on a post originally made by me to a closed Yahoogroup. I am posting this here as I could not resist the temptation of sharing an exhilirating train ride in monsoon here, based on the response that Kar... Read More
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Allahabad was our first night-stop on that great drive to orient which I wrote some time back. For a better period of our planing, we were finding ways on how to reach Gorakhpur by first night, we would flip over the maps one more time, calculate the... Read More
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In 16th Century, childless and desperate for a heir, The Great Mughal Emperor Akbar undertook a pilgrimage on foot to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti in Ajmer. On the way he visited Sheikh Salim Chisti – a great Sufi Saint of that time. Sheik... Read More
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The "car-driving-bone" was predominantly present, had tickled at will and left it's mark on a number of occasions. In 1995, newly married, from chennai to tirupati, on bike, was it's start. Thereafter, post-arrival of santro, mumbai-lonavala, mumb... Read More
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My last road trip to Haridwar was in Feb this year. After this trip again in March this year I did a road trip to Wagah Border.And now after five months here comes my road trip again.This time too during Rakhi Holidays , we again planned a road trip ... Read More
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We started at about 6 in the morning from Darbhanga and after one hour, we have covered 12 long kilometers. We were on a six lane East-West Corridor which was being done and I don't need to remind fellow ghumakkars that protests and road-blocks happe... Read More
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People say that old habits never leave. When I was in school we use to have 2 months summer holidays. My father use to promise me that if I complete my Holiday homework he will plan a vacation. Sometimes I was successful and sometimes I wasn’t. But... 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
By :    77 days ago   Comments :  35
It was a long tiring day for us since morning. Finally, we call it a day after attending the marriage around 1:30 a.m. When we reached Allahabad few hours ago, we felt the change in the weather almost instantly. It was much warmer than Delhi, however... Read More
By :    91 days ago   Comments :  48
[caption id="attachment_80740" align="aligncenter" width="640"] There is no time to think and plan when such incidents take place. Auto exposure cameras work best in such cases.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_80747" align="aligncenter" width="6... Read More
By :    93 days ago   Comments :  24
“I am not able to see anything. Where are we going? Are we going home? Summer vacation started?” “No, we are going to Allahabad. We will go home in few months time", I replied while starting the car. [caption id="attachment_80635" align="... Read More
By :    108 days ago   Comments :  13
In this may, we planned to make a road trip to make it to Manali-Leh highway which is supposed to be quite difficult with treacherous passes and roads. Going from Kanpur on road wasn't going to be an easy task given that none of us had much of expe... Read More
By :    119 days ago   Comments :  6
जयपुर-आगरा- छटीकरा माँ वैष्णोदेवी मन्दिर मनमाड (मालेगाँव) जाने के लिये अचानक बने कार्यक्रम मे... Read More
By :    122 days ago   Comments :  9
Dear Divine Souls, After our visit to Gupt Godavari we took our car return to the central destination of the Chitrakoot Dham called Ramghat. Ramghat is the most pristine place of Chitrakoot. Chitrakoot Dham and Ramghat's Significance Chit... Read More
By :    127 days ago   Comments :  11
Dear Divine Souls, Chitrakoot Dham is not just a small town with temples inside . This Dham is a whole huge area of around 50 to 70 kms in circumference with lot of places where Shri Ram had performed Leela in his exile . Apart from this there wer... Read More
By :    130 days ago   Comments :  24
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
By :    130 days ago   Comments :  22
Dear Divine Souls, After finishing my destination ,Teerthraj Prayag at around 5.00 oclock we headed towards Chitrakoot in our booked car. Chitrakoot is the place where Lord Ram spend most of his time in exile ( eleven and half years) and it was mo... Read More
By :    137 days ago   Comments :  13
Dear Divine Souls,  We finished our lunch and Sitamarhi visit at round 1.00 PM  and headed for Prayagraj Triveni Sangam in Allahabad. Today our goal was to visit some places in Triveni Sangam and some places in Allahabad and reach Chitrakoot in ... Read More
By :    138 days ago   Comments :  21
साथियों, इस श्रंखला की पिछली पोस्ट में आपने पढ़ा की वाराणसी के प्रमुख मंदिर तथा रामनगर फोर्ट घुम... Read More
By :    145 days ago   Comments :  25
साथियों, पिछली पोस्ट में आपने पढ़ा काशी/वाराणसी/बनारस में हमने करीब ढाई दिन बिताया था। काशी में... Read More
By :    149 days ago   Comments :  40
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
By :    152 days ago   Comments :  28
दोस्तों, पिछली पोस्ट में आपने पढ़ा की आगरा में मैं, रितेश गुप्ता जी एवं जाट देवता एवं हम सबके परिव... Read More
By :    153 days ago   Comments :  18
Dear Soul Mates, For people who love serenity and want to feel emotional vibrations of almighty , this place is never to be missed. This is my last post this year and I wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year . I am  going on a small gh... Read More
By :    156 days ago   Comments :  27
साथियों, इस श्रंखला की पिछली पोस्ट में मैंने आपलोगों को अपनी वृन्दावन यात्रा तथा वहां के अनुभव... Read More
By :    164 days ago   Comments :  10
Dear Soul Mates, On my final day of Kashi Yatra I went to Sarnath in the morning.Sarnath is the place where great religion Buddhism took its course. Gautam  Buddha delivered his first sermon 'Wheel of the Dharma' here in Saranth at deer park to... Read More
By :    166 days ago   Comments :  26
साथियों, इस श्रंखला की पिछली पोस्ट में मैंने आपको हमारे बृज प्रदेश (मथुरा तथा गोकुल) के पर्यटन त... Read More
By :    168 days ago   Comments :  9
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
By :    170 days ago   Comments :  8
  [caption id="attachment_76809" align="alignnone" width="640"] Temple Map Varanasi[/caption] A :- Mrityunjay Mahadeva Temple B :-  Kalbhairav temple C :- Main Godowlia Chowk D :-  Sri Kashi Vishawanath Temple E :-  Sri Kash... Read More
By :    173 days ago   Comments :  39
प्रिय साथियों, लीजिये आज फिर से उपस्थित हूँ मैं अपनी अगली यात्रा कहानी के साथ। छः भागों की इस वि... Read More
By :    180 days ago   Comments :  12
Very recently, I did a single day trip to Taj. I stay in Ghaziabad and like everyone else in and around NCR, when holidays are nearby ,I get confused and overwhelmed with options and my plans for the weekend outing and it is most likely that I wind u... Read More
By :    192 days ago   Comments :  18
Dear Friends, First of all  " Happy Diwali " to you and all your family members and May God Showers blessings and utmost happiness in your life. After long time I am writing about my yatra to Kashi which I did it March 2011 .I had already writ... Read More