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Getting Leh’d in ten days – Part 1

By sundeepm

Whenever I read about someone’s excursion to Leh, it’s a heroic story all about grit and determination. It’s about a man, his machine and the mountain. It’s about how one faces the vagaries of nature, the treacherous roads and the numbing cold. It’s like an action movie with a heavy metal background score. In stark comparison, my narration will be like a Karan Johar flick. All scenes will be in soft focus, everything will be beautiful, there will be drama and intrigue, all set to a melodious tune.

SRISAILAM – ABODE OF LORD MALLIKARJUN SWAMI AND BHRAMARAMBA DEVI: Part 1

By Ved Prakash

During this gap of six months, despite I did remain a Ghumakkar, at least some 15 times visiting New Delhi, 7-8 times – Lucknow, 3-4 times – Trivandrum, 2 times to Mumbai and further once upto Shirdi & Triambakeshwar and once upto Bhimashanker and also once to Goa (Personal & Official tours all inclusive), I could not share those here not for want of time or I was very much busy.

अनजान सफ़र : उत्तरकाशी – गंगोत्री – गौमुख

By rodneyrock2000

गंगोत्री हिंदुओं के पावन चार धामों मे से एक है इसका धार्मिक और सांस्कृतिक महत्व सभी को आलौकिक करता है धार्मिक संदर्भ के अनुसार राजा सगर ने देवलोक पर विजय प्राप्त करने के लिये एक यज्ञ किया यज्ञ का घोडा़ इंद्र ने चुरा लिया राजा सगर के सारे पुत्र घोड़े की खोज में निकल पडे.

मसरुर – mini Ellora of Himachal

By SilentSoul

Masroor temple complex is about 22 Kms from Ranitaal. RaniTal is a Railway Station for Jwalamukhi. If going to Dharmshala then Ranital comes in way a few Kilometers before Kangra. From RaniTaal one has to take direction of Nagrota Suriyan and on this road one can see directions for Masroor.

The Al Wabah crater

By Taher Kagalwala

I went in a private taxi, to see a natural geographic formation that is located near my place of work in Al Muwayh. This place is called the Al Wabah (Maqla Tamia in Arabic). It is a volcanic crater located on the western edge of the Hafer Kishb basaltic plateau that contains many volcanic cones.

Road trip to Naukuchiatal and Mukteshwar

By crispair

We explored the property the first day and was happy to see that apart from a TT table and carrom board, the resort has a gym and two pool tables. My husband and son played a few games of TT and carrom, while i enjoyed the hammock in the garden with my book. Then as the sun set, it was mystical seeing the colour of the waters change. The next morning we decided to take a boat ride. Then, following a good breakfast we decided to take a walk around the lake and explore the small hamlet. The walk is around 3.5 km and will take barely an hour at a slow pace. You will meet smiling locals and few tourists, especially if you take this walk before 10am. The tourists generally don’t stay at Naukuchiatal but make a day trip and descend on the sleepy hamlet after 11 and move out by 5.

Paradise regained : Day 7, 8 & 9

By Sundar

It was 4.30 AM and hot tea was waiting for us. By the time we left Pahalgam it was 5.30 AM. Katra is a good 280 KMs away. We stopped around 8.30 AM for breakfast. A warm welcome was given to the hot paranthas. It is a shame that we did not get to taste the popular local “Rajma Chawal” during our trip.

हरि का द्वार हरिद्वार – भाग २..

By Praveen Gupta

ऋषिकेश हरिद्वार से करीब २५ किलोमीटर दूर हैं. इसको हिमालय का प्रवेशद्वार भी कहा जाता है. ऋषिकेश हिन्दुओ के सबसे पवित्र स्थलों में से एक हैं. ऋषिकेश को केदारनाथ, बदरीनाथ, गंगोत्री, यमुनोत्री आदि का प्रवेश द्वार भी कहा जाता है. यह कहा जाता हैं कि यंहा पर भगवान विष्णु ऋषिकेश अवतार में प्रकट हुए थे. इसलिए इस स्थान का नाम ऋषिकेश हैं. वैसे तो ऋषिकेश में सैकड़ो मंदिर आश्रम हैं, पर समय अभाव के कारण में कुछ ही मंदिरों और आश्रमो में जा सका.

Ghumakkar Insights – Traveling in Indian Railways

By Roopesh

With the advent of Duronto non-stop trains there is a possibility to avail these trains if your destination is on the route close to eventual destination of the train and it is a technical halt of the train. Every long distance train has some technical halts where crew changes. If your destination is one such then it could be a boon. For example, Mumbai – Howrah Duronto has technical halts at Bhusaval, Nagpur, Bilaspur, TataNagar. So, people who are destined to let’s say Bilaspur or Tata Nagar can book the entire journey from Mumbai to Howrah but get down at these stations when trains stop there. In my recent journey from Mumbai to Howrah, there were several such passengers who got down at Tata Nagar and Kharagpur. You may just have to pay extra upto Howrah for this convenience. Railways does not publish a list of technical halts for a train but you can easily figure them out by experience, talking to train crew, passengers or characteristics that it is a major station, change of railway division and around 5-7 hours from previous technical halt.

Mumbai Tour Part -3 / मुंबई की सैर भाग -3 (बाबुलनाथ मंदिर, एंटीलिया और ताज महल होटल)

By Mukesh Bhalse

पिछली पोस्ट में मैंने आपको मुंबई के फ़िल्मी सितारों के घर, मुक्तेश्वर महादेव मंदिर, जुहू स्थित इस्कॉन मंदिर, तथा सिद्धिविनायक मंदिर के बारे में…

The Shaikh Zayed Grand Mosque

By D.L.Narayan

While driving along the airport highway, a massive, magnificent, multi-domed edifice springs up, seemingly out of nowhere from the stark desert environs . We are on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates and gazing in wondrous disbelief at what is arguably the most beautiful building this side of the Arabian Sea, the Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayyan Grand Mosque. It is purportedly the third largest mosque in the world, after the great mosques at Makkah and Madina.

Summer Vacation – a wonderful run through NH-2 towards Ghats of Varanasi – Part I

By Amitava Chatterjee

We took a rickshaw and then walked for 5 minutes to reach Dasaswamedh Ghat. The Sandhya Aarati took our breathe away. We have never seen such a live performance – they were at their artistic best. Finally around 8 p.m., the journey took its toll and my son couldn’t stand anymore and we decided to return to the hotel, with a promise to come back again and spend a few days to explore the city once again.

1 aural A visit to Banaras or Varanasi

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2 Steve James Calcutta -The city of Joy

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3 Vinod Kumar Calcutta -The city of Joy

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4 Deeba M A short Day trip from Vadodara to Hathnimata Temple & Waterfall

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5 Mythili V Om Parvat – Abode of Lord Shiva

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6 Mythili V Kerala – A Tourist State

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7 Rakesh Lansdowne – Walk and simply walk

Very nice kumkum, agar hindi me likhte to ot bhi acha lagta Landsdowne me bhi janchuka hu bohot achi jagha hai
8 Ankit Verma रूपकुंड की यात्रा Roopkund Trek – २

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