Traveling is good
आज की इस कड़ी में आपकी मुलाकात कराएँगे गौरी और उसके एकाकी जीवन से। साथ ही ले चलेंगे आपको इकाकुला के खूबसूरत समुद्र तट पर। साथ ही होगी भितरकनिका से जुड़ी यात्रा संबंधित कुछ महत्त्वपूर्ण जानकारी।
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Even appointments with gods come with privilege. A pilgrim with VIP pass could bypass all number and answer his/her calling with a privilege which a poor barefoot pilgrim couldn’t even dream of. An Amitabh Bachhan has more easy access to god than a mere “Nikhil Chandra”. Perhaps gold is a precious metal even among gods…who knows why the world is the way it is.
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Like in party after eating every crap we go for some delicious, mouth watering sweets, so here in the similar fashion I am going to present you the king of the forest, the nocturnal, the royal, the BAAP of everyone, when he walks on green carpet peacocks stop dancing, sambhar left their doshas, languor’s stick to their branches and few lucky like us start clicking to their heart content, the tiger.
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Previously also known by the name Bhuvandanga (named after Bhuvan Sinha), Santiniketan and nearby areas is all about moving around and watching rather than writing. Santiniketan is also the house of the Vishwa Bharati University established by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
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So there was Baal Temple, there was Jupiter, Fire, Moon, Mars and other temples which were there before Romans and before pheonician re-built them ! I was thinking was it some distorted form of Shakta tradition of Sanatan Dharam, which was followed here, because in Shakta tradition, Fire and other planets were worshipped and sacrifices of animals or even humans were present then.
Our guide was a Syrian and he explained so beautifully in perfect English, all the aspects of Baalbeck, quite patiently and in details.
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We both decided to ride for about 100 KM further on the hills towards New Tehri to have a look at the Tehri Dam and the huge man made lake it had created. We reached New Tehri at around 8:30 AM. It was a beautiful morning. We spent about an hour at New Tehri and Vishal clicked a few pictures.
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So following our original plan to cover Bijli Mahadev, Rewalsar Lake, Shikari Devi, Kamru Nag Lake, Karsog, Tattapani, we reached Kullu on the morning of 30 July’11. Since there were regular buses plying on this route, it allowed us some time to freshen up and to have a quick breakfast. Later we took a mini bus till a village nearby the shrine from where it is just 2.8 km soft trek passing through some of the villages
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Tarapith is amongst one of the 51 Shakti Pith of Goddess Kali and Shantiniketan is Kabiguru Rabindra Nath Tagore’s University and his home for many years of his life. Tarapith is in Rampurhat district while Shantiniketan is in Bolpur district.
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मैनग्रोव के जंगल दलदली और नमकीन पानी वाले दुष्कर इलाके में अपने आपको किस तरह पोषित पल्लवित करते हैं ये तथ्य भी बेहद दिलचस्प है। अपना भोजन बनाने के लिए मैनग्रोव को भी फ्री आक्सीजन एवम् खनिज लवणों की आवश्यकता होती है। चूंकि ये पानी में हमेशा डूबी दलदली जमीन में पलते हैं इसलिए इन्हें भूमि से ना तो आक्सीजन मिल पाती है और ना ही खनिज लवण। पर प्रकृति की लीला देखिए जो जड़े अन्य पौधों में जमीन की गहराइयों में भोजन बनाने के लिए फैल जाती हैं वही मैनग्रोव में ऊपर की ओर बरछी के आकार में बढ़ती हैं। इनकी ऊंचाई 30 सेमी से लेकर 3 मीटर तक हो सकती है। जड़ की बाहरी सतह में अनेक छिद्र बने होते हैं जो हवा से आक्सीजन लेते हैं और नमकीन जल में घुले सोडियम लवणों से मैनग्रोव को छुटकारा दिलाते हैं। मैनग्रोव की पत्तियों की संरचना भी ऍसी होती है जो सोडियम लवण रहित जल को जल्द ही वाष्पीकृत नहीं होने देती।
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Once upon a time… there was Lebanon which was called “Paris of Middle East”…and then something happened and the Paris and Pearl of the Middle East.. changed from heaven to hell…. Let us have a look and see what Lebanon has to offer now for Ghumakkars !
It was 2004 and I boarded Air India flight from New Delhi to Dubai for my journey to Lebanon.
The coastal plain of Lebanon is the historic home of a string of coastal trading cities of Semitic culture, which the Greeks termed Phoenicia, whose maritime culture flourished there for more than 5000 years. Ancient ruins in Byblos, Berytus (Beirut), Sidon, Sarepta(Sarafand), and Tyre show a civilized nation, with urban centres and sophisticated arts. Present-day Lebanon was a cosmopolitan centre for many nations and cultures. Its people roamed the Mediterranean seas, skilled in trade and in art, and founded trading colonies. They were also the creators of the oldest known 24-letter alphabet, a shortening of earlier 30-letter alphabets such as Proto-Sinaitic and Ugaritic.
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One can either take the Chikmagalur-Mangalore road and reach Kottigehara town and turn right from there to reach Horanadu. Or the alternative route is via Balehonnur, from where one can go south to reach Kalasa and Horanadu temples. Both are almost the same distance.
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Santiniketan is a name which evokes memories of Rabindranath Tagore and the Nobel Price. Of the Viswa Bharathi University, of art and culture, peace and tranquility. A visit to Kolkatta is incomplete without a visit to Santiniketan. I had an opportunity to visit the place last December and have tried to give some glimpses of the cultural ethos of the place
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