“Nainital” – Glittering jewel in the Himalyan necklace
“Nainital” is a glittering jewel in the Himalyan necklace, blessed with scenic natural spledour and varied natural resources. It was long awaited trip, almost…
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Yaadon Ka Shehar Tehri via Rishikesh
Last weekend, when there was no planned flight at the airport, I got an opportunity to relax in the Himalayan Hills. So, in the…
Read MoreMy Sudden Unknown Journey to Ma Vaishno Devi via Chandigarh, Amritsar
Making of a Ghumakkad HI; There are two types of people who roam around to explore the world : one, who planned their trip,…
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Goverdhan Parikrama & Banke Bihari ji Temple (Vrindavan)
Me and my wife started from Faridabad around 3 PM and reached Daanghati temple by around 7 PM. In Daanghati temple, there are no shoe racks and you have to leave your shoes outside un-attended. We just bought Prasad/flowers from near-by shops and headed to temple. It was not much crowd in Daanghati temple and we had a very peaceful darshan and offered milk to giriraj baba
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Trip to Pachmarhi (and others) – Day 3
Day 3 of the trip to Pachmarhi. We had already covered many of the main areas such as the waterfall (there were other waterfalls,…
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Twenty Centuries Back
A very early morning, jostled out of sleep, washed and bundled in warm clothes, with eyes half closed and ears awake by piercing horn…
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Scenes of Sandstone
It was still very early morning. I was waking up from an almost non existent sleep. The train moved ahead and surprisingly across too….
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Hogenekkal – a different perspective
The first memories of Hogenekkal goes back in time , about 25 years back , when we use to stay in Salem. Needless to say,…
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Trip to Pachmarhi (and others) – Day 2
It was the second morning in Pachmarhi. We had thought of getting up to meet the sunrise, but soon shelved that plan (or rather,…
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Kanva Reservoir – Far away from the honking crowd.
This is one of those “never-planned-for-this” exploration. Â Sometimes these unplanned explorations turns out to be the best ones. Kanva Reservoir is located approx. 60…
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The Keshava Temple @ Somnathpur
Somnathpur is smack in the middle of rural Karnataka. There are a handful of buildings and the only attraction is the temple. It’s all fields and orchards around Somnathpur. It’s a great place to get away for a day and easily accessible from Bangalore by car.
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Looking at Nothing in Mandya
25 Jan 2009 When I arrived at Mandya after a rather comfortable and short journey, I hardly knew what to see. The guidebooks I…
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