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рдорд╛рддрд╛ рд╡реИрд╖реНрдгреЛрджреЗрд╡реА рдпрд╛рддреНрд░рд╛ рднрд╛рдЧ -рем (рдЬрдореНрдореВ – JAMMU – рез)

рдорд╛рддрд╛ рд╡реИрд╖реНрдгреЛрджреЗрд╡реА рдпрд╛рддреНрд░рд╛ рднрд╛рдЧ -рем (рдЬрдореНрдореВ – JAMMU – рез)

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рдореБрдмрд╛рд░рдХ рдордВрдбреА рдкреИрд▓реЗрд╕

рдореБрдмрд╛рд░рдХ рдордВрдбреА рдорд╣рд▓ рдХреА рд╡рд╛рд╕реНрддреБрдХрд▓рд╛ рдореЗрдВ┬ард░рд╛рдЬрд╕реНрдерд╛рдиреА , рдореБрдЧрд╝рд▓┬ардФрд░ рдпреВрд░реЛрдкреАрдпрди рд╢реИрд▓реА рдХрд╛ рд╕рдордиреНрд╡рдп рджреЗрдЦрд╛ рдЬрд╛ рд╕рдХрддрд╛ рд╣реИред┬ардЗрд╕ рдорд╣рд▓ рдХрд╛ рдЗрддрд┐рд╣рд╛рд╕ рд▓рдЧрднрдЧ 150 рд╡рд░реНрд╖ рдкреБрд░рд╛рдирд╛ рд╣реИред рдпрд╣ рдорд╣рд▓ рдбреЛрдЧрд░рд╛ рд░рд╛рдЬрд╛рдУрдВ рдХрд╛ рд╢рд╛рд╣реА рдЖрд╡рд╛рд╕ рдерд╛ред рдЗрд╕ рд╕реНрдерд╛рди рдкрд░ рд╣рдо рд▓реЛрдЧ рд╕рдордп рдЕрднрд╛рд╡ рдХреЗ рдХрд╛рд░рдг рдЬрд╛ рдирд╣реАрдВ рдкрд╛рдП рдереЗ. рдпрд╣ рдлреЛрдЯреЛ рдореИрдВрдиреЗ рджреВрд░ рд╕реЗ рдмрд╛рдЧреЗ рдмрд╛рд╣реВ рд╕реЗ рд▓рд┐рдпрд╛ рдерд╛.┬а

рдмрд╛рд╣реВ рдХреЗ рдХрд┐рд▓реЗ рдореЗрдВ рдорд╛рддрд╛ рдХреЗ рджрд░реНрд╢рди рдХрд░рдиреЗ рдХреЗ рдмрд╛рдж, рд╡рдВрд╣рд╛ рд╕реЗ рдирд┐рдХрд▓ рдХрд░ рдпрдВрд╣рд╛ рд╕реЗ рдиреАрдЪреЗ рдХреА рдФрд░ рдмрдиреЗ рдордЫрд▓реА рдШрд░ рдФрд░ рдмрд╛рдЧреЗ рдмрд╛рд╣реВ рдЧрд╛рд░реНрдбрди рдХреА рдФрд░ рдЖ рдЬрд╛рддреЗ рд╣реИрдВ. рдордЫрд▓реАрдШрд░ рдПрдХ рд╢рд╛рдирджрд╛рд░ рдПрдХреНрд╡реЗрд░рд┐рдпрдо рдмрдирд╛ рд╣реБрдЖ рд╣реИрдВ. рдЬреЛ рдХреА рдЬрдореАрди рдХреЗ рдиреАрдЪреЗ рд╣реИрдВ. ┬ардЗрд╕рдХрд╛ рдкреНрд░рд╡реЗрд╢ рджреНрд╡рд╛рд░ рдПрдХ рдмрдбрд╝реА рдордЫрд▓реА ┬ардХреЗ рд░реВрдк рдореЗрдВ рдмрдирд╛ рд╣реБрдЖ рд╣реИрдВ. рдпрдВрд╣рд╛ рдкрд░ рджреБрдирд┐рдпрд╛ рдореЗрдВ рдкрд╛рдИ рдЬрд╛рдиреЗ рд╡рд╛рд▓реА рд╡рд┐рднрд┐рдиреНрди рдкреНрд░рдХрд╛рд░ рдХреА рдордЫрд▓рд┐рдпреЛрдВ рдХреЛ рдкреНрд░рджрд░реНрд╢рд┐рдд рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рдЧрдпрд╛ рд╣реИрдВ. рдпрдВрд╣рд╛ рдкрд░ рднреА рдлреЛрдЯреЛ рдЦреАрдВрдЪрдирд╛ рдирд┐рд╖реЗрдз рд╣реИрдВ.

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Cochin тАУ Sightseeing by cruise and Cherai Beach

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As weather was hot, this ride was giving us good relief from heat. For first 15-20 minutes it was just like a normal cruise experience similar to Mumbai Gateway of India cruise ride or cruise ride at Rameswaram. But we were happy as kids were enjoying this ride with lots of space to sit as well as to run inside the boat and to see sparkling water.On our way we got to see many boats like country type, Russian yacht etc.

Although, it was a pleasant journey but I didnтАЩt find it worth or itтАЩs not value for money. Boat sailor but surely took us at the midst of sea and we saw numbers of Dolphin fish. Watching Kochi Harbour, Bolgatty island resort and Dolphin were good experience. Chinese Fishing net is an icon for Kochi but I didnтАЩt find anything interesting watching that. The total time we spent here was 02 hours and we found it tiring. We came back to Marine Drive. Marine drive is a nice hangout place with many eatery joints.We had some light lunch and icecreams and came back to our friends place at 1730 hrs.

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A trip to Mewar, Raj – Jaipur Once again

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painting section: Second floor of this magnificent museum consisted of some rare books on display and a series of Raagmala paintings on display.These paintings are based upon different Ragas and Raginis of Indian┬аclassical┬аmusic system.┬аDifferent┬аtypes┬аof Raagmala series have been painted in different parts. Pahari style, Deccan style, Rajputana style. Each Raga is personified by a specific color, mood , time of its singing is mentioned on the painting and a story is told about a Nayak and a Nayika. I had read about tese paintings but was seeing these for the first time. I also had the┬аprivilege┬аto see the paintings based upon stories from Hitopdesha and Panchtantra. ┬аJust beautiful. Another surprise for me was the the presence of classic book JANGNAMA by Shah Muhammad(original).

Overall we spent about 2 hours in the museum and were tired. The big walls of this museum are adorned by the life like portraits of erstwhile kings of Jaipur state. Now was the time to have some snacks for the evening and visit the famous zoo of Jaipur, if not so big then not too small also. Dear Pavani’s desire was to have a look at the lion and the tiger which was duly fulfilled here.

THE ZOO: The desire was of Pavani was duly fulfilled as the first cage in the zoo was that of┬аLeopard┬аand next to it lay the cage of Tiger (wish double fulfilled).

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A trip to Mewar, Raj – Pushkar and Jaipur

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A small and picterusque town famous for one and onky temple of Brahma Ji, the town is also famous for the foreigners coming to the time to learn Yoga and instrumental music in the streets of Pushkar and numerous cafes adorning the streets. I can vouch for only temple perhaps my main motive was that only so I did,nt bother to look out for the guests from abroad or cafes. After┬аinquiring┬аmy way to the temple of Brahma Ji, I straight away drove in that direction until I reached the place where Ghats were located. I thought may be temple is located in the centre of the sarovar there. So we all went towards the Ghat area and the thing that I ┬аwanted to avoid at all costs followed us , hounding by various priests(pandas to have one or other form of puja for salvation of soul. As a person I m dead against these things as it seems to me more as an economic activity of these priests, nothing more(my personal opinion). Many persons were┬аinvolved┬аthere in one or other ceremonies per their beliefs. But I did,nt want to listen to these priests about all this. One priest said “Unless you take bath in these Ghats and perform a puja your visit to Brahma temple would be incomplete” Why so? I just asked myself. After enquiring again about the temple from a family , we came to know that it was just on the next end of the street. I just pulled my family members from there hearing this. While walking towards the temple, in one corner , there was a small shop(PANDIT JI KI LASSI). Iski story baad mein bataoonga.

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Chennai Temples

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It is a very beautiful temple with numerous fixed glass windows permitting maximum sunlight thus saving lot of energy. All windows are nicely painted with mythological pictures. Beautiful wall painting, pillars and a huge darshan hall makes this temple very attractive. I really like the wooden doors of the enclosures where deities reside. It is a huge wooden door with beautiful carvings. Every Sunday , a special programme is held in this temple which includes bhajan, Bhagwat Gita course, Aarti and at 1315 hrs lunch Prasadam for everyone.

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Firozabad тАУ Fifth City of Delhi

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Nothing beats the romance and magic of visiting a monument in Delhi on a wintry Sunday afternoon. The light December breeze has cleared the smog. The air seems almost crisp. Kotla Firoz Shah is an oasis in the middle of the city. It is hard to imagine that exactly 614 years ago on an equally beautiful December day this fortress was being plundered. Soak in the atmosphere sprawled on the green grass under the flitting sun. You can see DelhiтАЩs first skyscraper Vikas Minar in the south, the IG Stadium in the east, floodlights of Firoz Shah Kotla Stadium just yards away, and for company you have crows, mynahs, eagles, dogs and even cats. Chat up the security guard for nuggets of information.

Apparently, this is the only place in Delhi supposed to be the abode of Djinns or spirits. Believers come and light up diyas and incense sticks. Some people even leave written requests. The steady stream of believers assures that wishes are being granted by the Djinns. Thursday is the day when most people come with their petitions and leave offerings. It is believed that the Djinns love Delhi so much that they cannot bear to see it deserted. The day beliefs die, city dies and you die.

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A trip to Mewar – Haldighati

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How one could forget┬а the deep loyalty of Chetak towards its master when in todays time loyalty is missing amongst the human beings. We were also thrilled to find so many peacocks in that area. It was just beautiful. I had never dreamt of visiting the famous Haldi Ghati battlefield site that also along with my closest kith and kin and that also driving my own car. After a few minutes we were on highway and from there Nathdwara town was about 4 km towards left. The beautiful evening was soon on the verge of merging with the queen of night as it was winters though the time was just about 5.20 p.m. Mausam khushgawar tha,door ghar baar tha , main apni car mein sawar tha aur kuchh hi doori par Srinath ji ka dwar tha. And the song playing in my mind at that time was yaara sili sili birha ki raat ka jalna from the movie Lekin. Lekin kyu….. pata nahin.

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Ride to Rajasthan (Pune to Mt Abu) – Abu to Vadodra (almost) return

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Sharath was riding at around 100 kmph and hit this Donkey head on тАж!!!!

We were wondering and thanking God that he didnтАЩt fall off his bike and control it to stop it. It would have been a terrible accident, but in this he completely damaged the Fender of the bike. For non Bikers, Fender is the front portion you see in some bikes, pictorial representation will help !!! ☺

The fender was completely damaged and it was not possible to ride the bike with the damaged fender, it needs to be replaced or broken completely otherwise it was restricting the handle movement.
We were happy that Sharath got saved, and the donkey was alive ☺, but now we have a bigger problem in hand. We are in the middle of no-where with 1 man not feeling well, and 1 bike damaged.

While we were trying to break off the damaged fender so that that bike may be taken to the nearest mechanic, Ayush was getting bad to worse тАж he was completely dehydrated and fell flat on the Highway тАж 12:00 noon тАж around 38-40 degrees тАж no-one around and Ayush Lying on the road тАж the others breaking the fender so that the bike can to taken to the nearest mechanic тАж !!!

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A trip to Mewar – Karni Mandir, Ekling Ji and Sukhadia circle

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It was about 3 p.m that we exited from ahar museum and decided to go to Ekling ji which is situated on Udaipur-Ajmer highway before the historical Nathdwara town. When I was on my way to Ekling Ji just after 7-8 kms it resembled as Iwas driving in some hilly state(hills on one side and deep gorges on other side was the scenic view. So it was now only 2nd and 3rd gear for me. Frankly I didn’t expect such a terrain in Rajasthan. We as a unit were awed by the beauty this stte was offering. When we reached EKLING JI, the temple was closed and it was full one hour foe the gates to open. We paid our obescience from outside only and vrooom back to Udaipur. I would like to mention here that the temle is under maharan mewar trust and security guards posted there also bore badges of mewar security. Historically it is said that Bappa Rawal, founder of Mewarkingdom got blessings at this place only from god Ekling Ji to esrtablish the mewar empire.

SUKHADIA CIRCLE
It was fourth day in Udaipur and now it looke like this was my own city. I ┬аfelt so attachment with this city.Clean roads, sensible traffic sense, good ambience and culturally strong, this city had just cast its spell on us. I don,t know which route I took but that route took us straight to Sukhadia circle which looked like a min picnic cum entertainment spot. More than me, Bhakti and Pavani were happy on reaching there. The spot which excited Bhakti and me was a large common place with about 30 shops under one roof filled with street food and fodies we are though I try to control this urge(plz insert 20). And the square (Sukhadia circle) was in form of a very small lake (gol-gol) with small boats in the shape of ducks in it(that excited little daughter, Pavani). I think the place got its name from Mohan Lal Sukhadia Ji, if I am right or someone kindly correct me.Agenda at Sukhadia circle:

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DakshinaChitra тАУ A cross cultural living museum in Chennai, Tamilnadu

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We went to DakshinaChitra in the month of December 2010 by our car. The entry fee for DakshinaChitra is Rs 75/- (adult) and Rs 20/- (Children between 5 to 12 years) and Rs 30/- (student between 12-18 years). Although this place is located at the outskirts of Chennai (or to be precise 45 kms from the city) it is very well connected from city. Regular buses and taxis are available for going to this place. This place can be very well visited if you are visiting Mahabalipuram or Pondicherry and can spare 1-2 hours in between.

So after purchasing we entered inside the DakshinaChitra.On our left there were shops selling crafts item .Also at the entrance we found Jagannath PuriтАЩs idols was kept in the courtyard area. We were then informed by the staff there that they were celebrating Orissa craft festival so craftsmanтАЩs from Orissa has come here to exhibit their art and culture.

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Walking The Royal Mile

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Each floor had a different theme of illusions. I liked the floor with 3D illusions the best. There were a lot of interactive illusions as well. And the best part? They encouraged you to touch everything! The Mirror Maze was also fun. My mom kept walking into the mirrors, and I finally had to go in and help her get out.

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The Spell of Bundi, Rajasthan : Reaching Bundi

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Hence, our first stop was at at ‘Salim Paper’ at Sanganer. From what we had learnt, this would be a cottage industry like place where one could see paper making and block printing. So we reached after going circles in the village, and ultimately realising that the place was right at the beginning. If you tell them that you are from ‘Arya Niwas’, they take you through a guided tour of ‘Paper Making’. This was our first visit to a ‘Paper Making’ factory and it was an extremely educative experience. The place was large, expansive and had sections where different jobs took place. The lady took us through the entire process with a lot of patience. The first step is to make the pulp by mashing waste cloth-cuttings that they procure from all the factories around. So essentially the raw material was waste organics being recycled and that was heartening to know. The cloth is shredded to very tiny pieces that are kept submerged in water for a few days. After that the whole cloth-water solution is rolled over and over again to form a thick pulp. This pulp is then further rolled to form a smoother paste. Color and condiments like rose/marigold petals, leaves are added now. Then the paste is spread on metal sheets and left to dry in the sun. Each sheet individually! Hence the paper is born. The dried paper sheet is taken off the metal based and pressed through machines. And thereafter, different actions are taken to make use of this paper. So we saw techniques of cutting, printing, pasting and finishing.

To give the viewers an experience to take home, and of course as a model for this tour fee, they also have a small shop/display counter. The only way we could have reciprocated the gesture was to buy some stuff so we bought quite a lot. Most of that was exciting and relatable as we were purchasing exactly what we saw being made right then. All of it was for European and American markets and were indeed of supreme quality. So we made a good collection of fancy paper bags, craft kits, various kinds of papers etc. that my daughter is waiting to rob off her mother for her school projects.

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