Historical

On The Ramayana Trail in Sri Lanka

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The high point of our yatra was the visit to Sigiriya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Sigiriya or Simha Giriya ( Lion Rock ) is a gigantic rock formation ( 660 ft high ) on top of which a complex capital city was built by one king Kashyap and which was said to have been later usurped by Ravana. Still later, it was used by Buddhists to promote their religion. The rock and its surroundings presents a unique concentration of urban planning, architecture, gardening, engineering, hydraulic technology and art.

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Maharashtra Jyotirlings – Aundha Nagnath, Baijnath and Grhrineshwar

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рдзрд░реНрдорд╢рд╛рд▓рд╛ рдореЗрдВ рд░реВрдо рдХрд╛ рдкрддрд╛ рдХрд┐рдпрд╛ рддреЛ рдХреЛрдИ 700 рдХреЛрдИ 500 рдорд╛рдВрдЧ рд░рд╣рд╛ рдерд╛, рд╣рд╛рд▓рд╛рдВрдХрд┐ рд╡рд╣рд╛рдВ рдордиреНрджрд┐рд░ рдЯреНрд░рд╕реНрдЯ рдХрд╛ рдзрд░реНрдорд╢рд╛рд▓рд╛ рднреА рд╣реИ рд╡реЛ рдордиреНрджрд┐рд░ рдХреЗ рдкреАрдЫреЗ рдХреА рдФрд░ рд╣реИ рдФрд░ рдХрд┐рд╕реА рдкрдгреНрдбрд┐рдд рдиреЗ рдмрддрд╛рдпрд╛ рдХреА рд╡рд╣рд╛рдВ рд╕рд┐рд░реНрдл 100 рд░реБрдкрдП рд╣реА рд░реБрдХрдиреЗ рдХрд╛ рдХрд┐рд░рд╛рдпрд╛ рд╣реИ, рдЙрдиреНрд╣реА рдкрдгреНрдбрд┐рдд рдЬреА рд╕реЗ рд╣рдордиреЗ рдЕрднрд┐рд╖реЗрдХ рдХрд░рд╡рд╛рдиреЗ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рдмрд╛рдд рдХреА рддреЛ рд╡реЛ рднреА рд╣рдорд╛рд░реЗ рд╕рд╛рде рд╣реЛ рд▓рд┐рдП рдХреА рдЪрд▓рд┐рдП рдкрд╣рд▓реЗ рдЖрдкрдХреЛ рд░реВрдо рдХреА рд╡реНрдпрд╡рд╕реНрдерд╛ рдХрд░рд╡рд╛рддрд╛ рд╣реВрдБ рдлрд┐рд░ рдЖрд░рд╛рдо рд╕реЗ рдЕрднрд┐рд╖реЗрдХ рдФрд░ рдкреВрдЬрд╛ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдП рдЪрд▓рдирд╛ рдХреНрдпреЛрдВрдХрд┐ рд╕реЛрдорд╡рд╛рд░ рд╣реЛрдиреЗ рдХреА рд╡рдЬрд╣ рд╕реЗ рдмрд╛рдмрд╛ рдХрд╛ рдкреВрдЬрд╛ рдЕрднрд┐рд╖реЗрдХ 7 рдмрдЬреЗ рддрдХ рдХрд░рдиреЗ рдХреА рдЗрдЬрд╛рдЬрдд рдордиреНрджрд┐рд░ рдкреНрд░рдмрдиреНрдзрди рджреЗрддрд╛ рд╣реИ,

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The land of monasteries and mysteries of God……

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I entered the ‘Spiti Valley – The Middle Land’ realizing that i have lost all the contact with the world outside. If everything goes according to the plan, it would be after 3 days i.e. on 7th Oct evening when I’ll get the network back upon reaching Manali. But for now let me enjoy the beauty of the Spiti Valley for the final 27 kms left to cover from Sumdo to Tabo. As the valley now divided into two parts ‘Light & Shade’ looked magnificent in the setting sun….

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Casa Loma – Toronto’s own Camelot

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On the right side of Great Hall there was Billiard Room and Smoking room.In the Billard room Management of Casa Loma has arranged a small documentary about Casa Loma which is included in the ticket.It is very nice documentary and give all the tourist idea about Sir Henry Pellatt and his lifeтАЩs up and downs.After watching documentary ┬аI realized one thing тАЬSamay kisi ka nahi hotaтАЭ or you can say all that has happened in his life was тАЬGrahon ka khelтАЭ. Richest company ┬а┬аturns into Bankruptcy. I was so sad after seeing the documentary. Sir Pellatt himself has to ┬аabandoned his dream of Castle for a fraction of worth during bad time.Then we went to next room Sir PellattтАЩstudy room

Study Room : This is another beautiful room with nice wall paneling , beautiful artistic work around fire place.This room has a mahogany panel which conceals the secret┬а door on either side of the fireplace that leads to staircase leading to First floor.

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Sojourn in the Misty Lansdowne

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They joyously agreed on my Lansdowne suggestion and persuaded me to arrange for some good accommodation. I must thank our family friend Gen Mohan Bhandari, who graciously agreed to do the needful. . On instructions from my daughter from New York, I had given a bath to тАШHappyтАЩ 0n 1 Oct- a day before our impending holiday.

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Top 7 Things to do in Rome, Italy

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People say that Vatican city is a country and it’s the smallest country. In Vatican city my mother, father and me had gone to St Peter’s Basilica. Inside it, there were really beautiful paintings. I was bored that time, but my mother and father had a really good experience

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рд╕реБрдиреЛ рдирдВрджреА

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рдирд╡реАрдВ рд╕рджреА рдореЗрдВ рдмрдиреЗ рдЗрд╕ рдордВрджрд┐рд░ рдореЗрдВ рдкрд╣реБрдВрдЪрдиреЗ рдкрд░ рддреБрдореНрд╣реЗ рд╡рд╣рд╛рдВ рд╡рд┐рд░рд╛рдЬрдорд╛рди рджреЗрдЦрдХрд░ рдмрдЪреНрдЪреЛрдВ рдХреЛ рд╕рдордЭ рдЖ рдЧрдпрд╛ рдХрд┐ рднрдЧрд╡рд╛рди рд╢рд┐рд╡ рдХрд╛ рдордВрджрд┐рд░ рд╣реИ. рдФрд░ рдпреЗ рднреА рдХрд┐ рдирдиреНрджреАрд╢реНрд╡рд░рд╛ рдХрд╛ рдЕрд░реНрде рд╣реИ рдирдВрджреА рдХреЗ рдИрд╢реНрд╡рд░ред рдХрд┐рдиреНрддреБ рдПрдХ рдмрд╛рд▓рд┐рдХрд╛ рдХреЛ рддреБрдореНрд╣рд╛рд░реЗ рдХрд╛рди рдореЗрдВ рдХреБрдЫ рдХрд╣рддрд╛ рджреЗрдЦ рдЕрдЪрд░рдЬрд╝ рд╣реБрдЖ. рдХреМрддреВрд╣рд▓

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Kolkata to Kumaon – At Lucknow

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It was around 1330 hrs when we completed the places and headed for our hotel, which was not very far. Had a lunch and in the afternoon went to the tomb of “Saadat Ali Khan”.

Just almost opposite the tomb was “Begam Hazrat Mahal Park”, which was build in the honour of a beautiful and courageous woman, dated back in 1962.

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Beauty of the caves of AJANTA

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The train was on time and I reached Aurangabad around 10 am. I took breakfast near bus stand and then caught a straight bus to Ajanta. Ajanta is around 90 kms from Aurangabad and situated en-route Aurangabad-Jalgaon. Bus services are very frequent on this route.

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Kolkata to Kumaon- the lake city Nainital

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Our first halt was at тАЬcave gardenтАЭ .A network of inter connected rocky caves and hanging gardens, it leads the visitor into a mysterious and ancient dream world and gives the tourist an encapsulated glimpse of what the wilderness of the hill region can offer right in the middle of civilization. An wonderful world of our prehistoric ancestors. Six caves were in the form of Tiger, Panther, Porcupine, Bat cave etc.

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Kolkata to Kumaon – Patal Bhubaneswar and Mukteswar

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Apart from mythology the limestone creation is thrill fully unique, the cave is still building from crystallization. The many forms resembles the tail of Gods, one unique formation described as the spine of тАЬSesh NagтАЭ and one ice like formation is called тАЬJyotaтАЭ of Mahadeva, a mushroom like formation holds four stalactites called the four тАШYugтАЭ. It is said that when a specific stalagmite would touch the stalactite hence the тАЬSatya with KaliтАЭ, the earth may end. For both the believers and non-believers the place gives a life time experience.

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In the lap of reclusive Choukry

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As we had to cover less than 100 kms, so we started little late after breakfast at 0900 hrs. Though I had to face the same huddled road of Munsiyari but the situation was little different then as most of the patches were there while we climbed the road so keeping in mind that those would be on the slope I feel little relaxed and we started again from Munsiyari.

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