Religious

Deoria Tal – Tungnath – Chandrashila

By Vipin

The last night’s amazing views of the sky dotted with innumerable twinkling stars left me spell bound and I was eagerly waiting for the sunrise. Next day, I got up at 4 and asked the tent shop owner to wake up the guide. After half an hour later, we started our climb to the peak and reached there well before time and now all (all bengalis except us as this place interestingly is mostly visited by the bengalis, witness to that are the shop signboards in bengali) were waiting for the sunrise. As soon as the sun rose from behind the Nanda Devi peak, all were all set to capture the golden ring created by the sunrise. Our guide told us the names of all the Himalayan peaks that ranges from Nanda Devi till Yamunotri Peak from right to left where Chaukhamba is the most dominating peak in the middle.

Rays of Light

By Manisha Chitale

We started our walk and soon saw the first of the Sarnath monument, the Chaukhandi Stupa. A beautiful, well kept garden surrounding the Stupa welcomes you with dancing butterflies and chirping birds. Chaukhandi Stupa has a square base. This stupa was built during Gupta times. And later during Islamic rule, it got the peculiar head with edges. Built in red bricks, it was an impressive site, standing tall under a blue sky, silently remembering the era by gone.
This main road of Sarnath is lined with some beautiful Buddhist temples donated and built by several east Asian Buddhist nations. It really shows their affection and devotion towards Gautam Buddha and it’s land.

Patal Bhuvaneshwar – Paradise regained !!!

By SilentSoul

We left Jageshwar around 10, refreshed and forgetting the horrible incident of yesterday night. When we came out of Jageshwar road, there are two ways to go to Patal Bhuvaneshwar. The normal and shorter route is that we turn towards Almora and 5 Kms after Jageshwar turn right and passing Bare Chhina, Shera Ghat and by-passing Beri Nag, we reach Patal Bhuvaneshwar.

The other road, we were told is longer and lonely. So we decided to take this longer route, because we had enough time and I am so happy to drive on lonely roads. We turned to our left towards Gangolihat. The road was Ok for most of the parts and we hardly saw any car crossing us. Occasionally 2 or 3 trucks passed. The scene was beautiful and awesome.

The River and the City

By Manisha Chitale

The airport is located in Babatpur, a slightly funny name but when you see the airport name displayed in bold letters as Lal Bahadur Shastri aiport, suddenly it gains stature and you feel a connection, a long lost memory jogged. And you remember a story of young Lal bahadur swimming across the Ganga for his studies.

Jageshwar – A Horrible New Year !!

By SilentSoul

Hot food was delicious. Families were preparing for good sleep after such long and tiring journey and I was standing at the balcony watching a few people going here and there. The time was around 10 and town was sleeping, just a chai-wala still open. Then I saw New Scorpio and Skoda coming and parking behind our cars. There was loud music coming from the cars and the people in cars started coming out. They were all between age 22-30 and were talking loudly. I smiled thinking they must be some new year seekers and after not getting hotel anywhere , reached here by mistake.

We switched off the lights and went for sleep. Sleep was almost waiting for us to lie down. It was around 11 in night that we all woke up from our sleep with the loud noise. The boys had opened all doors of the scorpion and they were playing the music system at full volume. We tried to sleep but the music was so loud that it was impossible. I assured my family that soon they will be tired and would sleep after 12.

An Egyptian Diary: Post script

By D.L.Narayan

India and Egypt shave a lot in common. Both are ancient civilisations and have emerged from centuries of foreign rule. Though the population is only 80 million, there is a lot of ethnic diversity with some who can pass off for Europeans, some who look like Africans and the rest of them look North African or Arab. Not surprising, if one takes into account its history and its geographic location, which is at the intersection of Asia, Africa and Europe…

Driving in the high altitude cold desert….

By Aditya

05 Oct 2011 Travel to the place Where we have enough space, Work without race, No tension on face. Before continuing let me take…

Dhaari Devi – धारी देवी (उत्तराखण्ड)

By SilentSoul

So one night the head priest was awakened by someone and he saw Mother kali standing near his bed, eyes red with anger. She asked the priest to stop sacrificing the animals in her name, otherwise she would destroy his family. The priest woke up next morning in high fever and trembling with fear and announced “No more Balis” in the temple. The locals were infuriated as nobody believed his dream ! But seeing the adamant priest, who himself was enjoying the bali meat, they decided that the sacrifice will not be done at the temple but at Bhairon Gufa, 1 Km ahead the stream. So this Kali temple became the first sacrifice free temple of Devi in Uttranchal. I leave your own mind to judge the story as per your belief.

A trip to Narkanda – Sangla – Chitkul – Kalpa – Jalori Pass

By Pradeep Narayan

After crossing the dam towards Sangla, condition of road was not very good and it was narrow too, however it was fun driving through this chilling route along with green Baspa. My wife and son were also lost in this beautiful valley but my 13 yr daughter was alert enough to remind me to blow the horn at every blind turn which I think is advisable while driving on hills. Before reaching Sangla my kids were excited enough to peep the scenic beauty through the sunroof.

Kali Mathh -काली मठ

By SilentSoul

Kali Mathh is the only hindu temple, where they dont worship any pindi or any idol or photo. It is only that hole which Kali caused, which is worshipped here. All Shaktas at least once in their life, visit this place, specially Bengali Shakta followers. Even if you do not have deep religious appetite, the place is so beautiful, untouched by tourists and civilisation, that it would be a mistake not to have visited there by anybody loving Himalayas.

So in a wintery Feb,2010 I fixed programme with my childhood friends, Pradeep, Awasthi and Vijay to be ready for a surprise visit ! We started from Delhi early morning around 5 am and crossing the usually jammed roads, in the fastest way possible and reached Haridwar around 9. Taking a quick dip in Ganges, we continued our journey uphill and next stop was at Devprayag. You all know it is from Devprayag that the name Ganga starts, after Bhagirathi meets with Alaknanda. We stopped for a while for “Pind-daan” of my father who died 2 months before.

Neelkanth Mahadev Temple: Khajuraho of Rajasthan

By Amit Kumar

Alwar-Sariska belt is an exquisite place for its variety of offerings. Of course, there is Sariska National Park, which remains on top of the…

Ujjain Darshan-2 / उज्जैन दर्शन-2

By Mukesh Bhalse

मोक्षदायिनी शिप्रा (क्षिप्रा) नदी: श्री हरसिद्धि मंदिर के पीछे कुछ ही दुरी पर क्षिप्रा नदी है. उज्जैन इस पवित्र नदी के पूर्वी छोर पर बसा हुआ है. इसके तट पर अनेक ऋषि मुनियों ने साधना की है. स्कन्द पूरण में कहा गया है की सारे भूमंडल पर शिप्रा के सामान कोई दूसरी नदी नहीं है, जिसके तट पर क्षण भर खड़े रह जाने मात्र से ही मुक्ति मिल जाती है. इसके पावन तट पर महँ सिंहस्थ (कुम्भ मेला) के अलावा सोमवती -श्रीशनिश्चरी अमावस्या, कार्तिक पूर्णिमा व ग्रहण आदि पर्वों पर लाखों नर नारी स्नान करके पुण्य लाभ प्राप्त करते हैं. क्षिप्रा महासभा द्वारा प्रतिदिन गोधुली बेला में क्षिप्रा की महा आरती की जाती है.

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