Witnessing a pilgrimage and patriotism at Amritsar and a Madness at Wagha Border
When I was in Ludhiana, one day I received a call from my friend Gunjan to plan a single day trip to any nearby…
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Spending a Day on Mehrauli (Delhi) – Gurgaon Road
The Qutab Minar is one of the historic monuments listed in a UNESCO World heritage Site situated at Mehrauli – South Delhi was constructed in 1192 by Qutub-ud-din-Aibak , Viceroy & General in Mohammad Ghori of Ghazni’s army to mark their victory over Delhi . It is an excellent example of Indo-Islamic architecture. The Qutub Minar has beautiful calligraphy in Arabic. There are many carvings as well on the Qutub Minar. Qutab Minar is tallest brick minaret in the world inspired by the minaret of Jam in Afghanistan.
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Orchha, A precious ‘Gem’ of Bundelkhand.
Orchha, is a charming village on the banks of river Betwa, a prominent river system in the Bundelkhand region. For those who are not…
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In the Lap of the Apple Heartland – Narkanda (HP)
Bugged by the exasperating workload, we headed off to Shimla this weekend, to find solace, but only to bump into the whole of Delhi…
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A packed weekend trip Delhi–Pushkar -Ajmer-Jaipur – Delhi
Driving on petrol is a pain and it ruins your ghumakkarness. Therefore I bought a new diesel IKON on this Dhanteras. On the day…
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Chitrakoot – Hill of Many wonders
This is part 2 of my visit to Chitrakoot and contains a brief of my visit to the many shrines that dot the district. Part 1 of my visit or the Road Review can be found here. Karwi Railway station is named Chitrakoot Dham. However the actual Chitrakoot is about 5-6 km before Karwi when approaching from Banda. The religious shrines are spread over the town on both sides of the UP – MP border. Since I am not an expert on the Hindu religion I am going to be quoting a lot from Wikipedia, so do bear with me. The photographs though are all mine.The important shrines include the Ramghat, Kamadgiri, Bharat Milap, Janaki Kund, Sati Anusuya ashram, Sphatic Shila, Gupt-Godavari, Hanuman Dhara and the Bharat Koop.
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Last year, I along with a friend went to Mathura and Vrindavan. This was sort of my mother’s plan. Since I was in Delhi,…
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My visit to Dwarka in Gujarat
dwarka is a place of religious visit…though many of us visit it as tourist..we decided to visit dwarka and somnath this diwali. without any prior bookings other than train to somnath…
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Banaras…..The City of Religion, Tradition and Culture
So, again I am here with another experience of ghumakkadi in my life. Though, I have read blogs on the locations are written in…
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Hospitality in Inhospitable Spiti Valley – Part 2
In part 1, I talked about my journey to the Spiti Valley and the stay of two nights at the monastery of Tabo. As…
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Hospitality in Inhospitable Spiti Valley – Part 1
I have been offline for quite some time and so much has happened on Ghumakkar! Looks like everyone has been busy travelling. Many interesting…
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A Short Discovery Trip to Jageshwar and Nainital, while It Rained the Night
Next day we had to take a trip round touristy spots of the place, before driving back to Bareilly. The next whole day, when the weather was very pleasant, was a rediscovery of Nainital for most of us and a new discovery for a few (the rediscovery for them to be posted later). I am leaving you with a few moments frozen from the next day.
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