12-Mar-2010
Travel
Enjoy the kaleidoscopic coming and going of families from cities and villages for bathing and worshipping here. Walk a little further up from Har ki Pauri to find almost vacant ghats behind the looming Lord Shiva statue on the highway to Rishikesh. Geese, gulls and a few black cormorants are great company here.
Tags: India, Uttarakhand, travel, travelogue, Haridwar, Ganga, photo-journal, Maha-Kumbh-Mela-2010, travel-guide
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12-Mar-2010
Travel
A few snapshots of the wild and familiar flora on the banks of Neel dhara Ganga, capture a feel of the place…
Tags: India, Uttarakhand, travel, travelogue, Haridwar, Ganga, photo-journal, Maha-Kumbh-Mela-2010, travel-guide
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17-Feb-2010
Travel
Vindhyachal on the banks of River Ganga in Eastern Uttar Pradesh may not be as famous as neighbouring Varanasi and Sarnath, but is a traveller's delight, nonetheless. Districts Mirzapur, Sonbhadra and Chandauli cover Vindhyachal and offer a world of unimagined experiences. Brace up…
Tags: India, Uttar-Pradesh, Varanasi, Vindhyachal, travel, travel-guide, festival, Mirzapur
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16-Feb-2010
Travel
Fairs or Melas rejuvenate Vindhyachal round the year. The area covers the districts of Mirzapur, Sonbhadra and Chandauli in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are occasions of spiritual relevance celebrated with undying faith. Twice a year, Navratri is a special splash of colour, sound and fragrance to celebrate Shakti-Puja in Vindhyachal.
Tags: India, Uttar-Pradesh, Varanasi, Vindhyachal, travel, travel-guide, festival, festival-calendar
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08-Jun-2009
Travel
We kept silent as per the norms of a jungle safari, which enabled us to watch the tiger for about fifteen minutes at a spot. Any sort of action with a tiger in front of us could have got all of us in big trouble as a one year old tiger is big enough to hunt any animal except the elephant.
Tags: Kumaon-Himalaya, Jim-Corbett-National-park, travelogue, weekend-destination, travel-guide, Dhikala, Uttarakhand, photo-journal
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