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Travel India Bhimbetka Caves

  Earliest Human Settlements in India The Bhimbetka Caves, or Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, (also known as ‘Bhim Baithaka’ meaning Bhim’s seat), located at the southern edge of the Vindhyachal Hills, 45 km south of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, contain 15,000… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Architecture, Caves, Culture, Forests, History, Nature, Travel India, World Heritagae
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Travel India Mirchi (Chilli)

       the World’s Most Used Spice If you visit tourist places in Goa and Kerala, you can visit spice gardens. Some plantation owners have improvised their spice gardens into tourist attractions. You can see a variety of plants which give… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Food, Indian Food, Spices, Travel India
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Travel India Jaisalmer

                                          The Golden City  Where would you go if you wanted to see sand, desert and sand dunes in India?The best place is Jaisalmer – in the middle of Thar Desert in Rajasthan.JaisalmerThe small town of Jaisalmer, nicknamed “The… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Architecture, Birds, Cities, Culture, Desert, History, Lakes and Waterfalls, Nature, Palaces and Forts, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India, Wildlife
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Travel India Leh III

    Enigmatic land of Sand and Snow  In the first part, I gave an overview of Ladakh and took the reader east of Leh to Changla Pass and Pangong Lake. In the second part, I wrote about some wonderful… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Adventure Sports, Culture, Forests, Hill Stations, Lakes and Waterfalls, Nature, Palaces and Forts, Pilgrimages, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India
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Travel India Leh – II

   Enigmatic land of Sand and Snow In the first part, I gave an overview of Leh and Ladakh. And I took the readers on a journey east of Leh – past Shey, Thiksey, Hemis and Chemrey, over Changla Pass… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Architecture, Culture, Hill Stations, Lakes and Waterfalls, Nature, Palaces and Forts, Pilgrimages, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India, World Heritagae
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Travel India Leh – I

                                                      Enigmatic land of Sand and Snow          Ladakh is unique. It is unlike any other place in the world. It really belongs to a bye gone era forgotten by time itself. Ladakh is the enigmatic land of sand… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Culture, Hill Stations, History, Lakes and Waterfalls, Nature, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India, Wildlife
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Travel India Haridwar

Gateway to the Gods                                                                                                                                                      Haridwar (also called Hardwar) is a timeless, beautiful, holy city on the banks of the river Ganga or Ganges River. The word Haridwar, meaning Gateway to the Gods, is derived from two words… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Culture, Nature, Pilgrimages, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India
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Travel India Elaichi (Cardamon)

                                         the Queen of Spices     If you visit tourist places in Goa and Kerala, you can visit spice gardens.Some plantation owners have improvised their spice gardens into tourist attractions. You can see a variety of plants where different… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
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Travel India Rishikesh

                                                      Gateway to the Himalayas                                                      Rishikesh is a picturesque holy city on the banks of the Ganga or Ganges River at the foothills of the Himalayas. Rishikesh and its surroundings are ideal for Vedic learning, yoga, spiritual meditation… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Adventure Sports, Culture, Forests, national parks, Pilgrimages, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India, Wildlife
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Travel India Ratnagiri

the land of the Golden Haapus                 or Alphonso Mangoes                                Ratnagiri is a small idyllic coastal town – 330 kilometres south of Mumbai. It is famous for golden Haapus or Alfonso mangoes and for the horse shoe shaped fort. Haapus… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Caves, Islands and Beaches, Palaces and Forts, Travel India
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Travel India Dharmasthala

  and the legendary Veerendra Heggade               I have visited a number of educational and medical institutions in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu of South India. Most of them are beautifully supplementing the work the Government is doing. In 2004, I… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Culture, Pilgrimages, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India, Wildlife
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Travel India Kali Mirch

  Spices of India – My Favourite Spice                                                                                                                                                         My favourite spice is Kali Mirch. I love to sprinkle a little powdered Kali Mirch on my buttered toast every morning. And my wife uses it in a number of dishes.… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Food, History, Indian Food, Spices, Travel India
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