The First of the Char Dhams Visiting Char Dham or the ‘four holy pilgrimages’ – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri is every devout Hindu’s dream. When I was very small, my grandmother went on a pilgrimage to Yamunotri, Gangotri, Badrinath… Read more ›
National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai The First National Fossil Wood Park of India There are no real Jurassic Parks on earth. But there are Fossil Parks which to the scientists are as interesting as the fictional Jurassic Parks. Fossils Fossils… Read more ›
The Holy Sagar Island When I was a young student in Calcutta, I often heard about Gangasagar (also known as Sagar Island, Sagar Deep or simply Sagar). There is a popular saying that you can visit all the places of… Read more ›
The southern most of Adi Shankaracharya’s Four Dhams Rameswaram is a small town on Pamban Island – an island in South India – separated from the Indian mainland by the Pamban Channel. Rameswaram is the place used by Lord Rama… Read more ›
The City of Temples and the Gate Way to the South I have visited the 2500 old Madurai City many many times. The Meenakshi Temple is the largest and most beautiful temple dedicated to any female deity in India. Madurai… Read more ›
A Lost Empire Hampi is today a small hamlet in Karnataka (South India) with a population of about two thousand. It is difficult to visualise that once upon a time, this was the glorious city of Vijayanagar (meaning City of… Read more ›
Gol Gumbaj – 2nd largest dome in the world Bijapur is famous for two things: · Its acoustic wonder Gol Gumbaj – with its 2nd largest dome in the world, and the · Malik-e-Maidan (Monarch of the Fields) – one… Read more ›
The Pink City Prince amongst the cities of India Jaipur, or the Pink City, is the undisputed prince amongst the cities of India. Status of Royalty in India – Pathetic Someone wrote to me enquiring about the present status of… Read more ›
Land of the White Tiger Have you ever wondered where white tigers come from? Almost all of them, the world over, owe their origin to the forests around Bandhavgarh. And they are the progeny of a single male white tiger… Read more ›
Spices of India 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 spices come from.… Read more ›
Home of the Indian, or Great One horned, Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) It was midsummer time. The grass was sparse. We were travelling in a jeep because all the elephants were already booked. We sighted the first Rhinoceros. It was a… Read more ›
