Guardian of the Western Ghats Panhala is a beautiful hill station – 977.2 metres ( 3177 feet) above sea level – about 18 km north-west of Kolhapur in the state of Maharashtra. The most interesting thing here is Panhala Fort… Read more ›
Jyotirlinga Shrine Visiting Char Dham or the ‘four holy pilgrimages’ – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri is every devout Hindu’s dream. Kedarnath Perched at the head of Mandakini river, 3584 metres above sea level, the Kedarnath Temple is the most… Read more ›
The Most revered Temple of Lord Vishnu Visiting Char Dham or the ‘four holy pilgrimages’ – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri is every devout Hindu’s dream. Badrinath also known as ‘Vishal Badri’ is situated on the banks of Alaknanda river… Read more ›
The permanent residence of Lord Vishnu In every big city of India, you will come across advertisements of exhibition cum sale of pearls and other semi precious stones. In these exhibitions, you will also see rudrakshas, shaligrams and similar… Read more ›
The Birth Place of Ganga Visiting Char Dham or the ‘four holy pilgrimages’ – Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri and Yamunotri is every devout Hindu’s dream. I stood on the bank of the river Bhagirathi bubbling and gurgling on its 1,500 miles… Read more ›
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 ›
