Day 217 of Indian places making you smile – the well planned city of Chandigarh
Day 217 of Indian places giving smiles…the capital of two states Chandigarh I had heard that Chandigarh was nicknamed ‘City Beautiful’ but it is only when I went there that I wished we could have had more time to admire the full beauty of this place. We were in the first planned city of independent […]
Day 216 of Indian places giving smiles – the Goddess at Guwahati
It was just a thought in my head. I then wrote it down. Yes before I die I would like to see the natural scenery from the top of a mountain in North East India! Three days later I knew that this could actually happen. I was all excited by my last minute decision […]
Day 215 of Indian Places giving smiles – the beautiful district of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.
Day 215 of Indian Places giving smiles – the beautiful district of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. After one week of roaming in wilderness, we were happy to get back to the comforts of a normal bedroom with clean western style attached toilets at our hotel at Tawang where we would stay for next 2 nights. […]
Day 214 of Indian places giving smiles – The tegal city of Hyderabad As a teenager I had gone to Hyderabad on a community picnic as a group of more than 100 members and I was more interested in impressing people than being impressed with the place. Fifteen years later, we suddenly decided to go to […]
Day 213 of Indian places giving you smiles – Jaipur, the Capital of the state of Kings
Day 213 of Indian places giving you smiles – Jaipur, the Capital of the state of Kings This time we are taking you to a State that literally is considered to be the place of the kings – Raja-sthan! These descendants of the original warrier caste of Kshatriyas were called King’s sons or Raja-putras […]
Day 212 of India places giving smiles – The Chariot of Gods festival at Puri
The annual chariot festival of the Gods also called Rath yatra is the high point of all the Festivals celebrated in Puri and has been attracting lakhs of devotees and pilgrims since time immemorial. To see the Lord on the Chariot on the Rath yatra day is to secure salvation from the cycles of […]
Day 211 of Indian Places gives smiles – an unusual unplanned trip to Nagarhole
Day 211 of Indian Places gives smiles – an unusual unplanned trip to Nagarhole Just read an article about how the new generation Indians travel. It is more about the experience than about the sight-seeing. And my 25 year old son has been doing it for years…he just takes off without notice to some unknown […]
Day 210 of Indian places giving smiles – Miracle of Goddess at flames of Jwalaji
Day 210 of Indian places giving smiles – Miracle of Goddess at flames of Jwalaji After one of my biggest workshops for almost 100 people in a remote hilly town called Gagal, I was thrilled to get an excellent feedback and my supportive colleague wanted to relax in the glory of a job well done. […]
Day 209 of Indian places giving smiles – Dwarka, the ancient kingdom of Lord Krishna
Day 209 of Indian places giving smiles – Dwarka, the ancient kingdom of Lord Krishna When we reached the Dwarkadeesh Temple at noon, we were approached by many Pandits. And the first thing that we noticed about them was their colourful and rich looking attire. In fact even the ladies of Gujarat like to dress […]
Day 208 of Indian places giving you smiles – Raipur- The Capital of Chhattisgarh
Day 208 of Indian places giving you smiles – Raipur- The Capital of Chhattisgarh As my airplane descended at the Swami Vivekananda airport in Raipur, I wondered what was in store for me about a city that I had not heard much about until it became the capital of a newly formed state of […]