Day 254 of Indian places making you smile – the simplicity of the Rural Kendrapara district
Day 254 of Indian places making you smile – the simplicity of the Rural Kendrapara district On the last day of our trip to Orissa, we got to see a rural side of the state that was not seen by many tourists. We had a long drive on the state highway and stopped only to […]
Day 253 of Indian places making you smile – the birthplace of Saint Jalaram Bapu – Virpur
Day 253 of Indian places making you smile – the birthplace of Saint Jalaram Bapu – Virpur As we drove on the National highway on the way to Rajkot, we stopped at Virpur which is the birthplace of the holy saint Jalaram Bapu. This was my second visit to the place as four years ago […]
Day 252 of Indian places making you smile – the lake at Karnal
Day 252 of Indian places making you smile – the lake at Karnal We had a long drive on the good roads of the National Highway also famously known as the Grand Trunk road. It was time to stop for an authentic local breakfast and we selected a roadside ‘dhaba’ at Karnal. We relished our […]
Day 251of Indian places making you smile – The blue city of Jodhpur
Day 251of Indian places making you smile – The blue city of Jodhpur In 2006, the papers were filled with news about the marriage of Elizebeth Hurley with Arun Nayyar. I was more interested in the beauty of the place in which they got married. One week later my we would ourselves staying in one […]
Day 250 of Indian places making you smile – The village of creative artisans Pipli
Day 250 of Indian places making you smile – The village of creative artisans Pipli Our first stop just 40 kms away was at the Pipili appliqué village. As the name suggested this was the place that could be considered as the origin of the colourful appliqué work done by the local community called the […]
Day 249 of Indian places making you smile –The city of the old fort Junagadh
Day 249 of Indian places making you smile –The city of the old fort Junagadh After driving through the Girnar hills we found ourselves at Junagadh which literally means old fort. And we had time to see just one important sight-seeing attraction of this place- an actual ancient fort called Uperkot. We entered the massive […]
Day 248 of Indian places making you smile – The holy place of Saint Raghavendra – Mantralaya
Day 248 of Indian places making you smile – The holy place of Saint Raghavendra – Mantralaya Probably 40 years ago, as a child I remember my grandfather praying loudly to Shri Raghavendra Swamiji. The picture of the Saint in the Gods room and the loud chanting of him chanting the following mantra still rings […]
Day 247 of Indian places making you smile – The bravery of army man Jaswant Singh at Sela Pass
Day 247 of Indian places making you smile – The bravery of army man Jaswant Singh at Sela Pass We drove through bumpy foggy winding uphill roads of Arunachal Pradesh. We wondered how the military used these primitive roads for transport as we snailed our way upto the top of the foggy mountain roads driving […]
Day 246 of Indian places giving smiles – Miani – Harsadhi mata temple
Day 246 of Indian places giving smiles – Miani – Harsadhi mata temple Soon after we left Dwarka on the way to Porbander, just at the break of dawn we were fascinated with the number of birds flying in formation against the backdrops of many windmills across the road. At a very small village called […]
Day 245 of Indian places giving smiles.- The tea hill station of Darjeeling I had seen the natural beauty of Darjeeling, as it was captured in so many Hindi films. Still I was not prepared for the overwhelming feeling of awe that I felt at the miles and miles of tea gardens that we saw […]