I returned home from Chennai after catching Measles and was recovering at home when a friend shifted to Mecleodganj for a month and started posting pictures and updates about the place. I wanted to see Mecloedganj the way Abhinav used to describe and he was one of the few people I wanted to travel with.... Continue Reading →
A lifestyle called Paharganj
Paharganj, a name that every newcomer, every traveler coming to Delhi knows about way before visiting the capital. Doesn’t matter from where you are traveling from if there is one place in Delhi that most of the newcomers will know that will be Paharganj. Paharganj is not just a place, it is a lifestyle.... Continue Reading →
Bangalore’s beauty: Ulsoor Lake
Bangalore has a lot of places to visit unlike people who live there keep complaining about not having such place. Ulsoor lake is very nearby to MG Road where most of the Bangalore is seen on the weekends and yet hardly anyone visits here. There is no entrance ticket to this lake, all you need... Continue Reading →
Traveling solo and Interacting with strangers
Our social norms come up with instructions that says never talk to strangers but the moment you start traveling solo you slowly become used to interacting with strangers and talking to them. These strangers make an interesting part of your stories later. When traveling solo talking to a stranger is important otherwise you'll die of... Continue Reading →
Photo Essay: Goa in Monsoon
The monsoons in Goa are magical and gives you the best of the Konkan coast. The amazing greenery and clouds in this season brings a totally different side of Goa in Monsoons The Landscape in this season when traveling by road from Bombay to Goa or from Bangalore side is lush with greenery. Although... Continue Reading →
Photos Essay – A Trip To Ajmer Sharif
Popularly called Gharib Nawaz, the benefactor of the poor, Khawaja-ji established the Chishti order of Sufism situated in Rajasthan a few kilometers away from Delhi and Jaipur. His successor of the spiritual order was Khawaja-ji’s disciple Hazrat Bakhtiyar Kaki, whose shrine is in Mehrauli, south Delhi. Hazrat Kaki was succeeded by his pupil Baba Farid.... Continue Reading →
Shravanbelagola: Stairway to Heaven
Jainism is a dharmic religion (that also includes Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism). Popular for prescribing non-violence against any living being and believes that every living soul is divine. There have been 24 Jain Tirthankars, lord Mahavir being the last of them on whose notes the foundation of Jainism is laid. Shravanbelagola is one of the... Continue Reading →
A walk upto Nrupatunga Betta
I just reached Hubli and was looking wishing to visit some place different other than lakes and malls. Asking around I came to know that there is a hilltop outside the town called Nrupatunga Betta. A local at Unkal lake told me that the place is actually a pile of dirt and I will only... Continue Reading →
The Land of Kings: Pattadkal
Ganges is the most auspicious river for Hindus and is the reason that makes Varanasi of such importance because Ganga flows from South to North here. This little piece of information that comes from thousand kilometers away from a smallest of the villages called Pattadkal. After waiting for an hour finally I got a bus... Continue Reading →
Sandstone Chronicles: Badami
Leaving Hubli in the morning I took a bus for Badami. The place is famous for its rock cut cave temples and this was going to be the last stop of my destination. I reached Badami after a 3 hour long ride on a KSRTC bus with farms on both sides and through villages. This... Continue Reading →