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Golden Triangle and Mandawa Tour – Famous Tourist Attractions of India

November 20th, 2009



If you want to spend your holiday with good memories, the Golden Triangle will make for a good tour package for visiting India. A Golden Triangle tour provides comfort and a great range of packages to destinations in the Golden Triangle of northern India. A Golden Triangle tour is one of the most famous tour packages of India. It includes a complete journey of India’s three most beautiful and charming places – Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.

Delhi is the capital of India which is one of the most beautiful cities. It is a major cultural, commercial and political center of India. Delhi has many beautiful monuments landmarks such as the Tughlaqabad Fort, Lodhi Gardens, Purana Quila, Jama Masjid, Qutub Minar, Humayun’s tomb, Red Fort, India Gate, Raj Ghat, Bahá’í Lotus temple, Akshardham Temple, and the Magnificent President’s house (Rashtrapati Bhavan).

After visiting Delhi, you can explore Agra. It is one of the most beautiful and attractive cities in India. The city of Agra is famous for Taj Mahal. This most beautiful and charming building is located on the bank of the Yamuna River in Agra. It is the symbol of love. Agra is a very interesting and charming place to visit. There are many monuments and many things which you can see and make your days memorable.

After that, you can visit Jaipur which is known as “pink city” also because the monuments of Jaipur are made of pink stones. Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. In the city of Jaipur, you can visit many monuments like Jantar Mantar, Jaigarh Fort, Hawa Mahal, Nahargarh Fort, Amber Fort, Laxmi Narayan Temple, City Palace, etc. There are many markets; you can shop according to your desire like Jauhari Bazaar, Nehru Bazaar, Bapu Bazaar and Chaupar Stalls that sell everything from wollen rugn to exquisite parts of jewelries.

With a golden triangle tour you can visit Mandawa also. Mandawa is one of the most beautiful and luxurious towns. It is situated in the north Indian state of Rajasthan. This beautiful and charming town attracts tourists because there are many forts and places which are know as havelis. You will see many Havelis with convinced unique features which creates each Havelis stand out from each other. While visiting the places of Mandawa, you can see many havelis like Chowkhani Haveli, Mohanlal Saraf Haveli, Bhagchandika Haveli, Gulab Rai Ladia Haveli and Lakshminarayan Ladia Haveli, The Newtia Haveli, Harlalka Well, Thakurji Temple, Murmuria Haveli, Chowkhani Double Haveli, Raj Well, Akhramka Haveli, Sonthalia Gate, Goenka Double Haveli, Tanu Manu Saraf Haveli, Harlalka Chattri, Goenka Chattri and the Saraf Haveli are the interesting thing to visit and to make your days memorable.

By: Pradeep Kumar Sharma

Festival in India – Delhi International Mango Festival

October 26th, 2009



India is the largest producer of mango in the world. More than 1,000 varieties of the fruit are grown across the country, mainly in the southern, northern and eastern parts. India exports about 40,000 metric tonnes of mangoes to 80 countries and the annual revenue earned from exporting mangoes and mango products reaches $85 million.

Delhi host INTERNATIONAL MANGO FESTIVAL in July every year since 1987. Hordes of local Delhiites throng to the assigned venues to catch a glimpse and taste a bite of the eleven hundred varieties of Mango. This three-day festival is only about mangoes – mango folk songs, mango-eating competitions, and mango contests and shows for children. It is also the main event where trading of this fruit is conducted; it also sees a participation of buyers from all over the world. More than 50 Mango growers are provided an Interactive platform to present the ‘king of fruit’. More than 550 varieties and cultivate of mango are featured in the festival for visitors to view and taste. Among these are alphonso, mallika, amrapali, himsagar, malda, balia, chorasya, dhaman, dhoon, fazia, gelchia, nigarin kheria, ruchika and shamasi.

Activities in the festival include cultural programmes and recreational events like a mango eating competition for women, mango slogan writing, a demonstration of mango carving, a magic show, and a quiz about mangoes. For the mango judging competition, there are various categories and a minimum of seven ripe mangoes are required for competing in each. There is also a prize given for biggest mango.

Lot of tourist Participate in this festival to have taste of different varieties of mangoes.The festival is also an opportunity for agro-industries and food industries processing mangoes into jams, pickles, fruit juice and canned fruit to display their products.

By: Ashu Bansal