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Delhi Tour – Capital City of India

admin — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:48:29 +0000

Second largest metropolis in India, Delhi is embellished with River Yamuna at its periphery and the Aravalli Hills across its west. Being the national capital of the country, Delhi upholds immense political and legislative relevance. The capital city is rich with colourful culture, architecture and human diversity and thus casts a spell over its visitors who enjoy a carefree Delhitour. With a deep rooted history of various Kings and their dynasties the city is embellished with invaluable monuments, numerous landmarks of love, religion and illustrious empires making one’s Delhi tour, India a cherished memory.

Be it the ancient Meena Baazaar at Old Delhi, or the largest mosque of India- Jama Masjid, or even the Victorian style buildings at New Delhi the city is always full of life and colour. The vibrant New Delhi is also known as Lutyen’s Delhi, named after British architect Edwin Lutyens who had designed the famous legislative buildings in Delhi including India’s Parliament House. Situated at the heart of the city it owns an impressive structure of Parliament House, Rajpath and is connected to India Gate hence is a series of elegant Victorian style architecture making one’s New Delhi tour an enlightening experience.

This cosmopolitan city of India is also the head of Indian Government therefore is an important business and tourism destination. Making one’s Delhi tour most comfortable, the city owns a variety of high standard hotels. These Delhi hotels in India are efficiently decked with numerous amenities, overwhelming Indian hospitality and meets the International standards therefore provide most satisfactory stay to the guests.

These hotels also provide its guests with the options of impeccable services for the city tours as well making their city tour most enjoyable. These Delhi hotels, India are categorized into Delhi luxury hotels, business hotels, budget hotels, eco friendly hotels and economy hotels so that the guests could select the one befitting their budgets and preferences.

This tour of the national capital of India is surely one to be remembered for life time the city exhibits a variety of shades of culture and hence showcase a mini India altogether. The tour of the city provides a view of the picturesque tree lined avenues, splendid old architecture, and ancient monuments along with numerous sky high advanced buildings.

Delhi owns almost all the famous, big names of hotel chains under its territory and therefore promises a comfortable and enjoyable experience of one’s Delhi tour. Guests should book any hotel in Delhi and can expect the perfect hospitality from the hotel. These hotels are perfect venue to enjoy the tour of the city providing a peep into the effervescent lifestyles and lively spirit of the life at Delhi.

By: Gajendra Verma

Travel to Delhi

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:09:37 +0000

If you are looking forward to a long, relaxing and an adventurous, yet colorful vacation, then ‘incredible’ India is the place to be this winter. With a gamut of demographically and geographically diverse cultures and traditions, India will really be the terminus for the traveler in search of the ultimate travel extravaganza. There are two main sections into which you can divide your tour to India. The first part would involve the northern part of the country and you can visit some really inviting locations.

After landing at the New Delhi airport, you can spend a day or two in Delhi itself, and visit the India Gate, the Red Fort and a lot of other famous monuments which have been the symbol of India’s glorious past. Most of the monuments in and around Delhi bear a Mogul touch to them. While in Delhi, you can also visit CP- the Cannought Place, which is the central shopping area in Delhi. CP provides the perfect combination of the best brands and the most spectacular roadside vendors. You can get clothes, accessories and all such items here within the range of INR 120 (USD 3) to INR 100,000 (UDS 2500). It all depends upon what brand you choose and how well you can bargain.

There are some really famous eating joints at CP as well including Kareem’s, Nirula’s and Kaka da dhaba. From CP, you can move out of Delhi to Agra, to see the famous Taj Mahal, built by the mogul emperor Shahjahan in memory of his wife- Anarkali. The Taj Mahal is seen as the symbol of love around the world. Carved in marble and situated on the banks of the River Yamuna, it has rightly gained a spot in the modern wonders of the world list last year. You can hire a cab from Delhi to Agra and make sure you bargain well and trust a tour operator only after you have consulted the local authorities.

There is much more to India than just New Delhi, and it will be explored in subsequent write-ups.

By: Andreos Cosmopolus

Trail to Yamunotri in India

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:21:48 +0000

It was a cold dark night. Suddenly I woke up and came out of my room. There was a complete lull around. The atmosphere was clear. I looked up to the sky. It was full of stars. The stars looked very bright and large, as if nature has worn a mantle stitched with large diamonds. I lied down on a rock with my face towards sky and drank the nectar of nocturnal beauty around. Suddenly I felt shivering and went inside the room…

I was on the trail to Yamunotri. This is a place from where river Yamuna emerges out in the form of small rivulet. Situated in Garhwal Himalaya of a juvenile state Uttarakhand in India, Yamunotri is situated at about 3300 meters above sea level. The trek towards Yamunotri is a tough one and the beaten path passes through one of the most picturesque sites of this area. Yamuna is most revered river in India after Ganga. The route towards Yamunotri passes through some of the most rapturous sites. From Dehradoon a tourist can go to this place by bus. Dehradoon, now a capital city of Uttarakhand is well connected with rail, road and air route with rest of India. From here the bus takes you to a small and enchantingly beautiful hilly town, Barkot. A small break or a night halt is advisable here. The view of snow covered serene Himalayan peaks satiates the soul. After having a night’s rest and slumber you are recharged to enjoy the further journey.

Travelling on serpentine road the bus from Barkot ultimately takes to Hanuman Chatti. This is small and secluded place from where actual trekking of about 13 km towards Yamunotri starts. The services of “dandi”(the palanquins), Coolie, baskets and ponies are also available. On the way one comes across several water streams. The water is sweet and enriched with minerals. Half way between Hanuman Chatti and Yamunotri is another chatti- Janki Chatti. It is also an important joint to take rest and night halt.

The path between the two chattis is dotted with few other chattis, like Narad chatti and Phool chatti. A chatti is a type of halting place to take rest and refreshments. To have one’s own quota of biscuits, snacks and light eatables are advisable. Besides, a torch with spare batteries, a match box and candles, a knife, an umbrella and a stick plus few medicines for giddiness, vomiting and headache should also be kept during the journey. The climate at this altitude is more than cold, so few woolen cloths and blanket should also be kept. The best period to travel is from May to October.

Janki chatti is a moderate place to have night halt and nicely cooked light food. Nearby is a village named Kharsali where priests of Yamunotri live. Goddess Yamuna is worshipped here during winter season when the whole area is shrouded with white mantle of snow. Rejuvenated after a good night’s sleep one is ready to climb further.

From here, path becomes more difficult and narrow. Due care is necessary while treading on these paths especially while passing past to the moving ponies and dandis. The path all along is enchantingly beautiful. The rich flora and fauna especially avifauna adds glamour and drama to the place. Along the path in deep gorges Yamuna flows with sweet rippling sound. The climb from Janki chatti to Yamunotri is steep. Though only six or seven kilometers, is very strenuous. The natural beauty pays the dividends. Gradually large glaciers become apparent. Here from Bandarpoonch peak Yamuna comes out.

At Yamunotri the temple is comparatively new since it was damaged by the fury of weather elements. Here, there is a perennial hot water spring “Tapt Kund” or “Surya Kund”. The water of this spring is so hot that the pilgrims used to cook rice and potato in it tied in small cotton cloth as offerings. There is another pond filled with tepid water in which the pilgrims and the tourists take a refreshing dip. After having the dip they worship “Divya Shila” and then visit the temple. The ambiance is serene. This is the place where having mingled with Nature, cleansing of soul takes place. The towering snow clad peaks sooth and satiate the inner self. The place is the heritage of our planet earth and must be protected. Probably this might be the reason why these places are the sites of worship.

By: Kamal Kishore Srivastava

India Pilgrimage Tours Take You to the Roots of Secular and Grand India

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:27:12 +0000

This has been the practice since ancient times. India Pilgrimage Tours take you to some of the most sacred temples, pilgrimage sites, mosques, churches, gurudwaras and synagogues across different regions and states of the country.

The philosophy in Hindu Vaastu Shastra highlights the temple as figurative representation of creator. The dictum necessitates a temple to be with entrance and the affiliated structures, and the internal sacred sanctum. To visit a series or some of these significant temples is believed to lead one to Moksha or Salvation; in other words, an exit from the birth-death cycle. For this reason, many Hindus specifically plan pilgrimage tour to holy temples at least once in a lifetime.

The world’s highest mountain Himalayas, since time immemorial, has religious connation; it is also called the Abode of Gods. Thus, it is the first pilgrimage choice of most Hindus. The tours in this difficult terrain include the well-known trek annually in July-August to ice idol of Lord Shiva – Amarnath Yatra – in the Jammu and Kashmir State. The North India travel packages and pilgrimage tour to Char Dhaam, namely Badrinath shrine devoted to Lord Vishnu, Kedarnath – an abode of Lord Shiva, Gangotri – the inception point of the Ganges, and Yamunotri of River Yamuna, is a tour package that covers major pilgrimage sites in Himalayas that are situated above 3000 ft elevation.

Yet another more elaborate Char Dhaam Yatra in India covers Badrinath in the North, Jagannath Puri in the East, Dwarka in the West and Rameshwaram in the South. It is believed that after undertaking a holy pilgrimage tour to these Four Holiest Hindu Sites, one must visit Pushkar in Rajasthan and take a dip in its Holy Lake to attain Salvation. The chain of Indian pilgrimage tours includes the revered Vaishno Devi Yatra to the pious 100-meter long cave with three idols of Goddess on Shivalik Hills in Jammu. Other crowd-puller temples include the Tirupati Balaji in South India at 2800 ft, the Golden Temple in Amritsar in Punjab with Sikh ideology, and the Hemund Sahib at 4329 ft at Parvati Valley near Kullu Manali. Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh is sacred city since ancient times.

The Jain community goes for Tirth Yatra to Shri Achalagadh on Aravalli Ranges, Shri Amarsagar Tirth located at Amarsagar village, Shri Aur Tirth at Aur village, the Nasik Tirth and many others scattered all over India where Jainism flourished. Buddhism has been a part of Indian philosophy right from its inception. People of all nationalities are ardent devotees of this philosophy of life. Bodh Gaya is the site where Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment, Sarnath is the place where Buddhist philosophy was perpetuated to the world, Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh is pious because the Buddha as God did miracle acts here to prove his divinity. Nalanda, the world renowned University, is also a sacred pilgrimage center for Buddhists along with Kushinagar, where Lord Buddha attained Nirvana.

Muslim, the second largest community in India, has many significant mosques and revered shrines to visit too. Ajmer Sharif, Jama Masjid at Delhi, and Sheikh Salim Chisti’s Dargah at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra are just some of the places where millions and billions of devotees throng to seek blessings of the saints and prophets. Among the churches, the most sought-after is the Church of Goa built way back in the 16th century. Discover grand India by planning theme-based holidays to see and experience how diversity in culture, language and lifestyle can add beauty to the social fabric of a nation.

By: Adiba Roshan Khan