tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14704855623310269872024-02-08T16:57:57.593+05:30EXPLORE INDIAARTICLES ABOUT INDIAN HISTORY, ART AND CULTURE. TRAVEL DESTINATIONS AND WILDLIFE OF INDIANAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-69162797612127290732023-02-26T17:58:00.006+05:302023-02-26T17:58:58.671+05:30ARTS OF INDIA : THE INDIAN PAINTINGS<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/KRISHNA_KILLS_KANSA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="525" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/KRISHNA_KILLS_KANSA.jpg" width="224" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">KRISHNA KILLS KANSHA <br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KRISHNA_KILLS_KANSA.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Martadas Pirbudial</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><span style="font-family: Bad Script;"><b>The country was India. The time was ancient, before 5000 years. The city was Mathura, and there was a kink named Kansha. Besides being a wrestler, he was known for his unmatched cruelty. </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #44546a; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">There entered a boy of twelve years of age in the city of Mathura. He challenged the king in a wrestling bout. He killed the wrestler king in the bout. The name of the boy was Krishna. He is known as the incarnation of God, as per Hindu mythology.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #44546a; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">Depicting Hindu Mythological subjects representing the secular history of medieval India when the Mughal Emperors in Delhi and Rajput Kings in Rajputana ruled most part of India. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: Courgette;"><b>Lord Krishna in Paintings</b></span><span style="color: #44546a;">: When the Miniature painting artists of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries searched for newer subjects, Lord Krishna and his Divine Lover Radha were their favourite choice. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #44546a; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">Where would the history of Indian painting, especially of its medieval period, stand without the broad mention of Miniatures? Nowhere perhaps. It is because of the style of painting miniature plates. The art was nicknamed the Mughal Miniature paintings, as the Mughal Emperors sponsored the artists. Subsequently, the Indian Rajput kings and princes also started helping their local artists to paint the miniatures. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face=""Helvetica",sans-serif" style="color: #44546a; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text2;">In the initial stage of art in India, the Mughal Emporers sponsored the artist on a large scale. During this initial period, the court scenes and heroic deeds of the Emperors and kings were the subjects. As the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries came, the Rajput kings also helped the miniature artists to depict mythological stories in miniatures. So the Miniature are was called mainly the Mughal Miniature Paintings. However, in many regions, the art has its local variants, too. These variants have their own names like the Kangda style of painting, phad painting, Deccan painting and others.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 27px;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Courgette; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Dwarka.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="529" height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Dwarka.jpg" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13.3px; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Krishna and the Golden City of Dwarka,<br />from the Harivamsha (Geneology of Vishnu)<br /></i>Watercolour Painting <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dwarka.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Kesu Kalan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Courgette; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Lord Krishna in the Golden City of Dwarka:</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"> It would be hard for an art critique to paint a complete picture of India’s cultural and artistic journey without putting the miniature paintings on record; these were the exotic and beautiful pieces of art that the artist did under the helping the umbrella of the Mughal emperors who ruled most part of India from 16th to 18th century.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 36px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #000066; font-family: arial; line-height: 27px;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">Mughal Emperor Humayun injected artistic flavour into the art of Indian painting when he brought two miniature artists from Persia. By the passing of time, this miniature art had percolated up to the deep corners of Indian states which were ruled by Rajput Kings of northern and southern India.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #000066; font-family: arial; line-height: 27px;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 17.12px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The painting shows the mythical city of India. It was called Dwarka, where Lord </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 17.12px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Krishna, an incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu is crowned on a golden palace and </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 17.12px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">encircled by his relatives. An agrarian scene in the view evokes a familiar village background. It creates a feeling that God is present in our everyday life. This manuscript was painted for the Mughal Emperor Akbar. He followed Islam. But he was respecting other religions, too. Akbar had helped the translations of major Hindu texts. It includes the Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata (Great Story of the Bharatas), known in its Persian translation as Razmnama (Book of Wars). The above miniature page is from a section appended to the Razmnama known as the Harivamsa (Genealogy of Vishnu), which narrates the life of Krishna</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #000066; font-family: arial; line-height: 27px;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: GU; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-themecolor: text1;">On seeing the Mughal miniatures we would think that this must be a Persian painting; such heavy was the influence of the Persian painting style on the minds of the Indian artists of that time. But the Mughal style of painting concisely narrates the life and choices of the people of medieval India. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">On close scrutiny, we would find that there is an elaborated depiction of the lifestyle of contemporary Indian society. May it be the costumes, the men and women in the paintings put on, or may it ornament the male and female figures have on their bodies; these articles clearly witness the lifestyle of the people living during those centuries.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="color: #000066; float: right; font-family: arial;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Krishna Holding Mount Govardhan - Crop" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Krishna_Holding_Mount_Govardhan_-_Crop.jpg/240px-Krishna_Holding_Mount_Govardhan_-_Crop.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 392px; margin: 0px auto 2px; width: 240px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lord Krishna</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krishna_Holding_Mount_Govardhan_-_Crop.jpg" style="color: #000066;" title="By Mola Ram (1760-1833) (English Wikipedia) [public domain], from Wikimedia Commons"><span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></p></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Courgette; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">Lord Krishna and Radha</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Courgette;">:</span> Strangely enough for the historians, too, the paintings commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar were a clear witness of a great endeavour to integrate two different cultures.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">The majority of the population of Hindus and a minority of Muslims, Emperor Akbar created a bond among them, into one, and created a great and peaceful Indian state. The paintings of Lord Krishna fall under this category. The miniature artworks of other deities of the Hindu religion were proof of the will of the great Emperor. It would not be an exaggeration to say that the Mughal miniature paintings are the symbol of cultural and religious tolerance that had developed in India during the medieval period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">The above miniature painting shows the mythical city of Dwarika or Dwarka. Lord Krishna is enthroned in a golden palace. The village-like scene in the foreground creates a feeling that God is not far away, He is part of our life. This miniature is believed to be commissioned by the Mughal emperor Akbar. </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">Another painting is also of Lord Krishna. It is a mythological story that when a devastating rain was out to destroy the town where the devotees of Lord Krishna loved, he lifted a mountain named Govardhan with his one finger and saved the crowd of people from the heavy rain. </span></p><h4><p style="line-height: 24px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;">Rajasthan has been one of the major regions and an important centre of Indian paintings. The decoration of houses, courts and other household buildings were the places to depict the creative genius of the Rajasthani paintings. Miniature paintings are perhaps the most interesting and distinctive styles that have existed in India and in Rajasthan.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></h4><div align="left"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Courgette;"></span></span></b></p><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: Courgette;">Paintings of Hindu Mythology:</span> </span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">From the start of the sixteenth century here flourished different schools of paintings. Some of them are the Mewar School, the Bundi-Kota kalam, the Jaipur, Bikaner, and Kishangarh schools. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;"><o:p></o:p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 24px;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">A number of schools of miniature painting thrive in Rajasthan. They are a quaint mixture of Mughal and indigenous Indian styles. The Deities, especially Lord Krishna and Radha, were the favourite themes embedded in the Rajasthani.</span><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">M</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">iniatures of the 17th and 18th centuries. The dwellings and household objects were decorated with miniature paintings done by artists of Rajasthan in the 18th and 19th centuries.</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 24px; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 27px;">The painting given here is of the woman known as Radha or Radharani. She was a devotee and lover of Lord Krishna. Painters of Rajasthan or Rajputana, as it was called in that period, had done many paintings based on the Love Songs of Radha and Krishna. After the spread of Vaishnavism, the religion worshipping Lord Krishna and Radha, the theme of these mythological characters became popular in India and in the northern part of India particularly. Southern India has its own mythological traditions depicted in the art. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 18px;">[All the images depicted here are in Public Domain, taken from Wikimedia Commons]</span></p></div></div>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-70543647270189747462022-10-13T21:23:00.003+05:302022-10-13T21:24:30.776+05:30Famous Temples of North India<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/London_Temple.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="595" data-original-width="800" height="297" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/London_Temple.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:London_Temple.jpg" style="text-align: left;">The original uploader was Nikkul at English Wikipedia.</a><span style="text-align: left;">,<br /> </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Akshardham, </span></span></span><st1:city st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></st1:place></st1:city></span></b></span><span style="color: navy; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"></p><p style="color: navy; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">In the matter of the number of persons to visit, the Taj Mahal would claim first place. Every person, coming to <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region> for the first time, wishes to see this Mughal monument situated in the city of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city>. If there is any place in <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region> that can compete with the Taj Mahal, in the matter of visitors coming to it, it is Akshardham <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">temple, situated in the city of </st1:placetype><st1:placename st="on">New Delhi</st1:placename></st1:place>. Almost seventy per cent of total visitors coming to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> do not miss visiting this sacred place.</span></span></p><p style="color: navy; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span></span></span></p><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This temple is also referred to as </span></span><i style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi Akshardham. It is known as</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><i style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Swaminarayan Akshardham</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">, too. Huge and situated in a vast area, the complex displays traditional Hindu culture and spirituality. It also depicts Indian culture and architecture.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The whole project was inspired by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who is the spiritual head of one of the factions of the Hindu sect known as Swaminarayan. The temple is the fruit of the love and sweat of 3,000 volunteers and 7,000 artisans.</span></span></div></div></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Evening prayers at Har-Ki-Pairi Ghat in Haridwar" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Evening_prayers_at_Har-Ki-Pairi_Ghat_in_Haridwar.jpg/240px-Evening_prayers_at_Har-Ki-Pairi_Ghat_in_Haridwar.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 178px; margin: 0px auto 2px; text-align: justify; width: 240px;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evening_prayers_at_Har-Ki-Pairi_Ghat_in_Haridwar.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Dirk Hartung from Bonn, Germany</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br /></span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">India</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy; font-size: medium;"> is a country where all modern world religions have a good presence. This made <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> a liberal land for erecting huge monuments by the people following all faiths on earth.</span></span></p> <p align="right" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: right;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">Har-ki-pair Ghat in the Evening, Haridwar</span></b></span></st1:city></st1:place></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">The Hindu religion and Hindu philology extend from approximately 100 BC to AD 1800. This marks the beginning of the modern period. As religion cannot be meaningfully separated from the culture of the people following it, the temples are representatives of different cultures prevailing in different periods. So the religious places, the temples and monasteries, tell the journey of Indian civilization. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;">If we look at the list of religious places in <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region>, we can see how harmoniously the people of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> live. The followings are some of the temples representing the colourful religious embroidery of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></span></st1:placename></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Golden</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></b></span><st1:placetype st="on" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Temple</span></span></b></span></st1:placetype><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Amritsar</span></st1:place></st1:city></span></b></span><span style="color: navy; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_devotee_at_Gurudwara_Harmandir_Sahib,_Punjab.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Koshy Koshy from New Delhi, India (Obeisance Uploaded by Ekabhishek) [CC-BY-2.0], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="A devotee at Gurudwara Harmandir Sahib, Punjab" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/A_devotee_at_Gurudwara_Harmandir_Sahib%2C_Punjab.jpg/240px-A_devotee_at_Gurudwara_Harmandir_Sahib%2C_Punjab.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 376px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 240px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_devotee_at_Gurudwara_Harmandir_Sahib,_Punjab.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Koshy Koshy from New Delhi, India</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br /></span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">If any person comes to visit <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region>, and he or she misses seeing the golden <st1:city st="on">Temple</st1:city> situated in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Amritsar</st1:place></st1:city>, he or she would miss a lot of things. This is the temple of the highest order for the followers of the Sikh religion. <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Golden</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Temple</st1:placetype></st1:place> or Harmandir Sahib is the most sacred place for the followers of the Sikh religion. Built in the sixteenth century (from 1588 to 1604), this temple is one of the most visited religious places in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Those who come to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> for a pleasure tour or a pilgrimage would certainly desire to see this marvellous temple and pay regard to it. </span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Situated in <st1:city st="on">Amritsar</st1:city>, one of the biggest cities in the State of <st1:state st="on">Punjab</st1:state> in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, this temple is on a lake. The main temple is surrounded by water, and other buildings of the temple are on the banks of the lake. The beautiful water surrounding the temple makes it stunningly attractive at night. The temple walls are gold-plated, so it is known as the golden temple.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;">How to reach Amritsar: </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;">With a population of about two million people, the city of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Amritsar</st1:place></st1:city> is easily approachable. The city has its own international airport. All the domestic airlines and many international airline companies have the city on their flight schedules. It would be easy to book a ticket to <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Amritsar</st1:place></st1:city>.</span></span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">The city is well connected with the rest of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> by railways and motorways. From here you can board a direct train going to <st1:city st="on">Delhi</st1:city>, <st1:city st="on">Jammu</st1:city> (Kashmir), Mumbai, <st1:city st="on">Nagpur</st1:city>, <st1:city st="on">Calcutta</st1:city>, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:city> and Chennai. Indian railways provide one of the best train services to tourists and passengers. You can book a ticket online or by contacting a travel agent.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></span></st1:placename></st1:place></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Badrinath</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></b></span><st1:placetype st="on" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Temple</span></span></b></span></st1:placetype><span style="color: navy; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Badrinath_Valley,_along_the_Alaknanda_River,_Uttarakhand.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Subarno Banerjee from Farakka, India (The Valley) [CC-BY-2.0], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Badrinath Valley, along the Alaknanda River, Uttarakhand" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Badrinath_Valley%2C_along_the_Alaknanda_River%2C_Uttarakhand.jpg/240px-Badrinath_Valley%2C_along_the_Alaknanda_River%2C_Uttarakhand.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 135px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 240px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Badrinath_Valley,_along_the_Alaknanda_River,_Uttarakhand.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Subarno Banerjee from Farakka, India</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br /></span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">Situated on one of the high hills of the Himalayan range of mountains, it is a <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">temple</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Lord Vishnu</st1:placename></st1:place>. Now we can reach the temple by motorway, but in past, it was one of the toughest pilgrimages. It is one of the four most sacred temples of the Hindu religion.</span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: right;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-spacing: 2px; color: black; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Badrinath Valley</b>, along the Alaknanda River, Uttarakhand. </span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-spacing: 2px; color: black; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;">Temples of North India have the beauty of the Himalayan mountains on which most of them are built. The Badrinath temple is near the Indo-China border. The tourists visiting this temple would get two types of benefits. They would feel like performing a pilgrimage to a sacred place. They would also enjoy the beauty of the unspoilt hills of the mountain <st1:place st="on">Himalayas, especially the Badrinath Valley and Alaknanda river.</st1:place></span></span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;">Religious Importance of the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Temple: </st1:place></st1:city></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;">Hinduism is the oldest religion in this part of the Earth. Hindus worship several Gods and Goddesses. Hindu temples are places of worship where the idols of different Gods are placed and worshipped by offering regular prayers. Badrinath is the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">temple</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Lord Vishnu</st1:placename></st1:place>. </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Temple</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"> is believed to be built by Adi Shankaracharya. Constructed in the ninth century, it is one of the oldest shrines in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Situated within the enclosure of the beautiful mountain peaks of the Himalayan range, the temple complex owns its unmatched natural beauty.</span></span></span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;">How to reach Badrinath: </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;">Tourists can reach this place by road from Haridwar, which is 200 kilometres away from <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Delhi</st1:place></st1:city>. Considered to be one of the holiest shrines and one of the four sacred pilgrimages in <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region>, the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">temple</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Badrinath</st1:placename></st1:place> attracts much traffic in summer. It is would be safe to put on warm clothes while visiting this area.</span></span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">The temple is at a height of 3,415 metres (11,204 feet). During winter the temple remains closed to tourists. During this season entire area remains under heavy snowfalls. If a tourist is suffering from heart disease or similar difficulties, he or she should take care of it accordingly. It would be advisable to consult a physician before going to visit this temple.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">The temple is located in a small valley situated on one of the high mountains. From <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Delhi,</st1:place></st1:city> we can go by train up to Dehradun which is the capital city of the state of Uttarakhand. This city has also an airport where domestic flights are available. Alternatively, tourists can travel from Dehradun to Badrinath by motorway. The road to the temple is very safe, but the drivers should be very careful while driving. If any vehicle goes out off the road it can be fatal, as the valley is very steep.</span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"></p><p style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></span></st1:placename></st1:place></span></span></p><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: navy; font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Kedarnath</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></b></span><st1:placetype st="on" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Temple</span></span></b></span></st1:placetype><span style="line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: left;"><o:p></o:p></span><p style="color: black; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Situated at a height of 3581 metres, this <st1:placetype st="on">temple</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Lord Shiva</st1:placename> is one of the most visited sites in north <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It is 250 km from Haridwar and 450 km from <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Delhi</st1:place></st1:city>. One can go by motorway, up to the foot of the hill on which the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">temple</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Kedarnath</st1:placename></st1:place> is situated. Thereafter we have to walk for 14 km.</span></span></p></span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"></span></span></span></p><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Akshardham, </span></span></span><st1:city st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></st1:place></st1:city></span></b></span><span style="color: navy; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p><p style="color: navy; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">In the matter of the number of persons to visit, the Taj Mahal would claim first place. Every person, coming to <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region> for the first time, wishes to see this Mughal monument situated in the city of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city>. If there is any place in <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region> that can compete with the Taj Mahal, in the matter of visitors coming to it, it is Akshardham <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">temple, situated in the city of </st1:placetype> <st1:placename st="on">New Delhi</st1:placename></st1:place>. Almost seventy per cent of total visitors coming to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> do not miss visiting this sacred place.</span></span></p><p style="color: navy; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></span></span></span></p><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">This temple is also referred to as </span></span><i style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi Akshardham. It is known as</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><i style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Swaminarayan Akshardham</span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">, too. Huge and situated in a vast area, the complex displays traditional Hindu culture and spirituality. It also depicts Indian culture and architecture.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>
</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The whole project was inspired by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who is the spiritual head of one of the factions of the Hindu sect known as Swaminarayan. The temple is the fruit of the love and sweat of 3,000 volunteers and 7,000 artisans.</span></span></div></div></span><div style="color: navy; font-size: x-large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">
</span></span></div><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Kashi</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Viswanath</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Temple</span></st1:placetype></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><p style="color: black;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"></span></span></p><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b;"><span style="color: navy;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_bath_at_the_Ganges_ghats_July_2007.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Ilya Mauter [CC-BY-3.0], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Morning bath at the Ganges ghats July 2007" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Morning_bath_at_the_Ganges_ghats_July_2007.JPG/240px-Morning_bath_at_the_Ganges_ghats_July_2007.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 180px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morning_bath_at_the_Ganges_ghats_July_2007.JPG" style="text-align: left;">Ilya Mauter</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">This temple is one of the most ancient temples in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It is believed that Lord Shiva built this temple on the bank of the sacred river <st1:place st="on">Ganga</st1:place>. It is believed that this temple is built for 5000 years.</p></span></span><p style="color: #4b4b4b;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">It is believed that the original <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">temple</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Lord Shiva</st1:placename></st1:place> was destroyed by Muslim Emperor Aurangzeb during his rule. He had also built a mosque on the very site of the temple. But we can see the relics of that time behind the mosque. The present temple was built by Queen Ahilya Bai of the princely state of Indore<st1:place st="on">, <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place>. It was completed in the year 1776.</span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><b>Banaras, the Varanasi</b>: Standing on the bank of river Ganga, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Varanasi</st1:place></st1:city> is one of the most sacred places of the Hindu religion. It is also known as Benaras and Kashi, too. The religious culture that this city represents is also associated with the holy river <st1:place st="on">Ganga</st1:place>. This river is considered holy by the followers of Hinduism, Jain, Buddhism and other religions, too. <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Varanasi</st1:place></st1:city> is mentioned in Hindu scriptures like Ramayana and Mahabharata. In past, this was a centre for learning culture and literature. In recent times, too, the city has many centres providing training in yoga and meditation.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;">How to Reach <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Varanasi: </st1:place></st1:city></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">The city of <st1:city st="on">Varanasi</st1:city> is situated in the northern part of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It is one of the major cities in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The tourists can easily reach here from all other major cities of <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, as it is well connected with other centres. To Travel by railway would be a good idea. Indian railway is one of the biggest networks of passenger and goods transport in the world.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: navy;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Being a pilgrimage centre for Hindus, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Varanasi</st1:place></st1:city> has several religious places. These places are major attractions for tourists.</span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;">Ghats</span></b></span></st1:place><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;"> on River Bank: </span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Ghat is a place on the bank of a river where pilgrims take a sacred bath. Varanasi has the longest chain of <st1:place st="on">Ghats</st1:place>. A boatman would help us to see all such ghats. It would be a very pleasant journey to sail in the river while seeing all the sacred places situated on the bank.</span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Lotus</span></span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></b></span><st1:placetype st="on" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Temple</span></span></b></span></st1:placetype><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> or </span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bahai</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Temple</span></st1:placetype></st1:place></span></b></span><span style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><p style="color: black;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Lotus_temple_in_Delhi%2C_India_(2018).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Lotus_temple_in_Delhi%2C_India_(2018).jpg" width="180" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lotus_temple_in_Delhi,_India_(2018).jpg" style="text-align: left;">eclicks_by_bunny</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Situated in the south part of <st1:city st="on">New Delhi</st1:city>, the <st1:placename st="on">Lotus</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Temple</st1:placetype> is the sacred place for the followers of the Bahai faith in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. Like all the above temples, every person, irrespective of his or her faith, is allowed to visit this temple.</span></span><p></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></span></p></span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span">"There is one God; mankind is one; the foundations of religion are one." </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Bahá'í Holy Writings</span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">
</span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: navy; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b> LOTUS TEMPLE </b></span> </span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: navy; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
</span></span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">As the purest symbol of beauty and purity, the representative of divinity, the lotus flower is revered in Indian iconography. In addition to the</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> beauty and symmetry in architecture, that is sufficient to immortalise this edifice, this temple is known for the pious response it evokes in the hearts of the people.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="color: navy; font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">I am sure you have enjoyed the details about the Temples of North India.</div><div style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">Now let us go to the southern part of India and enjoy seeing the temples there.</div><div style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"> Visit Here: <a href="https://navallanga.blogspot.com/2021/02/indian-temples-temples-of-south-india.html" target="_blank">TEMPLES OF SOUTH INDIA</a></div><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p></div>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-9902279781618858182022-10-13T21:21:00.003+05:302022-10-13T21:21:37.939+05:30Metro Cities of India: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Mumbai_03-2016_10_skyline_of_Lotus_Colony.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="180" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Mumbai_03-2016_10_skyline_of_Lotus_Colony.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mumbai_03-2016_10_skyline_of_Lotus_Colony.jpg" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">A.Savin (Wikimedia Commons · WikiPhotoSpace)</span></a><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">, <br />FAL, via Wikimedia Commons - </span><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">SKYLINE OF BOMBAY</span></b></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">Modern India is the place where you would find modern and ancient cities, alongside each other. You can enjoy the ultra-modern facilities of leisure and comforts, in most of the cities. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">The hotels and hotel staff are always cordial with their visitors. So far as the ancient cities are concerned, India is one of the most ancient civilisations. Come here and see the history of India, the history of mankind. You would find economic hotels in every city in India. You would find restaurants suitable for your purse, at every corner of the Indian cities.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Modern </span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is a country where you would find temples and elephants existing amicably with the business of microchips. Being the land of peaceful coexistence, </span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> has places of all the religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity and Zoroastrian. It is a country where ancient monuments are the background to understanding the largest democracy in the world. Your visit to India is bound to be a memorable one. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gateway_of_India.jpg" style="font-size: medium; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left;" title="Ajay Om Saini, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Gateway of India" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Gateway_of_India.jpg/512px-Gateway_of_India.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gateway_of_India.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Ajay Om Saini</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mumbai (</span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bo</span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">mbay</span></span></strong></st1:place></st1:city><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">)</span></span></strong></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Indian air travel is known for its cheap rates. You can have tickets at unbelievably low rates. Cheap Air Ticket is available due to the huge business of international and domestic airlines. It is due to the competition they face among themselves, too. Different airlines operating in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> charge tickets segment-wise. If you travel on days having lesser traffic or in odd hours or at night hours, you would incur lower expenses towards your air tickets. All the airline companies would book your tickets online or through your booking agents.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span>Cheap Hotels</span></b>: </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">If you wish to make your stay in Indian cities suitable for your budget, you would not find it difficult. You can find cheap and comfortable hotels and restaurants in </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. If you have a fixed budget, you have an option for staying in budget or low-cost hotels. However, these budget hotels are in no way inferior to any similar accommodations offered in the city.<b> </b>So making your stay enjoyable would not be a difficult task. These hotels charge economy rates and provide value for your money. They also provide required and comfortable accommodation and services. Some of these hotels are equipped with restaurants, too.</span></span></span></span></span></p></div></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mumbai (</span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bombay</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">) is the city where every visitor would find pleasure. This city of economic activities holds several places the tourist would love to visit. They would find each and every edifice interesting, whether it is a museum or a historical site. Here is some information that would be a good guide for a traveller who visits Mumbai for the first time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="text-align: right;"><span>Gateway of India, Mumbai (Bombay)</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">In addition to the city being the commercial capital of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, here you would find an enjoyable mix of people. Here you would find scenes where traditional places like temples, churches, and mosques stand alongside modern structures like five-star hotels. There are very old residential buildings representing the bygone era of architecture; multi-storey shopping malls are offering the cheapest goods to tourists.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Tourist Interest Places: </span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mumbai is the financial capital of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. It has a memorable history and rich heritage of the economic progress of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. The tourists would find numerous interesting sites to visit.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Here are five big cities in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> where you would find the pleasure of living comfortably and shopping economically. Get into these cities and enjoy the good accommodation of your choice. You can opt for cheap hotels of your choice, suitable for your budget. The big malls and supermarkets in these cities would be great places for purchasing the things you love. You can shop here from trendy jeans and T-shirts to toys for your kids. The embroidered clothes would provide you with a wide range of selections to match your preferences.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><strong><p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></span></span></span></strong></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Red_Fort%2C_Delhi_by_alexfurr.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="800" height="212" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Red_Fort%2C_Delhi_by_alexfurr.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3DL6opO0YR0/TyohXz5gBdI/AAAAAAAADHg/hglmtQs6LQc/s1600/Red_Fort%252C_Delhi1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><br /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Fort,_Delhi_by_alexfurr.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Alex Furr</a><span style="text-align: left;">, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red Fort, Delhi</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></strong></div></strong></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Places of Interest for Tourists: </span></span></span><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The city is like a written script of the memorable history of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. The tourists would find hundreds of places of historical interest in this city and its surrounding areas, as the rich heritage of the Indian past is located here. The major attractions are Red Fort, Qutub Minar, Jama Masjid, Old Fort of Indraprasth, and Jantar Mantar observatory. The complex of the Presidential residence and the parliament of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> are the representatives of modern architecture in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span>. The city is dotted with forts, temples, mosques and eye-pleasing gardens.</span> </span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></strong><p style="text-align: left;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Every nation has its soul. </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> has its soul bubbling with vigour. If we are to select one place that would represent the soul of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, the city of </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> would be an obvious choice. </span></span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is a city where there are imprints of imperialism and colonialism. It has the aroma of the largest democracy in the world. This combination paints the city with picturesque details. </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is a city where every visitor would find pleasure. On its landscape, the ancient city of old </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> holds several places to visit: the forts, green gardens, temples, churches, and mosques.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><st1:city st="on"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi</span></span></span></st1:city><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is the capital of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">; it is also a mirror of the memorable history and rich heritage of the Indian subcontinent. The tourists would find hundreds of interesting places in this city. If we look at the architecture of the edifices standing here, it looks like a blend of ancient traditions and modernity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Do you know what the famous historian William Dalrymple said about Delhi? he said, "Of the great cities of the world, only Rome, Istambul and Cairo can even begin to rival Delhi for the sheer volume and density of historic remains." such is the value of the historic monuments standing on the land of Delhi.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="font-size: large;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kolkata (Calcutta) </span></span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do you know one interesting aspect of the people of Kolkata? It is their friendly nature. While you are in Kolkata, you would not hesitate to stop an unknown person and start chatting.</span><b style="font-size: large;"> </b></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Victoria_Memorial_situated_in_Kolkata.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="800" height="179" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Victoria_Memorial_situated_in_Kolkata.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victoria_Memorial_situated_in_Kolkata.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Subhrajyoti07</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: large;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></strong></div><strong style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></strong></div></strong></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> Victoria Memorial, Kolkata</b></div></b><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></strong><p style="text-align: left;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kolkata, the city of joy, was the centre for culture and politics, education, industry, and science in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. The city and their population have seen intense political violence, group clashes and economic ups and downs since the independence of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. Like all other big cities in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, the city of </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kolkata</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is struggling with the problems of rapid and uncontrolled growth of the population. But a visit to this place would be like to meeting all the components with which the nation of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is built. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Do you know one most interesting thing about Kolkata? Here it is, perhaps. One of the famous journalists, Vir Sanghvi once remarked that "Kolkata is not for everyone. If you want your city clean and green, stick to Delhi. If you want your city rich and impersonal, Go to Mumbai. If you want them hi-tech, Bangaluru is your choice. But if you want a city with a soul, come to Kolkata." Yes, Kolkata has its own soul. Do book an air ticket, and land at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Dum Dum), in Kolkata.</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Standing on the bank of River Hooghly, Kolkata (</span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Calcutta</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">) is a mirror of the memorable history and rich heritage of the economic and political progress of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. It is the city where you would find visible imprints of imperialism, as it was the capital of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> during British Rule until the year 1911.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">History: </span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><st1:city st="on"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Calcutta</span></span></span></st1:city><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is one of the most distinguished cities in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. It was the centre of culture, politics, education, industry, and science in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. Before 1947 this city had seen the ongoing struggle for the independence of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. Here the Bengalese people are known for their revolutionary ideas. After independence, it has seen intense political violence, and group clashes. Presently it is struggling with the problems of rapid and uncontrolled growth of population.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Places of Tourist Interest: </span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The city of Kolkata is a place where every visitor would find pleasure as a tourist. On its landscape, it holds several places to visit: the gardens full of greenery, temples of Hindu religions, mosques of Muslim religions, and places for worshipping of all major religions of the world. While visiting the city, you would find each and every edifice memorable. Here are some of the places which the tourists would not miss visiting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Dakshineswar Temple</span></span></span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></b></span><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">of Goddess Kali: </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Being one of the most famous temples in India, the visitors and devotees of Goddess Kali would come to visit this place. It is a big complex built on the bank of the river Hooghly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Queen Victoria Museum: </span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The city of Kolkata is well-decorated the buildings of the gothic style. Several buildings are designated as "Heritage Structures" and they are preserved by the government itself. One of the best examples is the building of the Victoria Memorial Museum. This museum depicts the history of the city.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Howrah Bridge: </span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This bridge links the cities of Howrah and Calcutta. It is erected on the river Hooghly. Though this bridge is built in 1937, it is still the major bridge for the people of the city. There are motorways and railroads on this bridge. If we sail in a boat under this bridge, it would be one of the most memorable experiences of our life.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">St. Paul Cathedral: </span></span></span></strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This cathedral was built when India was under the rule of British People. The period of this rule is popularly known as British Raj. The cathedral of Saint Paul built in this city is one of the finest specimens of the Gothic style of buildings. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763; font-size: medium;">Chennai (Madras)</span></span></span></span></b><b> </b></p></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/WTC_UnderConst.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/WTC_UnderConst.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">WTC Chennai - The picture was taken on 19 Mar 2020 morning <br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WTC_UnderConst.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Bhagya sri113</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Formerly known as Madras, Chennai is one of the major cities in South India. Here the visitors would find pleasure and peace at every corner of the city. On its clean roads and peaceful streets, this city holds several places which would be memorable for a tourist. The city is famous for three things: Tasty Dosa, superb Temples, and beautiful beaches.</span></span></span></span></span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Known as the Information and Technology Capital of India, Bangalore is one of the major cities situated in the southern part of the county. Here the visitors would find pleasure and peace. On its landscapes, it holds places of interest for tourists: green gardens, ancient monuments, and old churches. While visiting the city you would find each and every edifice entertaining you. India</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> is the land where atomic energy is generated and industrial development has brought the country into the top five most fast-developing nations of the world. Developing metro cities like Bangalore are the backbone of India's progress.</span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">How to Reach Chennai (Madras): </span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Most international airlines have direct flights to Chennai on their flight schedules. You can have your air ticket booked on any of these airlines: Air India, British Airways, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Air Lanka and Malaysia Airlines. The city is connected with major cities in India via domestic flights. So, do book your Ait Ticket to Chenna, and land at the Chennai International Airport or at Chennai Domestic Airport.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The city of Chennai is connected with all major cities in India by Indian Railways. India has one of the longest motorways in the world. This city is prominently set on these motorways. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">In addition to the city being the commercially major city in South India, here in Chennai, you would find an enjoyable mix. Here you would find scenes where the traditional living meets modern lifestyles.</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Places of Tourist Interest: </span></span></span></strong></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">In the city of Madras, as it was formerly known, and is now known as Chennai, the tourist would love to see the buildings of Gothic Style of architecture. The main buildings are St. George Fort and Egmore Railway Station. Egmore is the railway station where you can drive your car almost near to the side of a train. Marina beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in India. </span></span></span></span></p><p></p></div></div>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-88332858582618497442022-10-13T21:19:00.003+05:302022-10-13T21:19:47.920+05:30Buddhist Art: Ajanta Caves India<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Ajanta_Padmapani.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="457" height="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Ajanta_Padmapani.jpg" width="133" /></a></span></div></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The Ajanta Caves are
situated in the state of Maharastra in India. The site is
near Bombay. We can reach the caves from the city of Jalgaon, too.
This city is just 25 miles away from the caves. Another city
is Aurangabad. We can go to that city and reach Ajanta by
travelling by road.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">
Padmapani, Ajanta Caves, India</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The caves
of AJANTA are the world's greatest monument. This ancient place is
recognized as a historical monument by UNESCO, too. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">How to Reach Ajanta
Caves.</span></b><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="text-align: medium;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">It is just 100 km
away from the city of Aurangabad in the state of Maharastra in India.
Aurangabad is well connected with other Indian cities by Air, By road and by
train. Elora caves are just 25 km from Aurangabad. So, book an Air Ticket, and
land at Aurangabad airport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: georgia; font-size: medium;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kgu6vcNLEC0" width="560"></iframe></span></p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">In <st1:place st="on">Ajanta</st1:place>,
there are several caves. But only 30 caves are in good condition. Caves No.
9, 10, 19, 26 and 29 are known as Chaitya-grihas. The rest are called
monasteries.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Though
built during the period running from the second century BC to the second century
AD, these caves were discovered in the year 1819. Apart from the beautiful
carvings are done on the walls of the caves, the paintings done here are the most attractive thing for tourists.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">Travellers coming from all over the world love to see these ancient paintings done in
Buddhist Style. Though most of the paintings here can be related to the period
of the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD, some of them were done in about the fifth
century AD. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">It is believed that these cave paintings are done by Buddhist
monks and other artists. Most of the paintings show the influence of religion.
The characters painted are mainly Buddha and Bodhisattvas, a Buddhist monk. The
artworks depict stories known as Jatakas. All the materials used in these
paintings came from the local area. The artists have done their work on a
ground of mud-plaster. The technique used seems to be tempera.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">This is the entrance of cave No. 9, the main cave preserved. The
half-moon curved gate is a major architectural design of Indian temples. In the case of caves, such space enables them to get lighter inside the cave; and it
also facilitates the excavation of stones while carving the stones out of the
caves. The excavation is done from top to down in such caves'
construction. </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">AJANTA CAVE PAINTINGS</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The caves of Ajanta are one of the greatest
monuments in the world. Being ancient, this place is recognized as a historical
monument by UNESCO. Visiting these caves would be a memorable experience for any
person coming to form any place in the world. It is believed that the
Buddha devotees and monks lived here and did sculptures and paintings as
part of their worship towards Buddha.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;">
</p><p style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">It is
believed that these cave paintings are done by Buddhist monks and other
artists. Most of the paintings show the influence of religion. The characters
painted are mainly Buddha and Bodhisattvas, a Buddhist monk. The artworks depict
stories of Buddhism. All the materials used in these paintings came from the
local area. The artists have done their work on a ground of mud-plaster. The
technique used seems to be tempera.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span><div id="body"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indischer_Maler_des_7._Jahrhunderts_001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Indischer Maler des 7. Jahrhunderts [public domain], from Wikimedia Commons"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img alt="Indischer Maler des 7. Jahrhunderts 001" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Indischer_Maler_des_7._Jahrhunderts_001.jpg/240px-Indischer_Maler_des_7._Jahrhunderts_001.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 336px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 240px;" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">WALL PAINTING - Head of Bodhisattva</span></span><br /><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indischer_Maler_des_7._Jahrhunderts_001.jpg" style="text-align: medium;">Indischer Maler des 7. Jahrhunderts</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">The artists, may they
be the sculptor or a painter, always try to depict the life of the people they
live in. so had done the artists who did the artworks in Ajanta and Ellora
caves. Here the depiction of all types of people of the contemporary social
strata is done. We can see the kings and the slaves; the carvings and paintings
of the divine musicians; and the dancers of the courts, known as Apsaras, the
divine women dancers.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p style="font-weight: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13.5pt;">These ancient caves
were almost forgotten by the people living in the surrounding areas. Once a
company of British soldiers passed from this region and the officers found
these caves in the nineteenth century. Otherwise, these monuments were hidden
under the green vegetation of forests of the state of Maharashtra.</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Image courtesy By Indischer Maler des 7. Jahrhunderts [public domain], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indischer_Maler_des_7._Jahrhunderts_001.jpg">from Wikimedia Commons</a> )</span></span></p></div><div></div><p></p>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-65971107441381514062022-10-13T21:18:00.004+05:302022-10-13T21:18:51.459+05:30Rajasthan: Pushkar Fair and Forts of Rajput Kings<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tug_of_war,_at_Pushkar_Fair,_Rajasthan.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Sumith Meher from Sydney, Australia (Pushkar Uploaded by Ekabhishek) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], from Wikimedia Commons"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Tug of war, at Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Tug_of_war%2C_at_Pushkar_Fair%2C_Rajasthan.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 168px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 240x;" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tug_of_war,_at_Pushkar_Fair,_Rajasthan.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Smith Meher from Sydney, Australia</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br /></span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">At the beginning of the twentieth century, international tourists started to love Rajasthan and its exotic locations. They found this northern state of India an entertaining piece of land whose people are fond of camels, festivals and music. </span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Tug of War </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Pushkar Fair, Rajasthan</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Those who visit Rajasthan are rewarded with pleasure and an unforgettable experience. T</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">hey hardly miss seeing the temples and </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Pushkar</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. Tourists from western countries flock in during the festival season of the fair. The event of Pushkar Fair at Ajmer, near Jaipur, has now become the single biggest draw for foreign tourists in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. The tourists would enjoy the vibrancy of the natural living of the people who live in the imagination of their past and the music of the present.</span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Best Time to Visit: </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Except for July and August when there would be a rainy season in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, the tourist can enjoy their stay for the whole of the year. Pushkar Fair is held in October or November every year. This fare is regarded as one of the largest fairs in Rajasthan. It is known for its trading of camels, horses, cows and goats. It is a religious town and is one of the important pilgrimage centres for Hindus. This place is known for the '</span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Holy</span></span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lake</span></span></st1:placetype></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">' which is situated on a hill. There is a </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">temple</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lord Brahma</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> on the hilltop, near the lake. </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Ajmer</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is also a holy place for Muslims. The well-known sacred place the Dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti is also here. </span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Known as Camel Fair, the yearly event in Pushkar is not about camels only. Here you would encounter an enchanting riot of colours. The visiting men wearing colourful turbans and women in pleated ghagra (ankle-length skirts) of different hues: are some of the exotic attractions of the fair. The Village women would put on all the available ornaments and costumes of their choice. Every woman in the crowd would seem to be competing with each other in beauty and attraction.</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Sporting Events</span></span></span></strong></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/(A)_Camel_Pushkar_fair.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="800" height="214" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/(A)_Camel_Pushkar_fair.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(A)_Camel_Pushkar_fair.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Sheetal S</a>aini<span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span>Sporting events are major attractions of this fair. Camel and horse races are organised for the enjoyment of tourists coming from all over the world. The beautifully decked-up camels are paraded. Among the camels participating in the race, the most beautiful decorated camel is selected. The owner of that camel would receive praise and prizes. Those who visit </span></span></span><span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> for their leisure tour, they hardly miss seeing the temples and </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">lake</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Pushkar</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. </span></span></span></span><p></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Tourists from western countries flock in during the festival season of the fair. The event of Pushkar Fair has become now the most favourable destination for foreign tourists in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">FORTS OF INDIA: Rajasthan Forts and Castles</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">India is a land of Forts and Castles, as it has faced several attacks from many aggressors.</span></span></span></p><div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e0e81; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">After Queen Victoria had taken over the reins of India from East India Company in the year 1857, the British people started respecting India as their second home. Tourists from other parts of the world have found the forts and castles of India as easily accessible remnants of the grand past of the country that is one of the oldest civilizations on the earth. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0e0e81; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Those who come from abroad to see the exotic locations in </span></span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, they would hardly miss visiting the state of Rajasthan. This area was formerly called Rajputana, the </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">land</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of Rajput</span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> kings. As this area has always remained on the frontline, the aggressors came here frequently. Thus we find many forts and castles in the state of </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Rajasthan</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. These are some of the forts tourists would love to visit.</span></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Fort of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan</b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Once a quiet desert and now a place bubbling with world tourists, Jaisalmer Fort, Built by Raja Jaisal in 1156 A.D., is one of the oldest forts in Rajasthan, India.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Rajasthan: Jaisalmer Fort</span></b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Made of sandstones and locally known as Sonar Quila, the Jaisalmer Fort of Jaisalmer is a nice-looking structure amid the sands of the Rajasthan desert. Covered by 30 feet high sandstone wall, the fort has 99 bastions, 92 of which were built in the seventeenth century, between 1633 and 1647 AD. The Jaisalmer is also known as Sonar Quila, literally meaning the Fort of God or golden fort. The fort is also known as the. The name of this fort is so because it is standing against the backdrop of the desert with its golden sand. The fort looks straight out of a fairy tale.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><b>How to Reach Jaisalmer</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Being located in the heart of the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, the fort of Jaisalmer is well connected with the rest of India by motorway and railways. If you want to travel by air, book a ticket for Jodhpur (distance 285 km) and then proceed to Jaisalmer. Getting accommodation would not be a problem here. You can find a hotel suitable for your packet. Hotels suitable for those who like cheap hotels would be an additional advantage of this place.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Jaisalmer: A Fort of Historical Events</b></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">As this fort is near to the traditional border of India with western nations like Iran, Afghanistan and so on, it has faced several attacks from Muslim invaders. But the Local Rajput kings had to defeat almost all the attacks on the fort. During British rule, the state of Jaisalmer had been a princely state under British Raj. </span></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Fort Kumbhalgarh, Rajasthan</b></span></span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Walls_of_Kumbhalgarh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Walls_of_Kumbhalgarh.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Walls_of_Kumbhalgarh.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Aryarakshak at English Wikipedia</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p></span></span></span></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kumbhalgarh Fort, built by Rajput king Rana Kumbh, is as accessible today as it was inaccessible in the sixteenth century.<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajasthan, Western India.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">The great wall of this fort is believed to be the second-longest wall in the world, the first being the wall of China. this has made the fort almost un-conquerable. Thus it would be a journey in the land of wonders and exotic locations.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mewar's rulers became patrons of all that was best in Indian martial Art and fine arts like miniature paintings and, architecture.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Rajput King Rana Kumbh had designed and built 32 out of the 84 fortresses defending Mewar.</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The fort of Kumbhalgarh with its 36-km long wall and soaring towers is one of the most impressive tourist places in Rajasthan. Kumbhalgarh stands on the site of an ancient citadel dating back to the time of Jain descendants of India's Mauryan emperors who ruled India in the second century AD.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><b>How to Reach Kumbhalgarh</b></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">As the fort is located near the famous city of Udaipur in Rajasthan, tourists can book an air ticket for Udaipur and then go by motorway. At Udaipur, there will be facilities to fly to Delhi, Jaipur and other important cities in India. The rail journey is also a wonderful experience in India.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">In addition to the fort, Kumbhapgarh is home to a wonderful wildlife sanctuary. Here the tourists would catch the rare beauty of seeing the unmatched flora and fauna of Rajasthan which is known as the land of Sun, sand and forts. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Amber Fort:</b></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">This fort is very near the city of </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Jaipur</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. The fort of Amber is very old. The present structure is built over the remnants of an earlier structure. This fort is well known for its unique artistic style. The forts in north </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> are built using two main styles of architecture. One is Hindu style and another is Mughal style. This fort represents both architectural styles.</span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Mehrangarh Fort:</b></span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Located on a high hill, this fort is near </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Jodhpur</span></span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. It is one of the largest forts in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. Being one of the forts which have seen many battles, the outer wall of it bears witness to the same. The construction of this grand fort started in the middle of the fifteenth century. It was the period when the Mughals had not entered the </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">land</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. But the aggressors coming from </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Afghanistan</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> frequently attacked the area of Rajasthan.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Chittorgarh Fort</b></span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>: </b></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The fort of Chittorgarh is a symbol of romance and spirit. It reminds us of the history of Rajput heroism and sacrifice. The tales of unmatched heroism are told and sung by the local folk singers of Rajasthan. The main attraction for visiting this fort is its marvellous looks. The fort is on a picturesque hilltop. This fort is like a mirror reflecting the lifestyle of the people of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="font-weight: normal;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span> who lived there in the medieval period</span><span>.</span></span></span></span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p></p></div><p></p><p></p><p style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></p>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-85585486675868116782022-10-13T21:17:00.001+05:302022-10-13T21:17:35.578+05:30Mughal Forts, Architecture and Palaces<span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><https: by-sa="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><span class="Apple-style-span"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_a_balcony,_Agra_Fort.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By michael clarke stuff (Agra Fort 15 HDR Uploaded by Ekabhishek) [CC-BY-SA-2.0], from Wikimedia Commons"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="View from a balcony, Agra Fort" border="'0'" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/View_from_a_balcony%2C_Agra_Fort.jpg/240px-View_from_a_balcony%2C_Agra_Fort.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 323px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 240px;" width="238" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_a_balcony,_Agra_Fort.jpg" style="text-align: left;">michael clarke stuff</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br /> Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style="color: navy;">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: navy;"> is the most favoured destination of world tourists. And the city of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> is an important holiday target for every person who lands on the land of this country. The city of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> is full of places with historical connections and cultural importance.</span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="color: navy; text-align: right;"> Agra Fort</b> </span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;">After you have seen the world-famous Taj Mahal, the next interesting place would be Agra Fort. It is one of the alluring attractions in the city. If tourists visiting </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"> want to know about the Mughal culture and the living style of the people during the fifteenth and seventeenth century, visiting such historical places is very much informative and entertaining, too. They would get the real picture of the same after knowing about places like </span><st1:city st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city><span style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"> fort. </span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;">This fort is a specimen of the style of architecture used in building castles and palaces in medieval </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;">. It features a mixture of different types of architecture which prevailed in the world then: the Indian, the Islamic, the Persian, and the Turkish. Initially, this fort was built for strategic purposes, as a military base for the army of Emperor Akbar. But subsequently, the fort was used as the official residence of the Mughal Emperors. The city of Agra is approachable by air, motorway and railways. Hotel accommodation in the city of Agra is economical and affordable to every visitor. So when you visit the Taj Mahal, do not forget to visit the Agra Fort.</span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jahangiri Mahal (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> Fort)</span></b></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mughal princes and Emperors kept their women mostly away from public exposure. The residences for women were devised to provide them with such privacy. The Jahangiri Mahal is an integral part of the <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> fort. It is one of the buildings where women of royal households resided.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This monument is made of red stones which were available in nearby areas. As the mines of such sandstones were located in central <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> and Rajasthan, it was easy to use these stones for such big erections. You will find a big gate that would lead to a splendid courtyard and big residential rooms for the queens. On the walls of the courtyard and the rooms, there are stone carvings, witnessing the Persian style of art and architecture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: navy; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Watchtower (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> Fort)</span></b></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This portion of the fort is designed to be used by security personals. So it is called the watchtower. The internal security of women and children was of paramount interest to the royal families. No one except the authorized person would enter this area without going through the scrutiny of the guards posted on such watchtowers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: arial;">Marble Walls and Carvings (<st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> Fort)</span></b></p> <p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: navy; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was the Mughal style to build palaces using plenty of marble stones. The mines situated in the state of Rajasthan are full of such precious white marble. The inner walls of the room would be full of carvings done on marble stones. Unlike the Taj Mahal, here you would find carvings on simple stones. But the architectural beauty is the same as used in the period where Indian buildings were built by combining Indian style and Persian style of architecture. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">Mughal forts are built by the Mughal emperors of India. They ruled India in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Hans A. Rosbach [null(null)], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-3" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-3.jpg/500px-RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-3.jpg" width="'500px'" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-3.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Hans A. Rosbach</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></p><p style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"> Diwan -E- Aam, Red Fort Agra. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Hans A. Rosbach [CC-BY-SA-3.0(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-6" border="'0'" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-6.jpg/500px-RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-6.jpg" width="'500px'" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RedFortAgra-Diwan-i-Am-20080211-6.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Hans A. Rosbach</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"> Diwan -E- Aam, View from inside, Red Fort Agra. </p></span></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"></p></span></https:>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-11760787079241838252022-10-13T21:16:00.002+05:302022-10-13T21:16:12.403+05:30Top Ten Honeymoon Destinations in India<https: by="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><http: by-sa="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is the country where the concept of honeymoon originated. It is an age-old tradition in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> to arrange a "Bridal Tour". The newlywed couple would go to visit friends and relatives, especially to meet those who have not been able to attend the marriage ceremony. During the nineteenth century, this concept developed in western countries, too. Do you know why we really like the honeymoon period? It is because, during this period, the spouses do not try to reform each other.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Pahalgam_Valley.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="800" height="178" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Pahalgam_Valley.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pahalgam_Valley.jpg" style="text-align: left;">KennyOMG</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Shimla_Southern_Side_of_Ridge.JPG/800px-Shimla_Southern_Side_of_Ridge.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></strong></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-align: left;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Srinagar</span></span></span></strong><strong style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, Kashmir:</span></span></span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Situated in one of the most beautiful valleys in the world, </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Srinagar</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is the most suitable place for a honeymoon in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. The panoramic scenes of high Himalayan hills would give the pleasure the couples would desire.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">The land of India, full of green forest locations and roaring seashores, </span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">offers</span><span style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"> newlywed couples a vast area of choice centres. The couple would choose a destination of choice and proceed there to enjoy. The honeymoon is the only piece of time in our life wherein we forget accountancy, totally.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Gulmarg (Kashmir)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">The city of Gulmarg would stand by the meaning of its word, the Meadow of Flowers. In addition to being a skiing and all-weather resort, this city would keep your camera busy catching the views of meadows and pastoral scenes.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Rajasthan:</span></span></span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Desert has its special charm. The cities situated in the </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">desert</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of Rajasthan provide</span></span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> everything the tourists would love to see. Hotels looking like palaces cater for the needs of travellers staying therein. The old forts and castles standing on the land of sun, sand and pleasure would make the tour a memorable one. Do you have any idea, why the newlywed couple go on tours? It is because they want to go away; it is because they want to be nearer to each other. Let the travel be a joint affair; let the joint affair make you a memorable event; let Rajasthan be the place to be when you are newlywed or enjoying with your entire family.</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong style="font-size: large;">Kerala:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Situated in the southern part of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, the green </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">land</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kerala</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> offers some of the best resorts in the world. Here you </span></span></span></span>would find lush green land and exotic beaches. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;">During the honeymoon period, a couple desires to pass time with tenderness and pleasure. The exotic locations in </span></span></span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> offer such duel pleasure at various places. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the southern state of Kerala, the landscape is wonderfully pleasant. Here are the centres where the couples on their honeymoon tours would find pleasure in abundance and tenderness at every point. The boat race and the temple elephants will add to the stock of your pleasure. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></strong></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="800" height="214" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mohiniyattam_at_Kerala_School_Kalolsavam_2019_02.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Shagil Kannur</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><strong style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />Kerala:</span></span></span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><br /></strong></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Situated in the southern part of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">, the green </span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">land</span></span></st1:placetype><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> of </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kerala</span></span></st1:placename></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> offers some of the best resorts in the world. Here you </span></span></span></span>would find lush green land and exotic beaches. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span style="line-height: 18px;">During the honeymoon period, a couple desires to pass time with tenderness and pleasure. The exotic locations in </span></span></span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> offer such duel pleasure at various places. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">In the southern state of Kerala, the landscape is wonderfully pleasant. Here are the centres where the couples on their honeymoon tours would find pleasure in abundance and tenderness at every point. The boat race and the temple elephants will add to the stock of your pleasure. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></strong></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Boys_and_girls_at_Goa_beach.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="800" height="245" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Boys_and_girls_at_Goa_beach.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boys_and_girls_at_Goa_beach.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Goa4goa</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><strong><span lang="EN-GB" style="border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-color: windowtext; border-left-color: windowtext; border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1pt; border-right-color: windowtext; border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1pt; border-style: none; border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-width: 1pt; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in; padding: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Goa:</span></span></span></strong><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />The city of </span></span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Goa</span></span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> is one of the most favoured destinations for domestic and foreign tourists coming to </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">. The peaceful atmosphere and hotels situated on a harmless seashore offer the required privacy and pleasure to couples.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The visitors coming here will have the unlimited pleasure of a peaceful seashore. </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />The Goa was a Portuguese Colony. The state of Goa was added to the mainland of India in the year 1961. Tourists from European countries, the USA and Canada frequently visit the city of Goa. The city is well-connected with mainland India, by sea, air and by road.</span></span></span></span></p></div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Dalhousie_l_Hill_Station_in_Himachal_Pradesh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="800" height="233" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Dalhousie_l_Hill_Station_in_Himachal_Pradesh.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dalhousie_l_Hill_Station_in_Himachal_Pradesh.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Piyush Tripathi</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Common</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></strong></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><strong style="text-align: left;">Dalhousie:</strong><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-align: left;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">If a newlywed couple wishes to enjoy the presence of snow-clad peaks of the Himalayas</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">; </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">if the couple wants to make the experience a memorable one by staying at the height of 9000 feet, </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">then Dalhousie should be the first choice. Situated in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, Dalhousie is 90 km away from Dharamshala. This is the town wherein the holy Dalai Lama lives with some of his disciples. The Dali Lama resides here after he and his disciples had migrated to India from Tibet. Now the land of India is like their homeland.</span></span></span></span></p><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Kullu.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Kullu.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">en:user:Affinor, CC BY-SA 3.0 </span><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">via Wikimedia Commons</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;"> </span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dalhousie_l_Hill_Station_in_Himachal_Pradesh.jpg" style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">Piyush Tripathi</a><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="font-size: x-small;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="font-size: x-small;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: left;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Kulu - Manali</span></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">In the Himalayan valley of Kulu, the city of Manali is the favourite destination for tourists who love snow and skating. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Tourists will find here wonderful opportunities to enjoy their stay in India. You will find here the sun and the wonderful valley view in the summer. You will find snow in the winter season. The skiing facilities are the most alluring aspect of this place. If you want to have undisturbed enjoyment of skiing, do remember to book in advance for an event. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The hotel accommodation is economical, and no one would find it costly. During the peak summer season, the hotel rates may go high for a couple of weeks. </span><span style="text-align: left;">Here international tourists would find luxury accommodation, too. However, those who want budget hotels or cheap hotels would find them easily.</span></div></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><b>Shimla</b></span></span></span></p><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/The_Ridge_Shimla.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="800" height="230" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/The_Ridge_Shimla.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-align: left;">Cushman, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via </span></span><span style="font-size: small;">Wikimedia Commons </span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Ridge_Shimla.jpg" style="font-size: small;">C</a>ushman<span style="font-size: small;">, </span></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span><http: by-sa="" creativecommons.org="" licenses="" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Shimla_Southern_Side_of_Ridge.JPG/800px-Shimla_Southern_Side_of_Ridge.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></http:></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: left;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Shimla is the oldest favourite for Indian Tourists. It is the capital city of the State of Himachal Pradesh. </div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">The city of Shimla is Located at a height of 2200 meters. Shimla was formerly the winter capital of India. Covered by the green and tall trees of Himalayan forests, the city is full of old colonial buildings.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">These buildings are built-in Gothic Style of architecture. After the independence of India in the year 1947, the British people returned to their home in England. But some of the British people had decided to live in India. The city of Shimla is their hometown now. </span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Shimla is connected by air, railway and motor road with the mainland of India.</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><b>Darjeeling</b></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></p><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Kanchanjanga_peak_of_the_Himalayas_from_Darjeeling.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Kanchanjanga_peak_of_the_Himalayas_from_Darjeeling.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Partha Sarathi Sahana, CC BY 2.0</span><https: by="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><span style="font-size: x-small; text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span><http: by-sa="" creativecommons.org="" licenses="" style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Shimla_Southern_Side_of_Ridge.JPG/800px-Shimla_Southern_Side_of_Ridge.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a></http:></https:></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></div><span lang="EN-GB" style="text-align: left;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Situated in the eastern part of India, the city of Darjeeling is the favourite centre for tourists who want to know the Bengal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is easily approachable from Kolkata. The place is a tourist attraction since the days when the British Raj was in India.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The city of Darjeeling is situated at the height of 2000 meters in the Himalayan range of mountains.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The city of Darjiling is known for two important things: the view of the mountain Kanchenjangha and the views of the tea plantations. The city is well-connected with mainland India. Hotels are very economic. You can find cheap accommodation here. During the peak season of summer, the hotel charges may go high. That will be for a couple of weeks only.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So if you are a newly married couple, do not think twice. Just book an air ticket to India and enjoy the golden time of your life. The journey to the Indian towns and places will be a life-memorable one. </div></span></span></span></span><p></p></div></http:></https:>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-90353219795116393932022-10-13T21:12:00.000+05:302022-10-13T21:12:04.182+05:30TAJ MAHAL: The Wonder of the World.<https: by-sa="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/PB170057.JPG/448px-PB170057.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/PB170057.JPG/448px-PB170057.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 225px;" /></a><p style="text-align: justify;"><span>Among whom the Taj Mahal is more favourite: among the poets or among the travellers coming from abroad to visit India for the first time? It is difficult to decide. But the Taj Mahal is certainly the prime destination for foreign tourists visiting India. It is a favourite spot for domestic tourism, too.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span>Taj Mahal is a monument of art and Love. It was built in 1648 by </span><span>the Mughal Emperor. He wanted an </span><span>unmatched</span><span> monument in </span><span>remembrance</span><span> of his </span><span>beloved</span><span> wife Mumtaz. So he invited architects from all over the famous places. Those artists created a fusion of Persian, Turkish and Indian architecture. And the outcome is the monument. </span><b style="text-align: right;"> </b></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>The Taj Mahal. The two words, Taj and Mahal, </span><span>mean</span><span> the "Crown of Palaces. </span></span><span>The beauty of the Taj captures our hearts just at the time we enter its main gate. The main gate is half a Km away from the main </span><span>building</span><span>. But once we climb the steps of the main platform and stand before the gate, we cannot keep our eyes away from it.</span></span></p></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>The Interior Beauty of the Taj Mahal</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Taj_Mahal_Agra_India_(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Taj_Mahal_Agra_India_(3).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taj_Mahal_Agra_India_(3).JPG" style="text-align: left;">Shahnoor Habib Munmun</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">After crossing the entrance, and the covering wall, we would reach the most beautiful place: the two tombs, one of Emperor Shah Jehan and another of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The architecture portrayed on the precious marble stones here is one of the best representatives of Islamic and Indian art</span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></p></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The floral designs executed by the master craftsmen of the time are heart-capturing. The room of the tomb would create a feeling of the beauty of art and the piousness of religious flavour. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We can see the writing selected from Holy Koran inscribed on the walls of the Taj Mahal. These writings were selected with much care. The artists inscribed the writings on the walls with precision.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Jali-inlay.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="344" data-original-width="376" height="293" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Jali-inlay.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jali-inlay.jpg" style="text-align: left;">The original uploader was Donelson at English Wikipedia.</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br /></span><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The amazing element, while seeing The Taj we would find is that there is no space in the entire monument that is not marvellously carved and fitted with precision. Every inch of the edifice is covered either by white marble of high price or by incredible floral designs.</span></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The City of Agra is an all-time visitable place. Except for the heavy rainfall season in August, the visitors flock in to see the Taj Mahal. The Government of India has ensured that no polluting traffic would be allowed in near vicinity of the monument. It is for the protection of the heritage site. So Visit the Taj. There will be cleanliness in the air; there will be a song of grace in the atmosphere.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>How To Reach the Taj Mahal</b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The world-famous monument of the Taj Mahal is in the city of Agra, which is at a distance of 200 km from the Indian capital, New Delhi. A traveller can find accommodation suitable for his or her pocket. Do not worry, it is not so costly here. There are several economy-budget hotels in the city of Agra. And there is no problem with internal transportation. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Taj_Mahal_in_India_-_Kristian_Bertel.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="800" height="268" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Taj_Mahal_in_India_-_Kristian_Bertel.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taj_Mahal_in_India_-_Kristian_Bertel.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Kristian Bertel</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Agra itself is a big airport. If you are in a group, then do hire a cab from New Delhi. Then you can go to Agra while cruising through one of the most green filed areas of India. </span></div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you are interested in seeing the city of Mathura, the birthplace of Lord Shree Krishna, that city will be on the way, while going from New Delhi to Agra. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The monument of the Taj Mahal is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the year 1983, as it is one of the best examples of Muslim art in India. The Taj Mahal attracts nearly 10 million visitors in a year. That shows how beautiful is the place, and how attractive is the monument.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span><span>For seeing the wonderful </span></span></span><span>Mughal Forts of Agra, which is near the Taj Mahal, </span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">visit here: <a href="https://navallanga.blogspot.com/2010/10/mughal-forts-architecture-and-palaces.html" target="_blank"><b>Mughal Fort: The Fort of Agra</b></a></span><br /></span></span></span></p></div></https:>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-55427110156939407392022-10-13T21:10:00.001+05:302022-10-13T21:10:37.957+05:30DIWALI: THE INDIAN FESTIVAL OF LIGHT<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg/761px-The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg/761px-The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 370px;" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">India is the land of the people following all the religions and cultural traditions of the world. so it has become the land of festivals. Diwali is the festival of light. As per the Hindu Vikram Samvat calendar, this is the last day of the year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The festival of Diwali is also celebrated in the countries like Nepal<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 19px;">Sri Lanka</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 19px;">Myanmar</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 19px;">Mauritius</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; line-height: 19px;">Guyana</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Trinidad & Tobago, Surinam, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji, the UK, USA and other European, American and African countries. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">These countries are culturally attached to India, as their population has people of Indian origin. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;">There is the religious importance of this festival, too. And being the last day of the year, all the relatives and friends meet each other and greet each other. The children take fun in the light and sound show of the crackers.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 19px;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Diwalicha_pharal.JPG/800px-Diwalicha_pharal.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Diwalicha_pharal.JPG/800px-Diwalicha_pharal.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 300px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; text-align: justify; width: 400px;" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The main attraction of this festival is the sweets. Visit any home on this day and you will be offered a full dish containing delicious sweets.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The word Diwali is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Dipavali', meaning the garland of lights. It is because, on this last day of the year, people lit a series of lights at the door of their homes, offices and temples. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is believed that on this day, Lord Rama returned to his home after killing the great demon Ravana. So to celebrate the victory of the light over the lamps are lit in houses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are other beliefs also: Lord Mahavira had attained his Nirvana on this day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to the lights, this Diwali, or Dipavali, is the festival of colours, too. You will see a well-decorated coloured design, called Rangoli, in front of every house. The day is a day of fun and festival for the whole of India. And tall the people of India celebrate Diwali, irrespective of their caste, creed and religion. <span class="Apple-style-span">[Images courtesy By Subharnab Majumdar [<a href="www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0">CC-BY-2.0</a>], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Rangoli_of_Lights.jpg">via Wikimedia Commons</a>, and By मराठी: संकल्प द्रविडEnglish: Sankalp Dravid (Own work) [Public domain], <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diwalicha_pharal.JPG">via Wikimedia Commons</a> ]</span></div></span></div>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-34883379059959361432022-10-13T21:09:00.002+05:302022-10-13T21:09:30.640+05:30Cheap Hotel Accommodations in India<https: by="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">If you wish to make your stay in New Delhi suitable to your budget, then you would not find it difficult to have a cheap hotel in the city. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">If you have a fixed budget, then you have a ready option for budget or low-cost hotels in New Delhi. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">However, these budget hotels are in no way inferior to any of the luxury hotels around. So f</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">or making your stay </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">enjoyable, you have options to search for budget hotels. These hotels charge economy rates and provide value for your money. They also provide required and comfortable accommodation and services. Some of these hotels are equipped with restaurants, too.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">These hotels generally charge a tariff from $ 20 to $50 and the check-out time remains at 12 o'clock noon.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">However, the exact tariffs may be known by contacting the hotel concerned.</span></span></div></span></span></div><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px;"><span class="adr" dir="ltr" id="sxaddr"><span class="extended-address"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Tara Palace TEL: </span><span class="nw" dir="ltr"><span class="tel" id="sxphone"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">011 23276465</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> : </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px;"><span class="adr" dir="ltr"><span class="extended-address"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="extended-address"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>419, Old Cycle Market, Chandni Chowk</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">,</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="adr" dir="ltr" id="sxaddr"><span class="extended-address"><span class="Apple-style-span">Opposite Delhi Parade Ground,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="locality"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><span class="region"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="postal-code"><span class="Apple-style-span">110006</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">TRIDENT, GURGAON tEL: </span></span></span></span><span class="nw" dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><span class="tel" id="sxphone"><span class="Apple-style-span">0124 2450505</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> :</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="adr" dir="ltr" id="sxaddr" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="extended-address"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi National Capital Region,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="extended-address"><span class="Apple-style-span">443 Udyog Vihar, Phase V,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><span class="locality"><span class="Apple-style-span">Gurgaon</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel City Castle</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At</span> 1100/12-13, Hari Singh Nalwa Street,, Illahi Baksh Road, Karol Bagh,</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Blue Sapphire</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>3351-54, Christian Colony,, Bank Street, Karol Bagh,</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Red Castle</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>7/78 W.E.A Channa Market Karol Bag New Delhi</span></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Vishal Residency</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></span></span><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">1</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>2A/37 W.E.A Saraswati, Marg karol Bagh</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Sun City</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>11 A / 34, W.E.A., Channa Market</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Vivek Hotel</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>1534-50 Main Bazaar, Paharganj</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Shivam International</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Shivam International </span></span></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">At </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">1335, Sangatrashan, Near Main Bazar, Pahar Ganj</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Eurostar International</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>A27/1 Street No.1, Near MTNL Office, Mahipalpur Extn</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="hotelname"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Prince Polonia</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> : </span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>2325-26, Tilak Gali, Behind Imperial Cinema, Chuna Mandi, Paharganj,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #cfe2f3;"></b></span></p><div style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Kabeer: </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At 3/4, Arakashan Road, Ram Nagar</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel</span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Centre Point: </span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At <b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">13, Kasturba Gandhi Marg,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Wood Inn: </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At 8 Local Shopping Centre, Kirti Nagar, Furniture Bloc. New Delhi</span></span></span></span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">South Indian Hotel Inn: </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At 10211/16 Padam Singh Road, Ajmal Khan Road, Karol Bagh, New Delhi</span></span></span></span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Lucky Holiday Inn: </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At 12A/12, W.E.A. SARASWATI MARG, KAROL BAGH, NEW DELHI-110005</span></span></span></span></h2><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel City Continental: </span></span></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At 10A/12, W.E.A. SARASWATI MARG, KAROL BAGH, NEW DELHI-110005</span></span></span></span></h2></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; text-align: -webkit-auto;"></p><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="street-address" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span></span></span></span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Great_Eastern_Hotel%2C_Kolkata.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="800" height="268" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Great_Eastern_Hotel%2C_Kolkata.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Eastern_Hotel,_Kolkata.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Sujay25</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span><br /> ACCOMMODATIONS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> IN KOLKATA [CULCUTTA] </span></span></span></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><b style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Great Eastern Hote, Kolkata, India</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="street-address" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="street-address" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">THE GATEWAY HOTEL BEACH ROAD : </span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="street-address" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="street-address" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>P T Usha Road</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><span class="locality" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Calicut</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="postal-code" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">673032</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><span class="country-name" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">India </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span">PARK HOTEL</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="street-address" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: white;">At </span>17 park street</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">, </span><span class="locality" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Kolkata</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="postal-code" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">700016</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">,</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Cheap </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotels</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span">, Motels & Resorts Call 1-800-447-413</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Broadway Hotel - 27A, Ganesh Chandra Avenue : <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;">Telephone: 033 2236 3930</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Capital Guest House - 118 Chowringhee Lane <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Central Guest House - 18, Prafulla Sarkar Street</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Centrepoint Guest House - 20, Mirza Ghalib Street <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Classic Hotel - 6/1 A, Dr M Ishaque Road</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Gujral Guest House - 88, Lindsay Street </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Galaxy - 3, Stuart Lane</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Hilson - 4, Sudder Street </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hotel Palace - 13, Chowringhee Lane </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">North Star Hotel - 66 /1, Dum Dum Road </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Rail Yatri Niwas - Howrah Railway Station, Howrah</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Royal Garden -163 A, Park Street </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Timestar Hotel - 2, Tottie Lane</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">YMCA - 25, Chowringhee Road & 42, SN Banerjee Road <span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">·</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">YWCA - 1, Middleton Row Kolkata</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">
</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">In all other cities of India, the tourists would find accommodations of their choice. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Hotel Taj and Taj Intercontinental, near Gate Way of India, Mumbai</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>For the tourists visiting India, there would be no dearth of luxury or cheap accommodations. all the cities are home to a wide range of hotels, carrying different tariffs per day. Here you would find luxury hotels, business hotels and even budget hotels. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span">The luxury or deluxe hotels in India are some of the best accommodations found in the world. Luxury hotels offer international and domestic tourists a wide range of top-class services, amenities and value for the money they spend.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The following information would be a good guide for those who want to make their stay in In India a comfortable one and full of enjoyment.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Here are the names of important, addresses and telephone numbers of the Luxurious and big hotels, that satisfy the needs of their customers. However, for rates of tariffs and recent contact numbers, the visitors are requested to visit the websites of a particular hotel.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><b><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><span>ACCOMMODATIONS</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> IN NEW DELHI</span></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">The Taj Palace Hotel: </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;">At Sardar Patel, Marg, Diplomatic Enclave, New Delhi</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Sheraton New Delhi Hotel: </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At District Centre, Saket · New Delhi, 110017 · India</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Hyatt Regency: </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At Bhikaji Cama Place, M.g. Marg Ring Road New Delhi 110066</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">AMBASSADOR: </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Sujan Singh Park Cornwallis Road, New Delhi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3;">Oberoi Hotels & Resorts: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">At Dr Zakir Hussain Marg, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">New Delhi</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Phone No:</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> (91)11-24363030</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Residency Resorts: </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: normal;">At USI Premises, Rao Tula Ram Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Phone No:</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> (91)11-26151228, 26151229 <span class="Apple-style-span"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Facilities:</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> Restaurant, Conference Hall</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">ASHOK COUNTRY RESORT: </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-weight: normal;">At No 30, Rajokri Road, Kapashera, New Delhi, Delhi, India</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="background-color: #cfe2f3; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Phone No:</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> (91)11-25064590, 25064591, 25064592</span></span></span></p><p></p></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000099; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">
</span></span></span></span></span></div><p></p></https:>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-44105761047572200872022-10-13T21:08:00.000+05:302022-10-13T21:08:02.132+05:30India: Wildlife, Bird Sanctuaries, Reserve Forest For Tigers, Lions and Deer<https: by-sa="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><https: by="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Indian_National_Peacock.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="470" height="213" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Indian_National_Peacock.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_National_Peacock.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Gork2010</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons<br /></span><span style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><b style="text-align: right;"> </b></span></span><b style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;">Indian Peacock</b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Rain forest and plenty of the foodstuffs: what other basic provisions the wild animals need? The forests of </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="line-height: 18px;"><st1:place st="on">India </st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px;">are very rich in these facilities. Most of the forests are safe for animals and birds. Many forests are designated as the reserve forests. Thus the land is made suitable to habitat for the animals and birds.</span></span></span><b style="text-align: right;"> </b><span style="text-align: right;">So, come to India, and enjoy nature's greatest gifts. All of the reserve forests have been equipped with class one tourist facilities. Make your India tour memorable, by visiting the Indian wildlife. </span><b style="text-align: right;"> </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The reserve forests, and big parks reserved for the wildlife, are the places attracting the attention of the tourists coming to </span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="line-height: 18px;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">. </span></span><b style="text-align: right;"> </b></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Flora and fauna pulsating with serene peace have become favourite among the tourists. The forests are full of Elephants, lions, cheetah and other wild animals. Deer and rabbits and other beautiful animals are free to make their homes in Indian forests. </span></span></p></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Asiatic_Lioness_in_Gir_Forest.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="766" height="237" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Asiatic_Lioness_in_Gir_Forest.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asiatic_Lioness_in_Gir_Forest.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Sumeet Moghe</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, via Wikimedia Commons </span><br /><b>Asiatic Lioness in Gir Forest</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Come to the Gir Lion Reserve Forest in Gujarat, Western India. Here you will find the Asiatic Lion. It is one of the rare species in the world. Please do not do anything that teases the animal. In past, the forests of India pulsated with roaring shots of the emperors and kings of India who enjoyed hunting of wild animals. Even they had not spared the innocent birds. The Asiatic lions were on the verge of extinction. Now the hunting of any bird or animal is prohibited in India.</span><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">In the past, the British officers, too, had widened their playground for hunting these animals. Perhaps in hunting animals like lions, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">cheetah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">, tigers, deer, and the birds, the hunters found a novel opportunity to feel like a great colonizer. But, after the independence of India, it is not the hunters' place of choice now, as hunting is banned in India.</span><b> </b>Now a day every type of hunting is a matter of past.<b> </b></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">The parks in India are safe; the forests are reserved for different species of wild animals. Birds sing here fearlessly. While going through this article, you would </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">virtually</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> visit some of the wonderful Bird Sanctuaries, Wildlife Reserves, and forests reserved for Tigers, Lions, Elephants, Deer, and for the birds whose species are facing the danger of extinction. So, shall we start?</span></span></span></span></span></p><h4 style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://navallanga.blogspot.com/2021/02/indian-wild-life-jim-corbett-national.html" target="_blank">Jim Corbett National Park</a></span></b></span></span></span></h4></span></https:><p style="text-align: justify;"><https: by="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></https:></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/An_elephant_herd_at_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="800" height="214" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/An_elephant_herd_at_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:An_elephant_herd_at_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.jpg" style="text-align: left;">https://www.flickr.com/photos/wribs/</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Situated in the Himalayan range and in the state of Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal of India, the <st1:placename st="on">Corbett</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">National park</st1:placetype> is one of the preferred destinations for the tourists visiting <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. </div></span><p></p><https: by="" creativecommons.org="" licenses=""><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Corbett sanctuary is known as <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s wider efforts to protect endangered species of tigers. It is spread in 520 sq. km. Here the beauty of the Himalayan hills and the flow of rivers make the part an eye-catching wonder. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In this park, in addition to the rare Bengal tigers, the tourists would encounter the nearby presence of spotted deer and peacefully living elephants gazing in the massy land of Jim Corbett Park. Once you step in the hilly areas of the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Corbett</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>, you would find the leopards; and in the thickness of the wild forest, the reptiles will make your eyes amazed with pleasure and variety of their species.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Location: 300 Km away from </span><st1:city st="on" style="line-height: 150%;">New Delhi</st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">, easily approachable from </span><st1:city st="on" style="line-height: 18px;"><st1:place st="on">Lucknow</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> by motorway. The nearest railway station is Ramnagar, just 15 Km away from the park. The weather in this region remains moderately cool, due to its vicinity to the Himalayan </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">range</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">. Just land at the New Delhi Airport, hire a cab if you are in a group, and reach the </span></span></span></span><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Corbett</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park. Live with nature.</st1:placetype></st1:place></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="https://navallanga.blogspot.com/2021/02/indian-wild-life-jim-corbett-national.html">What will you see in <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Corbett</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">National Park</st1:placetype></st1:place>?</a></b></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span">Tigers, Leopards, Elephants, Birds and Crocodiles are the main attractions of Jim Corbett National Par of India. </span></span>Cruising in a comfortable Jeep Safari, or riding on the back of an elephant, the tourists enjoy seeing wild animals, birds. The best season here is during the months of November to June. During the monsoon, most of the parks in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> which are under the spell of rain would remain closed for the visitors. So, ensure your stay in advance.</p></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span">Those who love viewing and being with the birds, the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Corbett</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place> is like heaven. Here they would locate the presence of Water-birds and Waterside-birds. Some of these birds are native species and the migratory flocks of the birds, too, make their vacation home in the park. The beautiful birds like Darter, Grey Heron, White and black-necked Strokes and more than 500 species of birds.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">While visiting Corbett Park the accommodation would never be a problem. You can find a hotel of choice and suitable to your pocket. While going to the par from any of the nearby stations by motorway, you would find a number of restaurants and hotels on the way, serving you the delicious Indian Dishes. </span></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><b><span>Kanha National Park</span></b></h4></span></span></span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px;">If you want to feel how Rudyard Kipling might have felt while writing his Jungle Book, you should visit the Kanha National park of India. Driving on the road through the grassy meadows, you would enjoy the lush bamboo forest that preserves flower plants of more than 600 species.</span></p><p></p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><st1:placename st="on"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><st1:placename st="on"><span lang="EN-GB"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Tigeress_with_cubs_in_Kanha_Tiger_reserve.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="800" height="206" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Tigeress_with_cubs_in_Kanha_Tiger_reserve.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tigeress_with_cubs_in_Kanha_Tiger_reserve.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Wikigringo</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, via Wikimedia Commons </span><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tigress With Cubs in Kanha National Reserve Park</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></st1:placename></span></span></span></st1:placename></span></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><st1:placename st="on"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><st1:placename st="on"><span lang="EN-GB">Kanha</span></st1:placename><span lang="EN-GB"> <st1:placetype st="on">National park</st1:placetype>, situated in central <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>, spanning over 2000 square Km effectively: It covers two districts of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The well-preserved Tiger Reserve has become one of the most visited wildlife sanctuaries in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India.</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></span></span></span></st1:placename></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-weight: normal;">Location: Central India, State of <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Madhya Pradesh. </st1:place></st1:state></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">Nearest Airport: </span><st1:city st="on" style="font-weight: normal;">Jabalpur</st1:city><span style="font-weight: normal;"> 170 Km. Connecting flights to </span><st1:city st="on" style="font-weight: normal;">Delhi</st1:city><span style="font-weight: normal;">, Mumbai and other major cities of </span><st1:place st="on" style="font-weight: normal;"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="font-weight: normal;">. You can book a ticket for the train or air ticket from any authorized travel agent in India.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span>Kanha national park offers the tourist its rich and wonderful flora and fauna with the roaring tigers and deer dancing among the songs of big and tiny birds. Though it is an area of deciduous dense forest, the accommodation is easily available. The increasing lodging and boarding resources established here and in nearby stations would suit everyone’s budget.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span">While enjoying the arranged safari tour of the park, you would encounter the beauties of wildlife, bamboo forests, and the sal trees. While sitting on the back of an elephant it would look like a journey in dreamland.</span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">When we tread through the grassland of the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Kanha</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">National park</st1:placetype></st1:place>, the amazed herds of deer would cross our motorcade. The wonderful animals of different species eating this grass would make the tour memorable. The most attractive animal is the spotted deer. It is called Chital in the local language. It is wonderful specie eating grass and becoming food for the leopards and the tigers.</span></span></span></span></p></h4><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Kaziranga National Park</span></span></span></span></h4></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Rhinos_in_KNP.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Rhinos_in_KNP.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhinos_in_KNP.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Diganta Talukdar</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, via Wikimedia Commons </span><br /><b>Rhinos in Kaziranga National Park</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table>The Brahmaputra, flowing through North-Eastern region of <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region>, is one of the biggest rivers in the world; the 430 square Km Kaziranga National Park is situated on the banks of <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Brahmputra</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">River</st1:placetype></st1:place>. The one-horned Rhino is one of the most attractions for the tourist visiting this wildlife sanctuary.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></span></span></span><p></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB">Besides the Rhino, the park is thickly populated by the typical Swamp Deer known as Barahsinga and the roaming crowds of big sized elephants. The tall grass and lush green vegetation is a proper place to be home for the herds of elephants. The abundance of prey animals has made this park known as the thickly populated by the endangered species of tiger.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span></p> <h4 style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><b>How to reach Kaziranga</b></span></span></h4> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB">You contact your travel agent or book a plane ticket to Guwahati (200 Km from Kaziranga) or at Jorhat airport (100). You can choose the railway and reach at Furkating station (75 km). The option of using motorway would also be a smart choice, as on the way you would encounter the restaurants cooking delicious Indian food.</span></p><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Assam_012.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/Assam_012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Assam_012.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Peter Andersen</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></span><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066;">Observing wildlife or BirdLife in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Kaziranga</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #000066;"> is a wonderful experience for the visitors’ life. They can ride in Jeep Safari or participate in conducted bus tours. Hiking is not allowed in this park, as it might disturb the peaceful life of animals and birds.</span></span></span></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p></p></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/archive/5/57/20070405024337%21Coracias_benghalensis.jpg/88px-Coracias_benghalensis.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Birdlife International has identified the Kaziranga National Park as Important Bird Area. There had been alt least seven species of vultures in this park. But is now excited, perhaps, as it is believed that the birds might have eaten the meat of a dead animal that might be contaminated by drugs of other things.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 18px;"></p></span></span></span><p style="line-height: 18px;"></p></span></span></div><o:p></o:p><p></p></span><p></p></https:></https:>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-72923698284517133412021-02-04T11:53:00.025+05:302022-10-13T21:02:15.847+05:30Indian Wild Life: Jim Corbett National Park<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Ramganga_dhikala.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Ramganga_dhikala.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ramganga_dhikala.jpg" style="text-align: left;">D M</a>omaya<span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons <br /></span> <b>Banks of the Ramganga reservoir in the Dhikala grasslands of Corbett Tiger Reserve.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Happy_Peackock_in_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Nandan, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Happy Peackock in Jim Corbett National Park" height="150" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Happy_Peackock_in_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.jpg/512px-Happy_Peackock_in_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Happy_Peackock_in_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Nandan</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span>If you love to see the free-flying </span></span><span style="text-align: justify;">birds, the freely running deer, along with the wild animals like Chitah and bears, then </span><st1:place st="on" style="text-align: justify;"><st1:placename st="on">Corbett</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Park</st1:placetype></st1:place><span style="text-align: justify;"> is the</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> proper place to visit. You will feel that you are in safe heaven. Here you would discover the presence of the bird's habitat in water: Water-birds and Waterside-birds. Some of these birds are native species, and many are migratory flocks, coming therein for a specific stay. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">You know the birds have their vacations, too. And there can not be a better place for a vacation than the </span><span>Jim Corbet National Park in India. Be aware, the park is populated by </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Tigers, Leopards, Elephants, Birds and Crocodiles, too.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Let us see what the great artist Pablo Picasso says about birds and animals. He said, "God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying things." Yes, birds and animals are God's favourite creations.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Physical Details of Jim Corbet National Park</b></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Location: Nainital, in the State of Uttarakhand, India</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Approach: New Delhi 300 km Nearest Railway station: Ramnagar 15 km.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Weather: All time, except in the heavy rainy season. November to June would be preferable. If you have a plan to visit the park, please, </span><span style="font-size: medium;">ensure your stay in advance</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><b>The Species of Birds</b></span></h3><h4 style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown_Fish_Owl_(8566795379).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Koshy Koshy from Faridabad, Haryana, India, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Brown Fish Owl (8566795379)" height="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Brown_Fish_Owl_%288566795379%29.jpg/512px-Brown_Fish_Owl_%288566795379%29.jpg" width="175" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brown_Fish_Owl_(8566795379).jpg" style="text-align: left;">Koshy Koshy from Faridabad,<br />Haryana, India</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">,<br />via Wikimedia Commons</span><br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></h4><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Once you are in the </span><span>Jim Corbet National Park, you are in the company of </span><span style="text-align: justify;">beautiful birds: like Darter, Grey Heron, and White and Black-necked Strokes. But remember one thing. If you want to see the birds from a true perspective, you will have to become part of the silence.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">If the list of the birds you would see in the park were to be given, it will be longer than an encyclopedia. One important thing. Do you know what the birds teach us? The birds dare to break the cell they are caught in, and they do so because they have a strong desire to fly.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">You will find a unique range of birds, starting from small sparrows</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> to the night watchman owl.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">The owl is a bird, you will have to wait till it is dark. It will be a rare event if you see an owl during the day. So plan your visit with an owl after sunset. It is a very shy bird. But one notable feature of this incredible bird is that it has a wonderful pair of eyes.</span></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_tailed_bee_eater.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="PramodP, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="Blue tailed bee eater" height="200" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Blue_tailed_bee_eater.jpg/512px-Blue_tailed_bee_eater.jpg" width="177" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_tailed_bee_eater.jpg" style="text-align: left;">PramodP</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">,<br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">To see the birds, go to the grassland part of the Park. It is 500 km square place, so roam with your van. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">For your own camera, please take permission, and it will be okay. Catch the softness of the feathers of the flying angels. That will deliver the much-needed softness in our life.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; text-align: justify;">This park has a vast area to roam around and enjoy the company and the colours of the birds. And believe me, the birds also like our company, too. If you want to check it, just sing in front of a bird. The bird will sing in response. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: justify;">There is one lake, Ramganga Lake, in the park</span><span style="font-weight: 700; text-align: justify;">. </span><span style="text-align: justify;">You will find more than 600 species of local and migratory birds. Go there with a permitted camera and have photos of your life.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; line-height: 18px;"><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(5)_Pallas%27s_Fish_Eagle_at_Corbett_National_park,_Uttarakhand_India_March_2013.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Koshy Koshy, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><img alt="(5) Pallas's Fish Eagle at Corbett National park, Uttarakhand India March 2013" height="140" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/%285%29_Pallas%27s_Fish_Eagle_at_Corbett_National_park%2C_Uttarakhand_India_March_2013.jpg/512px-%285%29_Pallas%27s_Fish_Eagle_at_Corbett_National_park%2C_Uttarakhand_India_March_2013.jpg" width="200" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(5)_Pallas%27s_Fish_Eagle_at_Corbett_National_park,_Uttarakhand_India_March_2013.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Koshy Koshy</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">In this lake, during the winter season, it is the proper time to view the herons, ducks, and egrets. These birds remain in large flocks. When we look at flying birds, do you know what comes first in our minds? We wish, we can fly like birds; we wish we have wings.</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The birds like Osprey Fish and Eagles will be here. They are water birds. The water is there in abundance in the Himalayan range of mountains. Do you know, why the birds sing? They do not sing because they are bored. They sing because they have songs.</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The mammals</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">If you want to see the elephant safari in Jim Corbett Park, you can book your plan in advance. You can book it online. The park is divided into three sub-regions: Bijrani, Dhikala and Corbett landscape zone.</span></span></p><p><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Now let us talk about elephants. They are here in a good population. Go to the Dhikala or Corbett zone, and have an eye-catching view of these peace-loving animals. They are 500 or so elephants in this park. They are fully protected from poaching and other activities which can damage them or hinder their freedom.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asiatic_Elephant.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Atharva Damle, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Asiatic Elephant" height="160" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Asiatic_Elephant.jpg/512px-Asiatic_Elephant.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asiatic_Elephant.jpg" style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">Atharva Damle</a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="font-size: small; text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">,</span><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_Herd_at_Corbett_National_Park.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Chinmayisk, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Elephant Herd at Corbett National Park" height="141" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Elephant_Herd_at_Corbett_National_Park.JPG/512px-Elephant_Herd_at_Corbett_National_Park.JPG" width="212" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_Herd_at_Corbett_National_Park.JPG" style="text-align: left;">Chinmayisk</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_group_in_Corbett_TR,_June_2017,_AJT_Johnsingh._P1120887.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Elephant group in Corbett TR, June 2017, AJT Johnsingh. P1120887" height="150" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Elephant_group_in_Corbett_TR%2C_June_2017%2C_AJT_Johnsingh._P1120887.JPG/512px-Elephant_group_in_Corbett_TR%2C_June_2017%2C_AJT_Johnsingh._P1120887.JPG" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_group_in_Corbett_TR,_June_2017,_AJT_Johnsingh._P1120887.JPG" style="text-align: left;">A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br /></span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons<br /></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Monkey_in_Jim_Corbett_Park,_Uttarakhand,_India.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Ross Huggett, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="A Monkey in Jim Corbett Park, Uttarakhand, India" height="266" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/A_Monkey_in_Jim_Corbett_Park%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg/512px-A_Monkey_in_Jim_Corbett_Park%2C_Uttarakhand%2C_India.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Monkey_in_Jim_Corbett_Park,_Uttarakhand,_India.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Ross Huggett</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">About the other mammals, you will find here them roaming freely in the flocks. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Spotted_deers_in_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="800" height="192" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Spotted_deers_in_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spotted_deers_in_Jim_Corbett_National_Park.JPG" style="text-align: left;">Bendale.kaustubh</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">If you are interested in the different species of deer, here you will find a wonderful scenario. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">The park is populated by many types of deer: the hog deer, barking deer, sambar deer and a specific Himalayan chital. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-weight: normal; text-align: left;">Monkeys hopping from one branch of a tree to another branch will be a feast for the eyes of the visitors. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are in the </span></span><span style="font-weight: 400; text-align: left;">Jim Corbett National Park, if you see all the animals and birds making their habitation therein, it will be a memorable event, the event of life.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, book a ticket to India. Happy journey.</span></p></h4></span></span></span></span></div></div>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-33883128096493216532021-02-03T11:30:00.015+05:302022-10-13T21:03:43.128+05:30Indian Temples : Temples of South India<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you have a plan to visit India, make sure that your planning program includes a visit to the temples situated in the Southern part of India. Let me introduce some of the famous and must visitable temples in south India.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Venkateswara Temple</span></h3><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Sri_Venkateswara_Swamy_Temple_in_Tirumala_in_Chittoor_district%2CAndhra_Pradesh.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="3" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Sri_Venkateswara_Swamy_Temple_in_Tirumala_in_Chittoor_district%2CAndhra_Pradesh.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sri_Venkateswara_Swamy_Temple_in_Tirumala_in_Chittoor_district,Andhra_Pradesh.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Siddharth Verma 101</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The temple which is also known as the Temple of Tirupati Balaji is one of the most visited temples in India. It is the temple dedicated to the Lod Venkateswara. Situated in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, the temple is on a hill sight. The temple complex is so vast that you can have a real idea of it only when you visit the same. The entire city on the hill is administered by the temple authority. The temple authority provides accommodation to all those who visit the temple.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The nearest railway station is Renugunta which is on the railway route from New Delhi to Trivandrum. From Renugunta, you can have the services of state transport buses and local tour operators. The transport charges are quite affordable for all tourists. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When you are in Tirupati, on the hiss side temple site, do not forget to enjoy the South Indian dishes. The Doda, Idli, Mendu Vada: all the dishes are made from rice and vegetables. </span></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rameswaram: Temple of Lord Shiva</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Ramanathaswamy_temple_corridor.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="3" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="285" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Ramanathaswamy_temple_corridor.JPG" width="214" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Ventry, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons<br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Ramanathswamy Temple corridor</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">The temple of Lord Shiva, the Hindu God, is situated on a wonderful small island. It is believed to have been constructed in the twelfth century. However, it is believed that the inauguration of the original Lingam was done by Lord Ram, when he crossed the sea, for going to Sri Lanka. According to the Hindu scriptures, Lord Rama is the seventh incarnation of the God Lord Vishnu. Lord Krishna is also believed to be the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. In the temple of Ramanathswamy, looking at the ceiling paintings, the sculpture, the walls, the painted pillars and the corridors will be a lifelong memorable event. </div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Located in the southern state of Tamilnadu, the Rameswar is well connected with all the other regions of India, by rail and by road. Madurai is an airport at a distance of less than 150 km. Once you are in Madurai, get a car rented from there; and enjoy the wonderful trip on the bridge that is built in the sea. It links the island of Rameswar to the mainland. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It would be a wonderful site seeing, as the cost of Shree Lanka would be visible from the island of Rameswaram if the weather permits a clear view of the sky. There are two bridges built in the sea, one for the railways and another for the motorway. The motorway bridge is one of the longest bridges built in India. It would be a lifetime memorable event to pass through these bridges where we can see the Indian ocean roaring on both sides.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Meenakshi Temple</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/MEENAKSHI_TEMPLE-_WEST_TOWER.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="3" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/MEENAKSHI_TEMPLE-_WEST_TOWER.jpg" width="213" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MEENAKSHI_TEMPLE-_WEST_TOWER.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Mamichaelraj</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons<br />Meenakshi Temple-North Tower</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">This temple is also in the state of Tamilnadu, and it is located in the city of Madurai. It is the temple of Goddess Parvati who was the wife of Lord Shiva. The date of original construction is unknown, but there are references to the existence of this temple in the literature written in the sixth century. However, it is renovated and rebuilt several times, by several devotee kings. In fact, the temple is a complex of many temples. </div></span><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>The tall towers are built on all four sides. It will be a wonderful experience to feel the deities all around us, while we are in the Meenakshi Temple complex. </span><span>The city of Madurai is a well-known place and it is accessible by air, road and railway. The network of Indian Railways is one of the biggest in the world. Get a ticket booked from Chennai to Madurai, and enjoy the train journey passing through the paddy green field of Southern India.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>When you are in Madurai, do visit a restaurant where you can have South Indian dishes. </span><span> Have a taste of south Indian sambhar and several dishes made from rice. You know, in India, there are 80 types of dishes which are made from potatoes.</span></span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></p><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Padmanabhswamy Temple </span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple_Gopuram.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="3" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="174" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple_Gopuram.jpg" width="262" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Padmanabhaswamy_Temple_Gopuram.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Shishirdasika</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons <br />Padmanabhaswamy Temple Gopuram, <br />Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Situated in the well-known city of Thiruvantpuram (formerly Trivandrum), the temple of Shree </span><span>Padmanabhswamy is one of the most famous temples in India. The temple is an architectural wonder. The high walls and the ancient Gopuram style of building the temple will be a lifelong memorable event. The idol of Shree </span><span>Padmanabhswamy Temple (Lord Vishnu) is shown as a sleeping deity. The serpent shesha is also shown with the idol.</span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>The city of </span><span>Thiruvantpuram, the capital city of Kerala state, has an international airport. The city is well connected with other parts of India, by rail and by road connectivity. When you are in Kerala, do visit the wonderful sea sights and beaches situated in the region. Kerala is known as the garden of India. It is also called 'The land of God.' </span></span></p><h3 style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><b>Gomateswar (Bahubali): Shravanabelagola, The Largest Statue in World</b></span></span></span></span></h3><div style="color: navy; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BahubaliBhagwan-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Amitjain80 [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="BahubaliBhagwan-1" border="3" height="200" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/BahubaliBhagwan-1.jpg/240px-BahubaliBhagwan-1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 302px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; width: 240px;" width="159" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_statue_of_Gommateshvara_Bahubali_dating_978-993_AD..jpg" style="text-align: left;">Rvsssuman</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons<br /> built-in 981 A.D 590ft high statue <br />of Gommateshwara at <br />Shravanabelagola, Karnataka</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Shravanabelagola is in </span></span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Hassan</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><st1:placename st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">District</span></st1:placename><span class="Apple-style-span"> of the state of Karnataka in </span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span">. It is 157 km away from </span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bangalore</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span">, the city of </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Information</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"> and Technology. This statue and temple an important place for Jainism or Jain Religion.</span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span">The Largest Statue in the World</span></span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The statue of Bahubali or Gomateswar is 438 feet high. It is the highest statue in the world in its kind of statues. The city is a pilgrimage centre for the Digambar sect of the Jain religion. There are several other sculptures carved out of big stones. The followers of the Jain religion believe in the teachings of the great saints whom they call Tirthankaras. There were twenty-four Tirthankaras. Saint Adinath is believed to be the first in that line.</span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">The main statue is on a hill. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bahubali, whose statue is here, was the younger son of Saint Adinath. </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">If you visit the town below the hill there is a Jain monastery. A monastery is a place where the devotees reside. These are temples also near the monastery. Here the tourists can see very old paintings on the walls of the buildings of the temple and the monastery. The floral designs on these buildings are very artistic. The temples on the hill Chandragiri is built by Emperor Ashoka. He built this temple in the third century B. C. He dedicated this temple to Emperor Chandra Gupta Maurya. In his last years, Emperor Ashoka was living like a monk and he had renounced practising violence.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">HOW TO REACH SHRAVANBELAGOLA</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">In most parts of </span><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Southern India</span></st1:place><span class="Apple-style-span">, the motorway and railway are available. </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bangalore</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"> is an international airport. Visit the town where the statue of Shravanabelagola stands is very easy. Tourists can go there either from </span><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bangalore</span></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"> or from </span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Mysore</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"> city. It would be a good idea to go by road. If you hire a car for rent, you would enjoy the greenery of Indian land on the way.</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span">Accommodation</span></span></b></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The tourists visiting Shravanabelagola would find no difficulty in finding comfortable and cheap accommodation. One would find the rates of hotels and dining suitable to his or her pocket. You would find restaurants serving all types of Indian dishes. Local transport is also cheap and easily accessible. You can hire vehicles like a Car or auto for rent. Car rentals are decided by the government. The state transport buses also provide frequent services facilitating the pilgrims and tourists visiting the sacred place. </span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Apart from these temples, the southern part of India is having several other temples where visitors and devotees go for seeing the wonders of the architecture of the temples. </span></span></span></p><div style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">I am sure you have enjoyed the details about the Temples of South India.</div><div style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">Now let us go to the Northern part of India and enjoy seeing the temples there.</div><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></p><div style="font-size: large; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"> Visit Here: <a href="https://navallanga.blogspot.com/2010/09/famous-temples-of-north-india.html" target="_blank">TEMPLES OF NORTH INDIA</a></div></span></span></span></span></div>NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-77349490989945508672015-02-15T11:53:00.025+05:302022-10-13T20:59:55.449+05:30India: Land of Beauty and Pleasure<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span><span style="font-size: large;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Dancer_in_Sari.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="4" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Dancer_in_Sari.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><b style="color: #000066; font-size: large; text-align: start;">A Keralite Dancer in Sari<br /></b><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dancer_in_Sari.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Oct11988duh</a><span style="text-align: left;">, Public domain, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table>I</span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">ndia is a country where the fusion of different arts and cultures has occurred; India is a land where the transmission of customs and beliefs is being done peacefully, for ages. India has been gifted the beauty of flora and fauna on its wide canvas spanning from the Himalayan Peaks to the shores of great oceans.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
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Here are some glimpses that would make you know about one of the oldest civilizations of the world: India</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #000066; font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;">The articles on this blog site are written by Naval Langa. It is a humble attempt to let the people of the world know something about India. But if you want to know about real India, just contact your travel agent, and book an air ticket to India. the land of India would give you a warm welcome, and the people of India would make you feel at home. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Rain forests and abundance of foodstuffs: these are the basic needs the wild animals need. The forests of </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="line-height: 18px;">India </st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 18px;">are very rich in these facilities and thus they are safe and comfortable habitats for animals and birds. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://navallanga.blogspot.in/2010/09/buddhist-art-ajanta-caves-india.html">BUDDHIST ART: AJANTA CAVES</a> </span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span>The </span><st1:placename st="on">Ajanta</st1:placename><span> </span><st1:placetype st="on">Caves</st1:placetype><span> are situated in the state of Maharastra in </span><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region><span>. The site is near </span><st1:city st="on">Bombay</st1:city><span>. We can reach the caves from the city of </span><st1:city st="on">Jalgaon</st1:city><span>, too. This city is just 25 miles away from the caves. Another city is </span><st1:city st="on">Aurangabad</st1:city><span>. We can go to that city and reach </span><st1:place st="on">Ajanta</st1:place><span> by travelling by road.</span></span></div>
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<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://navallanga.blogspot.in/2010/09/famous-temples-of-north-india.html"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">FAMOUS TEMPLES OF NORTH INDIA</span></a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: #4b4b4b;"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b;"><span style="color: navy;"> is a country where all modern world religions have a good presence. This made <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> a liberal land for erecting huge monuments by the people following all faiths on earth.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://navallanga.blogspot.in/2010/10/mughal-forts-architecture-and-palaces.html" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">MUGHAL FORTS</span></a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: #4b4b4b;"><st1:place st="on"><span style="color: navy;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Agra_Fort.01.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="4" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Agra_Fort.01.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agra_Fort.01.JPG" style="text-align: left;">Ashish3724</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table>India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: navy;"> is the most favoured destination of world tourists. And the city of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> is an important holiday target for every person who lands on the land of this country. </span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: helvetica;"><b> Agra Fort, Agra, India</b></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: helvetica;">The city of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Agra</st1:place></st1:city> is full of places with historical connections and cultural importance. Besides the Taj Mahal and the wonderful temple of Shree Radhaswami, the Mughal Fort Built by Shah Jehan is situated in Agra. The city of Agra is well-connected with other parts of India, by train and by air.</span></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy; font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://navallanga.blogspot.in/2010/09/metro-cities-of-india-delhi-mumbai.html" style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">METRO CITIES OF INDIA</span></a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Modern India is the place where you would find modern and ancient cities, alongside each other. You can enjoy the ultra-modern facilities of leisure and comforts, in most of the cities. The hotels and bars are always cordial for visitors. So far as the ancient cities are concerned, there India is one of the most ancient civilisations. Come here and see the history of India, the history of mankind.</span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://navallanga.blogspot.in/2010/12/air-travel-in-india.html" style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">AIR TRAVEL FACILITIES IN INDIA</span></a></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><div style="font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Indian airlines can offer cheap air tickets due to the competition they face among them. The airlines operating in </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> would charge you as per your plan of journey and segment-wise. If you are comfortable travelling on days having lesser traffic, you can have the benefit of incurring lower expenses towards your air tickets. If you prefer a night journey, you would still be paying less on selected routes.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></span></div></div>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">So when you wish to enjoy the unforgettable journey of seeing the sun, sand and sunlight of India, pick up your phone, dial a number of a travel agent, and book a ticket to India. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Places You Must Visit While You Are In India</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raj_Path.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Seb & Jen[see page for license], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Raj Path" border="'0'" height="236" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Raj_Path.jpg/240px-Raj_Path.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 270px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; width: 360px;" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raj_Path.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Seb & Jen</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 2.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">Snow-clad mountain peaks, ever-flowing rivers, green fields, dense forests, and wonderful deserts are trademarks of Indian land. </span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; font-size: medium;">If you want to enjoy all of the beauties of Mother Earth in a single country, then a visit to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> should be your first choice.</span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">India Gate, New Delhi</span></b></i></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">India</span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"> is a vast country. These are some of the important places for the interest of the tourist. These spots would make their stay in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> a memorable one.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Kashmir</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;">: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">You visit Srinagar; you visit Pahalgam; you visit the Skiing resort at Gulmergh, or you visit the northern tip at Leh; the memorable experience of your life is a must.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Indian_Vegeterian_dishes_P7180106.JPG/800px-Indian_Vegeterian_dishes_P7180106.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Indian_Vegeterian_dishes_P7180106.JPG/800px-Indian_Vegeterian_dishes_P7180106.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 180px; margin: 0px 0px 1px 10px; width: 240px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_Vegeterian_dishes_P7180106.JPG" style="text-align: left;">Deror avi</a><span style="text-align: left;">, Attribution,<br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">Indian Dishes</span></span></b></span><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span">While travelling in India, no one would like to miss the taste of Indian dishes. For the benefit of local passengers and tourists coming from all over the world, the Indian trains keep adding more and more facilities. </span></span></p><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span">In addition to sanitary facilities at every station, you can arrange your stay in the guest houses available at big stations. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The enticing smell coming from the restaurants run at railway stations would certainly attract the taste buds of tourists.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><p><span><span class="Apple-style-span">Here you can order a Punjabi lunch or a south Indian dish. Those who are coming to</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">for the first time would find the tourist help centres at important stations. Here you can get information about accommodations, cheap hotels, car rentals, onward booking of your journey, travel agents and other data a traveller in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"> would need.</span></p></span></div></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Reclining_Tiger%2C_Ranthambore_National_Park.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="800" height="222" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Reclining_Tiger%2C_Ranthambore_National_Park.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: navy; text-align: left;">Reclining Tiger, Ranthambhor National Park, <br />Rajasthan, India.</b><br /><span style="text-align: left;">Louisville, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><b><span>Rajasthan</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;">: </span></span>For the tourists, nothing can be more alluring than the exotic deserts, camels, historical forts, and colourful dances of people. Rajasthan would give your all at the same place.</span></span><b style="color: navy; text-align: left;"> </b></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;">The geography of Rajasthan is identified with deserts; the history of the region is full of war memories. Here the Mughals fought their decisive battles; here the Rajput kinks defended their land with </span><span style="color: navy;">ardent fervour of patriotism. </span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;">It makes the northern part of <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region> a land of palaces. Most of these castles are, built by the medieval kings and emperors who ruled <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></div></span><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Tourists roaming all over the world desire to visit Rajasthan at least once in their life. This charming landscape is dotted with exotic palaces and is beautified by the sand of the desert. </span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">The local people displaying their dances and colourful dresses would be the most pleasing aspect for the tourists coming to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> in general and to Rajasthan in particular. among several beautiful locations in this area, the following are the most visited places.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">J<st1:city st="on">aipur</st1:city>, Once the capital of royalty in <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region>, is in the western part of the country, now known as the State of <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">Rajasthan</st1:place></st1:state>. On their first visit, the tourists would fall in love with Jaipur: so picturesque its forts and gardens, so exotic is the landscape. Jaipur, founded in 1727 by Maharaja Sawai, is a city that was made by planning, perhaps for the first time in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;"><b><a href="http://navallanga.blogspot.in/2010/09/rajasthan-pushkar-fair-and-forts.html">Pushkar</a>: </b></span></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: navy;"><b>T</b>hose who visit </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy;">India</st1:country-region><span style="color: navy;"> for their leisure tour, they hardly miss seeing the temples and </span><st1:place st="on" style="color: navy;"><st1:placetype st="on">lake </st1:placetype>of <st1:placename st="on">Pushkar</st1:placename></st1:place><span style="color: navy;">. But the tourists from western countries flock in during the festival season of the fair. Talking about the traveller on a vacation tour of </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="color: navy;">, we can say that there are tons of them from lands far away. The event at the Pushkar Fair has become now the single biggest draw for foreign tourists in </span><st1:place st="on" style="color: navy;"><st1:city st="on">Rajasthan</st1:city>, <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place><span style="color: navy;">.</span></span></p><br /><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Kerala</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;">: </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;">If the exotic greenery, the land full of water bodies, and the clean seashore are on the desired list of a tourist, he or she would certainly go first to Kerala. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">The state of Kerala is situated in the southern region of </span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">. It is known for its exotic locations and picturesque greenery, and thus it is rated high among the tourist </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">centres</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> in </span></span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Due to its unique attraction, Kerala is known as "God's Own Country". </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">The state of Kerala and the city of </span></span><st1:city st="on" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><st1:place st="on">Thiruvananthapuram</st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;"> (Trivandrum) are also famous for being the venues for Boat Races.</span></span></span></div></span><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><p style="line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b style="color: navy;">'Boat races' </b><span style="color: navy;">are organized annually in Kerala. These events are representatives of the ethos of the land. Boat racing is a sport that signifies excellent team spirit. The exciting crowd of spectators gathers on the bank of rivers to witness the integration and amity of the participants of the race. As these races are an attraction for foreign tourists, tens of thousands of people witness the water sports carnival when the fierce 'Vallom Kallies (boat races)' are organized here.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nehru_Trophy_Boat_Race_DSW.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="800" height="126" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Nehru_Trophy_Boat_Race_DSW.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nehru_Trophy_Boat_Race_DSW.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Augustus Binu</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">It is a festival of vibrant colours, organized in the exotic backwaters. During these festivals of boat racing, one would not miss being thrilled by the racing scenes. The events make spectators spellbound. They will witness cheering actions, laying bets, and goading the boatmen to row faster.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></span></p><br /><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Places Where Boat Races are Held : </span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;">The water carnivals and snake boat races are held annually at a place known as Aranmula. It is situated on the bank of River Pamba. Other places where the major races are organized are Papiyad near Quilon and Thayathangadi near Kottayam. These festivals of boating are held on the sacred occasion of the festival of Onam. It is also the end of the harvesting season for the local people.</span></div></span><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">It is the most important celebration for the festival lover people who live in villages. The participants of the races come mainly from these villages. They participate in festivals and competitive races. They come to enjoy the events with their small, big and long boasts.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: navy;">Visiting the sites of boat races could be a memorable event for tourists coming to <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region>. It is like a grand feast for the eyes of tourists. All the viewers get together on palm-shaded banks and hold their breath in excitement. They witness speeding boats of various types. The Snake Boats, called 'Chundans', have long hulls and steep sterns. Its shape reminds us raised hood of a cobra. About one hundred muscle-powered oarsmen would be onboard a boat. A group of musicians also would accompany them. These boats dash furiously towards the finishing line. They fight to win for their glory.</span></span><span style="color: navy;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: medium; line-height: 13.5pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">Historical Places</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span" style="color: #4b4b4b; font-size: large; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;">: </span></span></p><span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: navy;">Taj Mahal would be the first choice of tourists coming to India. But the Forts in the cities of South India, and Rajasthan would also be an enjoyable target for tourists.</span></div></span><p style="font-size: medium;"></p><p style="font-size: medium; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></span></p><span class="apple-style-span"><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span><a href="http://navallanga.blogspot.com/2010/09/famous-temples-of-north-india.html" style="color: navy; line-height: 13.5pt;">Religious Places</a><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 13.5pt;">:</span></span></span></b></span><span class="apple-converted-space" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><b><span style="color: navy;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;">From the northern Himalayan range of Kashmir to the southern tip of Kanya Kumari, India is full of religious places. As India is the land of all the religions of the world, here you find the sacred places attached to all of them. Any person who has visited </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="font-size: large;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region><span style="font-size: medium;"> once would like to revisit.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><b style="color: #660000;">Indian Railways and Car Rentals</b></div></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span class="apple-style-span" face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="color: #4b4b4b; line-height: 13.5pt;"><span style="color: navy;"><span><span style="color: black; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: helvetica;"><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Janshatabdi_train_kerala_india.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Janshatabdi_train_kerala_india.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Janshatabdi_train_kerala_india.JPG" style="text-align: left;">Amolnaik3k</a><span style="text-align: left;">, Public domain, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table>From a starting day in 1853, the journey of the Indian Railways is increasingly progressive. In a nation of 1200 Million citizens, the Indian train travels on 1, 15, 000 Km. of tracks touching more than 7,500 stations. Most of the stations are being modernized to meet the newer challenges of the needs of the tourists.<p></p><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">The Indian Railways is important for Indian people.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">has the second-largest population in the world, and the train services are like the veins in the body of the Indian economy. It is the single largest employment provider in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span">.</span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">For tourists who want to know real</span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span">, the 65K km network of railways is a nice option. At every corner of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span">, you would find a friendly staff, assisting assist you to explore the interesting places in</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span">. Tourists can book their tickets at any computerized station; or you can book your tickets at any authorized travel agent, too. The network for booking tickets is a wonderful one. One would find a fully computerized station almost in every district of India. The tourist-friendly staff at every station would eagerly serve the needs of the tourists.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span">CAR RENTALS</span></b></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMIC-Mallasandra-flyover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="By Rsrikanth05 [CC-BY-SA-3.0 or GFDL], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="BMIC-Mallasandra-flyover" border="'0'" height="300" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/BMIC-Mallasandra-flyover.jpg/240px-BMIC-Mallasandra-flyover.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 180px; margin: 0px 0px 2px 10px; width: 240px;" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BMIC-Mallasandra-flyover.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Rsrikanth05</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY-SA 3.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, <br />via Wikimedia Commons</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">If you want to enjoy seeing the cities of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span">, then you should take the services of Car Rentals. These services are available in all the metro cities of Mumbai (</span><st1:city st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Bombay</span></st1:city></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span">),</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Delhi</span></st1:city></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span">, Chennai (</span><st1:city st="on"><st1:city st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Madras</span></st1:city></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span">) and Kolkata (</span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">Calcutta</span></st1:place></st1:city></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span">).<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">Meant for providing assistance to the tourists and making it comfortable for them to visit all the places without traffic problems, renting a car is an easy solution. Travellers have the option to choose to rent any car from a range of cars like Benz, Accord, Ford Ikon, Fiesta, Honda City, Indica and many more. Car rental agencies rent out multi-utility, high-capacity cars like Tavera, Qualis, and Sumo, meeting the needs of the tourists. These vehicle renting agencies categorize the vehicles to suit the tourists' specific needs and also to fit into their budget.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">The car rental agencies in the metro cities of</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">offer the services of the best chauffeurs who are both experienced and friendly. They also offer discount car rentals. Customer satisfaction always remains the buzzword for such service providers, as their business is dependent on tourists. This factor makes them offer the best services at the most economical rates. Indian car rental provides tourists with a hassle-free and luxurious journey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><u1:p></u1:p></span><p style="font-size: large; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span">Tourists visiting</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span">India</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">can contact these car rental agencies at any of the airports or at big railway stations. Addresses and telephone numbers of such car renting agencies can be availed from the tourist help centres.</span></p></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><b style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> Happy Journey To India.</span></b></div></div>
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NAVAL LANGAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12954455340860119085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1470485562331026987.post-42308423172362490372010-12-15T10:43:00.018+05:302022-10-13T21:13:46.233+05:30AIR TRAVEL IN INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Air_India_Boeing_787_Dreamliner_N1008S_PAS_2013_02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="800" height="360" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Air_India_Boeing_787_Dreamliner_N1008S_PAS_2013_02.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Air_India_Boeing_787_Dreamliner_N1008S_PAS_2013_02.jpg" style="text-align: left;">Julian Herzog</a><span style="text-align: left;">, </span><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" style="text-align: left;">CC BY 4.0</a><span style="text-align: left;">, via Wikimedia Commons</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br />It is </span><span class="Apple-style-span">beyond</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> doubt that</span><span style="color: navy; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Indian air travel is offering one of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span">cheapest</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> sets of air travel rates. You can have tickets at really unbelievable unbelievably low rates. This is because India has a population of 1200 million people and it has a very good domestic market. But the tourists coming from other countries, too, play a vital role in occupying the comfortable seats of the Indian planes.</span></span><p></p>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Indian airlines like Indian (that was known as Air India formerly), Indigo, Spice Jet, and Airt Asia are offering domestic and international flights. It is due to the huge business of outgoing and incoming travellers.</span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Cheap Air Ticket to India</b></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Indian airlines can offer cheap air tickets due to the competition they face among them. The airlines operating in </span><st1:country-region st="on" style="color: navy;"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"> would charge you as per your plan of journey and segment-wise. If you are comfortable travelling on days having lesser traffic, you can have the benefit of incurring lower expenses towards your air tickets. If you prefer a night journey, you would still be paying less on selected routes. </span></span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><b>How To Book An Air Ticket</b></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">All the airline companies operating in India would book your tickets online. You may prefer to buy your ticket from your agents, too. Indian airlines have their agents in every major city of the world. </span></span></p>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span>D</span><span>omestic airlines in India</span></b></span></div>
<p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">India has increased its capacity to cater needs of domestic as well as international flyers. If you want to cover a distance in the shortest possible time, domestic flights operating in India would be the best option. These are the main operators in India: India (Formerly known as Air India), Deccan Air, Spice Jet, Indigo, Air Asia and other smaller airlines. All the operators offer you the best services possible and would keep your expenses as low as possible.</span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Domestic Airlines of India</b></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">In addition to the continuous increasing flow of international tourists, the newly powered and booming economy of India had also made it necessary to have more facilities for air travel. The deregulation of air traffic from the hands of the government on was a real boost in making it easy for private airlines to do business in India.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">In most of the metro cities, International flights are operative. These flights have domestic connections to get travellers to reach their various destinations. Here some of the main airlines catering for the needs of domestic air travellers and international tourists are narrated in nutshell.</span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">Air India</span></b></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: normal;">Air India is providing services to domestic and international travellers. It is the biggest airline in India. As it is owned by the Government of India, it has the largest pool of employees, vehicles, and wider choices of destinations for tourists. Air India also provides Cargo services, which are very economic and reliable service.</span></span></p><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;">
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