ऋषिकेश – देवपर्याग –रुद्रप्रयाग – गौरीकुंड (भाग 2)
ऋषिकेश से लेकर रुद्रप्रयाग तक के रास्ते में पहाडो पर काफ़ी कम हरियाली है और ये काफ़ी रेतीले लगते हैं लेकिन रुद्रप्रयाग से केदारनाथ की तरफ़ मुडते ही दृश्य एकदम बदल जाता है। चारों तरफ़ हरियाली ही हरियाली...
View Articleलेह लद्दाख –मनाली –केलोंग –दार्चा –बरालाचा ला – लाचुलुंग ला –पैंग – 3
यहाँ पर बहुत से सरकारी दफ्तर और सेवाएँ है। एक बड़ा बाज़ार और सड़क से दाएं ओर नीचे बस स्टैंड भी है। यहाँ पर रुकने का पूरा इंतजाम है कई रेस्ट हाउस, सरकारी बंगलो और होटल भी है। केलोंग मे गाड़ी का हवा-पानी...
View Articleअन्नू भाई चला चकराता …पम्म…पम्म…पम्म
आज अपना पहला यात्रा अनुभव आप लोगे से साझा करने जा रहा हूँ हिंदी लिखे हुए वैसे भी अरसा हो गया! इस ब्लॉग को...
View Articleगौरीकुंड- केदारनाथ- गौरीकुंड (भाग 3)
जिस जगह से हम उतर रहे थे वहाँ बादल काफ़ी कम थे लेकिन नीचे की ओर गरुडचट्टी बादलों के कारण बिल्कुल दिखाई नहीं दे रही थी यानि की हम बादलों से भी उपर चल रहे थे। मुझे हिन्दी फ़िल्म का वो गाना याद आ गया ‘आज...
View ArticleOn the way to Kedarnath
Srinagar received its name from Sri Yantra, a mythical giant rock, so evil that whoever set their eyes on it would immediately die. The rock was believed to have taken as many as thousand lives before...
View ArticleListen to God in the silence of Mukteshwar, Mountain Trail
The magical sight of the alluring waterfall spraying its way across made our efforts worthwhile. Leaving the less adventurous ones with the children to take snaps and shoot us as we climb up the rocks...
View ArticleChennai’s Art,Culture,food and Shopping
This time on the first day of Remembering Rukmini Devi festival we watched drama based on Devi Meenakshi. The dance drama name was “Meenakshi Vijayam”. I was very well aware that photography was not...
View ArticleBoomro Boomro, Shyam Rang Boomro… (Meri Kashmir Yatra – Part 3)
The scene was just marvelous and my thought was .... YE KAHAN AA GAYE HUM..... We see pictures of the lake in the news papers or sometimes in television but can not gauge the extent of this lake from...
View ArticleLadakh Calling… (Part 3) Sarchu to Leh
read it somewhere on a board “Darling I want you but not so fast” so we gripped our nerves & maintained a decent pace. As we started early & wanted to enjoy this particular stretch (Sarchu –...
View Articleअन्नू भाई चला चकराता …पम्म…पम्म…पम्म (भाग- 3 ) टाइगर फाल (TIGER FALL)
बिलकुल थोडा सा आगे जाते ही मन एक दम खुश हो गया होता भी क्यूँ नहीं ...हम एक बेहद ही खुबसूरत सफ़ेद झरने का कुछ हिस्सा जो देख रहे थे। मन एक दम लालयित हो उठा चलो जल्दी ...अरे पर जल्दी तो चले लेकिन चले...
View ArticleTaarif Karoon Kya Uss Kee… Meri Kashmir Yatra (Part 4)
After about one and a half hour we were in front of the temple. We had been questioned 2-3 times on the way by paramilitary forces as they thought that we were proceeding towards Sri Amarnath Yatra...
View ArticleLadakh Calling… (Part 4) Leh – KhardungLa – Nubra
Life in “Ladakh” is like a blind turn. You don’t know what is waiting for you ahead. This time it was not Man but the Machine, My Explorer, who met the challenge. I suddenly realized that one of my...
View ArticleYeh Dekh Ke Dil Jhooma… Meri Kashmir Yatra (Part 5)
This exactly is not a tourist area but one gets to see the actual life of the people away from the gritty nitty of tourism. Common people full of common aspirations wearing tired and sullen faces (a...
View ArticleCOORG DELIGHTS-DUBARE, MADIKERI AND MYSORE
We reached Dubare Forest Camp at 4.30 PM. All our tiredness from the ride vanished at the sight of the serenely flowing Cauvery and the joyous screams of the people frolicking in it. Even before our...
View ArticleDisappointing ‘Wular’– The largest fresh water lake in Asia
Each year during Amarnath Yatra we try to cover one new place of Kashmir excluding Srinagar. By this method we have covered Aru Valley, Betab Valley, Lidder valley, Pahalgam, Anant Nag, Avantipura,...
View Articleजिम कॉर्बेट का जंगल, बाघ और हम –२
वापिस गेट पर परमिट दिखाया तो वहा के एक गार्ड ने नम्रता से बोला कि सर गलती से गेस्ट हाउस पर आपसे छ चाय के पैसे नहीं लिए तो हमने वो पैसे उनको दिए और गेट के बाहर आ गए। रास्ते मे मोनू त्यागी को उसके होटल...
View ArticleBaagon Mein Bahaar Hai… Meri Kashmir Yatra (Part 6)
NISHAT means joy, khushi and whence this garden is the garden of joy. Though not as large as Shalimar garden, this garden is more beautiful than that and quietly bring smile on your faces. Numerous...
View ArticleScenic beauty on the way to Badrinath
On the way back from Kedarnath we had our light breakfast and started our downwards journey. At slow pace we covered 3-4 kms but after sometime my elder daughter started complaining of leg pain , I...
View ArticleVisit to BADRINATH and village MANA
We were totally muddled what to do to see the long queue .We were doubtful that whether we would be able to visit the temple the same day but to our surprise unlike other temples our turn came within...
View ArticleTHANDI HAWAYEN LEHRA KE AYYEN… Meri Kashmir Yatra Part 7
Mr. Bhajji was clever enough to place the vehicle among the local vehicles and we crossed the vehicle only to find a toll office on the left side where a person was noting the number of the vehicle. If...
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