dusshera,delhi

                                                                          

         Today was Dusshera festival in India and travelling across the Delhi is a special experience at this time around. The festival is celebrated because the Lord Rama in Hindu mythology defeated and killed the Demon King Ravana. The festival is celebrated across the subcontinent for the victory of truth over evil forces. The Prince of Ayodhaya Rama ended the evil rule of Ravana, King of Lanka and freed his wife Sita from evil claws of Demon ruler.

              The festival starts with staging of Ramayana  the epic for two weeks and on the day of Dusshera ,the effigy of Ravana, Kumbhakarna(his brother)and Meghanadha(his son) are burned down depicting the end of evil.

              At my place in south Delhi the festivity started with huge display of crackers and fireworks. The intensity of firework increased with the swelling number of crowd. The children present could be seen having a nice time. Parents would pick up little kids on their shoulders, to let them see clearly over the crowd. Kids having bought the swords as well as bow and arrow were seen flaunting their skill. The firework grew more and more intense and the evening started to grow into night. The sky was ablaze with different kind of colors and patterns.

              Suddenly the crowd started to gather closely towards Ravana’s effigy and I knew the show was on to its end. The Ravana was set on fire by a local leader. Ravana burned with intense fire inside it and along with it thousands of crackers placed in it’s body. The fire pulled down the laughing statue of Ravana and ended the era of Evil.

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Traveller's medical kit

When ever you are going for that long trip to the lovely mountains or for tanning yourself at the sandy beaches ,you must not forget to take along a medical kit.The contents may vary depending on your itinerary,duration of stay,style of stay and local medical facilities.While most of the medicine are available at the cities but you can face problem if you are high up in the hilly or isolated from the populations.Therefore it is recommended that you accompany a complete supply of medication.

     In the kit the short term traveller can carry:

                                                      an antipyretic(Paracetamol-for fever)

                                                      an analgesic(nimusulide or diclofenac).

Traveller's diarrhea:5 ways to prevent it

Traveller’s Diarrhea

Diarrhea is the leading cause of illness in the traveller’s community .A traveller should take great precaution to keep his stay healthy and disease free. The onset is sudden and infants and young adults are at particular risk. Eating in restaurants and consuming food from street vendors is associated with increased risk of infection.

Beware! cheated while travelling

I want to share some of my experiences while travelling hoping you would gain some tips of how to not get cheated.

                                                                    

Cheats the autorickshaw wala
  I was going from R.K.Puram to Birla mandir as I usually do so frequentlyto visit the temple there.The autorickshaw driver asked me 110 Rs for what i usually pay 80 Rs .When I told him that he was overcharging me,he held out a paper which said 11 km -110 Rs.I took the sheet and found out he was showing me night travel charges.He was a cheat and I just paid him what was due.

Cheats the autorickshaw wala 2
 Beware of the three wheelers at Delhi roads they might take you round and round the same road and charge you double the amount,if you are not vigilant.It is better to fix the price of your destination before you hire a taxi or autorickshaw.Ask somebody how much it takes to go to such and such destination and you can get a fair idea.

Jama Masjid,Delhi

Jama Masjid,Delhi

                                                                                
It was my chance my chance to visit the history again in Delhi.I went to buy books from Nai Sadak and while returning from there ,I took a rickshaw to reach the bus stand.The rickshaw moved from the small lanes of Old Delhi making way in the maddening crowd.The smell of tasty food was enticing me but i just maintained my calm looking at my belly.All of a sudden a massive piece of architecture emerged from the congested lanes and my heart knew what to do.

Travel to Delhi

Delhi

Birla Mandir,Delhi

                                                                          
Being my birth place is close to my heart. Such is the historical importance of Delhi that ,it has been mentioned in Mahabharata by the name Indraprastha. It has been captured, plundered and recaptured so many times that history has lost counts. It has been ruled by slave kings, mughals and British.It is the capital of India,located on the banks of river Yamuna.Mugal king Shahjahan built many marvellous pieces of architecture here as well as the walled city of Delhi.British too changed there capital from Kolkatta to Delhi in !911.                                                                                  
     Delhi extends from Narela in north to Badarpur in south to Seemapuri in east and Najafgarh in west.

Climate

Monsoon at Delhi

                                                                          
Delhi has varied climate. It is too hot in summer and too cold in winter, monsoon in July, August, mid-September. It can be visited anytime of the year except monsoon.

Travel to Taj...dream come true

                                                                                                                                                                                          
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Travel to Taj...crazy jump

The idea of visiting Agra and experiencing the Taj,was of my friend Jijimon.Distant relative of his ,had come from kerala and they desired to see the greatest monument of all times,The Taj mahal.He planned for our weekend at Agra and invited us to be part of it ,and as you know i don't turn down these kind of offers.

Travelling to Nainital..paradise around lakes

Travel with me to Nainital ,a beautiful hill-station that is surrounded by lakes.The lakes around nainital are Bhimtal that is the biggest one and named after Bhim.Naukuchiatal and Sattal are other lakes that add beauty to Nainital.
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view from the hotel

Nainital where lakes are everywhere and scenic beauty  spell bounds the imagination

distant view of himalayas

its a joy to travel to the mango shaped naini lake with beautiful scenery in it’s back ground .Pleasant weather to enhance the already beautiful surroundings and lovely people to interact to, is what I mean by Nainital.The place is reachable by train at Kotgodam which is around 200 km from Nainital. We travelled by train to Kotgodam and took taxi to Nainital. It was early in the morning when we reached Kotgodam and hopped onto taxi to view the scenic beauty at dawn. It took us fair amount of time to reach nainital but I enjoyed the ride ,taking breaks to have tea and parathas.Travelling becomes fun if you add parathas to it.

manali...travelling through treasured memories

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travel in beautiful mountain of manali

It all started with jiji my friend planning to take vacation from his hectic job in marketing.He knowing my nature ,invited me to  join.I was not the one to turn down the opportunity.It took whole month for jijimon and khan to plan our travelling trip to manali......i could have done that in one day. (hehehe just pack the bag and go)

mussoorie ...travel war won in one day

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    It was a sudden urge to go out from the maddening crowd of delhi.I decided to be at a mountain top next day which was a sunday.I blurted out my plans to my wife and we were ready for another fun packed action.We decided to meet at interstate bus terminal at 3 pm and start our voyage.As usual she was late and i kept waiting for her at the terminal....but she did come and we were off to a bus to visit what is called mussorie.
        It was very sunny day and till the evening we were basking in sun but my excitement didnot let that ruin my enthu.Bus was running down the road and it was a pleasant evening .It gives me great pleasure to watch fields and villages passing by from the bus.The zipping past of the eucalyptus trees and seeing people work on the field is a experience which is more enjoyable than the place of visit..Travelling is more fun than reaching a desired place.Jams at the major cities is what i hate but can do little about it

Gangotri trip

           I wish to go somewhere i can admire the creativity of god ....a place which vibrates with His presence.I think i have found out that place and i am planning my next travel trip to Gangotri.As i have heard it is a beautiful place with quiet surrounding where sadhus take a dip in ice cold water .I just imagine myself along the ice capped mountains and a ice glacier in my site.What fun will that be i am excited like a little kid.Nowadays its raining there and i have read about a landslide there but i think it will be over by one month and that's the time a child will meet with his Creator.
         At Gangotri there is a temple devoted to goddess Ganga and a sacred place where Bhagirath is believed to worship Lord Shiva.The origin of river Ganga is at Gaumukh,which is 18 km from the Gangotri temple.The river is called Bhagirathi at its origin and gets the name Ganga as it reaches the Devprayag.
          The Gangotri temple is the central point of the village and devotees from around the globe come to pay homage to Ganga river.The semwal priests perform the rituals at the temple.

Travel to kedarnath

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kedarnath

  A marvel to visit for those with religious sentiments and scenic beauty for those looking for some adventure trekking and mountain gazing.Kedarnath is famous for pandavs who spotted shiva here when they searched for him after the war,they travelled wide spaces to find Shiva.The place is quite cold and the temple is sourrounded by snow capped mountain.The enthusiast can either take a horse to the temple or can walk the entire 14 km route on foot.It is very nice and warm when we start our journey from gauri kund but as we head towards the temple chill starts going stronger.

Tapt kund

       There is a spring just as we start our expedition which is known as tapt kund.A bath in the kund gives moksha to anyone taking a dip ...as i was told there.A i took a bath there but a lot of sulpur odour was too much for me.We started late for our  mountain climbing task as it was already ten o clock in the morning.Many a people had already left at 6 in the morning.We were told that the journey to kedarnath would take us only 6 hrs but to our surprise it took 10 hrs for us on foot.