History of Saurashtra: After India's independence in 1947, 217 princely states of Kathiawar, including the former Junagadh State, were merged to form the state of Saurashtra on 15 February 1948. The exercise took up a lot of Shri Vallabh bhai…
Travel Plan: We started the Road-trip to Gujarat from Bangalore via Pandharpur , Maharashtra by car.We intend to roam in Gujarat for 4-5 days and cover places in Saurashtra like Dwarka, Somnath, Porbandar and the newly unveiled Statue of Unity. The…
Day 6 Started with early morning bus to Sonprayag , where I reached around 9:30 a.m. On the bus, I made another friend from Gurugram with whom I travelled for next 2 days.After breakfast , due to my experience in…
Details of Kedarnath Temple : The temple at Kedarnath, the Jyotirlinga of Shiva is open only for six months of a year (April-November).The temple is at a height of 3,583 m (11,755 ft) on the shores of Mandakini river. Like Badrinath, in Kedarnath…
Details of Badrinath: Badrinath is a very important Hindu pilgrimage destination , as it is one of the four 'Char Dhams' and 'Chota Char Dhams' pilgrimage sites. The temple is also one of the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Vishnu, holy…
On the journey to Gangotri I got to know 3 people from Haryana , Punjab and Kerala . We went through a scenic 4 hour long journey to Gangotri . We got a glimpse of Himalayan snow mountains on the way.…
I reached Dehradun by train on Day 1 and from there I started my Hitchhiking in Uttarakhand. Dehradun is located in the Doon valley, which got its name from Drona valley , named after the royal guru of the Pandavas…
10 Do's and Don't While Travelling in Uttarakhand Before going into my travel experiences in Uttarakhand I want to give some general guidelines based on my experiences while travelling in Uttarakhand. Start the travel from either Dehradun or Haridwar :…
First step in planning the Ooty trip is to book the train for Ooty to Cunoor as the tickets are tough to get , even though there was a direct sale of some tickets at the station generally there will…
History of Sringeri : We planned to visit Sringeri for my kid's Aksharabhyasa . The name Sringeri is derived from Rishyashringa-giri, a nearby hill that is believed to have contained the heritage of RishiVibhandaka and his son Rishyashringa. Rishyashringa appears in…
