Finally its here ! Operational and making a sector that has long suffered poor rail connectivity – The Shatabdi Express, connecting Agra and Jaipur. Flagged off from Jaipur on a maiden run on November 29th, the long overdue Express train arrived in perfect time at the historical Agra Fort Railway Station. Agra to Jaipur will now be a […]
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The panorama of Jaisalmer ramparts rising out of the desert is often hailed as being the most magical image of the famous fort. But today the fort is in many ways engulfed by development sprawl and urban blight so unless one finds an unobstructed viewpoint the silhouette of the fort gets somewhat concealed in the
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Over the last forty years I have visited India countless times. My most recent trip was in the early part of 2012, my last visit before that, however, was nearly five years ago. Even though I had known about the new Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, seeing it with my own two eyes was
If you”re planning a trip to Goa in India, chances are spending a few days lounging on one of its beautiful beaches will be high on your list of things to do – but with so many stretches of sand to choose from, where do you begin? Base yourself in the state capital of Panaji
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Every year tens of thousands of pilgrims visit one of the 2,000-odd temples along the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi and bathe in the river. One of the seven sacred Hindu pilgrim sites in India, Varanasi is also one of the world’s oldest cities, where Lord Shiva is said to have made his home
Known as the largest religious gathering of mankind, the Kumbh Mela refers to a great gathering of Hindu pilgrims at auspicious locations. It takes place four times every twelve years, thus every three years, and rotates among four locations. The most auspicious of these is Allahabad, known as the Prayag, the legendary confluence of the
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Under the British Raj you could had ridden a train into India from Lahore in present day Pakistan. Since India’s independence you have to walk across the Wagha border between Pakistan and India, take bus to Amritsar and ride all over India from there. But now, Indian Railways has announced that it plans to establish
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Most tourists wanting to see India visit Rajasthan and then perhaps Goa and highlights of Kerala. Very few ever tour Orissa and visit Bhubaneswar and Puri. Yet these two cities on the eastern coast of India offer some of the most striking temples and can be used as staging points for tours into the interior
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In 1973 the Indian Government launched Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project to control and supplement the dwindling population of the Royal Bengal tigers in India. Over the years the Project Tiger has become one of the most successful wildlife conservation efforts in India. While initially only nine tiger reserves were set up under the
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Binsar is a wildlife sanctuary under the management of Corbett National Park. Within its boundaries are hamlets whose residents have lived for centuries in close proximity of the forest and wildlife, and whose livelihood is interdependent with nature. The development and progress made in other villages of the region has eluded these hamlets due to
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