When it’s not crowded with tourists, Ram Ghat is the best place to be in Chitrakoot. The best time is around 5.30 pm as you can join the Mandakini River aarti (prayer). Compared to the grandeur of Ganga Aarti at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi this one is much simpler, but
Join guest author Arun Iyer on his journey through some of Kumaon’s popular lakes and temples. From peaceful Kasar Devi where Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, and Jawaharlal Nehru vacationed to Bhimtal where mighty Bhima of the mythological epic ‘Mahabharata’ forced…
Naini Lake in Nainital, Uttarakhand is one of the most visited lakes in India. As the sun’s rays beat down across India in the summer, people escape to cooler hill towns like Nainital for respite. To give you an idea…
Jaipur isn’t one of the most visited cities in India without reason. Within its City Palace is the Pritam Niwas Chowk, a courtyard with four gates known as Ridhi Sidhi Pol (‘pol’ means gate). With exquisite carving and inlay work,…
A travel guide to Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary or Keoladeo National Park including where to stay, where to eat, park timings, prices, birding and photography tips. Let’s journey into the park – It’s awfully loud, definitely above legally permissible sound limits. Yet…
Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh is known for its tigers and many people generally don’t go beyond a safari, but there are other interesting options available to visitors. If you’re staying beyond one or two nights, you might want…
After my Kanha sojourn, I went to Auli with my family to beat the heat (To read the story on tiger sighting at Kanha click here). I was told at the Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd (GMVNL) resort that room…
“Her name is Choti Maada”, meaning young female, says the guide as softly as his gruff voice will permit. He’s referring to the tigress lapping water from a stagnating, brownish forest stream at Kanha National Park in Central India. Her…
It must be because of the stories that my grandmother used to tell me of feisty heroines from history like Rani Laxmi Bai and Rani Durgavati that I was drawn to visit the museum that has been named after…
Roughly midway between Jaipur and Delhi, two of the most visited cities in India, lies Alwar in Rajasthan. Its forts are not as grand as Amer Fort in Jaipur and its monuments aren’t lovingly restored like Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi.…