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Devrani Jethani Temple Tala Bilaspur Chhattisgarh
This is probably the very first time I had visited a temple, which actually did not look like a proper temple. Only the foundation plinth could tell the visitor that once stood here a magnificent
6 Best Ways To Travel On A Budget
Travelling is an expensive pastime. Whether you only go on holiday once a year or are a seasoned backpacker travelling for months at a time, there are always ways to save money and maximise your
Daldali – Jaljali – Where Ground Vibrates Forever
What if I told you that there is a stone somewhere in Chhattisgarh on which if you stand the whole ground will shake will you believe me? Or there is a place in Chhattisgarh where
Ulta Pani Magnetic Hill – Water and Car Defies Gravity
The main part of travel is to see something new or is it? How about you see the “Main Part” itself? Confused? To make it simple I am going to tell you a story of
Ratanpur Fort – Bilaspur – Chhattisgarh
Lesser-known forts, ruined temples, unknown structures seem to always follow me wherever I go. It becomes a challenge to write about these since there are very few verified references and I always avoid writing from
Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue – The Last Synagogue of Myanmar
This is my first blog post regarding my great Myanmar Road Trip adventure that I undertook last year from India to Yangon without availing a flight. I took a car, bus, bicycle, motorbike, train, boat
Zafar Khan Ghazi Dargah and Mosque – Complete Guide
Have you seen the entire complex? Have been to the back of the Mazar? The man constantly followed us while we were busy trying to photograph each and every section of the mausoleum. At one
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Day Tour
Damnoen Saduak Floating Market Day Tour Bond, James Bond and it completely blew my mind off; it was the very first Bond movie that I was watching and I fell completely in love with Mr.
Bangkok to Maeklong Railway Market Tour
One of the most common videos that you will see coming out of any Thailand trip would be that of the Train Market. Being from Kolkata (India) it is something that I have seen from
Thailand Free Visa on Arrival Process
I have been lucky enough to travel to quite a few Visa on Arrival countries. In fact, the very first country that I had visited was Sri Lanka, which then had a visa on arrival
Kolkata to Bangkok Thai Smile Flight Review
One of the very first countries that my father visited nearly four decades back was Thailand. I would often see photo frames hung around our staircase with collages of photographs from his Thailand trip. The
Reserve Bank of India Museum Kolkata
When we were young my grandmother used to keep telling us about how her father that is my great grandfather had lost quite a significant amount of money due to a bank run. I was
Thomas Fanshawe Middleton Last Resting Place
So where was Thomas Fanshawe Middleton the first Bishop of Calcutta buried? This question had always intrigued me for long, as there were no official document to backup. Many books, gazettes, and repots have mentioned
Metcalfe Hall Kolkata
If you talk about book and libraries in Kolkata people always think about the National Library. It is indeed one of the biggest libraries in the country with a collection, which cannot be measured in
Diamond Triangle of Odisha -Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri, Udayagiri
Foreign tourist coming to India are mostly bound to do a common tourist circuit called the Golden Triangle. This Golden Triangle consists of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Apart from this, there is another very important
Places To Visit In Udaipur
I was visiting Udaipur for the very first time and accompanying me was my office colleague. He had earlier visited Udaipur along with another colleague of ours thus he was not that much interested in
Bagore Ki Haveli – Udaipur
For two straight days, I was trying to locate Bagore Ki Haveli in Udaipur and I just could not locate it. If I Google it then nothing was showing up and when it did it
Freemasons Hall Kolkata
The year was 1990 and Bangalore then was still a small sleepy town. The city had very few cinema theatres and the number of them showing English movies were even less. Most of the theatres
Barabati Fort – Lost and Forgotten
27th of October 1996 was supposed to be an exiting day when India and Australia meet head to head for a one day international Ciricket tournamet in Cuttack (Odisha). The Cricket match was supposed to
Tribal Museum Bhubaneswar
In the year 2002 I was still in college and during that time, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit Koraput in Odisha. I was a part of a five-day student exchange program where I