Yatra~Voyage An Indian Travelogue

Kumbhalgarh Folks - This is in continuation to the previous post - How to Explore  and Enjoy The Lake City - Udaipur in Two days | DAY-1. I would recommend that you go through the previous post ( Udaipur - Day 1 )before hopping onto this one. Well! Having spent an awesome day in the Lake City I was bound to crave for more and on the second day of my stay I decided to explore outskirts of the city. After managing daily chores and having my breakfast at my hotel I hired a taxi (Ola Outstation) and left for Shilp Gram which is about 3 kms west from the city of Udaipur around 10:30 AM and reached the destination within half an hour. ShilpGram Shilpgram (Village of Craft/art) is famous for art and craft of Rajasthan. This place is a perfect destination to look out for and try out the hand woven clothes, embroideries, mirror works and handicrafts. There is an annual fair held here during Nov/Dec and since I was travelling during Dec I got lucky to witness the "Shilgram...

Shivpuri Beach "Rishikesh " the holy city in the lap of ganges is known as the Gateway to the Garhwal Himalayas. The city is world famous for yoga and yoga festivals which are celebrated during March every year and you can immerse through the spirituality across umpteenth ashrams that are spread across this beautiful sacred city. Rishikesh is also famous for adventure sports such as white river rafting that originates from Shivpuri beach. Apart from Yoga and river rafting Rishikesh has host of other attractions to offer such as: Rajaji National Park Ram Jhula Laxman jhula Beatles Ashram Swarg Ashram Neelkanth Mahadev Temple Parmarth Niketan Jumpin Heights It happened to be an impromptu trip with a group of office folks and a tempo traveller was booked to experience river side camping, White water river rafting along with visiting some beautiful & serene locations of Rishikesh.   Travel Tips: If you are going beyond main Rishikesh city ...

Kanha Kisli National Park |Tiger Reserve  The MP tourism website proudly announces " The Largest Park with the Biggest Cats " with some real correlation between the area encompassed by Kanha National Park and plethora of flora,fauna & number of tigers that it has to offer to whosoever can manage to reach these finely managed deep forests. These forests also boasts of being the inspiration behind the legendary"Jungle Book" written by Rudyard Kipling. Overall park is spread across 940 Sq. Km between two districts Mandla & Balaghat in Madhya Pradesh and is considered to be the largest tiger reserve of central India. Having given you some significant notes about the geographical and historical essence let me embark upon the awesome trip that I made to these jungles during the first week of february. We started from Delhi NCR via Indian Railways "Sampark Kranti" train which took off from Hazrat Nizamuddin Station in Delhi in the evening and e...

Kumbhalgarh Folks - This is in continuation to the previous post - How to Explore  and Enjoy The Lake City - Udaipur in Two days | DAY-1. I would recommend that you go through the previous post ( Udaipur - Day 1 )before hopping onto this one. Well! Having spent an awesome day in the Lake City I was bound to crave for more and on the second day of my stay I decided to explore outskirts of the city. After managing daily chores and having my breakfast at my hotel I hired a taxi (Ola Outstation) and left for Shilp Gram which is about 3 kms west from the city of Udaipur around 10:30 AM and reached the destination within half an hour. ShilpGram Shilpgram (Village of Craft/art) is famous for art and craft of Rajasthan. This place is a perfect destination to look out for and try out the hand woven clothes, embroideries, mirror works and handicrafts. There is an annual fair held here during Nov/Dec and since I was travelling during Dec I got lucky to witness the "Shilgram...

Udaipur is one of the most beautiful cities in the western India which is known for rich history, culture and Rajputana Heritage. It doesn't only host one of the finest & most exotic properties in India but also known as  the "Venice of the East," for its scenic beauty. It used to be the capital of the great  Rajputana kingdom of Mewar and was founded by Maharana Udai Singh about 550 years ago when he had to shift from Chittorgarh due to Mughal Invasion. It is about 650 km from National Capital Delhi which mere 1.2 hour via flight. By India railway it is 11 hour Journey. It is 800 km from Mumbai which is also about an hour flight. It is located in the south Rajasthan with close proximity to the Gujarat border and is surrounded by Aravali Range of Western ghats that separates it from Thar Desert. Being in close proximity to state of Gujarat it also offers Gujarati cuisine apart from range of Rajasthani cuisines. City Palace Udaipur Taj Lake Palace Let...

Jabalpur is the host to one of the most exotic waterfalls, mesmerizing white marble rocks, High Court of Madhya Pradesh and the Headquarter of Western Central Railway. Bhedaghat - Marble Rocks  Its strategic location makes it readily accessible from any corner of India via Air or rail route. Apart from famous and well known places it has certain lesser known tourist points that are found to be more exotic and appealing.I had vague memories of this place from early school days when I visited with group of my batch mates to participate in a zonal competition during early nineties which happened to be my primary schooling days and whatever I could recall was interesting enough for me to revisit this place with group of friends again. We decided to travel via train and chose MP Sampark Kranti due to convenience in regards to timing & arrival. There were other options too like air travel but considering the cost & overnight travel we zeroed on to MP Sampark Kranti that dep...

Mathura is famous as the birthplace of beloved Lord Krishna. It is a sacred city located on the banks of river Yamuna  in Uttar Pradesh and attracts great numbers of Hindu pilgrimages and tourists every year who visit the multiple temples & holy places around Mathura -Vrindavan. Devotees throng here to experience the pious beginnings of the Hindu God. The city has numerous small and big temples along with 25 ghats on the river Yamuna where people taking a dip in the evenings would not be an unusual phenomenon. I planned for a quick trip along with family during the closure of the year. We decided to travel via train till Mathura and boarded Taj Express in the Morning from Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. Shatabdi was another good option but considering the short route & associated cost we preferred Taj Express which started little later than scheduled departure of 07:00 AM however, was  good to recover during the other half and brought us in Mahura Junction arou...