Category - Travel

The historical Vivekananda Rock Memorial: Kanyakumari tour

On 10th June 2023, I started my journey towards Kanyakumari beach along with my family, for our destination to Vivekananda Rock that stood out as a profound and transformative experience for us. Since, we took the hotel just beside the Kanyakumari sea beach, it took hardly 10 minutes to reach the jetty via auto and then followed by a walking distance, that took approximately 5 minutes. But before that I like to mention that, we booked "Hotel Sunrock"...

Immersive Journey to KGF: Unveiling the Cinematic Marvel

Before describing my entire thrilling journey to KGF (Kolar Gold Fields), I like to give a brief note on KGF. KGF which stands for Kolar Gold Fields, is a place located in the Kolar district of Karnataka, was one of the biggest sources of Gold in India, once upon a time. During the British reign, they used to extract immense gold from KGF which is a rather indeed a big historical story, which I am not going to mention in this topic. But as per the history, the...

Mandarmani: A short unforgettable trip in West Bengal

On 23rd October 2022 at around 8 am, I started my journey to Mandarmani, Digha, with my family by car and it was the first time I drove my car to such a long distance from Kolkata to Mandarmani, that took nearly 5 hours to reach the hotel in Mandarmani. The entire road via NH 16 and NH 116B, was very comfortable and smooth with a little traffic in between. We took a light food during our halt in Kolaghat. Thereafter I drove my car thoroughly and was able to re...

My visit to the Mystique Rameshwaram Temple, that relates to Ramayana

Rameshwaram temple is one of the most important temples in India dedicated to Lord Shiva. This Hindu temple (Rameshwaram temple) is considered as one of the most pre-historic temples dated back to 11th or 12th century as per the experts. The main attraction in this temple is the sacred "Shiva Linga", which is considered one of the twelfth Jyotirlingas in India and is said to have constructed by Lord Rama Himself during the Ramayana period. As you are...

My Visit to the mystical place Rama Setu from Rameshwaram

Ram Setu is one of the most mysterious, devotional, mythological, and oldest places in Tamil Nadu, India. Ram Setu is named after Lord Rama, whose historic epic fight against Ravana in the Treta Yuga, is described in Lord Valmiki's epic mythological text "Ramayana". I hope there may be only a few people who doesn't know Ramayana. This epic mythological text "Ramayana" has taught us the meaning of mannth right from the childhood. So,...

My Dream Tour: Bangalore to Kanyakumari

Kanyakumari is the southern most point in India and is known for its spectacular viewpoints and natural beauty across the city. It is also known for the place where the Indian legend Swami Vivekananda meditated, which is known as Vivekananda Rock. It was 2nd April, when I started my journey from Bangalore to Kanyakumari with my family. It was indeed my first trip to Kanyakumari, and hence I was very energized with the thought that I am going to that place wher...

My Journey to the baffling Padmanabhaswamy Temple, in Kerala, India

Padmanabhaswamy temple is situated in Kerala, the southern state of India. This temple is one of the most important temples in the world and in fact one of the wealthiest temples. This temple is better known for its prehistoric significance for its temple architecture, carvings, the mystic deity of Lord Vishnu lying in the sleeping pose on the serpent God "Ananta", and the huge treasures kept in secret in the underground vaults marked from A to F. Th...

My spectacular evening at Babughat: Kolkata's Riverside Beauty

Babughat is one of the most visited places in Kolkata, West Bengal. It is located on the bank of the Ganges river (Hooghly river). Thousands of people visit Babughat everyday whether they may be young couples, friends, or elderly. Babughat is very near to Kiderpore, and Dharmatala (Esplanade) in Kolkata, which is one of the most important connecting routes across the city. Since the last 10 years, the entire place (Babughat) was adorned with gardens comprising...

Kolkata to Puri via car- Day 1

On 6th December 2023, I started my most awaited journey to Puri from Kolkata with my family, via my private car. It was my first journey to Puri via car with full of loving memories and here I am going to provide my entire activities and useful information about Puri for all 4 days that I stayed in Puri from 6th Dec 2023 to 9th Dec 2023. I am sure that whatever information I will be briefing in this blog, will be very useful for all the visitors of my website....

Mysterious facts on Jagannath temple of Puri

On 7th December 2023, I woke up in early morning and took bath in my hotel at around 6 am to get ready for my visit to one of the most sacred places in India, the Jagannath temple, of Puri, which is also one of the four Chardhams in India.

When we reached the hotel (Hotel Shree Gopal) on 6th December 2023, we were given the contact ID of one of the Pandas of the Jagannath temple and I called him over the phone to discuss about the Puja that we were g...