Friday Photo of the Week #31
Ravanhatta Artist (Sam Dunes,Rajasthan) Ravanhatta Artist (click on image to enlarge) Selected by Arun. Join the DesiPundit India through Flickr group to see your photos here. This group is administered by Akshay Mahajan. Other notables: TAJ MAHAL sunset lights Sunset at the Taj Prayers during the eve ...
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Spotted: Mahendra Singh Dhoni during a commercial shoot
Reader Rishikesh Rane sent us a picture of Mahendra Singh Dhoni from Mumbai.
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Somehow I skipped one Getting to Rishikesh
Weekend Three SundayDehradun to Rishikesh I woke up this morning to a constant pounding in my head. It was one of those killer headaches where you swear someone was slamming sledgehammers down on things above your head. Oh wait. It wasnrsquot a headache it was construction in the gym above ...
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Uttarakhand govt to offer tax holiday to tourism sector
Uttarakhand govt has decided to extend tax holiday and other benefits to tourism industry and hotels in the state that is home to attractions like Rishikesh and Haridwar.
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Tra i templi di Rishikesh sulle orme dei Beatles
INVIATO A RISHIKESH (India)Le scimmie, grosse come quelle della Città perduta di Rudyard Kipling nel Libro della giungla, passeggiano sfacciate avanti e indietro a mezzo metro dall'uscio della palestra yoga del Parmarth Niketan ashram (casa di accoglienza spirituale) a Rishikesh, sulle ...
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The return of the bicycle
George Menezes is shocked to see bicycles being used as the face of terror. This takes him to his good old days of cycling. (Hat tip:Rishikesh M) In Dharwad, in Karnataka, where we lived for many years, I went to school in a “tonga” with four pretty looking Saraswat girls who lived in the house ...
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It felt good, this journey
Sometimes there is so much to say you don't know where to begin. So let me start with the most basic question: "Why? Why did I visit Badrinath-Kedarnath? When a friend posed this question, it struck me that no one asks why you are going to Manali, or Sri Lanka or Sun City. That, you see, is a holiday. ...
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Sad incident in Rishikesh
Hello all. It's been a few weeks since you've received any blogs of my travels. It's bc I've been stationary for nearly a month in rishikesh. What a beautiful city 1 of the 4 holy cities of Indian pilgrimages. anyhow I've been running around hiking up to small villages waterfalls swimming in ...
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Busy time in Rishikesh
Time flies when you are having fun right So not surprisingly I can't believe that in a week I will be leaving India for Nepal... Where did all this time goAfter I finished exploring Ram Jhula and Laxman Jhula the two most popular areas of Rishikesh for Westerners I spent a couple days doing ...
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India Trip – Day eleven: Haridwar
Again, I salute the India Rail Company for leaving, and arriving on time, and for serving coffee, tea and corn flakes in the early morning. We arrived in Haridwar and checked in to the Country Inn hotel. The hotel is probably the best in Haridwar, but will compare favorably only with Holiday Inn Express. ...
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