December 2012

An Indian Wedding in Uttarakhand

We continue our journey to the source of the Ganges with our trekking guide. We drive on a mountain road a bit rugged, a little steep, in th...

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A Philosophical Spiritual Travel to Shirdi

We travel to Shirdi, which is about 200 km from Pune. We were in Shirdi on Guru Purnima, an important Indian festival that always takes plac...

Kalyan Panja 8 Dec, 2012

The Train to Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu

Rameswaram is an isthmus located in South India only about thirty kilometers from Sri Lanka. Rameswaran is one of the Char Dham, the four pi...

Kalyan Panja 8 Dec, 2012

Pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi in Katra

I go for a new adventure in the north of Jammu, in the mountains of Kashmir. I decided to go on a pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi temple, one of ...

Kalyan Panja 8 Dec, 2012

An Evening at Wagah Border Ceremony

We could have told you about Amritsar much earlier. The Wagah Border Ceremony happens at the only land border crossing between India and Pak...

Kalyan Panja 8 Dec, 2012

India, Nagaland and the Hornbill Festival

Until well into the last century, Nagaland remained one of very few places that challenged the stringency of the strictest maps. It is one o...

Kalyan Panja 8 Dec, 2012