Ramnagar Fort of late medieval era of Varanasi. This period specifically marks revival of Varanasi religious, cultural and educational values after Muslim invaders oppressions.
The Narayana dynasty of Bhumihar zamindars from 1750 AD were the first to kindle East India Company and Nawabs of Oudh OPPOSITION and attained Independent Benaras kingdom.
The founder of this dynasty is known as “Shivaji of North”.
When we talk about Sarnath – two things come in mind – Ashoka, the Great and Buddha.Old name of Sarnath was Isipatana – in Pali it means Holy man landed here. This seems to corroborate that Buddha might have landed here. That might be the reason that Ashoka built here a stupa as foundation of […]
Before visiting Ayodhya let us have a look at sanctity, importance and its rich heritage. This and next generations must be fortunate that the old past is being revived again to keep it alive. Ayodhya was second halt after Varanasi. Our complete itinerary was as The first impression in Ayodhya is cleanliness, hotels, conveyance, ease […]
I am one of the most fortunate and blessed to have landed in Varanasi today – a land of Adi Sankara who founded Shiva worship as official sect in Varanasi, land of Saint Kabir, Ravi Das, Tulasi Das who wrote Ram Charit Manas at Assi Ghat, and so on. We got down at Cantonment railway […]
Chitrakoot is one of the star places on Hindu pilgrim’s map. There was lot of road construction work going on the time I visited. But the roads being designed seem to be very wide.The place looks a bit backward with no ola-Uber we have to totally depend on local conveyances. The experience with local people […]
अजीब सी पहेलियाँ हैं मेरे हाथों की लकीरों में, लिखा तो है सफ़र मगर मंज़िल का निशान नहीं। – I think probably I did not understand Mathura. March,20, 2018. This was the feeling after I completed my visit to Mathura. In fact it was so difficult to even find feature photo of Mathura. It was very […]
