September 1, 2019 to September 8, 2019 Diary Even after days of booking ticket for Ladakh I wasn’t really sure why I was going there. Since when was I interested in gazing at barren hills? No greenery, no people around, tough life in rough terrain, breathing problems, headaches and so on so forth. Till the […]
Gaya-Bodhgaya – A freshening trip
May,7,2019. We started from Patna at 6 AM by Janshatabdi express and reached Gaya at 8 AM. The train was comfortable and we had the reserved seat in Chair car. The railway station at Gaya was clean and it was not so hot also being morning. We came out of the station and settled for […]
A Trip to Patliputra – A slight Disappointment
I was at Patna in May, 2019 for attending marriage of an near and dear one. It was so hot weather but by chance Fena cyclone arrived and the temperature reduced from 43 degree to 20 degree. We took some time and planned a small 2 day tour to Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Vaishali and Patna. […]
Hill Of Water Bottles
A live example of how superstitions become idioms, baseless fear and how most of us start following it BLINDLY. In front of me is a small mountain of plastic water bottles, FULL OF WATER. I was at Rani Ki Vav (130 KM from Ahmadabad) in April. I had to go to Modhera which is 36 […]
Nalanda – A Stamp Of India’s Learning
May,8,2019. Can not believe that I am going to see Nalanda. Excavated in two phases 1915-37 and 1974-82. It was an overwhelming feelings to see the place now which was a center of learning for the whole world specially Asia. The great scholars and philosophers like Nagarjuna, Aryadeva, Vasubandhu, Dharmpala, SuVishnu, Asaanga, Silabhadra, Dharmkirti, Shanta […]
Vaishali – The first democracy of the world
While returning from Muzzaffarpur after a marriage function we paid a flying visit to Vaishali. Since it was start of harsh summer (42 degree) the trip was quick and we had not enough time to feel the place to the heart. Lord Cunningham was first to identify Vaishali in 1861. Before we land into Vaishali monuments let […]
