It was quite sunny day of April. I got down from Gujarat state bus and caught an auto to reach museum of Patan in just one hour. The museum is very small and I think started recently. There were a few sculptures and paintings in the museum. The caretaker was courteous enough to start audio […]
Sun Temple, Modhera
This 1000 year old heritage temple is at a small town Modhera which is 25 KM from distt. Mahesana, Gujarat, India. River Pushpavati flows nearby which incidentally I did not notice while coming by three wheeler auto from Patan. This temple was built by Solanki king Bheemdev-I in 1022 AD. My Itinerary Gujarat is such […]
Khajuraho Temples – A World Heritage
It is my second visit after 44 years to Khajuraho. last time I visited this place was when I was 16 years old and probably I alone traveled from my uncles house in Chhatarpur to Khajuraho (60 KM). The only faded memory was of the Nandi statue in all these 45 years. During these years […]
Daultabad Fort- A Gateway to South
It was month of November but this area of Maharashtra was still hot if not very hot. We were looking for water bottles often and the fort inside have very few trees and so fort looks spread in vast area but did not look as elegant as would have been in its peak time. Beauty […]
Shani Shignapur – Since kaliyug
The devotees who visit Shirdi Sai temple also visit Shani Shignapur which is 73 KM from Shirdi. It is believed that swayambhu Shani exists here in form of five and half feet idol. Our Itinerary Our first stop in this itinerary was Shirdi. We took darshan and stayed here for a night to enjoy the evening […]
Ellora Cave Temples – A Gift to World
We land at gate of Ellora in front of sprawling green and beautiful huge gardens in front. I think these gardens are surrounding all Ellora cave. It was entry gate of Ellora. We took entry ticket and entered the cafeteria as we were feeling hungry. MTDC canteen in the premises served us mouth watering paneer […]
