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 […]
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Ayodhya – Saket In Rejuvenation
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 […]
Varanasi – Kashi Rejuvenated
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Tales of Orchha
Comparatively today lesser known among Indians, this place was once the capital of Bundela Rajput kingdom from 1531 to 1783 CE. I was just thinking why this place is lesser known – the name itself indicates “Orchha” – means hidden. But the reason might be that Orchha was a small kingdom and had a bit […]
