Located in the beautiful Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, the Ashapuri Mata Temple is one of the most popular and revered temples in the area. Dedicated to Goddess Ashapuri, the temple is situated on the top of a hill and offers stunning views of the surrounding mountains and valleys. Legend has it that the temple…
Never had I seen heads being chopped off their bodies than recently. My soul was shaken; my breath was taken; my heart was frozen; my faith was broken–as I witnessed the murder of innocent animals in a North Eastern temple recently. Recently I happened to go to the Kamakhya temple, a well-known Hindu shrine located…
Where are you sparrows? An age has gone since I saw you. I seem to have seen you when none of us had mobile phones. I crave for the chirrup that used to capture my heart. Those days were lovely. The morning sun used to be golden brown. The life was smooth, simple and extremely…
Hardly had I imagined that the city of Agra would look so distorted, derailed and dreadful, when I recently planned to visit the Taj Mahal again, for the 3rd time. In previous two visits, I had paid less attention to the city due to various reasons; one of which is that I had gone in…
It was dark at 4:30 a m in the morning on 10 October, 2011, when I arrived back in Delhi after a weeklong visit to my hometown in the hills. I’d a heavy baggage to lug around. So my first job was to search for an auto-rickshaw which could drive me home at Palam Village–almost on…
Water is life; life is water. It is not a cliché said out of a purpose to share a mechanical write-up in order to impress my peers but a line experienced through a surfeiting visit to the western ghats of India—where water is alive in phenomenal textures. Seriously, you come to know this while running…
Manimahesh Yatra clip My friend—Anit–who teaches English at Bharmaur Govt College, called me in January or February 2010 inviting me for the annual Yatra to Manimahesh lake (also known as Dal Lake, Manimahesh), situated in the Pir Panjal Range of the Himalayas, at an altitude of el. 4080 m. It is believed that God Shiva…
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