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Jharkhand Goa Gujarat Himachal Pradesh
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Rajasthan

Bhangarh Fort ~ Anu Brahma
Is Bhangarh really haunted? Is it possible to get trapped in a moment of time? Are ghosts real? Why are we drawn to tales like these? Are there ever answers to questions like these? Read More...

Udaipur~ Romola Butalia
Udaipur, where royal traditions are part of the lifestyle, is seductive in its beauty, elegance and grace. Udaipur will always conjure a myriad images that will compel one to remember. Was I there last week, or was it a dream I did not want to wake from? Read More...

Forest Forts of Rajasthan ~ Shailendra Yashwant
The forts of Rajasthan reflect the history, culture and natural history of this amazing state of India, where the past breathes through the stones of monuments and forts. Read More...

Ranthambore: Tiger at Large ~ Pinaki Das
After three hours at the fort, we start back for the hotel, when a tiger, in all it's elegance, emerges from the forest onto the very road, at a mere distance of 20 feet. Read More...

Mount Abu - Honeymooner's Paradise ~ Manohar V. Rakhe
I suppose, if you are on your honeymoon, even a garden shed might feel like paradise. But Mount Abu, in the state of Rajasthan in Northwest India, has some special attributes which a garden shed is rather unlikely to have. Read More...

Three Magnets of Rajasthan ~ Sreenivas Rajan
People travel for many reasons. Some to amuse themselves with the seemingly quaint behaviour of a strange people, some to be impressed by the visual impact of the areas they stride, while others trudge along to keep their family happy. Read More...

Jaisalmer - Golden Rendezvous ~ Savita Rao
I'm justifiably apprehensive. A golden rule for a traveller is to travel light, and here I am, carrying excess baggage. Images from Satyajit Ray's 'Sonar Kella', fanciful visions evoked by Zakir Hussain's desert tunes, and Lata's 'kesariya balma'. Read More...

Delhi

Heritage Walk - Baolis in Delhi ~ Sudarshana Srinivasan
A student of History joins a Breakaway walk with fellow-walkers, and falls in love with the past and a heritage that lives on outside the pages of history books. Read More...

Delhi - Culture Shock ~ Romola Butalia
Delhi is always something of a culture shock. I find I have always forgotten just how aggressive the city is. But old habits die hard, and after the first few minutes of acclimatizing, I am as ready as the next person to tackle the city head-on. Read More...

Delhi - City of Djinns ~ Shaili Chopra
One step on the New Delhi railway station's platform, the other still on the Frontier Mail, and I can breathe the same humid oily stench of the second-time fried stale pakoras for new customers. Read More...

Madhya Pradesh

Gwalior Fort: Valour & Honour ~ Surajit Basu
The writer finds himself viewing a thousand years of history as he stands at the Gwalior Fort, moved by the emotions of valour and honour that are enshrined here. Read More...

Mandu: Romance of a Distant Past ~ Pinaki Das
"Such is the compelling medieval aura of Mandu that the sight seeing tourist in us is momentarily transformed into the quintessential adventure seeking traveller as we step through the pages of history, seemingly reliving the lives of those whose memories haunt the ruins of palaces." Read More...

Madhav National Park, Shivpuri ~ Rajiv Butalia
The main attractions in the town are the chhatris (cenotaphs) of the rulers and the Madhav National Park. We decide to check in at the MP State Tourism Dev. Corporation Tourist Village at Bhadaiya Kund and are delighted to find a well-maintained sprawling set-up with polite staff. Read More...

Panchmarhi - Sun Dappled Shadows ~ Shaio Bose
We arrived in Piparia Station at 1.30 am. Our train was 14 hours late. If it hadn't been for the only other person who got off with us, we would have been stranded for the night. Read More...

Gujarat

Dholavira - Kutch: An experience beyond imagination ~ Grade 5 students of The Galaxy School
"Dholavira-Kutch, the name sounded so musical to our ears when our teachers announced a trip to this magical place as part of the culmination to our history unit Civilizations." Read More...

Sabarmati Ashram: Waiting for the Mahatma ~ Subhajit Datta
The Mahatma maybe, was not being minted. A path cradled in a canopy of leaves greeted us. We entered the campus, and the silence unsettled. Read More...

Sun Shrine at Modhera ~ Sanjay Roy Chowdhury
A hectic work schedule at Arvind Mills implies that one hardly gets time to explore the exquisite and unblemished places in and around Ahmedabad. Read More...

Lothal - An Archaeological Splendour ~ Tanima Roy Chowdhury
Tanima Roy Chowdhury visits Lothal to cater to her father's avid interest in history and finds herself enamoured by the place. Read More...

Kotishwar, Kutch - Weekend Trip ~ Bharathi R.
I started travelling on a shoestring as a student when three square meals and a decent roof over the head was difficult to manage - so money for photos was out of the question. Read More...

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Haryana

Rakhigarhi: In Search of an Unknown Civilisation ~ Surajit Basu
Beckoned to Rakhigarhi in Haryana in the scorching heat of summer by five thousand years of history to be celebrated in a few mounds of earth. Read More...

Kuchesar: Mud Fort ~ Shibani Kapoor
The writer goes for a day trip from Delhi to chill out with three friends. Read More...

Punjab

Amritsar: Cacophony of Tranquility ~ Manohar V. Rakhe
The writer shares memories of visits to the heart of Punjab, Amritsar. Read More...

Honeymoon on Road ~ Sudhakar Vishwanath
An ardent fan of the Indian Railways network, the writer's ambition, he says, "is to traverse India in all its entirety with my wife Jayashri, who shares this enthusiasm." This travelogue is about their first journey together through Himachal, Punjab, Jammu. Read More...

Chandigarh

Delhi to Chandigarh - Faith Safari ~ Puneet Sachdeva
I reached the bypass point of Delhi to learn that there was a bus strike and only private operators would be plying, so I could look forward to a couple of hours of waiting. With just a shoulder bag slung across, I decided to try my luck at hitching lifts across the stretch of 250 kilometres. Read More...

Chandigarh - Planned Harmony ~ Puneet Sachdeva
There is a certain planned harmony about the city, which I have not seen elsewhere in India. The city is divided into sectors with the sum of adjacent sectors being exactly divisible by 13, there being no sector 13. Read More...

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Uttar Pradesh

Impressions of Vrindavan ~ Tarini Awatramani
Vindavan is home to thousands of temples and is infinite in its legends. It is a place where people, monkeys, peacocks, parrots and pigs, however large a nuisance each might be, have an equal right to exist as per the laws of karma. Read More...

Varanasi: Kashi Vishwanatha Gange ~ Romola Butalia
The Editor of India Travelogue vists the ancient city of Kashi, also known as Benares or Varanasi, and writes her impressions of this eternal city. Read More...

Memories of Dudhwa ~ Tithiparna Sengupta
"The expectations regarding Dudhwa were pretty high. I had visualized a dense green forest, complete with tigers, rhinos and elephants, as we boarded the Luchnow-Bereilly-Rohilkhand express." Read More...

Lucknow - Colonial Past ~ Romola Butalia
My early memories of Lucknow date to childhood when winter vacations were spent with my grandparents there. I remember the beautiful grand building of the railway station, the tongas that ferried us around town, the wide empty Hazratganj. Read More...

Agra - Immortality in Marble ~ Romola Butalia
Agra is synonymous with the Taj Mahal, which for many all over the world is a symbol of India. The Taj Mahal evokes emotions. How can you stand before the Taj and not be awed by it's architectural spendour. Read More...

Jharkhand

Jamshedpur: Something Special in Jharkhand ~ Allison Wallwark
A 16 year old U.K. born girl shares her love of this township in Jharkhand, earlier in Bihar, rarely written about by travellers in the sub-continent. Read More...

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