Yadavindra Gardens / Pinjore Gardens - Oldest Garden (HARYANA)

Yadavindra Gardens also know as  Pinjore Gardens,located in Pinjore city of Panchkula district in the Haryana. 
The Garden was renovated and formed by the name of Patiala Dynasty Jat Sikh Rulers"Maharaja Yadavindra Singh of Patiala".
it is classic example of the Mughal Gardens architectural style.

Yadavindra Gardens is supposedly the oldest and loveliest garden in North India.The Garden is spread Aprrox. 50 Acres.

This Garden is having four door in which only one is opened.

The garden has seven terraces, the highest first terrace,which has a palace built in Rajasthani–Mughal style called the 'Shish Mahal' and beside a romantic 'Hawa Mahal'.

 The second terrace is 'Rang Mahal' . The third terrace has cypress trees and flowerbeds leading to dense groves of fruit trees.
 The next terrace has the 'Jal Mahal' with a square fountain bed and a platform to relax. 
Fountains and tree groves are provided in the next terrace.The lowermost terrace has an open-air theater, which is designed as a disc-like structure.

The  Night View of the Garden.

The garden has been used for the Bollywood Films Shooting.

Festivals are arranged in the garden such as the Pinjore Baisakhi festival (spring festival) in April. Pinjore Mango Mela in July and Pinjore Heritage Festival in December are major annual clebrationa at the gardens.

Address:-Ambala-Shimla Highway, Pinjore, Haryana 134102

How To Go:- The Garden is 22 KM Away from Chandigarh.
5KM Away from UNESCO World Heritage Kalka–Shimla Railway.

Near By Places To Visit:-Bhima Devi Temple

Jumeairah Beach - Dubai

Jumeirah Beach is located and named after the Jumeirah district of Dubai.
The 12-hectare Jumeirah Beach Park is a perfect place for an afternoon family outing.

The  picnic facilities, food kiosks, children's play area, barbecue area, volleyball play area, showers, food kiosks, swimming area with on-duty lifeguards, and shower/bathing facilities.

Beach @ Night

Beach

Beach Area

My Friend Sandeep @Beach

There are lots of Star hotel located walking road of Beach.

Way to Beach By Walk



Blue water Model 1@ Beach



Blue Water Model @ Beach

Visitors to Jumeirah's hotels, like the seven-star Burj Al Arab, enjoy private beaches offering water sports.

If you're not a hotel guest, you're welcome to relax at Jumeirah Beach Park, the public portion of the beach.
You can barbecue, stroll around the cafés, or simply grab a mat, lay back, and take it easy while the sun sets.


The public beach at Jumeirah boasts clean, white sand and crystal seawater, making it a popular destination with area hotel and resort guests.

How To Go:-
You can use Jumeirah Lake Towers Metro Station at one end, and Dubai Marina Metro Station at another end of Jumeirah Beach Walk.
it would take about 15-20 minutes to walk from JLT Metro Station to Amwaj Rotana.

You need to catch Metro to UAE Exchange, get down at Jumeirah Lake Towers. From here you can go by walk or Tram.

Address:- Jumeirah Rd, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Charges:-(Subject to Change)

• Jumeirah Public Beach Free
• Jumeirah Beach Park AED5.
• Entry Per Vehicle AED20

Timings:-(Subject To Change)

General Admission: Sun-Wed 8am-11pm; Thu-Fri 8am-11:30pm
Women and Children only: Two Days of Week is Reserved for the Woman.

Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary - Rajasthan

Todgarh Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary is the most unexplored  Wildlife sanctuary in Rajasthan.
It is spread in area of Ajmer, Pali and Rajsamand districts of Rajasthan,theTodgarh-Rawali Wildlife Sanctuary was established in 1983. 
It occupies about 495 km2 of tropical deciduous forests and grassland.

Geographically the area of Sanctuary is a land contrast of, the with river, valleys, dense forests and sandy plains overlooking by Hill of Rajsamand.
The famous historian Colonel James Tod, renowned writer of “Annals and Antiquities of Rajputana” stayed at the
palace named after “TODGARH” by the British’s.
Major wildlife includes leopard,wild boar,chinkara, common langur, sloth bears and Indian wolf. 

 

The British Colonel Tod when he came to this place was so enchanted by the aura of this place that he founded this small village. 
He built church,jail,post office,and other buildings.One of his residence building covered into Jain temple known as Pragya Shikhar. 

Pragya Shikhar :- A Jain monument has been developed by restoring old bungalow of Bishop in Todgarh. A single piece of granite stone which is one of the largest in world has been fixed here used & Lord Mahavir have been described on it.

He spend here for 20 Years and did his history written here.
Todgarh,is a picturesque town in the Aravallis,the oldest mountain range of the world. It is 2181 feet above sea level and is original name was Boraswara. 
In early times, nomadic tribes like the Banjaras and Gurjars inhabited this area. Todghar formed a part of Merwara.

Todgarh-Raoli Wildlife Sanctuary, situated amidst the oldest mountain range of aravallis, is representative of typical Aravallian flora ana alluring fun of this most versatile ecosystem of the state of Rajasthan. 

Flora:- Featured by northern tropical dry deciduous forest and the lower altitude are influenced by Dhok tree whereas higher altitude is influenced by Khirni, Bamboo, Siris, Salar, Godal, Holeoptelia with many seasonal flowering plants like Butea.

Fauna:- The sanctuary has a booming population of Sloth Bears and Leopards with more number of Grey Jungle Fowls along with various species of birds and reptiles like tortoise. In addition, wild species like Wolf, Striped Hyena, Civets, Jackal, Blue Bull, Sambar, Chinkara and reptiles like Python, Indian Cobra, Indian Krait, Water Snake, Russel?s Viper. 

Best time to Visit:- Early April is a good time to visit this sanctuary.

Where To Stay:- There are some luxury and semi luxury hotels are available near the sanctuary.

Address:- You can contact Deputy Conservator of Forests, Rajsamand Tel.: +91-2952-220096 
E-mail: dcfrajsamand@yahoo.co.in(Subject to change the Numbers)

How To Go:-

Ajmer has the nearest railway station which is placed at a distance of 120 KM.

Sanctuary connects to national highway 8 at a distance of 6 KM away.

Amazing Places To Visit - Part 1

Krishna's Butterball - Mahabalipuram(Tamilnadu)


Krishna’s Butterball is a  tourist attraction in Mahabalipuram, a town about 60 km south of Chennai famous for its stone carvings.
The “butterball” is a giant balancing rock, 5 mtrs in diameter, perched on a smooth slope, seemingly defying all laws of physics.

The rock is balanced upon a 4 feet area of the hill. 
Its simple physics that a structure needs a 250 ton rock has a far-fetched chance of resting on a 4 feet area for such
a long period. To site imagery, imagine a ball on a slope, unless it has a heavy footing it rolls down pretty fast.

This huge rock boulder is quite popular with locals and tourists alike as it makes for an interesting backdrop for some stylish photographs. Tourists may sit under the cool shade of the rock and can have their photographs taken.
 
One of the most common sights is of visitors placing hands under the stone posing for pictures, which looks as though they are holding it. Children can enjoy sliding down the hillside as it is a great natural slide.

Timings:- This is Open Ground Place ,you can mostly visit in the day time.

How To Go:-

The Place is 60KM Away from Chennai.

Palasdeo/ Palasnath Temple(Underwater) - Indapur,Pune

The temple belongs to lord Palasnath, the temple is about one thousand years old.

Palasdeo In Water

The temple is now submerged under the backwaters of Ujani dam.

Palasdeo Temple In Water

This temple remained submerged in Ujani Dam water since Dam’s construction in 1975 until 2006.

 

Palasdeo Temple

Ujjani Dam @ Water In

Due to much less rain & drought,low dam water level made temple reappear to surface.

How To Go:- 
Palasdeo is 125  KM Away from Pune.
We need to drive two KM to the river through Palasdeo village. To reach the temple need to Catch the Boat.
 

Palasdeo Temple  is 125 KM Away from Pune.  Palasdeo Village is 15KM Away from National Higway(Pune - Solapur).

Nearest Airport is 166.7 KM Away from Palasdeo is Solapur.

Parewadi Rail Way Station are the very nearby railway stations to Palasdev.

Dharmrajeshwar Temple-Caves In Shamgarh - MadhyaPradesh

Dharmrajeshwar  is an ancient Buddhist and Hindu cave temple site of 4th-5th Century in Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh. It is an example of Indian rock-cut architecture.

The temple is carved out of a rock of size 50 metre in length, 20 metre in width and 9 metre deep. It has a sanctum with a Sabhamandapa and porch.

The architecture of Dharmarajesvara temple can be compared with Kailash Temple of Ellora.
There is a big temple in the middle 14.53 metre in length and 10 metre in width.

Top view of Temple

Buddha Stupa

My Friend Chandrakant Enjoying selfie

Around the main temple there are seven small temples.
There is a big Shivalinga in the main temple along with a statue of Vishnu.
Engraved on the entrance gate are figures of Vishnu and Lakshami.
There are statues of Bhairava, Kali, Shiva, Garuda and Parvati. The temple seems to be devoted to both Shiva and Vishnu.

Shivling@ DharmrajeshwarTemple

The Temple is under the arm of ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA.

ASI Board

How To Go:- 

Dharmrajeshwar Temple is 22 km away from Shamgarh railway station.

Nearest Railway Station is Shamgarh which 22 km away. 
It is an important railway station on Delhi-Mumbai Railway track where Almost every train (except Rajdhani Express) stops. Around 46 Trains halt at shamgarh.

Where To Stay:-There are number of budget hotels/Lodge to stay in Shamgarh city.

India's First Sea bridge - Pamban Bridge In Rameswaram

The Pamban Rail bridge, an engineering marvel and India’s first cantilever bridge.

After feasibility study, a proposal on “Indo-Ceylon project” was sent to the British Parliament for building a rail bridge from Mandapam to Pamban and from Danushkodi to Thalaimannar at an estimated cost of Rs. 299 lakh. The British Parliament rejected the project, stating that the cost of the project was too high. It, however, gave its nod for the Pamban rail bridge at a cost Rs 70 lakh in 1880.

Soon the excavation work began and the South Indian Railway commenced the bridge construction in 1902.

The railway bridge is 6,776 ft (2,065 m) long. It was opened on 24 February 1914, construction having begun in 1911. 
If a person wants to reach Rameswaram Island , We should have to cross this bridge.(If you travel by the train you may see this massive bridge through your window, when the train passes the sea through the Pamban Rail Bridge.

The Pamban bridge was the only link between Rameswaram and the mainland until 1988 when a road bridge, running parallel to it, was built. Earlier, it used to transport hundreds of pilgrims everyday to the temple in the island.

German engineer Scherzer designed the central part of the bridge that opens up to allow ferry movement. 

On an average, 10 to 15 boats and small ships pass beneath the bridge every month.

In 1964, the bridge survived a major cyclone that flattened Dhanushkodi, a thriving port town.
E Sreedharan, the man behind the construction of the Delhi Metro, played a major role in bolstering the bridge within 46 days.

How To Go:- 

The Bridge is 14.8 KM Away from Rameswaram Bus stand.

Elephant Festival Jaipur,Rajasthan

Elephant Festival is an annual festival celebrated in Jaipur in Rajasthan. 

It is celebrated on the day before the festivals of Holy(colours), usually in the month of March.

The festival features Elephant polo and Elephant Dance. The Elephant Festival begins with a beautiful procession of bedecked elephants, camels, horses and folk dancers. The owners proudly embellish their elephants with vibrant colors, jhools (saddle cloth) and heavy jewellery. One can see people sprinkling gulaal perched on top of the elephant. 

 

For this festival, elephants are nicely groomed and clothed with colourful and embroidered velvets rugs and parasols and other heavy ornaments like huge elephant jewellery and anklets decked with bells. Intricate traditional Indian motifs are then painted on their bodies. 

Ear danglers and coloured brocade scarves adorn their ears and necks respectively. Their tusks too get jewelled up by adorning them with gold and silver bracelets and rings; while foreheads are beautified with royal looking head-plates. All this is done by their Mahouts (keepers/riders) after they are done giving their elephants a bath. Moreover, the Mahouts too bask into the sunshine of the festivities by perking up themselves in brocade jackets and royal turbans.
 

The most beautifully decorated elephant is awarded. Elephant polo, Elephant race, the tug-of-war between Elephant and 19 men and women are the featured events of the festival. 

The elephants enter the ground with their mahouts, thumping to the sound of nagadas and loud blows of bankiya, a musical instrument.
There are live performances of dancers and musicians too. In addition to this, in the procession there are chariots, lancers on horses, camels, and palanquins. This festival is enjoyed by a huge number of crowds including the visitors from different parts of India as well as abroad. 
This festival, organised by Rajasthan Tourism and has now become an important part of its' annual events calendar. Earlier this festival was held at the Chaugan Stadium located in the old city area of Jaipur but due to the increase in crowds and fame, its venue got changed and has been shifted to Jaipur Polo Ground which is opposite to the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

Timings:- The Best Time to visit is March.


How To Go:- Jaipur is well connected with Railway and Road with other parts of the country.

Jaipur city is 260 KM from the New Delhi and 240 KM away from Agra .

Jaipur is the headquarters of North Western Zone of Indian Railways.Jaipur Railway Station is well connected to all major cities of India like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad. 

 

Jaipur International Airport is in Sanganer,  which is  10 KM Away from City.
  
Where To Stay:- There are number of budget hotels to stay in Jaipur city.