It is the call of the path, of the never-ending journey, heedless of time and space. Without destination, without answers, with only a feeling of being...
After the sacred temples of Verinag and Anantnag, enjoying the views of corn fields, paddy fields, apple trees and walnut trees on both sides of the smooth road and the houses having typical red terraces, we reached Baktoot at about 4 pm. Baktoot used to be the starting point for Amarnath pilgrimage once upon a time...
We entered the Kashmir valley, the ‘paradise on earth’, on the second day of our trip. We had our first glimpse of the Kashmir valley after we crossed Banihal tunnel to reach our next place of night stay at Pahalgam via Batote, Ramban, Ramsoo, Banihal, Verinag and Anantnag...
The first glimpse of the castle was again magical; we could almost visualize knights on horseback galloping towards the castle filling the atmosphere with echo of the reverberating sound...
Suddenly travel bug started biting. After a short discussion, we settled down to a five day visit to the Hersonissos beach town at Crete Island in Greece. No running around monuments and museums, no jostling with camera toting tourists, no shopping spree of global brands, only laze out and enjoy the sun and sand – this was our motto...
গোয়ার ডাবোলিম (Dabolim) আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দরে সূর্যস্নাত একটা দিনে পৌঁছেছিলাম প্রায় আট বছর আগে। 2010 এর ফেব্রুয়ারী মাসে। আমি আর আমার স্ত্রী কেকা। ছোট্ট ছিমছাম বিমানবন্দর। আমি নিশ্চিন্ত। এখানে হারিয়ে যাওয়ার জায়গা নেই...
We reached Yumthang valley around 8.30 in the morning. There were very few visitors in the early morning. It was a clear day and the view was nothing less than magical and unearthly...
Gradually the forest cover became light and gave way to a wide Yumthang valley with Lachungchu river flowing in the middle. Our destination, the breathtaking Yumthang valley just a little way ahead...
Katra Masjid was built in 1724 as a tomb of Murshid Quli Khan, after whom Murshidabad is named; his body is said to be buried under the stairs of the entrance of the mosque. The mosque had four seventy feet tall octagonal minarets with holes which used to hold weapons, out of which two are still remaining. It is said that around two thousand people could pray together at the mosque...
I had visited this region about forty years ago. Then a bunch of college students, 6 of us walked up from Mangan to Yumthang in the month of October. Entry to North Sikkim was restricted and we had to obtain permit at Gangtok. The beauty of the place had mesmerized us...
