Tourism
Bikaner camel festival: A captivating affair
January 8, 2022
The Bikaner camel festival is an annual cultural event to celebrate the importance of camels in the local people’s life. The ‘camel country’, as Bikaner is popularly known, is located amid the Great Indian Desert in Thar in Rajasthan, painting the barren land colourful with...
Read MoreOmicron fails to scare tourists and increase cance...
January 4, 2022
While there has been a significant disruption in international travel as a number of countries around the world have announced or increased travel restrictions following the detection and the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, domestic tourism in India has remained ...
Read MoreWhere to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2023 in India
December 31, 2021
Almost in every part of the world, it has become a tradition to welcome the New Year with a great deal of festivity and cheer. For those who like to travel, it is one of the best moments to step out and hit some of their preferred destinations. Over the years, for the Indian tour...
Read MoreGoa beckons tourists for Christmas and New Year
December 22, 2021
Christmas and New Year have emerged as an important vacation time for families across India as schools and colleges shut down, proving parents with the perfect excuse to set off with their children for holidays in destinations across the country and increasingly around the world....
Read MoreTourists, Indian and foreigners, rediscover paradi...
December 6, 2021
After a break of over two years, Jammu and Kashmir sees a strong revival of tourism, says the tourism department of the union territory. As per the official data of the Department of Tourism, Jammu & Kashmir; 513,000 tourists, including 1,317 foreigners, visited the territory...
Read MoreRamappa temple: Telangana’s first UNESCO World H...
November 16, 2021
About 200 km north-east of Hyderabad, capital of Telangana, in the village of Palampet, stands a marvel of Indian history, the Ramappa temple, which is also known as Rudreshswara temple. This medieval wonder dates back to 1213 AD and was built by the Kakatiya ruler Kakati Ganapat...
Read MoreRanthambore Tiger Reserve: In perpetual search of ...
November 2, 2021
As the jeep’s roar rumbles to a stop, the rustic sounds of the jungle take over. Straining our ears, we hear the distant sounds of squawking birds and chattering monkeys and wait, with bated breath, for the king of the Indian jungles to appear. There are two main ways to track ...
Read MoreShekhawati: World’s largest open air art gallery
October 27, 2021
Shekhawati, around 100 km from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, is one of the lesser explored regions of the state even though the region boasts of numerous majestic havelis (mansions) and is widely appreciated for its numerous murals that adorn on havelis. With towns like Sikar...
Read MoreHornbill Festival: A goldmine of Nagaland’s cult...
October 19, 2021
Attracting tourists from across the globe like bees to a honeypot, the Hornbill Festival, celebrated during the first 10 days in the chilly month of December is commonly referred to in Nagaland as the “festival of all festivals” and for all the right reasons. An absolute fea...
Read MoreKashmir of Odisha: Daringbadi is a hidden gem
October 17, 2021
Barely 250 km from the capital Bhubaneswar lies a quaint hill station whose rolling hills offer amazing landscapes that lead tourists to term it the “Kashmir of Odisha”. Daringbadi is located in the Kandhamal district, at an altitude of 915 metres above sea level. Nestled in ...
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