India & You November-December 2018

Alongside culture and heritage, spirituality is one of India’s biggest attractions as a destination for a tourist. The pull towards temples, gurdwaras, churches, mosques and also Buddhist pagodas to pay obeisance at the various sites is involved with the life and times of various gods. We bring you reports of the Durga Puja from Kolkata and Navratri in Ahmedabad, just to highlight the contrasting manner in which the same goddess is worshipped in two cities. From the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, we bring you a spiritual circuit built around Lord Shiva and to the north-eastern state of Meghalaya, to enjoy the best of the monsoons with its gushing waterfalls, inviting you to lose yourself in the maze of caves.