Our trip to Ahmadabad was primarily owing to the fact that Sajan was shooting a travel show for one of his clients and I had basically just tagged along. The idea that he was going to have all the fun for a good 15 days while I was gonna sit at home, just filled me…
Category: India Diaries
Rameshwaram – The Island of Legends
Rameshwaram is one of the most exotic and popular tourist destinations in India. In fact, it’s a bit like Manhattan, its connected to the mainland by a bridge. This little island is famous for religious tourism domestically and is popular for culture, history and nature internationally. Rameswaram is a town and municipality in Tamil Nadu,…
Wayanaad – Of Dams and Lakes & India’s only floating solar plant
A floating solar panel-based electricity generation system was something I was not expecting to see in Wayanad. But guess what, Kerala it seems is one of the aggressive proponents of green energy. From hydroelectricity, wind and solar, Kerala has been one of the shining examples of green energy adoption in India. So far Wayanad has…
Wayanaad – The Land of Waterfalls
Wayanad continues to bamboozle us with its incredible natural beauty. Last post you got a glimpse of this beautiful part of the world and how some of the earliest traces of humanity can be found here. If you wish to read about old stone age civilizations and Neolithic Caves then you can click Here Wayanaad –…
Wayanaad – The Dawn of Civilization
6000 years ago, a tribal chief stood here and had his engraving made on a cave. 6000 years later i was staring it like a fool trying to figure out what it meant. Welcome to Wayanad. The land of magic and history. The chief who got the engraving done, left some inscriptions beside it. Even…
Athirapilly Waterfalls – The Niagara Of India
My home in Kerala is located in one of the most beautiful parts of Kerala. I live in Trissur. It’s a central town and the cultural capital of Kerala. And while we have a small AIrBnb Property with a small kitchen garden, the catch is the beautiful dams and water falls that are accessible with…
‘Trissur Pooram’ The largest carnival in Asia.
3 days, 10 Temples, 100 thousand people, 30 gods, 120 Elephants, 250 musicians and You !It’s a time when the entire city of Trissur comes to a stand still to celebrate a carnival on a scale that is as grand as it gets. Thrissur pooram is one of the largest carnivals of Asia. It attracts…
Jawai Bandh: Leopard Safari
Jawai is a quaint little town in the pali district of Rajasthan. Jawai was not really a tourist location till a few years back. The only thing famous here was it’s beautiful dam called ” Jawai Bandh” built on Jawai river and also the world famous Ranakpur Temple, located 50 kilometres from Jawai bandh. However…