Monday, 8 August 2011
Monday, 11 July 2011
Trip to Kashmir
Beautiful Dal Lake |
Dal Lake at Night |
Dal Lake in the Evening |
For trekkers retreat and fun, you have the hill station of Gulmarg and Pahalgam. The adventure sports here include mountaineering, trekking, paragliding, and fishing when you have the Dal Lake not frozen.
Float Market on Dal Lake |
Gulmarg Valley |
Gulmarg Meadows |
House Boat |
Dal Lake and House Boats |
Nagin Lake |
Nishat Bagh Garden |
Pahalgam |
The valley of Kashmir has given place to Srinagar at its heart. The calm lakes, houseboats, shikaras, gorgeous gardens, majestic mountains of the Himalayas and the splendor of Mughal architecture collectively add to the natural beauty of Srinagar that makes it all the more desirable for people to visit and see the heavenly beauty on earth in person. Srinagar has earned a worldwide fame for its houseboats and lakes.
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
Monday, 4 July 2011
Tirumala
Tirumala is a small hill town in Andhra Pradesh,India. It is a well known divine pilgrim center of Hindus, it is popularly known as Sri Venkateshwara Swamivaru Temple - which is dedicated for the Supreme God Shri mann Narayana/Maha Vishnu. The Tirumala Hill comprises seven peaks representing the seven hoods of Adisesha, thus earning the name Seshachalam. The seven peaks are called Seshadri, Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrushabadri, Narayanadri and Venkatadri. The sacred temple of Sri Venkateswara is located on the seventh peak, Venkatadri (Venkata Hill), and lies on the southern banks of Sri Swami Pushkarini. Tirumala is about 26km from Tirupati.
Garuda @ Alipiri |
Once in Tirumala, pilgrims can have accommodation in TTD's guest houses. There are many guest houses available in tirumala which can be accessed by paying a rent of 100,200 300 per day. The guest rooms are clean and tidy.
Beautiful view of Gali Gopuram |
Temple tower hiding in the hills |
Tirumala has direct bus services from tirupati with afrequency of every2 minutes.and also paid taxis and Jeeps available for one who prefer comport while climpbing the hill. The Nearest Railway Station is Tirupati. Tirupati is well connected to major cities across India, esp. Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. And the nearest airport is the Tirupati Airport, about 40 km from the hill top. Tirupati Airport is a domestic airport that has direct flights to Hyderabad, Vizag, Chennai, New Delhi and Bangalore. The airport is located 15 km from the city centre. Closest international airport is located in Chennai which is 130 km from Tirupati.
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