This is an account of three heavenly weeks spent in the midst of some of the magnanimous and most beautiful mountains of the world located in the trans-Himalayan region. The description – from Shimla-Kinnaur-Spiti-Lahaul-Ladakh-Kargil-Zanskar-Dras-Kashmir-Jammu – is supported by anecdotes, colourful…
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Category: Epic Road Journeys, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Spiti, Trans-Himalayas, Travels
Tags: featured, Himachal, Himalaya, Indus, Kargil, Kashmir, Kinnaur, Kunzum, Ladakh, Lahaul, landscape, Leh, Manali, Photography, Spiti, trans-Himalayas, travel, Zanskar
It was during my recent visit at the Kalesar National Park when I finally got a chance to visit the Asan Barrage in Uttarakhand. It was on Sh Bharatlal’s, Forest Guard at the Sultanpur National Park, recommendation as a must-visit…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand, Wildlife
Tags: Asan, Barrage, birding, conservation, Dakpathar, Dehradun, Dhalipur, Doon Valley, Fish Eagle, Garhwal, GMVN, Kalesar National Park, Sal, Uttarakhand, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna
During one of my recent visits to the Kalesar National Park, Haryana’s only Sal forest, I finally got an opportunity to visit the famed Hathni Kund barrage on the Yamuna River. Although, I had crisscrossed the barrage as well as…
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Bird-watching, birding, conservation, Forest, Haryana, Hathni Kund, Kalesar, Tajewala, travel, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna, Yamunanagar
It was in mid-January of 2013 when I first got a chance to visit the Kalesar National Park situated in the terai region of eastern Haryana. Although the visit chanced upon at a time when winters were peaking but fortunately…
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Category: Haryana, Travels, Wildlife
Tags: Asan, Barking Deer, Barrage, Bird, Bird-watching, birding, Dense, Elephant, Forest, Green, Haryana, Hathni Kund, Jungle, Jungle fowl, Kalesar, Monsoon, Muntjac, National Park, Paonta Sahib, Protected, Rajaji, Sal, Sambar, Species, Sunset, Wetland, Wildlife, Yamuna, Yamunanagar
The rainy spell, which lasted a couple of days, during my recent visit to the Kalesar National Park provided me with a prospect to visit some of the lesser-known destinations located nearby the forest. Although the unrelenting spells of shower…
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Category: Haryana, Travels
Tags: Akbar, Birbal, Buddhist, Buria, Dayalgarh, Harshavardhan, Haryana, Hindu, Hinduism, Historical, Hiuen Tsang, Jagadhri, Kalesar, Monastery, Mughal, Yamuna, Yamunanagar
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