Adventure travel writing in Hindi language does not occupy much space in travel and adventure section of bookshelves as most travellers prefer to write in English language for its wider acceptance globally. Although, many would-be adventurers are increasingly taking up…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: ajay sodani, auden's col, Badrinath, Book, darra darra himalaya, Ganga, Gangotri, Garhwal, Himalayas, kalindi, Kedarnath, pass, review, travel, trek
The book Inner Line Pass is a travel account of the author Umesh Pant who spent two unforgettable weeks in the Himalayan paradise on his trek to the Adi Kailash region located in eastern Kumaon. Occupying the easternmost wedge of…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: adi kailash, Book, Himalayas, inner line pass, kailas, Kailash Mansarovar, Kumaon, Nepal, Pithoragarh, review, Tibet, travel, trek, umesh pant, Uttarakhand, Yatra
The series of expeditions undertaken by the British in the early 1920s to stand atop the Mount Everest had globally spawned interest towards the mountain. Even as the expeditions resulted in thirteen deaths including those of the then celebrity mountaineers…
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Category: Books, Talks and Rants
Tags: Book, British, China, Everest, Francis Younghusband, Himalayas, irvine, mallory, Nepal, review, Talk, The Epic of Mount Everest, Tibet, travel
Continuing our run through some of the lesser visited parts of the inhabited Himalayas, we next stopped at the ancient Hateshwari temple at Hatkoti. The ancient village of Hatkoti, located on the right bank of the River Pabbar in Himachal…
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Category: Himachal Pradesh, Travels
Tags: Ancient, Giri, Hateshwari, Hatkoti, Heritage, Himachal, Himalayas, Jubbal, Kharapathar, Pabbar, Rohru, Shimla, Temple, travel
The rugged and mountainous expanse between the Satluj and Yamuna Rivers in the western Himalayas, irrespective of the administrative boundaries of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, has broadly been occupied by heterogeneous group of people; some of whom are native to…
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Category: Travels, Uttarakhand
Tags: Blog, Chakrata, Dehradun, Garhwal, Hanol, Himachal, Himalayas, Mahasu, Shiva, Temple, Tons, travel, Uttarakhand, Yamuna