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Season: November
Caravan Holidays (Rajasthan Experience)
If you believe that travelling is all about exploring and discovering beyond the beaten track, then what better to do this than road trips. Top this up with an element of luxury on wheels and safety and you have a heady mix of Caravanning! Yes, that childhood dream that we all grew up with…and now it’s time to tick this off your bucket list.
Ranthambore
Ranthambore National Park, one of the largest and the most popular national parks in
North India, is one of the star attractions of wildlife tourism in Rajasthan. Located in the
Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, Ranthambore is located just 180 km away from
Jaipur (with Jaipur International Airport being the nearest airport) and 110 kms from
Kota.
Celebrating Durga Puja
India, the land of holy places, rituals, festivals and rivers experiences different aspects of life mostly infused with religious rites, gestures and meanings. The seasons are marked with different festivals and the coming of autumn in India especially for the Bengali community marks the beginning of the largest festival, the Durga Puja. Out of the long list of colorful festivals in India, Navratri and Durga Puja are celebrated with a zeal that gives an experience that you will not find anywhere else.
The beauty of this festival can be experienced all over India, and if you are in Kolkata, you are blessed to experience something that you will cherish forever. Durga Pooja rituals start with the unique philharmonic of conch shells, the “UluDhyani” (tongue sounds by Bengali women), the rhythms of drums and the burning of incense along with the charismatic sounds of hymns and prayers mark the Durga Puja Celebration.
The Celebration of Good over Evil
Durga Puja is celebrated to mark the victory of Goddess Durga over Mahishasur. Durga Puja is celebrated in the last five days of Navratri when it is believed that Goddess Durga leaves her heavenly abode and visits Earth each year. The festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm and it is an occasion where especially the Bengali families come together from round the globe to West Bengal to celebrate with their friends and family.
The Special Durga Puja Pandals
The major attraction of the celebration is the “Pandals”, that is a temporary pavilion made as a place of worship where the different rituals and ceremonies take place. You will find a Pandal in every neighborhood in Kolkata as well as Bengali dominant areas in rest of the India. The beautifully decorated Pandals consist of Goddess Durga with eight or ten arms with the defeated demon beneath. Usually the Goddess idol is accompanied by the idols of Lord Ganesh and Lord Karthik (Goddess Durga’s Sons) and her Daughters Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswati. The idols are decorated richly with jewelry and flower garlands.
Small or big, the decoration, the zeal and the enthusiasm of celebration is worth experiencing. If you are in Kolkata or any part of West Bengal, be ready to experience some of the best moments of the festival. Durga Puja concludes with the “visarjan” of the idols which means bidding farewell to Goddess Durga immersing the idols in the holy river.
If you are planning to witness this auspicious time of festival, then here is some vital information for you.
Which Time of the Year?
Durga Puja us held around the period of the Dussehra and Diwali festivals in India, expected in the months of October and November.
Inspiring Nepal
JourneyMart presents ‘Inspiring Nepal’; a series of exclusive tours round the year!
Join us to explore the rich culture and natural beauty of Nepal as we travel through some of the most iconic sites of the country.
Discover Sri Lanka!
JourneyMart presents ‘Discover Sri Lanka’; a series of exclusive tours round the year!
Join us to explore the rich culture and natural beauty of Sri Lanka as we travel through some of the most iconic sites of the country.
Vietnam Classics!
JourneyMart presents ‘Vibrant Vietnam’; a series of exclusive tours round the year!
Join us to explore the rich culture and natural beauty of Vietnam as we travel through some of the most iconic sites of the country. Join us on this adventure to bring out the beautiful face of Vietnam which was, for long, masked by the infamous war!
Secrets of Egypt
Join us to explore the rich culture and diverse terrain of this historically mysterious land of Pharaohs and Pyramids!
Millennia-old monuments sit along the fertile Nile River Valley, including Giza’s colossal Pyramids and Great Sphinx as well as Luxor’s hieroglyph-lined Karnak Temple and Valley of the Kings tombs.
Splendours of Bhopal
Bhopal also known as the ‘City of Royals’ has a long, important history.
Between 1819 and 1926, it was ruled by the generation of Begums for over 100 years, who gave the city its waterworks, railways, a postal system, and a municipality. Between 1819 and 1926, it was ruled by the generation of Begums for over 100 years, who gave the city its waterworks, railways, a postal system, and a municipality.
The four Queens, Qudsia Begum (1819-37), Sikander Begum (1844-68), Shah Jahan Begum (1868-1901), and Sultan Jahan Begum (1901-1926) were great reformists and patrons of education, art, culture and public works. They also built several great monuments, which still stand as testimonies to the city’s celebrated past.
Celebrate Dev Deepawali
Culturally enriched tour as you partake in the celebrations of Dev Deepawali & explore one of the oldest cities of the world – Varanasi.
