Places to stay at Bhuj- Kutch

Bhuj, being a small city many tourists worry about staying.
Here is the list of places where you can stay at, these places includes both luxury hotels and affordable guests houses. Let's start with the luxurious resorts, even luxury will we affordable at Bhuj comparatively.

• Prince residency

This is the hotel located on the outskirts of the town. This hotel have free parking space and have in house restaurant too. It's a family friendly hotel.

• Hotel Prince 

This is 3 star hotel and is affordable. This hotel provides best food service. This is located in the heart of the city.

• Pride rock resort 

This resort is 25 kms away from Bhuj, but it is worth travelling for its very comfortable environment. The rates are reasonable, with an in house restaurant. Though I would recommend this resort if you have your own transportation facilities.

• Hotel Mangalam

This hotel is in the heart of the city and also have in house restaurant with Sam's pizza outlet. The food here is especially delicious. 

• Seven sky 

This hotel is also on the outskirts of the city. Though it comes with the suprising element, the hotel is having a theatre togetherly. This is also having the in house restaurant.

• Ilark 

This hotel is near to the railway station. The service here is good with an in-house restaurant and free parking.

Above were the best luxurious hotel in (or near) the Bhuj city. The guest houses are mentioned below.

• Vrp guest House
• Gangaram guest house 
• City guest house 

These all guest houses are affordable for budget trips, as well as they are family friendly. These guest houses doesn't accomodate the restaurants, but are located in the city.

So guys if you are planning to visit Bhuj you can easily book your hotels or guest houses accordingly online.
Online booking is facilitated by all the above mentioned hotels and guesthouses.

Picture blog: Life of a Mumbaikar

Hey guys, I apologize that my posts aren't frequent. I am student so I battle to get time for the blog and also I need to get into the mood to write, because without it I won't be able to indulge you all in my writings.
This post is somewhat different from my other posts. This is something new. I went to Mumbai recently, and as the saying goes, ' Mumbai is not place, it's an experience'.
This is I suppose is a life of Mumbaikar. I have tried to capture it in my pictures.

Nirona: An Enchanted place of Art

Nirona, a less explored place of Kutch. Less explored but not less beautiful. Actually, what happens is we are becoming habitual to visit all the famous and known places, but in that quest these unexplored places stays left behind; so we miss to discover the actual magic of the culture and tradition of the particular place. As the saying goes,"Go the extra mile, it's never crowded".
So in this post I will show you the three folds of Nirona:

• Rogan Art
• Copper bells 
• Lacquer Art

Firstly, the most prominent and beautiful Rogan Art. Do you feel that you have heard this word "Rogan" somewhere?? Yes! it's the very same art piece name, that India's honorable Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi gifted to the US President Mr. Barack Obama. The Rogan Art is generations old art; it has changed it's forms over generations but the basic concept remained the same. So what actually this art form is?

This is the art which is done on cloth, and it is mostly known as "TREE OF LIFE", because the designs done in this art are represent a tree. The colors used are totally natural made; Castor oil is heated in jungles (as oil produces very bad odor when heated) and after some days the remains(jelly like substance) are put into water. After the jelly is produced, natural substance are added to it to form different colors; for example coal or iron rust is used to produce black color. Then when artist want to use the color, he takes the jelly on the palm as melts it with the help of body heat on the palm. Then after the strings of colors are drawn with the help of metal stick and the strings of colors are manipulated into different shapes as required by the artisan. The cloth is half folded before painting, so that the outlines of the shapes can be mirror imaged on the other side of the cloth. The detailing work is done after the outlines become dry, and they aren't mirrored.

The video below shows how it's done:


Now, the second fold of nirona is Copper bells, this is also an generations old art. The artisans cuts out the MS metal sheet and molds into the desired shape of bell. The fascinating thing about these bells are that there are no welds in making this bells. When the copper bell is made it is loaded into the furnace for heating it and than it is dipped into solution of 5 metals. The designs and carvings are made in bells to give them unique voice and chimes. As Kutch is a district with many villages, this bells are tied around the cow's neck, so that owner can identify their cows. These are also used as wind chimes.
See the video below to know how these are made :

The third and final fold of Nirona is Lacquer art. This is the art where a piece of babool wood is attached to handmade lathe and a piece of lac gives color to the wood due to friction.
Watch how it is done in the video below:



This is not it. The main art of Nirona is hospitality of the people. You can visit Nirona without any travel guide and though you can enjoy there and get every information. Everyone is so friendly and will provide you with history of their art and they will also show you the live demo.  

Rann utsav 2016-2017

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Top 5 Street foods to try in Bhuj-Kutch

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.. no I order you to taste most of the street foods mentioned below..

Miracle or Happenstance: An unforgettable trip to char dham

13 June 2013

It was the peak season for char dham Yatra. I was traveling with my parents. After the pleasant visit to Yamunotri and Gangotri, we were headed towards Kedarnath. My parents denied to trek towards Gangotri glacier, which was 13 kms from Gangotri temple🙁.

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Dear parents,

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Bewitching beauty of Jogini Falls (Concluding Journey me TWIST)

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Journey me TWIST:Manali via Delhi ( part 3)

Part 3

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Journey me TWIST:Manali via Delhi (part 2)

Part 2

Hey guys, I m back with part two. So, in previous part I was in Delhi and then I took bus from there of Royal Travels, for Manali. The bus was quite comfortable and the ticket was also at reasonable rate. The bus was late though, as it was raining whole way. The route from Delhi to Manali, crosses three states: Delhi, Haryana and Punjab. I woke at 5 a.m in morning, and the sight that welcomed me was just so alluring. I lost my heart then and there.

Welcome to HP

 The bus went through the largest tunnel I have ever seen in my life. Finally, I reached Manali at 3 p.m. The hotel where I was gonna stay was almost 5kms away from from the Manali private parking.(This is where all bus deports the passengers.) I stayed at Hotel Mahavir Manali, Prini. The view from hotel was breathtaking. I booked hotel from goibibo.com, so the discount I got were awesome. After getting fresh at hotel I went to Hidimba Temple. Now, here I got some special advice for you guys. The transportation costs in Manali are very high, except for buses. So i will highly recommend you to choose buses for traveling purpose in Manali. Another reason to opt for bus is you will get to know the local public. That's what we all want; to be a traveler rather than a tourist. The temple's sight is so good; and the architecture of the temple is mind blowing. I was in awe of that ancient architecture. It was so precisely done that modern architectures fails when compared with that temple. The carvings in wood was also wow! There at Hidimba temple, we can borrow rabbits from the local women; who costs us rupees 20. I took so many photographs. Also, python and yaks are available to have pose with ;-). The local women there also provide us with the traditional clothes. I had fun there. Also, we can trek over there in the jungles of Deodar trees. The weather there was so cloudy, actually the clouds were touching the ground. Then after I roamed at the Mall road.
Not to miss things in Manali is SOFTY, PANI PURI, and PIZZA.

Wood carvings at Hidimba temple

Wood carvings at Hidimba temple

Deodar trees

You have to take care of the timings of the bus; as the last bus to Prini is around at 8p.m. I missed my last bus so I had to take auto rickshaw. Bargaining is must in the rates of autos. The reasonable cost is rupees 200 from Mall road to Prini. They would ask you to pay 250 but with some bargaining you will reach your destination in reasonable rates.

So this was my day 1 at Manali

 

Journey me TWIST:Manali via Delhi (part 1)

Part-1
So, this vacation i went to peek the beauties of the Manali. Manali is located at in Himachal Pradesh, India. Himachal is the Hindi word, and if we break it into parts we get two words "Him" and "achal"; Him means ice, and achal means valley or maa ka pallu.