Posts Tagged ‘India’

  • Weird And Wonderful Offerings In An Indian Temple
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    Weird And Wonderful Offerings In An Indian Temple
    A typical contribution offered at any temple in India would normally comprise of flowers, coconuts, sweets among others. In certain shakti peethas, the devotees offer food items of non-vegetarian form and intoxicants, liquor. If that is not outlandish enough, there is an Indian temple cited in Orissa in the district of Kendrapada where the partisans make offerings of ‘Clocks’. A once in a lifetime trip, absolutely undertaken is to the ‘Maa Panchu-baraha temple’ located in the district of Kendrapada, in the block of Rajnagar. The highly revered, nearly four centuries old temple is situated in a sea-facing village. The credence is that if one desires to partake in a voyage or entreat for one’s secure homecoming, then an offering in this temple would aid in taking care of one’s trip. The ardent devotees make offerings of  [...]
    Posted at September 10th, 2009 at 10:09 am
  • Fertility Tourism Destinations
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    Fertility Tourism Destinations
    There has been a mass trend among baby hopefuls undertaking trips to visit fertility clinics in foreign countries often intended by those hunting for treatments to resolve infertility like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) amongst several other options that are comparatively pocket-friendly and the regulations are less rigorous. Typically, IVF procedure costs mount up to 12,000 U.S. dollars (USD) for every ovulation cycle attempt with patients shelling out close to 75,000 USD prior to even getting pregnant. While in other countries each treatment cost comes to a meagre 2,500-5,000 USD. Fertility tourism is quite a lucrative option as the couple can not only plan an extended unwinding holiday while alongside getting the treatment done in another country and yet comeback with money saved by doing it elsewhere. Many of those who visit foreign  [...]
    Posted at August 20th, 2009 at 08:08 pm
  • Travel to Enchanting Kerala, God’s Own Country – Day 3
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    Travel to Enchanting Kerala, God’s Own Country – Day 3
    Just as I said in my last post, Periyar Lake is truly the lake which belongs to Mother Nature! At morning 8:30 am sharp, we left from our hotel rooms after having lovely South Indian breakfast consisting of Uthappa (as they call it) and Chatni (coconut sauce). We took entry pass tickets for our vehicle to go inside as it was a forest tiger reserve area, we passed through thick blanket of forest having wild plantations with some of the beautiful flower plantations around, some of us even got down to take the snaps. Although we dint saw any wild life there, the guide told us that you can see wild life only after going inside the forest area of 40 Km which was not allowed. Well, going ahead, what we saw next were huge ships and small boats waiting for us to take the prideful Periyar lake ride, we sat on the upper deck, I saw people  [...]
    Posted at July 14th, 2009 at 11:07 am
  • Gomateshwara Statue in Sravanabelagola
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    Gomateshwara Statue in Sravanabelagola
    Gomateshwara is the tallest monolithic statue in the world and is dedicated to Lord Bahubali. It is located in Shravanabelagola at a distance of 158 kilometers from Bangalore, India. The statue depicts Lord Gomateshwara a Jain saint and is carved out of a single block of granite stone. The statue has a height of 17 meters and majestically stands on top of a hill. The statue was build during the reign of the King Rajamalla of the Ganga Dynasty by there Commander Chamundaraya in 10th Century AD. Shravanabelagola is an important centre for pilgrimage and religion for centuries. One gets the most majestic view of the statue during the festival of Mahamastakabhishekam which is held once in 12 years. , During the festival the statue of Lord Gomateswara is bathed in milk, curds, ghee(clarified butter), saffron and gold coins. The statue  [...]
    Posted at May 28th, 2009 at 03:05 pm