India Through My Eyes

 

VERY SOON I WILL WRITE ABOUT CHANDIGARH'S ROCK GARDEN TILL THEN HAVE A LOOK ON THIS PICTURES. AT ENTRY of ROCK GARDEN

Hidimbi Devi Temple, also known variously as the Hadimba Temple,It is located on a deodar covered hill in Manali, some 3kms from the bus stop and few minutes walk from Old Manali, a hill station in the State of Himāchal Pradesh in north India.  It is an ancient cave temple dedicated to Hidimbi Devi, sister of Hidimba,who was a character in the Indian epic, Mahābhārata. The temple is surrounded by a cedar forest at the foot of the Himālayas. The sanctuary is built over a huge rock jutting out of the ground, which was worshipped as an image of the deity. It is an ancient cave temple built in 1553 by Raja Bahadur Singh. Built over a huge rock, the sanctum is covered by three tiered roof of wooden planks. The fourth metal umbrella completes the outermost covering. The ‘shikhar’ or the wooden tower is 24m tall. The wooden facade and windows of the temple are richly carved. The quadruple wooden door frame is ornamented with carvings of various deities and other desi

Reflection of 9/11 The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th, or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks killed almost 3,000 people and caused at least $10 billion in property and infrastructure damage. Four passenger airliners were hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda terrorists so they could be flown into buildings in suicide attacks. Two of those planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. Within two hours, both towers collapsed with debris and the resulting fires causing partial or complete collapse of all other buildings in the WTC complex, as well as significant damage to ten other large surrounding structures. A third plan

Rajgir  ( Hindi :  राजगीर ,  Urdu :  راجگیر ‎) is a city and a notified area in  Nalanda district  in the  Indian   state  of  Bihar . The city of Rajgir (ancient Rājagṛha;  Pali : Rājagaha) was the first capital of the kingdom of  Magadha , a state that would eventually evolve into the  Mauryan Empire. Its date of origin is unknown, although ceramics dating to about 1000 BC have been found in the city. This area also notable in  Buddhism  and  Jainism Rajgir is connected to  Patna  via  Bakhtiarpur  by rail and road. Bakhtiarpur lies midway between Patna and  Mokameh . Road access is by  NH  30A to Bakhtiarpur and  NH  31 towards south to reach  Bihar Sharif . From Mokameh  NH  31 to Bihar Sharif. From there,  NH  82 will leads to Rajgir. Rajgir is around 100  KM  from both Patna and Mokameh. It is located in a green valley surrounded by rocky hills. Indian Railways  run trains directly from Rajgir to  New Delhi ,  Shramjeevi Express . Vishwa Shanti Stupa is a major