India Travel Guide
The Journey Towards The Jungfrau
Throughout the journey towards the Jungfrau is something that clashes. The number of visitors Indians in this part of the world. Not only in the train climbs to the roof of Europe: the tourists of Indian origin are spread over all the Swiss Alps. They call attention to their long dresses, their turbans on their heads …. It is not something casual.
Apparently, in recent years it has become fashionable to shoot big Bollywood productions in Switzerland, where teams come attracted by the exotic scenery to fall in love Helvetians to viewers across the world. A safe alternative to traditional settings, located above the valleys of Kashmir and is currently engaged in a war complicated by border motifs. The data is incredible: a day, the Indian industry produces more films meters annual Swiss Helvetic filmmakers themselves.
And do not fail, where Bollywood gets past the cameras, the number of tourists from India through the roof. Therefore it is very common to find groups and Indian groups (often travel in family in the broadest sense of the word), especially in areas of the beautiful Interlaken or Geneva region where I have matched these days with hundreds of Indians. Choose these particular areas where feet is the Indian directors have found the ideal settings for the script to meet these kinds of romantic comedies so popular in India and whose arguments governing the despair, love, anger, pain, drama The desconsulelo, the surprise, irony, tragedy, music and dance … and where almost always wins the love and a happy ending!.
Wonder Of The World
The Taj Mahal is a group of building which the sultan sent Shan Jahal build between 1631 and 1654 in the city of Agra, north India.
This sultan ordered the creation of this wonder of the world (including in The New 7 Wonders of the World) in honor of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, which fallecion in the delivery of her 14 th child.
The building covered in white marble mausoleum that is the best known is the whole complex. Your representative sample of Mughal architecture Islamic art, Persian, Turkish and Hindi.
The building complex is surrounded by gardens (charbagh), inspired by the Persian tradition of representing paradise.
Other secondary buildings are: Darwaza, the masjid (mosque) by the House of Music, chattris and other small buildings.
Directions: located in the city of Agra, north India. The most feasible are the road and railway network.
Here are useful links we plan the route by train through India
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Ashram in India
Ashrams, spiritual communities typical of Hinduism have become a preferred choice for many Europeans in search of peace and tranquility . They are usually founded by spiritual teachers to bring together people who want to live or spend time in the meditation , the yoga and spirituality .
Ashrams are often separated from the cities, in remote and surrounded by nature .
The ashram has a particular role and prominent in the history and mythology of India . partly as spiritual advisers of kings and a center for breeding philosophy and Hindu religion .
In general, the peace and quiet reigns in the ashrams. Sites have rules that people who live there must respect. The ashrams are also places of study and review books and methods of meditation and yoga.
Often ashrams are places of artistic achievement and generally as an oasis of beauty and peace.
The philosophies of several ashrams in India have achieved some popularity inEurope. These include the ashram of Sri Ramana Maharshi Ashram and Sri Aurobindo .
Bhimbetka Caves
The city of Bhopal in India, is the base from which you can visit the caves of Bhimbetka. These caves are considered World Heritage by UNESCO as the paintings covering the walls of the caves are a reflection of thousands of years of history.
The caves are an interesting and particularly where environmental conditions have allowed the preservation of the paintings, and allowing us to learn more about the past of India.
Bhimbetka caves were discovered in 1958 and since that time recognized the importance of the discovery: the 600 caves found in the complex were undoubtedly all important prehistoric caves in India and the world.
Bhimbetka caves are so large that visitors often llearnos only small sectors. The sites can not miss are:
- Cave lions: large cave with paintings interesting from lions to turtles. They easily fit 100 people.
- Rock Zoo: the area around this rock was so named by the number of different animals represented there.