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The Deccan Odyssey

2 December 2025 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General, Bon voyage Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The Deccan Odyssey is an Indian luxury train modeled on the Palace on Wheels luxury train and put into service to boost tourism on the Maharashtra route of the Indian Railways. The train, owned by travel company Cox & Kings since 2014, takes visitors on a variety of seven night, eight day trips across Maharashtra.   read more…

Phugtal Monastery in Northern India

8 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Phuktal Monastery or Phuktal Gompa (often transliterated as Phugtal) is a Buddhist monastery located in the remote Lungnak Valley in south-eastern Zanskar, in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, in Northern India. It is 52 km southeast of Padum on Nimmu–Padum–Darcha road (NPD). Solar power was installed at the Phugtal monastery in 2016.   read more…

The sail training ship Tarangini

1 October 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  9 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post INS Tarangini is a three-masted barque, commissioned in 1997 as a sail training ship for the Indian Navy. She is square rigged on the fore and main masts and fore-and-aft rigged on the mizzen mast. She was constructed in Goa to a design by the British naval architect Colin Mudie, and launched on 1 December 1995. In 2003–04, she became the first Indian naval ship to circumnavigate the globe.   read more…

The sail training ship Sudarshini

1 March 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Category: General, Tall ships, Yacht of the Month Reading Time:  5 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post INS Sudarshini is a sail training ship built by Goa Shipyard for the Indian Navy. The ship is a sister ship of INS Tarangini which was commissioned in 1997. “Sudarshini” means “beautiful lady Sundari” after the younger half-sister of Buddha. The ship was designed by Colin Mudie, a naval architect and yacht designer from the United Kingdom. Her homeport ist Kochi.   read more…

North Sentinel Island

25 November 2024 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, an Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal which also includes South Sentinel Island. The island is a protected area of India. It is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous tribe in voluntary isolation who have defended, often by force, their protected isolation from the outside world. The island is about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) long and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) wide, and its area is approximately 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi).   read more…

Hawa Mahal in Jaipur

7 March 2024 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The Hawa Mahal (“Palace of Winds”) is a palace in the city of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Built from red and pink sandstone, it is on the edge of the City Palace, Jaipur, and extends to the Zenana, or women’s chambers.   read more…

National Gandhi Museum and Library in New Delhi

26 October 2023 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Opera Houses, Theaters, Libraries Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The National Gandhi Museum or Gandhi Memorial Museum is a museum located in New Delhi, India showcasing the life and principles of Mahatma Gandhi. The museum first opened in Mumbai, shortly after Gandhi was assassinated in 1948. The museum relocated several times before moving to Raj Ghat, New Delhi in 1961.   read more…

Hill Forts of Rajasthan

11 September 2022 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post The North Western Indian State of Rajasthan has over one hundred fortifications on hills and mountainous terrain. Six Hill Forts of Rajasthan, spread across Rajasthan state in northern India, have been clustered as a series and designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. The ‘Hill Forts of Rajasthan’ was initially submitted to the UNESCO as a serial property formed by five Rajput forts in the Aravalli Range, and were built and enhanced between the 5th and 18th centuries CE by several Rajput kings of different kingdoms. The UNESCO series has been increased to six forts. They consist of:   read more…

Rishikesh in India

10 December 2021 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Category: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

🔊 Listen to this Post Rishikesh, also spelt as Hrishikesh, is a city governed by Rishikesh Municipal Corporation (since October 2017), and a tehsil in Dehradun district of the Indian state Uttarakhand. Located in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, it is known as the “Gateway to the Garhwal Himalayas” and “Yoga Capital of the World”. It lies 21 km (13 mi) north of the city Haridwar and 45 km (28 mi) southeast of the state capital Dehradun. As of 2021, Rishikesh tehsil has a total population of 322,825; this figure includes 93 surrounding villages as well as the city. It is the seventh most populated city in the state of Uttarakhand. It is known as the pilgrimage town and regarded as one of the holiest places for Hindus. Hindu sages and saints have visited Rishikesh since ancient times to meditate in search of higher knowledge. In September 2015, the Union tourism minister Mahesh Sharma announced that Rishikesh and Haridwar will be the first in India to be given the title of “twin national heritage cities”. Due to the religious significance of the place, non-vegetarian food and alcohol are strictly prohibited in Rishikesh. The city has hosted the annual International Yoga Festival on the first week of March since 1989.   read more…