Full Stop India

Location: Jaipur House, at the eastern end of Rajpath near India Gate
Time to Visit: Tuesday-Saturday, closed on Monday
Preferred Timings: 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Admission Fee: Citizen/foreigner: INR 10/ 150
Photography charges: Not allowed past entrance
How to Reach: Tourists can either take local buses from various points within the city to reach this museum or they can [...]

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The local HRTC bus stops in Recong Peo, Himachal Pradesh, dropping tourists 7 kms from the real draw here, Kalpa. Budget travelers either foot the remaining distance or hire a tuk tuk. My need for a hotel in Recong Peo was due to misinformation by locals in Kalpa, where I had roomed the night [...]

Vikas was an easy find the night I unexpectedly found myself in Recong Peo, Himachal Pradesh, turned away at the Spello check post earlier that day. Fog had set into the town hidden within the mountain ridge bringing rain and cool temps. Staring at me across the way from my hotel, the upper level business [...]

Across the street from the Red Fort lies Chandni Chowk, an area completely dedicated to shopping, trading and eating. While the Red Fort offers tranquillity, Chandni Chowk is its opposite. It is an enormous area, packed with all sorts of shops, bazaars, people of all kinds.

During a visit to the holy cities of Varanasi and Rishikesh/Haridwar, make time to partake of the most popular ceremony in Hindusim, Arti. Performed daily, several times throughout, Arti is a greeting ceremony offered to the murti and also gurus, holy people, and other representations of the divine.
Arti is often called “the ceremony of lights” [...]