http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , India , Uttarakhand , Dehradun en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 21:47:17 +0000 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:47:17 +0000 Dehradun is the capital city of the Indian state of Uttarakhand in northern India. It is made up of two words Dehra and Doon. Dehra is derived from the word Dera means camp established by Guru Ram Rai. Doon is a valley in which Dehradun is situated. It lies in the Doon Valley on the foothills of the Himalayas situated between Indias rivers the Ganges and the Yamuna. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-776574.html Hi all sorry I haven39t posted in so long I had a few posts written on my computer but never finished them or posted them. Here are two. The first one is from a school field trip to a rural village and the second a trip me and my friends planned to a town called Rishikesh Soon I39ll have another one coming from this past weekend when I went to Goa. So much is going on...it39s hard to k http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-747570.html Badrinath is one of the four pilgrimage places of Hindus that hold a great respect and reverence. It is located in the state of Uttarakhand which is a centre of tourism for other reasons as well apart from being the place of holy visits. Travellers generally go to these places with family and sometimes with friend also. Badrinath is usually quite rushed due to the swarms of people on pilgrimage e http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-739954.html TAPKESHWAR MAHADEV MANDIRToday 23july2012 i visited one of the famous temple of dehradun.i heard about this temple since my childhood.but finally today i visited it.It39s raining heavily in the morningand it seems our plan to visit the temple is going to be cancelled out.we planed to move at 8am but due to rain we moved at 9am.another person with me is NETESH.He is my neighbour and such a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-732321.html Tehri garhwal during British times was an important hill state in the region now known as Uttarakhand. Maharaja Narinder Shah of Tehri garhwal built the capital of Narinder Nagar for the kingdom at great cost and named it after himself. One of the reasons for building of the new capital is said to be that several generations of rulers before the Maharaja had died before attaining the age of 30 an http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-729293.html DEHRADUN TOUR AND TOURISM Dehradun the capital of Uttaranchal is prettily placed in the centre of the heavenly Doon Valley surrounded by the lower ranges of mountains n the Himalays to the north and mist clad Shivalik mountain ranges to the south. Because of its geographical location it is also called Doon Valley. The valley echoes with the soulstirring numbers played by the two most revered r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-721330.html TRAVEL AGENTS IN DEHRADUN Dehradun the capital of Uttaranchal is prettily placed in the centre of the heavenly Doon Valley surrounded by the lower ranges of mountains n the Himalays to the north and mist clad Shivalik mountain ranges to the south. Because of its geographical location it is also called Doon Valley. The valley echoes with the soulstirring numbers played by the two most revered r http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-721299.html Its been over a month since my first Vipassana course. In that time I havent done much. In that time chance or fate or karma or however you want to call it brought me to a centuryold house in Dehradun where the kindly proprietor fed me a healthy diet of vegetarian curries and dreams. He filled my belly with tasty food and my mind with lofty plans lots of plans. I was going to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-717692.html The salvation of the world is in man39s suffering so beautifully quoted and the world follows it for the mankind and for their own benefits. For many years people are following the path of this beautiful wording and believe that through physical strains they can attain salvation.Hinduism is strictly based on this belief and that is why many pilgrims go for the tough and hard ways to seek http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-717499.html Take a Vipassana course. It will be the best thing you ever do for yourself and for those around you. Vipassana is an ancient meditation technique that means to see things as they really are. By becoming a neutral witness to the changing nature of your body you experience firsthand the universal truths of impermanence and suffering. Nothing lasts forever and everyone no matter what size http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-699494.html Dhanaulti is a small village located in the hilly terrain of the Uttarakhand. It is situated around 30 Kms from Mussoorie and can be easily reached by road. The destination makes for a charming getaway if one is looking for some quiet solitude and time away from urban madness.We decided to spend time away from all the diwali rush and madness at Dhanaulti. We booked our stay there through The Other http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-696999.html http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-678161.html Aiming High Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd has introduced a new project named as Doon County at Dehradun. Doon County offers lta hrefhttpwww.zameenzaidad.comdooncountysahastradharadehradun.aspxgtResidential plots for sale in Dehradunltagt of sizes ranging from 150 sq. yd. to 300 sq. yd. with Basic sale price Rs. 5500per sq.yd. Doon County is located in Sahastradhara Dehradun http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-615237.html I can't believe the day is actually hereI leave for India this afternoon. I depart Los Angeles at 430 pm today arrive in Dubai at 730 pm tomorrow have an 8hour layover then arrive in New Delhi at 915 am on Saturday. It's going to be a long trip.What's going through my head right now Excitement. Anxiety. Uncertainty. Hope. I'll try to post when I get to Delhi or maybe from Dehradun. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-511122.html So jetzt einmal nicht mehr aus Mcleod Ganj. Wurde auch Zeit. Nachdem wirklich alle Menschen die ich kennen lernen durfte Mcleod verlassen hatten wurde es vor 2 Tagen auch fuer mich Zeit zu gehen. Allerdings war dies eine schwere Entscheidung. Nach harten Ueberlegungen aufgrund von Grippe ja es hatte mich trotz 25 Grad erwischt nahm ich zum Glueck den Bus in sonnige Dehra Dun. Wo ich auch nach 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-448631.html Dehradun tripAwesomeI started from Gurgaon after office on 18th evening around 8 PM and reached Delhi Karol bagh metro station at 9.30 pm and found Avijit pegu there waiting for me. We took metro for Delhi ISBT. We inquired for AC bus for Dehradun but all was full so we went out for reserved taxi stand. We were offered a round trip to dehradun mussorrie and sight seeing at Rs. 6500 total in a http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-439290.html De mediados de julio a fines de agosto estuve en Rajpur a las afueras de Dehra Dun tomando clases con el matrimonio Chanchani q son unos de los grandes profes de yoga formados en el metodo Iyengar q es el q practico yo. Tome 2 cursos cada uno de 3 semanas y aparte de lo rico de las clases es muy entretenido el ambiente q se arma con la demas gente q esta tomando el curso. Para el primer curso http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-438997.html Old travels in pictures only sorry we have been busy. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-421392.html Hotel White House Featured Vacation Rental in Mussoorie India Nestled in the velvet green of the Mussourie hills we are a 15 room hotel behind Vasant continentals JP hotel a quiet peaceful area 5 to 10 minutes before the noise and hustle of the shopping mall . We specialize in corporate group outings treks camps adventure sports and activities cultural meets and the like. Elegantly fu http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-398649.html Maybe it was because of the chillier weather of the north maybe it was because of the holyness of the river Ganges or maybe it simply was because of being aware that our long trip is soon coming to and end that I suddenly felt like starting all over again enthusiastic and happy over this great opportunity to visit the other side of the world.So after all the 8.3 celebrations and the hot des http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/India/Uttarakhand/Dehradun/blog-384620.html