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Internet One of the most spectacular festivals celebrated in Kullu Valley is Kullu Dussehra, a well-known International Mega Dussehra festival celebrated in October in the Himachal Pradesh state of northern India. The celebration of Dussehra is eagerly anticipated and celebrated in ...

Silent dawn, silent dusk - no rings, no chimes, not even the sound of frogs or crickets. The panoramic sky above the lofty New Mexico's arid land in the USA is so clear that the Milky Way, the moon and the ...

Ridge upon ridge of deep red sand stretches from horizon to horizon across the Simpson Desert in the dry heart of Australia. In 1845, Charles Sturt, the first European to set eyes on the scene, described how the ridges ran in ...

Land so bereft of spirit that it has been dubbed the 'desert within the desert'. Rolling waves of dunes, some as lofty as 790ft (241m), touch the horizon and lead to still more dunes in an eternal progression. But in the ...

IRCTC, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, has recently developed new pilgrimage travel packages. It has recently unveiled this 10-day journey that would visit Pashupatinath in Nepal as well as places like Ayodhya, Prayagraj, and Varanasi in India. According to ...

Dussehra in Mysore (Mysore Dasara) commemorates the victory of the goddess Chamundeshwari ( a warlike incarnation of Durga) over the buffalo-headed demon Mahishasura who ruled Mysore and symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. The days leading up to ...

Known as the 'Golden Valley', the Fergana is a 22,000-sq km (8,500-sq mi) wedge of rich arable land enclosed by the Tein Shan and Pamir Mountains. The 300-km (190-mi) long valley is a picturesque ethnic melting pot with a distinguished history. ...

The Sentier Cathare is a 250-km (155-mi) trek from Port-La-Nouvelle on the Mediterranean near Narbonne, through the breathtaking Languedoc countryside. It is so-called because - in crossing the Corbieres and Pyrenean foothills of the Aude en route to Foix, in Ariege ...

A massive peak, more than 6,600 m(21,700 ft) high in the remote Gangdise Shan mountain range. Kailash is not only revered in the Shamanistic Bon religion of Tibet but equally among Buddhists, Hindus and Jains. It is believed to be the ...

The phrase "winter vacation" might conjure up visions of time spent on the seaside laying out with a good book, sipping on hot beverages by the hill, or long drives with family and kids. However, we at Nativeplanet know that some ...

Andaman & Nicobar is a beautiful and lovable destination. The beaches are breathtaking, the food is amazing, and the people are friendly. It's one of the most stunning tourist destinations in the world and people travel here for peace, nature, adventure ...

It is hard to apprehend the sheer magnitude of the Himalayas - while most of the world's great mountain ranges can be travelled inside a day or two, the Himalayas seem to go on forever. They fill the horizon like a ...