19th January, 2022 There are 3 versions on how the name “ Calcutta” came about. One is that it is the anglicized version of Kalikata, derived from the Bengali word, Kalikshetra, meaning the Ground of Kali ( The Goddess). Some say that it is derived...
3rd January, 2022 Around 4 hours from Agartala you will find hills, rock and hill cliffs carved with hundreds of exquisite stone images of Shiva and other Hindu divinities. No one has actually counted the number of images that are present there –...
31st December, 2021 – 2nd January, 2022 Mizoram is derived from Mi (people), Zo (lofty place, such as a hill) and Ram (land), and thus Mizoram implies “Land of the hill people”. A highly literate economy it is a land of...
31st December, 2021 The entire present day Kanyakumari District formed part of erstwhile Thiruvithamkoor or Travancore Kingdom. Up to Marthanda Varma, all kings ruled the erstwhile Venad Kingdom (which was expanded by Marthanda Varma to form...
28th December, 2021 – 30th December, 2021 Manipur is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is known as the Land of gems. In Manipur about two-thirds of the people are Meitei ( Meetei), who occupy the Manipur...
25th December, 2021 – 27th December, 2021 Popularly referred as the ‘Switzerland of the East’, for its unimaginable beauty, Nagaland is the official address for a lot of aboriginal tribes. Every tribe living in this region celebrates their own...
23rd December, 2021 Majuli (mazuli) is a the Worlds Largest River island in the Brahmaputra River, Assam and in 2016 it became the first island to be made a district in India. It had an area of 880 square...
22nd December, 2021 Eaglenest or Eagle’s Nest Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area of India in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh.Altitude ranges are extreme: from 500 metres...
20th December, 2021 Arunachal means “ Land of the Rising Sun” and home to the first Indian soil that greets the morning sun. It’s the largest state in North East India.Till 1972 it was known as NEFA ( North East Frontier Agency). When we think of...
14th December, 2021 Manas National Park is 176 km away from Guwahati which takes about 5 hours to reach. It covers and area of 39100 hectares and the northern boundary of the park is contiguous to the international border of Bhutan manifested by the...