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INDIA – A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
India, with a vast area of 3.3 million Sq Kms, takes pride in being
the seventh largest Country and one of the ten largest economies of
the world. It is simultaneously a land of mighty snow capped
mountains, vast desert , numerous and magnificent sea beaches,
meandering rivers, table top farms and multifarious flora and fauna.
In short, an outright dream for the modern day traveller. A
hospitable population of more than a billion, multi religious, multi
linguistic and multi faceted people. Indeed, there are only a few
countries in the world that endow more diversity than this great
experience called - India. No wonder, the overseas holidayers and
travellers from across the Globe have put India in the top five list
of most attractive and satisfying holiday destination in the World
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( Source : Conde Nast Readers’Travel Award Survey). India of
today is a MUST SEE.
CHAR DHAM YATRA
Char Dham is a term coined for the four most revered Hindu
pilgrimage destinations of Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath. The Holy Himalayas up in the misty heights of the majestic Garhwal Himalayas that adorn the magnificent state of Uttaranchal, awaits a rejuvenating spiritual experience for the devotee. Nestling in the lofty peaks are the four most holy pilgrimages of India -Yamunotri, Gangotri, Sri Kedarnathji and Sri Badrinathji, collectively referred to as the Char Dham ( or four pilgrimage centres) of Hinduism. For centuries, saints and pilgrims, in their search for the divine, have walked these mystical vales known in ancient Hindu scriptures as 'Kedarkhand' If the scriptures of HINDU RELIGION are to be believed, the holy centres of Gangotri, Yamunotri,Badrinath and Kedarnath - collectively called the Chardham (meaning four sacred spots) - are the most sacred of all pilgrimages.
Undertaking a journey to these places will not just wash away one's sins but ensure release from the cycle of birth and death. The honour conferred on these places is not surprising. For one, they are all in the icy Garhwal ranges and regarded as the most sacred of all Himalayan ranges.It is also said that heaven and earth converge in these holy spots, and to be born or die here is a boon only the very fortunate have. (Travel Mart India)
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