Breath Taking Beautiful Places In India - Part 3

Goa is a state in western India with coastlines stretching along the Arabian Sea. Its long history as a Portuguese colony prior to 1961 is evident in its preserved 16th-century churches and the area’s tropical spice plantations. 

Goa is also known for its beaches, ranging from popular stretches at Baga and Palolem to laid-back fishing villages such as Agonda.

Tourism is generally focused on the coastal areas of Goa, with decreased tourist activity inland. In 2010, there were more than two million tourists reported to have visited Goa, about 1.2 million of whom were from abroad.
 

Beaches
Goa is very famous for beaches which cover about 125 kilometers (78 mi) of its coastline. These beaches are divided into North and South Goa.

South Goa
South Goa is the more serene half of the state, and for many travellers that’s the attraction. There are fewer activities and not as many bars, clubs or restaurants, but overall the beaches of the south are cleaner, whiter and not as crowded as those in the north.

Benaulim
Benaulim is a census town in South Goa district in the state of Goa, India. It is a beach town a little south of Margao in Goa, India.  Ancient Banavalli had a magnificent temple dedicated to Shiva and Parvati, known as Katyayani Baneshvar ruins, of which can be still found in the village.
 

Palolem
A notable exception in South Goa is Palolem Beach which features basic accommodation and is one of the most visited beaches in Goa. Palolem beach is largely unspoiled and is inhabited by both local fishermen and by foreign tourists who live in shacks along the shore or in the main village itself.
 

North Goa
North Goa is more commercial and touristy with an abundance of mostly low and medium budget tourist accommodations.
 

Anjuna
Anjuna is a village in Goa, one of the twelve Brahmin comunidades of Bardez. Its church, St. Michael's Church, Anjuna, founded in 1595, is dedicated to S. Miguel, and celebrates the feasts of S. Miguel (September 29) and Nossa Senhora Advogada (second week of January).
 

Arambol
Arambol Beach is a traditional fisherman village, located approximately a one hour drive from the Dabolim Airport (GOI) within the Pernem administrative region of northern Goa, India. The beach attracts many international tourists, mainly during the winter season between November and March. Arambol has a distinct bohemian feel which is no longer found in other areas, such as Calangute and this inevitably attracts many alternative travelers.

 

A short walk north off the main beach is a smaller beach with a "fresh water lake" close to the sea which has invigorating hot thermals, making it the perfect place to relax. The water here is a mixture of fresh water and sea water. 

Cafe's and restaurants have mushroomed all along the shoreline, from the small "Sweet Water Lake" beach all the way to Mandrem. During the season many traders from all over India come to Arambol to sell their goods and merchandise.

  

Breath Taking Beautiful Places In India - Part 2

Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer also known as "The Golden city", is a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The town stands on a ridge of yellowish sandstone, crowned by a fort, which contains the palace and several ornate Jain temples. Many of the houses and temples are finely sculptured. The yellow sand and the yellow sandstone used in every architecture of the city gives a yellowish-golden tinge to the city and its surrounding area.

In the 13th century, Jaisalmer escaped direct Turkic conquest due to its geographical situation in the desert region. The Rawals of Jaisalmer agreed to pay an annual tribute to the Turkic Sultans of Delhi. Sultan Ferozshah also besieged Jaisalmer after the rulers of Jaisalmer raided his camp at Anasagar lake near Ajmer. 

On the eve of British Raj in India, Jaisalmer was subservient to the Marathas, until it came under the protection of the British East India Company following the British victory in the Third Anglo-Maratha War. In 1818, the Rawals of Jaisalmer signed a treaty with the British, which protected Jaisalmer from invasion provided it was not the aggressor and guaranteed the royal succession.

The Rajasthan Canal served to revive the surrounding desert areas. Roads and railroads were then built, knitting the hitherto remote town with the rest of Rajasthan. Tourism is a major industry in Jaisalmer. The Government of India initiated departmental exploration for oil in 1955–56 in the Jaisalmer area. Oil India Limited discovered natural gas in 1988 in the Jaisalmer basin.
 

Musicians and dancers are also a major cultural export from Jaisalmer to the rest of the world. Jaisalmer is major and one of the most preferred event organizing destination in Rajasthan.
 

While Jaisalmer may always have been remote, it is filled with many artistic structures and monuments of local historical importance. Jaisalmer's medieval mud fortress and walled township make it a popular tourist destination. The surrounding desolate landscape evidences a stark, austere beauty. Camel safaris through the nearby desert dunes are popular with tourists; competition for business is fierce.
 

Darjeeling

Darjeeling is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is very well known all over the world for its tea industry and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Darjeeling is the headquarters of Darjeeling district which has a partially autonomous status within the state of West Bengal.

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway connects the town with the plains and has one of the few steam locomotives still in service in India. 

Darjeeling has several British-style public schools, which attract students from India and neighboring countries. The town's fragile ecology has been threatened by a rising demand for environmental resources, stemming from growing tourist traffic and poorly planned urbanization.

The history of Darjeeling is intertwined with that of Sikkim, Nepal, British India and Bhutan. During the British Raj, Darjeeling's temperate climate led to its development as a hill station for British residents seeking to escape the summer heat of the plains. The development of Darjeeling as a sanatorium and health resort proceeded briskly. Arthur Campbell, a surgeon with the Company, and Lieutenant Robert Napier were responsible for establishing a hill station there.

Darjeeling is a part of the Eastern Himalayan zoo-geographic zone. Flora around Darjeeling comprises sal, oak, semi-evergreen, temperate and alpine forests. Wildlife in the district is protected by the wildlife wing of the West Bengal Forest Department. Animals found here include the one-horned rhinoceros, elephant, tiger, leopard and hog deer, while the main bird species include the Bengal florican and herons.

Natural springs in the Senchal Range provide most of Darjeeling's water supply. The two most significant contributors to Darjeeling's economy are tourism and the tea industry. Darjeeling tea, due to the unique agro-climatic conditions of Darjeeling, has a distinctive natural flavour, is internationally reputed and recognised as a geographical indicator.

Darjeeling had become an important tourist destination as early as 1860. It is also a popular filming destination for Bollywood and Bengali cinema. Apart from the major religious festivals of Dashain (Durga puja), Tihar (Diwali) and Christmas the diverse ethnic populace of the town celebrates several local festivals. The Lepchas and Bhutias celebrate new year in January, while Tibetans celebrate their new year, Losar, in February–March.

GOA
Panaji
Arambol Beach,
Palolem Beach,
Anjuna Beach.

Gulmarg
Shalimar Garden
Sonamarg
Dal Lake

Kerala- KOCHI
Kochi (formerly known as Cochin) with its beautiful lagoons, lakes and greenery, is called the Queen of the Arabian Sea and perfectly reflects the eclecticism of the state of Kerala.

MUMBAI
Mumbai - or Bombay as it was formerly known, remains India’s city of dreams. Built largely by the British around one of the best-protected natural harbours in the world, Mumbai is India’s strategic economic centre. The city is also is home to the country’s prolific Bollywood film industry, which produces more feature films than any place in the world.


Himachal Pradesh- SHIMLA, MANALI, DHARAMSHALA
The largest and most famous of the British hill stations, Shimla is the capital of the state of Himachal Pradesh

Radhanagar Beach
Havelock Island
Cellular Beach
Barren Island

Kaziranga National Park
Majuli
Kamakhya Temple
Agnigarh Hill

Nalanda
Vikramshila
Bodh Gaya
Saputara Hills

Keshava Temple
Mysore Palace
Gol Gumbaz

Munnar
Kumarakom

Breath Taking Beautiful Places In India - Part 1

My motivation to travel the world is to find the meaning of life. The best part of my search is I come across some of the most beautiful people from many amazing places from all over the world.

The places in India to visit are several and varied, holds to the taste of many young, energetic and even middle aged. But the conceptual thinking that it is only for under 30 is not in good taste. I have visited many places including Rajasthan, but what bothers most international travelers is the lack of hygienic and convenient restrooms, apathy of the Govt. to create and a total disrespect for people with some disabilities or conditions like diabetes, hypertension where there are no healthy places even to have a cup of coffee.

People know that India is too large to be covered but I'm trying to most beautiful places which should be need to watch in your life but it really needed to be traveled through your Car and hire bikes as you want to enjoy your best part of life 22 to 30 and then you will indulge into FAMILY stuff and its impossible to take that kinda best opportunity back again--

TAJ MAHAL
One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World and an enduring Indian icon, the Taj Mahal in Agra was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife, Mumtaz Mahal. The Taj Mahal is regarded by many as the best example of Mughal architecture and is widely recognized as "The Jewel of Muslim art in India"

The exterior decorations of the Taj Mahal are among the finest in Mughal architecture. The inlay work is not pietra dura, but a lapidary of precious and semiprecious gemstones. The complex is set around a large 300-metre (980 ft) square charbagh or Mughal garden. The garden uses raised pathways that divide each of the four quarters of the garden into 16 sunken parterres or flowerbeds. Halfway between the tomb and gateway in the center of the garden is a raised marble water tank with a reflecting pool positioned on a north-south axis to reflect the image of the mausoleum. The raised marble water tank is called al Hawd al-Kawthar in reference to the "Tank of Abundance" promised to Muhammad.


VARANASI
Varanasi is the holiest city in India and thousands of Hindu pilgrims tour its temples and bathe in the Ganges River to gain religious merit. 

Varanasi also known as Benares, Banaras or Kashi is an North Indian city on the banks of the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) south-east of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the holiest of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) in Hinduism and Jainism, and played an important role in the development of Buddhism.

Archaeological evidence of earliest known settlements around Varanasi in the Ganga valley (the seat of Vedic religion and philosophy) suggest that they began in the 11th or 12th century BC, placing it among the world's oldest continually inhabited cities. These archaeological remains suggest that the Varanasi area was populated by Vedic people.

In 1897, Mark Twain, the renowned Indophile, said of Varanasi, "Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.

According to legend, Varanasi was founded by the God Shiva. The Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahabharata are also stated to have visited the city in search of Shiva to atone for their sins of fratricide and Brāhmanahatya that they had committed during the climactic Kurukshetra war. It is regarded as one of seven holy cities which can provide Moksha.

AMRITSAR
Holy Amritsar, located in the northwest part of India in the State of Punjab, is the holy centre of the Sikh religion. Amritsar’s main attraction is the revered and beautiful Golden Temple made of white marble, bronze and gold leaf. 

Amritsar historically also known as Ramdaspur and colloquially as Ambarsar, is a city in north-western part in India and the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar district in the state of Punjab. It is home to the Harmandir Sahib (commonly known as the Golden Temple), the spiritual and cultural center for the Sikh religion. This important Sikh shrine attracts more visitors than the Taj Mahal with more than 100,000 visitors on week days alone and is the most popular destination for non-resident Indians (NRI) in the whole of India.

Amritsar is one of the largest cities of the Punjab state in India. The main commercial activities include tourism, carpets and fabrics, farm produce, handicrafts, service trades, and light engineering. The city is known for its rich cuisine and culture, and for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in 1919 under British Rule. 

Tourist places in Amritsar

•     Harmandir Sahib
•     Gobindgarh Fort
•     Jallianwala Bagh
•     Wagah Border
•     Maharaja Ranjit Singh Garden
•     Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum
•     Ram Bagh Garden
•     Ram Tirath Temple
•     Durgiana Temple

JAIPUR
Jaipur  is known as the Pink City of India and is the capital of Rajasthan in Northern India. It was founded on 18 November 1727 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, the ruler of Amer, after whom the city is named. 

The city is unusual among pre-modern Indian cities in the regularity of its streets, and the division of the city into six sectors by broad streets 34 m (111 ft) wide. The Palace quarter encloses the Hawa Mahal palace complex, formal gardens, and a small lake. Nahargarh Fort, which was the residence of the King Sawai Jai Singh II, crowns the hill in the northwest corner of the old city. The observatory, Jantar Mantar, is one of the World Heritage Sites. Included on the Golden Triangle tourist circuit, along with Delhi and Agra, Jaipur is an extremely popular tourist destination in Rajasthan and India.

The city was planned according to Indian Vastu Shastra (Vedic Planning for the comfort and prosperity of the citizens). Jaipur is a major tourist destination in India. 

In the 2008 Conde Nast Traveller Readers Choice Survey, Jaipur was ranked the 7th best place to visit in Asia. Visitor attractions include the Hawa Mahal, Jal Mahal, City Palace, Amer Fort, Jantar Mantar, Nahargarh Fort, Jaigarh Fort,Sri kali Temple, Birla Mandir, Sanganeri Gate and the Jaipur Zoo.

Jaipur has many important cultural sites. Cultural centres like Jawahar Kala Kendra and Ravindra Manch have helped promote the culture of the state of Rajasthan. 

The first line of the Jaipur Metro was opened to public by Vasundhara Raje, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan, on 3 June 2015. 

Jaipur International Airport is in the satellite town of Sanganer, 10 km from the city-centre, and offers sporadic service to major domestic and international locations.

Important Life Learning Lesson

Important Life Learning Lesson

This is such an important life learning lesson they don't teach you in school so please take it to heart as excellent advice.

No matter what, we are to have boundaries in our lives. Sadly, we have to protect our own hearts and minds from those who seek to drag us down but that is why we establish those boundaries. It doesn't mean we will never have anything to do with those people but it does mean that we have to be careful of who we walk with in life and who are really are true friends & family.


Everyone in their lives have a phase that they go through and it leads to different directions and situation this is where free will comes into play remember God gives those choices of each individual whether if it's right or wrong becasue there are different kinds of peoples who used peoples for those benifits. I do that anyway and I dont have time for foolish people like that they have nothing better to do than hurt you or talk about you or stab you in the back I just walk away from that bull.....it's hard to do life is hard and I have a hard time with people like that they stress me out and im a very sensitive person and i let people bother me that's just my nature I can't help it.

This is the another lesson of the life that some people can't be in your life all the time than being seasonal! I have always tried to help and be there for people and give what ever I have or more love money what ever all.

That is so true, no a days it is like the fashion for people using people for what ever reason, that is so sad, what i find most sad is families waiting not patiently for their parents to die, but impatiently so that they can be heirs to what they did not earn, this to me is a lesson i hope to never have to do, but being poor helps me, so nobody can teach me a lesson.

We can change the world and we will change the world, and we have the power to change the world we just have to let God lead us to the plan because his is the captain and the king off all things . Take the oder from God and we will prosper and change the world.

Oppression

Oppression is the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.

Social oppression
Social oppression is the socially supported mistreatment and exploitation of a group, category, or team of people or individual.

Institutionalized oppression
"Institutional Oppression occurs when established laws, customs, and practices systematically reflect and produce inequities based on one’s membership in targeted social identity groups. If oppressive consequences accrue to institutional laws, customs, or practices, the institution is oppressive whether or not the individuals maintaining those practices have oppressive intentions."


Systematic oppression
Police and law themselves are often examples of systematic oppression. The term oppression in such instances to refer to the subordination of a given group or social category by unjust use of force, authority, or societal norms in order to achieve indoctrination. Through institutionalization, formally or informally, it achieves the dimension of systematic oppression. 

Oppression is customarily experienced as a consequence of, and expressed in, the form of a prevailing, if unconscious, assumption that the given target is in some way inferior. Oppression is rarely limited solely to formal government action: an individual may be the particular focus of oppression or persecution and in such circumstances have no group membership in which to share, and thus maybe mitigate, the burden of ostracism.

In psychology, racism, sexism and other prejudices are often studied as individual beliefs which, although not necessarily oppressive in themselves, can lead to oppression if they are codified in law or become parts of a culture. By comparison, in sociology, these prejudices are often studied as being institutionalized systems of oppression in some societies. In sociology, the tools of oppression include a progression of denigration, dehumanization, and demoralization; which often generate scapegoating, which is used to justify aggression against targeted groups and individuals.


The Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the concept of the "human rights" in general were designed to limit oppression by giving a clear articulation of what fundamental freedoms any system should allow to all of the people over whom it has power.


When oppression is systematized through coercion, threats of violence, or violence by government agencies or non-government paramilitaries with a political motive, it is often called political repression. More subtle forms of political oppression/repression can be produced by blacklisting or individualized investigations.
Transnational systems of governance that can often be oppressive include colonialism, dictatorship, imperialism, absolute monarchy and totalitarianism, and can generate a resistance movement to challenge the oppressive status quo.

Resistance
Several movements have arisen that specifically aim to oppose, analyse and counter oppression in general; examples include Liberation Theology in the Christian world, and Re-evaluation Counseling in the psycho-therapeutic arena.


Let us look pragmatically at our daily life. We all recollect occasions in which a fellow took an action which resulted in his gain and our loss: we had to deal with a helpless person. We can recollect cases in which a fellow took an action by which both parties gained: he was intelligent. Such cases do indeed occur. But upon thoughtful reflection you must admit that these are not the events which punctuate most frequently our daily life.

Our daily life is mostly made of cases in which we lose money and/or time and/or energy and/or appetite, cheerfulness and good health because of the improbable action of some preposterous creature who has nothing to gain and indeed gains nothing from causing us embarrassment, difficulties or harm. 

Nobody knows, understands or can possibly explain why that preposterous creature does what he does

Everyone Will Teach You a Lesson

Everyone Will Teach You a Lesson

I have noticed many rude, self centered people lately that go contrary to what scripture actually says...in our fleshly nature we want to protect ours hearts.  I believe that every person is given a measure of faith. 

Obviously we can make it grow as it comes from hearing. Let us then be careful not to hear the wrong things from the wrong people thus not to associate with negative people. 

However it doesn't mean we don't love them and we continue to pray for them always as God will work his power on earth and the heaven lies against all invisible principalities and powers. If a person has a flu, you stay away for a while but always have hope that their medicine will work and that you may come to them again.

I have certainly learn my life lessons. I have met rude and nasty people, people who told me they were my friends and talked about me and laugh at me behind my back. They stole from me lied to me, but i forgive them and pray for them and it is amazing how I drop them from my life.

Some people like or love you (they say) but when it comes right down to it they say that for their own good. I choose to be the people that are in my life because they make me feel good about myself not always critical and want me to be who they want me to be. I can truly relate I have known those people, but I still love n trust. I lived and move on with my exciting beautiful life.

I know that life is a book of many chapters some sad, funny and others laughable help me to learn in each chapter dear Jesus and give your grace for every chapter. 

That's why I lived and I've learned and their no longer in my life.I've forgotten, forgave for thy sake of myself.

I'm so glad that I am blessed with people who love me unconditionally and still there for me all these years. Let go of all of those people with selfish motives and go for people who will always love you unconditionally.

This is so very true. Know matter how many times I tried to keep in touch, how many times I took the blame for what happened, I was ignored. So I made up my mind that I wasn't totally to blame, and that they were put in my life for a little while, and that they know longer wanted me in there lives anymore. 

So, I made up my mind enough was enough, I apologized and now it's time to put it to rest. I will always Love them because my love runs deep. I am very grateful they were in my life for awhile!

There always many ways and perspectives to contend with God sure gives many exercises to learn and build strength from in handling the ways of evil and those teaching things. 

It can also be defined as an act or instance of oppressing, the state of being oppressed, and the feeling of being heavily burdened, mentally or physically, by troubles, adverse conditions or people, and anxiety.

Freedom & Pride is what every everyone wants

Freedom & Pride is what every everyone wants
There are different ways of retaining yourself and making something work. Some women and men never live long enough to learn or accept it.

If we spent less time finding ways to criticize and more ways to listen and respect each others voices we would be so much better off. Everyone has choice and deserves not necessarily agreement, but at least respect that it's their opinion because feelings usually hurt our soul and we don't wanna give any pain to ourselves...while thinking can be controlled as per our desires most of the times.

we all need these simple reminders in this world that "materialism, greed, power, money become priority to most. we do not despair, the misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed, the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress".

Our knowledge has made us cynical, our cleverness, hard and unkind..... Ain't that the truth. We're destroying ourselves, shame. I wonder how these pukes get on here where thoughtful and kind information is posted. I think it's wrong and something should be done about it. They should be more considerate. Proud to agree with a very gentle man who we revere rvery year in late august . it makes him live again in our community and many of his family spend lots of holidays here but kindness and gentleness Leeds to cleverness.

Being Sensitive and Compassionate is Needed More in this World. Passing throw hard moments, trusting on my lord anything that person do to hurt the best of you. Time is the best you have. No choices. We learn who loves you, I found out not alot they don't care how hard you fall and nobody to hold your hand.

Flowers are always wonderful it gives not only happiness but shows the presence of God and his love for human beings.i would say it's his masterpiece. I simply love them and they are equally share their presence for everyone. Flowers are the good examples for everyone - Who doesn't want to see little happiness's scattered around like flowers??? many times we are so occupied in solving riddles of life that we don't even raise our eyes.

I always appreciated and grateful to God to bring me back to the path I had forgotten I am truly blessed with so many angels supporting me. The valley of change is a beautiful place to be...feels like I'm on top of a mountain and have the whole world in my hands! Freedom isn't free, but the battle is worth the fight-Break free ladies! Be good & true to yourselves.

Take care as sometimes you get what you think you want only to find it is worse than what you had. Absolutely & we don't have to bear someone's cross in life. We try & if they cannot see that their actions cause hurt or if they have a mental condition then that's their cross in life to bear not yours.