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Tour to Sohna – Nearest Place
Jul 24th
Excursions from Faridabad
Damdama Lake
In old Delhi-Alwar road, 64 km from Delhi is Damdama Lake, in the form of an amoeba.
Prime Attractions of Sohna
Jul 24th
Prime Attractions of Faridabad
Badkhal Lake
Located 32 kilometers from Delhi, Badkhal lake is a splendid lake retreat. A bastion of pleasure. A spot to holiday.
Badkhal Lake Tourist Resort
Badkhal Lake: when the lake and continues to flash glare. The facilities and service excellence.
Ballabhgarh Fort
The historic strength of King Nahar Singh on the outskirts of Delhi, Ballabgarh in Haryana.
Dabchik Tourist Complex
Dabchick is a delightful center which grew to be one of the most picturesque stations.
Hotel Raj Hans
Hans Raj Hotel is above Suraj Kund, overlooking the lake provide amenities to the foreign and domestic tourists.
Kartik Fair
The Haryana Kartik Cultural Festival, held at the Taj Nahar Singh is the result of joint efforts of Haryana Tourism working with a number of partner agencies
Magpie Tourist Complex
Magpie Complex came in a district in the host city on National Highway No. 2. It began in the building disabled. Today Magpie has its own wings with a Convention Center to come. Magpie is a compact resort with tastefully decorated rooms and banquet and restaurants.
Suraj Kundkund
Take the Raj Kund Surajpal unearthed in the 11th century to cope with water scarcity in the southwest of Delhi. Today, there is no water in the Kund but the temple of the god of the sun still exists there.
How To Get There – Sohna
Jul 23rd
How To Get There
Sohna is 56 kms from Delhi by road.
Places To Stay
Barbet Cabins Air conditioning and a single bed / double bed. no air conditioning family cabins, camper cabins and bedroom.
Facilities:
Motel Luxury homes, cabins, restaurant, bar, bathrooms and green grass.
A bath complex is a special attraction. Tastefully designed. Here one can enjoy the sauna, massage and steam chamber, a swimming pool and poolside café. For the tourist with exclusive preferences – there are luxury cabins. For the family, there are cottages and family motel wings. A new restaurant and bar look to block the panoramic view that unfolds below.
General Information
Location
56 Kms From Delhi, Haryana.
Speciality
Sulphur Springs.
Tour to Sohna Hills – An introduction
Jul 23rd
Introduction
Sohna Hills unit steps Damdama Lake, atop the Aravalli hills lies Sohna, the picturesque village health-cum-holiday. “Sohna ‘literally means’ gold’ in Hindi. Once, gold dust was obtained from the sands of streams flowing around it and so the place became known as” Sona “. The last remnants of the Aravallis Offering a panoramic view. Herein lies Sohna, pretty as a picture.
Besides its beauty is a whiff of history as a bastion in ruins on a hillside near – once a glowing stronghold of local chieftains. Another hint of history comes from the Sohna town below: the waters in the old days, they found traces of gold, giving the city the name of Sohna brilliant.
To stay in Sohna is to relive some of the greatest moments of silence. Pollution and sounds are far distant. The sounds of morning are just the call of peacocks. The chime of temple bells tom the nearby Sohna town. The greens here delight with simple trees and bunches of flowers and shrubs.
Sohna by night is awesome. For down below, the lights of the city, like the flash of a million fireflies. A vehicle alone shovels out of the darkness from time to time. The only urban noises coming from her room.
Buddhist Monuments and Remains in Greater Kurukshetra
Jul 10th
The holy land of Kurukshetra has witnessed moments of historical events, cultural and religious. During the time of Buddha, the king of the Kurus called Koravya, and discussions with the largest Rattahpala, also a descendant of the noble family of the Kurus, I was emobodied the Rattahapala Satta (The Buddhist Taxt). The famous Buddhist nuns Nanduttrara Mittakali and also belonged to this place. According Dipavamsa Buddha went to a town in the region and alms recerved Kuru on Anotatta Lake bands, which crossed. Uden Queen of Magandiya belonged to the land of the Kurus, and Aggidatta, the prist of King Kosala, lived on the border between the Kuru, Magadha Ariga and regions, and was honored by the people of these kingdoms to form his honorable and efficient Duties . The mention Chullavagga Aggalpura (Agroha) as a stronghold of Buddhism, while the Pitaka Miaya tells the renowned physican Juvaka visit to the city of Rohtak. From the Jataka Somanassa seems that both the Kuru kingdom exteneded far as Uttarapanchala, a city with Renu Kuruattha as their king.
Sheikh Chehli’s (Sheikh Chilli) Tomb, Thanesar, Kurukshetra
Jul 10th
It’s a beautiful medieval monument. The mortal remains of the great Sufi saint popular Abudul-Karim Sheikh Chehli, which the scholar prince Dara Shikoh, Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan’s son is known as a spiritual teacher.
Made of buff sandstone, marble tomb by a pear-shaped dome is crowned on a high circular drum. Revered saint’s tomb chamber in the center, while in less grave. Marble with a dome decorated with floral designs of sand stone and the tomb is located on the west wall of the enclosure. It is said that Sheikh Chehli wife. Beautiful monument Taj Mahal and its architectural and historical importance in view resembles a secure national importance ‘monument’ as has been declared by the ASI.
Haryana history of religious tolerance and communal harmony has become synonymous with. Sultanate period, (C-1206-1526 AD) during the development of Sufism Haryana seen on its soil. The field-Chistis earliest seat of the Order, named after its founder, the great Sufi Saint Chisti Mouiniddin Hansi its center. Thanesar and Sufism in Panipat emerged as the key centers.
The Brahma Sarovar in Kurukshetra
Jul 10th
Brahma Sarovar, as the name suggests, Lord Brahma, the creator of the universe is associated with. Since ancient times, Kurukshetra great purification ceremony venue for liberation (moksha’s) for pilgrims from the four corners of the country. Fish Purana and Padma Purana, the ancient Hindu text the sacred tanks of Kurukshetra informed us that if a person in a holy dip on the occasion of a solar eclipse takes, he attains a thousand Ashwamedha merits of sacrifice. Witnesses Kurukshetra Last Solar Eclipse March 19, 2007 from India and abroad over a million passengers held for a holy bath at Brahma Sarovar visiting the coast.
It is believed that the Mughal Emperor Akbar, with his court historian Abul Fazl also visited Kurukshetra in 1567 during the solar eclipse. Abul Fazal’s Akbarnama Kurukshetra refers to the Eclipse and the Brahma Sarovar bathing piligrims. French traveler Francois Bernier era Mughal emperor Shajehan sacred tanks of Kurukshetra also mentions.
Nuclei or giant word Brahma means. Brahma Sarovar in India to be the largest man made tank is. Looking at this huge water body, Abul Fazl, the famous one ‘small’ Sea called on historians.
Kurukshetra – Dharma & Karma Land
Jul 10th
Kurukshetra is the cradle of Vedic civilization and a famous pilgrimage site.
Kurukshetra in ancient times, was located between the two sacred rivers, Saraswati in the North and South Drishadvati. The location then was not limited to the modern Kurukshetra, as it exists today and covered a wider area comprising 48 Kosas or 92 miles in a circuit covering the five districts of the state of Haryana Kurukshetra, Karnal, Kaithal, Panipat and Jind.
The Mahabharata story reminds her not one battle, but to the heavenly song “Bhagwad Gita”, which is believed to have been dictated by the Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battlefield of Kurukshetra.
In ancient times, the glory of Kurukshetra had spread everywhere. A fifth century AD inscription found in Laos, begins with an invocation of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, and mentions the greatness of the place called Kurukshetra. The king of Laos, Devanika-wanted to build a city called “New Kurukshetra”
