India has always welcomed and intrigued the traveller. In 1897, Mark Twain described it as “the land of dreams and romance, of fabulous wealth and fabulous poverty, of splendour and rags, of palaces and hovels, of famine and pestilence, of genii and giants and Aladdin lamps, of Tiger and Elephant, the Cobra and the Jungle, the country of a hundred nations and hundred tongues, of thousand religions and two million gods…..” Today’s Visitor, from the moment the step off the plane, are
assaulted by contradictions no less vivid and paradoxes no less puzzling then they ever were.
India is the land of myriad experiences and exotic locales. It is a world of resplendent colours and rich cultural locales, be it magnificent monuments, heritage temples or tombs. The Country's ancient cultural heritage is inextricably linked to its technology driven present existence. The co-existence of a number of religions and cultures, together with an awe-inspiring topography makes it the perfect place for a complete holiday experience. India has the right tourism potential and attractions to captivate all types of tourists, whether they seek an adventure tour, cultural exploration, pilgrimages, visit to the beautiful beaches or to the scenic mountain resorts.
Every morning at dawn, an ancient ritual takes place in the holy city of Varanasi. Thousands gathers on the banks of the Ganges and Strip to their underwear. Then, uttering holy Mantras, they wade into the muddy water, scoop up handfuls and drink. The Ganges is dangerously Polluted but Hindus believe it to be sacred: able to cure disease, absolve sins and confer immortality.
A plane ride away is Bangalore, India’s fastest growing metropolis. Atop a four-storey buildings, a giant satellite dish points towards the sky, connected to computers in climate-controlled rooms below. These are the officers of Taxes Instruments, where software engineers labour in hushed cubicles adorned with Bred Pit posters. Every morning they receive assignments from Taxes via the dish. In the evening, they beam the completed work back.
India has both incredibly old and the startlingly new, but the old predominates. The great historian Herodotus said it lay in “the furthest regions of the inhabited world”- a metaphor that, until recently, reminded true. India has existed at the edge of the
modern world, not just poor or backward but cut off and stagnant.
But as those engineers in Bangalore prove, change is coming. The India of the postwar years – ruled by the Nehru and Gandhi Dynasty, and soon to be a developed country. No one quick knows what the new India will be like….
No one feels neutral about india. It slams you in the face with heat, spice and dirt, then seduce you with colours and sensual pleasure. Time distorts, and assumes surreal yogic contortions: distance take longer to travel, minutes crawl during interminable waits, then vanish into a blur of hours, even days. The constant chaos can charm or repules, as everything jostles for attention at one. And there are so many different facts of India: 25 stats and seven Union Territories offer a bewildering number of Travel Options.
Many visitors comes India seeking something within themselves, some spiritual calm beyond the cacophony. Volunteering to work in Mother Teresa‘s Orphanage or undergoing an ascetic course at a retreat beside a holy river can be life-changing experience.
India’s travel experience can be similarly uplifting. Take a hot air balloon over a river where elephants bathe. They’ll glance skyward and puzzle over the spectacle of a Mughul dome in free flight. White water rafting down the Ganges, practicing yoga on a sunrise beach, tracking wildlife in game sanctuaries, and climbing a Himalayan peak, sketching wildflower in a hill station meadow, or examining erotic sculpture at tantric temples: it would need immense stamina to undertake all the travel possibilities in India. This website will help you awaking your wanderlust and give a rounded view of the people and places that might other wise be omitted from a journey because of shortage of time.
Some run away from India; other keep returning!
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