Great Jhansi Adventure Club 2015 Calender Wallpaper

Happy Independence Day

Remember long freedom struggle behind this independence. 

The Romantic Love Flavour

Amazing heritage Jaray ka Math can be simply define as a story with the flavour of love and beauty written on stones in approx. 800 A.C. monument at BaruaSagar JHANSI is just 20 KM from Jhansi Railway Station.

No I am not a Tourist, I am a Traveler

As a well-traveled individual I love to see and experience beyond the norm and the obvious. Anything which is in its originally unique and authentic form excites me and anything which is specially modified to attract tourist and lacking its character is not excites me.

In most of the cases I primarily travel for business meetings and extend the motive to see and feel something which is unknown to me, something which is spatiality of that particular area no matter if it is famous or not.  

In my opinion travelling is easy and gives more opportunities to get happiness, one just need to check Wikipedia for city features detail else talk to the local peoples like your auto driver / rickshaw puller hotel staff or anyone which is comfortable to talk about their city. I had lots of good travelling experiences with this kind of discussion, like visited Somarama Shiv Temple in Bhimavaram Andhra Pradesh, Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur Kerala, meeting with Shri Dabral Baba in Ujjain Madhya Pradesh, tasted Specialty food of different places.

The main difference in traveler and tourist I guess tourist like to spend time doing what everyone commonly does. They visit the most common places, and eat what they love to eat and easily get even in their hometown. Travel in the most familiar vehicle and finally back to home with the experiences which they planned while planning the trip.

A Summer Morning

Combination of summer vacations and an important family function made lots of our relatives come to our home.  After 6 days long brothers wadding ceremony, we all were in mood to relax, but few people still floating with same energy. These young and energetic children were planning for a morning hike at Sipri Mountain and requested us organize the plan.

Because all these kids were excited so I instructed them for few other things to make my trek interesting and easier like to prepare sandwiches, carry drinking water and give me wakeup call on time etc.

Summer this year is extremely hot here in Jhansi, so we decided to hike in the early morning.  Our plan was to get to Khalsa College through Dhyanchand Statue at hill top.

We rose early and started at 5 AM to assure reaching to Dhyanchand Statue point before sun rise and also the trek would be completed while it was still cool. Just in few minutes we started hiking the most dedicated planner started fearing from height and hiking, after few minutes of encouragement situation came in control and all of us started walking to towards height.

After making everyone casual, things got easier and speed got faster. But till then we (Me and Abhyuday) understood that they are too immature to complete the trek. So we decided to return back from mid of the trek. 

Sipri Hills - Jhansi

Parichha Dam Jhansi ( A Beautiful Picnic Spot )

Jhansi is surrounded by many Dams the names of few are MataTila Dam, Sukma Dukma Dam, Parichha Dam, Pahunj Dam etc. 

Parichha is famous for several reasons but from tourism point of view it has a beautiful dam on river Betwaa and near by park and garden. There is a vast reservoir and brilliant place for water sports and swimming. You will find lots of groups and mostly school children coming here for picnic and boating. Parichha also has a thermal power unit at the same dam. This is situated around 30 KM from the City.

Photographs from the entries we received in Photography competition on World Heritage Day Event at Govt. Museum Jhansi on 18th-April-2014.

Photography by Atul Gaur.

Parichha Dam

Jarai-ka-Math Barua Sagar

Jarai-ka-Math is a beautiful temple dedicated to goddess Amba in Barua sagar, 20 K.M. from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Jarai-ka-Math was Built during the reign of the Pratiharas. The temple dates backs to approximately 860 AD, this red sandstone temple is a pancharata shrine of the Panchayatan type, in which the main temple is surrounded by four subsidiary shrines at the four corners. Declared a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India in 1928, the temple is an excellent example of early Pratihara architecture.

The temple is a repercussion to the vigorous temple-building activity which became a characteristic feature of the Chandellas. The temple is dedicated to Devi (Amba or Durga) whose multifarious forms are represented in the profusely carved sculptures along the temple walls. The temple stands on elevated ground dominating its surroundings. The main image of the deity is missing from the sanctum sanctorum. Only the pedestal, and the jeweled right foot of a female placed on a lotus stalk, remains. This detail is traditionally associated with the goddess Tara or Mateswari. The placement of a miniature, sixteen-armed image of a goddess on the central lintel of the entrance further supports the conjecture that the temple is dedicated to a goddess. Erotic sculptures, akin to those at Khajuraho, also grace the Jarai-ka-Math.

Photographs from the entries we received in Photography competition on World Heritage Day Event at Govt. Museum Jhansi on 18th-April-2014.