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This Temple In India Has A Royal Enfield Instead Of An Idol

n a strange turn of events, a temple in Jodhpur decided to have a Royal Enfield instead of an idol to worship for its devotees. Tough to believe? But it’s true! The temple is located 20 kilometres from Ropar and 50 kilometres away from Chandigarh on the NH-21 highway, near Choot pur chundia village. Hundreds of people visit it every day to pray for a safe journey. Image source: The Story pedia Well, turns out there is no religious reason for suddenly worshipping a Royal enfield. Like many such strange stories, this strange story has a connection to the supernatural. This Royal Enfield apparently belonged to the village headman’s son, Om Banna, who was way too unusually attached to his bike, even more than he was to his wife. In 1988, he died in a fatal accident when he lost control of his bike and it hit a tree. His bike fell into a ditch and Om Banna instantly died. When the police recovered the bike the next morning, they kept it in the police station. Howev...

10 airline secrets air-hostesses don’t ever tell you

you can be a frequent flier but even you can not realize these secrets and techniques approximately touring in an aircraft. thanks to a Quora thread, we realize simply why lights are dimmed in the course of landing and take-off or whether or not your mobile cellphone may want to indeed reason the plane to crash, or just how a good deal oxygen can your masks provide you. Get set to have your thoughts blown: 1. Here’s why the cabin lights are dimmed during takeoff and landing If you’re traveling post sundown, you’d have noticed that the cabin lights are dimmed during takeoff and landing. The reason behind this is breathtakingly simple. In case of an emergency evacuation your eyes would have adjusted to the darkness outside. So the moment you step out of the aircraft you won’t be blinded by the darkness. 2. There is a reason why they ask you to turn off your mobile phones Here’s the thing, your electronics don’t cause any disturbance whatsoever to the airplane’s signal,...

Ladakh in Winters

while you get to go to Ladakh within the first ten days of a new year you know it began on the right observe. Ladakh is actually special for me. It was the primary location I wrote approximately in this blog! My lifestyles looked up when I visited Ladakh in 2005, i'm hoping for something comparable after this go to a decade later! initially here is Ladakh in winter in pix! The Hosts- Grand Dragon Ladakh The Grand Dragon Ladakh My hosts for this trip were The Grand Dragon Ladakh . With the temperatures in minus for most of our stay, I appreciated my centrally heated room a lot!  This post is an overview of my trip. You will get to read in detail about the various aspects of visiting Ladakh in winter later! I am so grateful to the Grand Dragon and their PR partners for providing me a fabulous start to 2016! The View from My Room! My room faced the Sotk Range of mountains. This was the view I woke up to daily. As Leh is at the height of 11,500 feet we took the ...

Thailand Highway Are Now Open & Soon We Could Be Driving All The Way To Thailand!

For those who didn’t know; yes, there is a highway being built between India and Thailand. Running from northeast India to Mae Scot in Thailand, this 3200-km highway would make it possible for people to drive from India to Thailand via Myanmar. What started in 2012 as one of the more ambitious projects by governments of three nations is nearing completion now. The Myawaddy-Thinggan Nyenaung-Kawkareik section of the Asia Highway, that links India and Thailand, is now operational.  What It Means? The highway, known as the  India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway (IMT), will be connecting Moreh to Mae Sot in Thailand, passing Yangoon in Myanmar. PM Narendra Modi has taken it up the project on priority basis and it is expected to be completed by 2016. It would not only be an alternate tourist route but is believed to give a good boost to trade as well.  Driving To Thailand Is A Possibility Now © Pinterest Yes, if you are a road trips junkie, this on...

Pictures That Prove Bus Drivers Of Himachal Pradesh Are The Best

Treacherous terrain to be out in a heavy duty vehicle, the state has only roads to connect up many scenic valleys that lie sheltered in the Himalayas. These dare devil drivers keep the life blood flowing. 1. A road barely enough to accommodate a bus. Dmorg 2. Getting past hairpin bends? No problem. Dmorg 3. Do you see the road? 4. Jostling for space. Time to light up a  bidi . Adtales 5. Sometimes the carrier has to accommodate the extra passengers. Picload 6. Looks pretty but someone has to shovel that snow off. Himachal Tourism 7. Slippery road? Just a little. Gaadi.com 8. We told you. 9. HRTC bus drivers have seen the best, and the worst. 10. They know that a friend in need is a friend indeed. 11. Luxury vehicles crawl on these roads. HRTC goes like zoooommm. 12. Fog, bad weather or cloud bursts, nothing stops HRTC. 13. Some journeys like these in HRTC buses will remain alive for a lifetime. 14. Y...

Amazing Facts About Indian Railways You Never Knew

Indian Railways – the World’s third largest Railway Network encompasses a host of facts that most of us are not aware of this. 1. Indian Railway is constructing the highest rail bridge over Chenab, in J&K Five times the height of Qutub Minar, it will be taller than the Eiffel Tower. 2. Loco-pilots (train drivers) are paid more than an average software engineer Salaries are the tune of Rs. 1 Lakh per month and more. 3. No loco-pilot has abandoned the train even in the face of certain death 4. The Indian Railways website gets close to 12 Lakh hits per minute Hourly traffic on IRTC.com is more than annual traffic of some of the most popular Indian websites. It can support almost 5 million threads at one time. But, we’ve got more people than that. Hence the never ending trolls. 5. The slowest train goes uphill at the speed of 10 kilometers per hour You can jump off the train, light up a smoke, take few drags and climb on the train again. I...