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“Constitution is not a mere lawyer’s document, it is a vehicle of life & its spirit is always the spirit of age” – Dr. B.R. Ambedkar The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. The document lays down the framework demarcating fundamental political code, structure, procedures, powers, and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles, and the duties of citizens. It is the longest written constitution of any country on earth. Our constitution was framed with right intent with accommodative ideas from diverse backgrounds and has very much proved to be a living document. It is flexible and amendments have occurred from time to ...Read More

Please Read previous parts of this blog series in the below link: PART - 1 PART - 2 PART - 3 PART - 4 Day 5 We left for ayodhya at 5.30 am from the hotel in varanasi after check out . Our darshan has been booked for 1.30 pm to 3 pm slot. We thought to reach early to explore ayodhya. The road is excellent except for small patches. Reached ayodhya at 10.30 am. As usual vehicles were stopped far away similar to prayagraj for crowd management. We had to park our car at a far away designated ground. Then we took a toto and reached a particular point till where he was ready to go. Again from there we had to hire another toto who left us near ayodhya railway station. From the station we ...Read More

Please Read previous parts of this blog series in the below link: PART - 1 PART - 2 PART - 3 Day 4 The most important aim of our trip is to visit Mahakumbh. What is mahakumbh? Why is it important? These are some questions which I felt I need to address as part of my blog. Kumbh mela is an important pilgrimage associated with Hindus. It is celebrated approximately every 6, 12 and 144 years and is correlated with the partial or full revolution of Jupiter. Kumbh Mela represents the largest human gathering in the world. The Kumbh Mela originates from the churning of the ocean in Hindu mythology, where gods and demons fought for the Amrit that grants immortality. In order to ensure the ...Read More

Please Read previous parts of this blog series in the below link: PART - 1 PART - 2 Day 3: Varanasi and Sarnath sight seeing. Day started with breakfast in our hotel ,followed by visit to sarnath one of the important places in Buddhism. Sarnath is one of the most important pilgrimage center for the Buddhists and is hardly 10 km from Varanasi. Lord Buddha preached his first sermon unfolding the four noble truths of life giving the eight-fold path to Nirvana or enlightenment to his five disciples in 530 B.C. at Sarnath. The great Mauryan emperor Ashoka realized the historic importance of Sarnath . He built the magnificent Stupas and buildings patronizing the place. Not much of these ...Read More

Please Read previous parts of this blog series in the below link: PART - 1 Varanasi / Banaras / Kashi is a city on the Ganges river. It holds an important place in the Sanatan/Hindu dharm.Varanasi is one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities of the world. There are 84 ghats in arc/crescent shaped , 6.4 km ganga river front of varanasi. Among these 5 ghats are considered most auspicious i.e. Asi, Dashashvamedha, Manikarnika,Panchaganga and Adi keshava. Also it is an important shakti peetha too where it's believed Devi's eye fell. Also the earrings of parvati devi is believed to have fallen in manikarnika ghat. I will be writing a detailed blog later on varanasi as it is huge ...Read More