Indian Rail

Indian Rail
Scenic Train Routes in India and Spectacular shot
The Indian Railways, carrying Billion passengers and joining Million kms of India.

The Kashmir Railway (Jammu – Udhampur)

The Kangra Valley Odyssey ( Pathankot – Kangra-Palampur-Jogindernagar)

The Konkan Railway(Ratnagiri-Madgaon-Honnavar-Mangalore)

The Goan Experience ( Vasco Da Gama – Londa Jn)

Nilgiri Mountain Railway(Mettupalayam-Udhagamandalam)

Himalayan Queen(Kalka – Shimla)

The Toy Train-Darjeeling Himalayan Railway( New Jalpaiguri – Darjeeling)

Matheran Hill Railway (Neral-Matheran)

Flavors of Assam (Guwahati-Lumding-Silchar)

Desert Queen ( Jaipur-Jaisalmer)

Arakku Valley Railway ( Vizag – Arakku)

The Sea Bridge Ride( Mandapam- Pambam- Rameswaram)

The Western Ghat Saunter( Karjat - Lonavala)

Chambal Express (Agra to Gwalior)

The Kerala Backwaters (Ernakulam-Kollam-Trivandrum)

The Travancore Railway (Kollam-Punalur-Sengottai)

Tribal Orissa Odyssey( Koraput – Rayagada)

Aravalli Adventure(Himmatnagar – Udaipur/Mavli – Marwar)

Shindavane and Sahyadri Mountains (Pune-Satara)

Panchavati and Gitanjali meet on the Thull Ghats

Pune bound passenger emerges from morning fog near Uruli

Trivandrum Rajdhani Express glides over Sharavati river at Honnavar, Karnataka

spectacularly located as Bhongir and Kazipet

Solapur Kolhapur Express

Pune-Howrah Azad hind express as seen from Dongargarh mandir 

Pune EMU

Shatabdi Express near Ratnagiri

Misty mountains, The Garib Rath from Jabalpur rolls down the steep grades of the Thull

Pilgrim Special Tourist Trains

SUKHMANGALAM YATRA - Bijapur, Solapur, Pandharpur, Aurangabad, Shirdi, Badami.
SHIRDI YATRA - Traimbakeshwar, Shirdi...
NAVAGRAHA TEMPLES TOUR - Vaitheeswarankoil,Thiruvenkadu,Keelaperumpallam,Thirunallar,Alangudi,Surianarkoil,Kanjanur , Thirunageswaram , Thingalur , Rameswaram
VISHWAROOPA DARSHAN - Mahakaleshwar , Omkareshwar , Dwaraka ,Bet A Dwaraka , Nageswar, Somnath, Bhimshankar
SHREE SHIKHAR JI YATRA - Rajgir, Pawapuri, Badagaon, Parasnath, Varanasi
AKHAND BHARAT TRAIL - Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata
TAKHT PARIKRAMA SPECIAL -Gwalior, Nanded, Bidar, Patna Sahib
JYOTIRLINGA CIRCUIT -Mahakaleshwar, Omkareshwar, Nageshwar, Somnath, Grishneshwar, Trayamashankar, Jyotirlinga
DHAM SPECIAL WITH DAKSHIN DARSHAN -Ayodhya, Varanasi, Puri, Tirupati, kanchipuram, Rameshwaram, Madurai, Kanyakumari, Aurangabad, Dwarka, Ujjain.
Palace On Wheels - New Delhi, Jaipur,Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Agra

http://www.indianrail.gov.in/

http://www.irfca.org/

Read More

Rekla Race

Rekla Race
The bullock cart races, popularly known as ‘rekla’ race, were divided into six categories on the basis of height, capacity and strength of the bulls.Its very popular in Madurai Theni Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga District in Tamil Nadu

https://www.facebook.com/ReklaRaceTheni/

Read More

Madurai Veeran

Madurai Veeran
Warrior of Madurai A Tamil folk deity popular in southern Tamil Nadu.

Read More

Todas

Todas
Tribes and Adivasi in Ooty in The Nilgiris in TamilNadu state
The district of Nilagiri in Tamil Nadu is noted for its ancient tribes the Todas, the Kotas, the Kurumbas and the Paniyas.

Todas

The Toda are known by several names like Tudas, Tudavans, and Todar. They are found only in Nilgiri district.The Government of India has  identified the Toda as one of the six Primitive Tribal groups of Tamil Nadu.  The name Toda is supposed to be derived from the word 'tud', the sacred tud tree of Todas.

Kothas

The Kothas, live in Seven settlements, generally known as Kotagiri or Kokkal.  They are village artisans, who are good in carpentry, black smithy and pottery.

Kurumbas 

The Kurumba houses known as "GUDLU" are temporary constructions in the forests. The traditional occupation of the Kurumbas is food gathering, like collection of honey and forests produce.The   Mullukurumbas  of   Gudalur   are  a  District  group  and  are  believed  to  belong  to  a  pre agricultural    tribe,   since   they   still    use   bow    and   arrow    for   occasional   hunting.   They  live in   nine   settlements   in   Erumad    area   and   Cherangodu   village.   They  are   mainly   agricultural labourers.  They  are  hard  working   people.

Irulas

Irulas with a few subsects among them are living in Masinagudi area, and in parts of Kotagiri and Coonoor Taluks. They are generally engaged in Collection of minor forest products.

Paniyas

The Paniyas have been bonded labourers for several generations on land owned by a non tribal forest dwelling community.

Tribal Museum, Ooty

Adivasi song from Gudalur valley – Tamil Nadu

Read More