India, as we geographically see today, is a smaller part of its glorious past. It has a rich cultural heritage and the oldest surviving belief system ‘Sanatan Dharma’. In the context of history, the piece of land surrounded by the …
The Himalaya is a combination of two Sanskrit words, Himá (हिम ) means snow and A-laya (आलय) which means home, abode, temple or dwelling. The Himalayas are a mountain range that separates the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The Himalayas range has many highest peaks on the Earth, …
The Ganges (गंगा) River begins high in the Himalaya Mountains and merges into the Bay of Bengal. Its made of many tributaries such as Mandakini, Alaknanda and Bhagirathi within the Himalayas. Two main tributaries Alaknanda and Bhagirathi merge at Rudraprayag …