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Riding in RajasthanHorse Riding in Jodhpur, India India’s Pushkar Camel Fair is world-famous, and various riding holidays are based on that destination. But horse lovers should find the Balotra Horse Fair, held every March in Rajasthan, even more compelling, since it is less touristy and more focused on equine events. It dates back to the 14th century and – like Pushkar – has religious significance. Trips usually begin in Jodhpur and take about five days to cover the 164-kilometer distance to Tilwara (Balotra). Riders will find it thrilling to RIDE through the fair, returning each night to royal tents set up at the fairgrounds, some with toilets and hot showers. More thrilling still is the opportunity to bond with your Marwari mount. With their slender bodies, Arabian eyes, and wonderful curved ears, Marwaris alone are worth the trip. They are highly intelligent, so are not recommended for novices (or for people over 200 pounds). I fell in love with Chandrika (Moonbeam) at Royal Riding Holidays.
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Ganesh ChaturthiFestivals in Pune, India This festival celebrates Ganesh, the Hindu elephant headed god's birthday or the day he showed himself on earth for the first time. During Ganesh Chaturthi people worship statues of Garnesh in their homes and communities compete to erect the largest statues. In some places statues are made out of clay and on the last day of the ten day event they are taken to the river in a musical parade and submerged one by one to cries from the crowd. Special prayers are then chanted for Ganeshs resurrection the following year and then people scatter red powder. There are lots of significant songs, stories and dances performed for the festival and people have feasts and parties and give each other gifts. The date of Ganesh Chaturthi is fixed to the Hindu calendar and occurs somewhere between the 20th of August and the 15th of September in the Christian calendar.
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The Darjeeling Mail, The Decan OdysseyTrain Journeys in Mumbai, India The incomparable Taj Mahal, sacred Varanasi and the fortified, pink city of Jaipur roll past the windows of the Viceroy of India from Mumbai in a huge semi-circular trail to the lush tea plantations of Darjeeling. The sumptuous, patterned Indian-style interior and the (mostly) Indian food allow the culture to seep into the carriages themselves, so the country becomes more than just a series of flickering images.
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Meenakshi TempleTemples in Madurai, India Twelve pyramids of impressively carved and coloured deities on rectangular bases tapering to smaller rectangles on the statue topped peaks are the beacons for this temple complex. The history of the original complex is unknown, but it’s built on the spot where Shiva and his followers appeared to the kingdoms ruler asking to marry his daughter. Tamil history recounts there being grand temples on this site for millennia but they have been destroyed and rebuilt several times, most recently during the middle of the 17th century. A high wall surrounds the whole complex with a Shiva shrine is at the centre and several other halls and shrines arranged amongst the twelve ornate towers (the tallest is nine storeys high and 170 feet high.). The arts flourished within the temple compound, much Tamil literature was stored here, and the rest of the city gradually built up around it. These days the compound attracts an average of six thousand visitors each day.
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Riding in RajasthanHorse Riding in Jodhpur, India India’s Pushkar Camel Fair is world-famous, and various riding holidays are based on that destination. But horse lovers should find the Balotra Horse Fair, held every March in Rajasthan, even more compelling, since it is less touristy and more focused on equine events. It dates back to the 14th century and – like Pushkar – has religious significance. Trips usually begin in Jodhpur and take about five days to cover the 164-kilometer distance to Tilwara (Balotra). Riders will find it thrilling to RIDE through the fair, returning each night to royal tents set up at the fairgrounds, some with toilets and hot showers. More thrilling still is the opportunity to bond with your Marwari mount. With their slender bodies, Arabian eyes, and wonderful curved ears, Marwaris alone are worth the trip. They are highly intelligent, so are not recommended for novices (or for people over 200 pounds). I fell in love with Chandrika (Moonbeam) at Royal Riding Holidays.
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