Traveling to Lose the Misery

The desert city of Jaisalmer was founded in 1156 amidst the Thar desert. Today the city is part of the Indian state of Rajasthan. Known is the 80,000 inhabitants in the city with the impressive medieval fort and other buildings that were built of yellow sandstone, brown and gold shimmer in the sun. Therefore, Jaisalmer is also known as “Golden City”.
Jaisalmer was on the camel caravan routes between India and Central Asia. The city helped the very wealthy. With the rise of shipping, however, took on the role of the city and the trade routes. The city is surrounded by a 5 km long city wall. Today, Jaisalmer with its medieval city center, beautiful facades and ornately carved wooden balconies, a popular tourist attraction. Local attractions include the mighty fort, which overlooks the city. Behind the fortress walls conceal impressive palaces, temples and residential houses. We recommend a visit to the seven-story palace “Maharawal Palace” with exquisite wall paintings and elaborately carved mirrors.
Interesting is also the Salim-Singh-Ki-Haveli with the blue dome roof and the Jain temple with beautiful reliefs and sculptures. Just outside is the Gadi-Sagar Lake. Previously, he served as a water reservoir, now go on boats and the shore is lined with small temples and shrines.

The Golden Temple, the holiest of the Sikhs located in Amritsar, the Indian state of Punjab. The temple was the end of the 16th Century had built, but because of looting in the late 18th Century to be rebuilt. The Sikh leader Ranjit Singh visited the Golden Temple in the early 19th Century with today to visit, gold and marble decorations. The temple itself is completely covered with gold leaf and stands on an island in the so-called nectar pond. Thereafter, the city received its name Amritsar (nectar / Amrit and pond / Sar). In the nectar pool to wash the faithful before they visit the temple. According to the beliefs of the Sikhs, the Karma is improved through the bath in the holy water.
To visit the Golden Temple at the entrance of the shoes are to be submitted to wash the feet and to wear a head covering. Throughout the day, four priests verses from the holy book read with background music and transmitted through loudspeakers outside. It is also noteworthy that the temple is cleaned only with milk. Interesting, the museum is the passion of the Sikhs in the 1st Stock of the Golden Temple. Among the various temples are several places of worship, like the throne of the timeless God (Akal Takhat), the Baba Atal Tower and the Durgian

Varanasi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is one of the oldest cities in the world, because it was mentioned 3,000 years ago in the heroic epics of Skanda-Purana and Mahabharata.
The city on the Ganges is the most important of the seven sacred cities of Hindus. For Hindus, Varanasi is a pilgrimage site and the capital of traditional Hindu culture. The banks of the Ganges is always surrounded by believers and pilgrims, for a swim in “sacred river”is considered a spiritual purification for sins. Called to the swimming holes, even Ghats, is a surge of countless pilgrims. The air is filled with the chant of the priests and the scent of flowers. The ablutions of the faithful take place at sunrise. Another custom of the Hindus is to scatter the ashes of the dead in the Ganges.
Interesting is the center of Varanasi with a large number of temples, shrines and religious bathing areas. It is recommended to visit the Golden Temple, the non-Hindus, however, can only be seen from the outside, the Durga Temple and the Temple Bharat Mata Mandir.
Also famous is the Benares Hindu University with 8,000 students in Hindu philosophy, Indian history, culture and religion. Interesting is the Ramnagar Fort, the residence of a former Maharaja of Varanasi, with the Royal Museum.

The Red Fort in Agra is an impressive fortress and palace complex, the Islamic and Hindu elements in architecture combines. The fort in 1565 by the Mughal emperor Akbar, who moved the seat of government of Delhi to Agra, built on the banks of the river Yamuna. His successors, including the Maharaja Shah Jahan, who had built also removed the only 2.5 km Taj Mahal, built the fortress city continues. The fort is surrounded by a 2.4 km long protective wall and an inner fixing ring. Inside the fort there are unique palaces, mosques and gardens. Three generations of the Great Mughals ruled in the Red Fort, the seat of government was to be moved back to Delhi and got back into the Fortress of the time in importance.
The fort was built of red sandstone inlaid with marble, it derives its name from Red Fort. Inside the fort is inter alia the Perlmoschee, the largest mosque, built of marble in the world. Here you can also visit the magnificent palaces of the 3 big moguls Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Shah Jahan spent his final years before the Taj Mahal was buried beside his wife.
A portion of the 1983 is a UNESCO World Heritage monument open to the public.

Leh is the capital of Ladakh in Kashmir (Himalayas) and is referred to you as “Little Tibet”. This is the most populated in the entire world area in northern India, influenced by Buddhism (80% of the population). Striking is the peaceful coexistence of all faiths. The Christian church, the Saxon missionaries formed, can exist here as well as Muslim, Hindu or Sikh.
Leh can be reached by air from Delhi to look good. Leh is situated on the Silk Road at 350 meters on the Indus. The Indus is the main water supplier in the region. Leh is a very poor area and rain is practically in a dry desert. The winter temperatures are often at-30C ° and in the summer months, often torturing degree values by 40 + in this region. This climate favors the ripening of apricots, rice, apples and other vegetables are wonderful. The best time is from June to September, because the roads in the Ladakh are closed from October to May.
In the very scenic Ladakh, there are a variety of very nice passes. They are usually closed from autumn to the spring. should be mentioned the Zojila Pass (4700 m), Namkila Pass (4000 m) and Fatu La Pass (4200 m). The highest navigable road in the world is Khardongla in the Himalayas. On this pass (6200 m) you can even rare snow leopards are lucky get to see.

The seat of the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile is located since 1959 in Dharamsala (North India, Himalaya). Dharamsala is divided into the areas of Upper Dharamsala and Lower Dharamsala. Significant and strong Buddhist faith shapes Dharamsala in the upper city and many monasteries are found in this picture-perfect backdrop. In most (Guest) houses can stay cheap or even free. From here you can be awarded in the north Indian plain look and marvel. The Himalayas in the back can be felt here on the roof of the world the great and extraordinary spirituality of the place.
Not be dismissed out of hand is the tourist boom that has helped shape a few years more and more the image. Especially in McLeod Ganj, (Upper Dharamsala) of the shopping pleasure of visitors has fallen from around the world. In some oases and even Norbunlingka Institute and the corresponding temple, there are now craft and looking to buy traditional souvenirs for sale. It is built and the ancient landscape with ever-changing needs of tourist attractions “principle”. Silbrigglitzernde lakes and rivers and silent forests, however, you can still enjoy in the area. The former royal city of Kullu and various tea gardens, popular recreation places and refuges for climbers, river rafters and paragliders are also in the neighborhood.

On Dal Lake in Happy Valley is the town of Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir, Himalaya). Here vacationers can add a Shikara between floating lotus fields and magnificent gardens sail blissfully and also live in simple houseboats. Of the latter should give it more than three thousand units in Happy Valley. Picturesque and breathtaking, the landscape and often visitors think of the sight of Venice.
A must see is – besides the wonderful scenery – the massive range of products in the Happy Valley. The best spices in the world are offered here as well as world’s most beautiful carpets and precious stones, paper art and fine jewelry. Everything here is nice to know a little larger, more elaborate and the dealers that! They are master salesmen, but the extraordinary opportunities are is usually worth it.
Afghanistan, Pakistan and China border on Kashmir, which should have been according to Arab traditions of residence and death of Jesus matter. The grave of the “Yuz Asaf” in Srinagar shrine “Rozobal” thereof is officially finished.