The 1947 partition of India and Pakistan led to the marking of a long white line that defines the Wagah Border between the two neighbours, separated by two heavy gates about 2 meters apart on either side. Located at a distance of 28km from the city of Amritsar, the Wagah Border is the only open […]
Day: February 26, 2015
History Of Patiala City
Patiala a Royal city, the land of Maharajas is famous for its ‘peg’, ‘pagri’, ‘dresses’, ‘jutti’, ‘Patiala sahi salwar’, Reshmi naale , Food like ‘Makki de roti’ and ‘Saraason da saag’, folk songs , dances like Gidha and Bhangra , its traditions and culture. In 1714 A.D Baba Ala Singh assumed its leadership. Patiala formerly […]
History Of Mathura Vrindavan City
On this earth, the place known as Vrindavan in the district of Mathura, ninety miles southeast of Delhi, is a replica of that supreme Goloka Vrindavana in the spiritual sky. In all of India, that eighty-four-square-mile tract of land is considered to be the most sacred place of pilgrimage because Krishna sported in it, and […]