Discover India
India , to the visitor is an everlasting journey of discovery.A land rich
with cultural variety where many civilisation flourished, kingdoms rose and
fell---leaving behind an array of splendid historic attractions,majestic
temples and sculptures making India your unique destination. Teeming with
over a billion people who voice over a million concerns in fifteen hundred
different languages, India is where people live with variety, thrive on
diversity and are too familiar with largeness to let it boggle them. Mud
huts and mansions face off across city streets. Lurid luxury and limp living
are inhabitants of the same lane.A country that will enchant you with her
beauty and diversity, delight you with her colorful pageantry, enrich you
with her culture, stun you with her modernity, embrace you with her warmth,
and overwhelm you with her hospitality. India is a country that creates
sensory overload with its copious smells of incense, cacophony of
extraordinary sounds, succulent cuisine and drinks, and visual wealth of
ancient architecture. The colorful and varied costumes, cornucopia of varied
scenery, and profusion of convoluted cosmologies makes this country one of
the most intricate and rewarding dramas unfolding on earth. Home to one
sixth of the world's population and the world's largest democracy, India
presents a full and diverse culture, and an intoxicating rich history.
Getting There
By Air :
Travellers can catch international flights at Mumbai (Bombay), Delhi,
Calcutta and Chennai (Madras). Departure tax on flights to Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal is about US$3 whilst to other countries, it is
US$10. Indian Airlines, India’s major domestic airline has an extensive
network. Air India, the country’s international airlines also operates
domestically on the Mumbai (Bombay)-Delhi, Mumbai-Calcutta, Delhi-Calcutta
and Mumbai-Chennai (Madras) routes
By Road :
Border crossing between India and Pakistan is between Lahore and
Amritsar.Other crossings include : Birganj-Raxaul, Sunauli-Gorakhpur and
Kakarbhitta-Siliguri for * overland routes between India and Nepal and
Tiruchirappalli and Colombo (Sri Lanka).
Sunauli is the most convenient entry point to Kathmandu or Pokhara from
Delhi and the rest of the north-western Indian states.
Bus service operates 4 times a week between Lahore and Delhi.
