Many people think coastal holidays are only worth planning during winter, when the skies are clear and the sea is calm. However, Gokarna in monsoon proves that the rainy season…
There are very few places in South India where rain feels like part of the experience rather than an interruption. Chikmagalur in monsoon is one of them. As the first…
Kanwar Yatra 2026 runs through the Hindu month of Sawan, starting Thursday, 30 July 2026 and peaking on Sawan Shivratri, Tuesday, 11 August 2026, when jalabhishek takes place. Roads on…
The 12 Jyotirlingas are the most sacred shrines of Lord Shiva, spread across 9 Indian states from Somnath in Gujarat to Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu. In 2026, Shravan (Sawan) runs…
The rain beat the calendar this year. The southwest monsoon reached Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra on 23 June 2026 and covered the whole country roughly nine days ahead…
The Western Ghats receive 2,500–5,000 mm of rain annually across their windward slopes, and every drop of it lands on the Tamhini Ghat road between July and September. The 70…
The monsoon has only just reached most of India. It touched Kerala on 4 June 2026 and was declared over Mumbai around 23–24 June — roughly 12 days later than…
Most "weekend getaway from Mumbai" lists have a quiet honesty problem. They pad themselves out with four-, five-, even six-hour drives — Mahabaleshwar, Bhandardara, sometimes Amboli, nearly 500 km away.…
Every July, a coastal town in Odisha swells with more people than most Indian cities hold. Puri's Bada Danda fills shoulder-to-shoulder as three giant wooden chariots roll down the Grand…
