Hotel Sai Leela Shirdi

... is other places we have visited.

The main attraction at the Ajunta caves are murals on the walls and ceilings. The caves were dug out of solid rock between 200 B.C. and 650 A.D. Of the 30 caves, 5 were Buddhist temples, the rest were monasteries. Some are pretty well preserved, while others have caved in or were never complete. The art is beautiful, using subdued colors, primarily yellow and red, to depict the life of the Buddha ...

... in 15 minutes, a ride that would have been twice as long during the day.

Aurangabad is a 45 minute flight away. The only reason a tourist would visit this unappealing city is as a gateway for two World Heritage sites - Ellora Caves and Ajunta Caves. Kerry had arranged a car and driver to pick us up. The first stop was to see "The Boss" and settle our itinerary and pay for the car. The boss is Asoka - who made sure ...

Daulatabad fort is located about 13 KM from Aurangabad on the way to Ellora. This fort has an elaborate defence system comprising of many gates, moat, canons and maze. The Menda (Ram) canon is among the largest canons in India. The dark maze is home to ...

... Then, he asked for the RC book and insurance papers, I had both. Showed it.

Gotcha!

He said "yeh kya hai?? Aao sahib se baat karo" .

The insurance was over way back in January. We told him that we’ve got the insurance but forgot to keep it with us; we’ll get it faxed as soon as possible. After some pesky arguments and an astonishing self-introductory note from Gaurav—some Procter & Gamble stuff—he let us go for a price of ...

Directions To Shirdi Temple In India How to get to Shirdi:Nearest airports are Mumbai (260 km), Pune (185 km), and Aurangabad (125 km). Flights for all the major cities in India and abroad can be taken from Mumbai. The nearest railway station is Manmad (60 km) on the Central Railway, which is connected to many parts of the country with express trains. Most of the trains touching Nasik Road railway station also touch Manmad. Shirdi has railway reservation office ...

... introduced to one of the Sadhus who was actually from England. He had given up his family and friends to follow this faith. He asked Dave about his work and about Lisa and where we had traveled so far. He explained that the leader of this faith was at the temple that day which was the reason for all the activity around the temple. He was 80-something years old and still traveled around the world to all the Akshardam temples. The Sadhu led Dave out into the courtyard, past the ...

We headed for Aurangabad next, getting the train from Agra to Jalgaon and then the bus to Aurangabad. Me and Anthony went our separate ways from here as he wanted to go to Mumbai and I wasn't too bothered about it. I hired an auto rickshaw for the day and headed to the Ellora Caves. Over 5 centuries, generations of monks (Buddhist, Hindu and Jain) carved monasteries, chapel and temples out of solid rock. 34 in all, 12 Buddhist, 17 Hindu and 5 Jain. The Hindu caves were carved from the ...

... the baby lion. It turned out she was there to promote "friendship day," a holiday where everyone around India expresses their gratitude to their friends. While Miss India was making her announcements, my cousin Tinu, being the great guy that he is, decided to embarrass me by telling the Dj that I happend to be a "good" dancer. Next thing I know my name is being announced on the loud speakers to come the center of dance floor and show them what I've got ...

... a problem in many parts of Mumbai with some areas without power for over three or four days. Candle light dinners soon lost their romantic nuances as was would often eat to a single flame set in the middle of the table. With nothing much to do and no where to go I found myself catching up on my sleep. We spent the next few days watching movies at the local cineplex. I struggled to make sense of the latest Hindi movies, but ...

Shirdi is a city in Maharastra (the state where Mumbai is located). The whole town is made up of one huge temple for Sai Baba and hotels that house visitors who come to pray and donate to the Temple. This is the most visited Temple in the country. People really believe in the miracles that this man produced and produces. Therefor it also receives the majority of the donations. So my masi (aunt), masa (uncle), and my two ...