Backpacking India On Road

Road travel through rural India is indeed fascinating.  Even in November 2021, Rajasthan has such gaudy DJ vans moving around and available for rent to entertain guests in family functions, for promotion of brands or for political rallies.  Indian Roadie regular Hemant Sharma says that finding these DJ vans are common in Rajasthan. During marriage season these vans are in high demand. It's a moving vehicle operated on generator fitted in the front. Mostly people hire these for 4-5 days during marriage in villages and start dancing at around 7 pm and the dancing goes on till 1-2 am.  .  .  * Only While Travelling By Road In India  * How India Travels  * Incredible India

It's sheer stupidity and not adventure by bikers on a ride to Spiti valley enroute to Batal in July 2021. Mishap And Calamity waiting to happen. Water crossings become dangerous with every passing hour during the day because of melting ice in the higher altitudes.  https://t.co/d4TifIKa67  

The bell for Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is ready. It's a single cast piece, easily the largest, 6’ X 5’, weighing 2,100 kgs, made of "Ashtadhatu", a combination of eight metals -- gold, silver, copper, zinc, lead, tin, iron and mercury. The bell will be transported to Sri Rama Temple in Ayodhya from Ramakrishna Nadar Vessels Shop in Eral, near Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu. Listen to its mangala naada. It will drive the evils away. This bell sound can be heard up to 15 Kms away. Chant Jai Shree Ram to vanquish all evil on earth 🙏 (Edited by Deep Banerjee) . . . * HowIndiaTravels

The construction of the long awaited Kuthiran Tunnel on NH47 connecting Palakkad with Thrissur in Kerala has finally been completed and thrown open to public in August 2021.  More than an hour's journey time will be saved because of this pathbreaking development.  .  .  .  * Pathbreaking Initiatives By Bjp Govt  * What Has Modi Done  * Indian Roadie Infrastructure Projects

Solo Road Trip from Hyderabad to Lucknow (Hyderabad_Lucknow) by Indian Roadie Anubhav Kumar in July 2021.  Car: Kia Seltos Petrol NA  Route: Hyderabad - Nagpur - Seoni - Sagar -  Jhansi - Kanpur - Lucknow.  Distance: 1100 kms on NH44 and 300 kms on NH27 from Jhansi.  21 July 2021: Left Hyderabad at 5.15 am ... raining heavily all the way to Seoni where I reached at 2.45pm. Total drive was 620 kms. NH44 is bliss. Stayed at Motel Center Point right on highway. Food is very good.  22 July 2021: Left Seoni at 4 am. Reached Sagar at 7.30 am. Met old friends and had breakfast at Satyam Shaba. I was previously posted in Sagar during 2015 - 16. Left Sagar at 8.47 am and reached my home in Lucknow at 5 pm.   (Courtesy: Indian Roadie 'group' post dated 2021-07-23 by Kumar Anubhav, PSU Bank Manager, Hyderabad)

I (Deep Banerjee, Founder - Indian Roadie, Backpacking India On Road) am based out of Kolkata. I have always maintained that I am most uncomfortable driving around in West Bengal. If a person like me who has grown up and worked in WB and has travelled widely across India mainly for work and partially for vacation, spanning over nearly four decades expresses such fears, there must be a lot of substance in such apprehensions.  For roadies from Odisha and the five Southern states who prefer to drive via Kolkata during their trips to Darjeeling hills, Dooars, Sikkim, Bhutan and the seven North Eastern states, a need might arise to halt in Kolkata or any place in South Bengal. Please try to stay in a hotel within Kolkata (south of Kaikhali), Salt Lake or between Asansol and Durgapur or in Tarapith, Shantiniketan, Bankura, Bishnupur, Midnapore or Kharagpur.  I myself drive to the districts of Nadia and North 24 Parganas quite often. While driving from/ to Kolkata, I normally take th...

Road trip to Burul, Falta, Diamond Harbour  ..... picturesque places along the Hooghly River in South 24 Parganas district, adjoining the southeast fringes of Kolkata in end June 2021.  Drive along Diamond Harbour Road from Majerhat Bridge/ New Alipore/ Taratala crossing to Behala Tram Depot and onwards to Thakurpukur Bazaar. Exit DH Road and turn right at Thakurpukur Bazaar. Start driving on narrow Bakrahat Road with a reasonably good road surface. Drive past Rasapunja (Gems Akademia School, Praxis Business School), Samali, Bibirhat upto Raipur (Hooghly river bank).  Enroute one will cross innumerable nurseies. One can also stop for a few minutes to explore the Baba Bara Kutchery Mandir.  From Raipur turn left left and start driving on the narrow, almost empty but enchanting road towards Burul. It's green all around with the wide river visible all along on the right. The beauty needs to be seen to believe it. The black top road surface is unbelievably good.  On...