Ananthagiri Hills-Ranga Reddy

Ananthagiri hills is located 6kms from Vikarabad. This is one of the big forest area in Rangareddy district. There is a Vishnu temple in this forest area which is called Ananta Padmanabha Swami Temple. Temple will be flooded with pilgrims during the weekends. The temple will be open through out the day.

Forest guest house is 1 km from Ananta Padmanabha Swami Temple. There is practically not much to see or do, but if u are nature freak and want to be away from the clatter of city crowd you can chill out here.

This trip can be for a day visit or if u are in a group try to plan for a week end so you can stay in the forest guest house over the night and enjoy time and nature

Ananta Padma Nabha swami temple

Ananta Padma Nabha swami temple is located at a distance of 5kms from Vikarabad. The deity in this temple is that of Ananta padma nabha swami (an incarnation of Lord Vishnu). According to the sthala purana Markadeya swami (a devotee of Siva) did penance for nearly 1400 years for the Darshan of Lord Vishnu. Then Lord Vishnu appeared to him as Ananta Padmanabha Swami in ShaliGraha form, this is in a cave.Even now piligrims need to have a darshan of the Lord by going inside a small cave..Temple will be flooded with pilgrims during the weekends. The temple will be open through out the day.

There is a special darshan called "Nija roopa darshan" (only the idol of god with out any decoration) from morning 5:00 a.m to afternoon 2:00 p.m.Temple closes at 8:00 p.m.

The temple is surrounded by forest. From the temple there are some steps which lead to 2-3 small temples and there is also a very old Pushkarini (small water pond, from where the water is used for Temple).Along the walk we can also see a lot of ruined close to dilapidated structures.There are many small caves which are carved out of the hillock, may be devotees used to stay in these earlier.

This is an ideal place for trekking and forest walking. Temple offers hotel rooms at a cost of 200 per day. There is a Forest guesthouse close to the temple on the way to Vikarabad. This is bang on the Main road and on a small hillock, giving a panoramic view of the forest.

This place there is practically not much to see or do, but if u are nature freak and want to be away from the clatter of city crowd u can chill out here.

This trip can for for a day visit or if u are in a group try to plan for a week end so u can stay in the forest guest house over the night and enjoy time and nature

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Top 4 Unbelivable Balance Stones

Top 4 Unbelivable Balance Stones around the world

Earth is one of the most unstable planets in our solar system. Earthquake, volcanoes, Hurricane, storm, rain, and sun change the face of our planet since thousand of years ago.Amazingly, above our planet activities there are some huge stones that can keep its inertial stability between the relentless force of gravity of the earth and the sky. Here`s Top 4 Unbelievable Balance Stones in the world. These stones are real. No camera trick involved .

1. Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada

This rock is a 30 feet high horizontal columnar basalt at the Nova Scotia, Canada. What make the balancing rock amazing, around 50% of the rock column stands over the air. If the stone is man made, can you imagine how difficult is to find the precise calculation to stand the huge rock at the edge of cliff for hundreds of years against storms,rain, and winds

2. El Torcal de Antequera, Andalucia, Spain

El Torcal de Antequera is karst stone towers of terrace limestone rock with horizontal weathering patterns.It is tall, old and stable.Wind, rain and sun have evolved the stone become flapjack stacks that attracts many people every year. Although it is strong and balance, Climbing the rock is not recommendable.

3. Mexican Hat Rock, Utah, USA

From Distance, the rock is like a sombrero cap of Mexico. Mexican Hat Rock is the only balance rock that is located outside Monument Valley of south-central San Juan County, Utah. This rock is 60-foot wide and 12-foot thick. It is a red sandstone rock that is still under construction. Soon or later, the balancing cap rock below the Mexican hat is completely eroded.

4. The Steady Hand Of Man

This balancing rocks is the creation of ,an artist, Daliel Leite. He got inspiration from the balancing stone object around the world and he tried to make his own balancing stone in a small scale. He only know small information of art of balancing rock and he applied it on this rocks.

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The first rays of the sun shoot in India

                                  Tiger Hill-Darjeeling

The peak of the Gloom Hill in Darjeeling in West Bengal State of India is the Tiger Hill which became famous for the rare and spectacular 180° dawn-views that it offers of the third highest mountain in the world – the Kangchenjunga. Located at 26°59'37"N   88°17'5"E, the Tiger Hill is a UNESCO Heritage site at an elevation of 8500 feet above sea level and is 11 kilometers southeast of Darjeeling. A 4-storeyed glass-walled observatory or a watch-tower is perched on top of the Tiger Hill from where the Kangchenjunga Mountain is visible for a small window of time.

The reason that thousands of domestic and international tourists throng to this place and the big deal about viewing the Kangchenjunga is that this Mountain is the third highest in the whole world standing at 28, 169 feet altitude – almost at the altitude at which airplanes fly and the Tiger Hill is at 8500 feet altitude. This is probably the closest one can get to the Kangchenjunga. On foggy and hazy mornings, the whole Darjeeling Hills are blanketed with clouds and fog which block the views of the hills and everything else around. It’s just you between the clouds and the sky. And the first ray of the sun that pierces the clouds and lands on the Kangchenjunga Snow Peaks causes light pink hues on the mountains which turn warm yellowish-orange hues as the Sun ascends higher making these pulsating-orange coloured peaks visible from the Tiger Hill Observatory. A clear and sunny day is best suited for a Kangchenjunga-viewing trip to the Tiger Hill. As a bonus you can also see River Teesta (originating in Sikkim) and River Mechi (originating in Nepal) flowing at a distance as well as the Hill Station – Kurseong on the south. The beautiful mountain Phari Jong and the Tibetan mountain – Chumal Rhi are also visible at a distance from here.

At 4 in the wee hours of the morning, tourists, especially mountain-enthusiasts converge in the cold weather and wait anxiously for the Sunrise on the Summit. Millions of cameras have clicked this ‘still’ and this ‘still’ has made it to the cover of thousands of magazines (print and online media) worldwide. This awesome sight is guaranteed to permanently occupy your mind space forever and may also inspire you to explore the Kangchenjunga Mountain from closer quarters!

Tiger Hill is also a popular milestone in trekking-routes where people visit each summer to do several trekking stints from Darjeeling down south via Tiger Hill. It makes a very interesting and challenging trek in this area owing to a mix of different terrains rolled into one.

The first rays of the sun shoot ahead and shed light upon the twin peaks of Kangchenjunga painting it pink and then bathing it in a beautiful orange color 

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