Nishant Verma Photography - Freelance Photographer

Day-1: Land at Leh, take full day rest. I usually stay at Irfan Guest house at Fort Road behind Dolphin cafe. It is a very basic but clean guest house. If you are looking for star hotel then Hotel Grand Dragon and Hotel Zen are there.  Drink plenty of water and hot soup with generous amount of Black Pepper and Garlic. Visit Gurdwara Patthar Sahib, Magnetic Hill, Spituk Monastery, Zanskar -Indus Sangam / confluence and War memorial.  Garlic is a magic remedy at high altitude so have plenty of Garlic. (Photo: Spituk Monastery as seen from Leh Airport) Drink 4 to 5 liters of water every day. Just in case, your nose bleeds mildly, don't panic. Relax and rest. Drink more warm water. Try to catch some sleep.  Day-2: Leave for Pangong lake. Stay overnight at the lake or at Tangtse. Check if they have opened route to T somoriri directly from P angong lake or not. If the route is open, then go directly to Tsomoriri or come back to Leh. Stay overni...

During the Holi season, Barsana is one of the most colorful treat in India... a very overwhelming place with such a beautiful history of lathmaar holi (Lath means stick used for beating; maar = to hit). As the name suggests, the  holi is about hitting with a lathi (stick).  A nand from Nandgaon(Lord Krishna's villag)e in Barsana(Radha Rani's village) Famous Lathmar holi being played (Gopi's hitting the Nand's with Stick) When Lord Krishna use to come to Barsana from his village Nandgaon, Uttar Pradesh to tease Shri Radha Rani Ji and the Gopis (girls of Barsana) .  The gopi(s) used to beat Shri Krishna by the laathis (sticks). Since then, Men from Nandgaon come to Radha Rani (Barsana !!) dressed as Krishna and the Ladies of Barsana welcomes them with the sticks.  As soon as you enter the village of Barsana, you will see many cross-dressers, dressed as Radha and Krishna, various pandals having musical and dance rendition of Krishna Raasleel...