Sano: Home of Cricket in Japan

Cricket is gaining popularity in Japan that is more well-known for the sport of baseball. Sano, which is in the centre of Honshu, is the Japanese archipelago’s largest island. Though it is just 80 kilometres from Japan’s capital city Tokyo and is modest as Tokyo, it...

Nagoro: Valley of the Dolls (Japan)

Nagoro, located in the remote mountains of Tokushima in Shikoku, around 550 kilometres southwest of Tokyo, is Japan’s ‘Valley of the Dolls’ or ‘Scarecrow Village’. In Nagoro, hidden away in Japan’s Iya Valley, life-size dolls now outnumber the human...

Lakshman Jhula (Rishikesh) Closed for Public

Lakshman Jhula, the iconic suspension bridge that runs across the River Ganga in Rishikesh, was closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic from July 12, 2019 as team of experts found most of its parts in a dilapidated condition. Laxman Jhula is a 450-feet-long iron...

Patna’s Century-old Heritage Gole Market Demolished

The first planned municipal market of Patna, designed by architect Joseph Fearis Munnings in 1912, popularly known as the ‘Gole Market’, was demolished in June 2019. The demolition was done as part of a major redevelopment project of the Patna railway station area...
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