Places to Visit in Auli Uttarakhand in December

Planning a short trip to Auli from Delhi? Winter could be the perfect time to do so as you will be welcomed with snow and lots and lots of snow where you can ski, make snow butterflies, snow fairies, and my favorite 'snowball fight'; come on who can forget the snowball fight.

Auli could be the perfect winter destination for you to travel in December. From visiting man-made lakes, picturesque mountain peaks to holy temples, Auli will never disappoint you. For me the best thing to do in Auli would be the Auli rope way which is the second highest and longest rope way in India after the one in Gulmarg in J&K.

In this post you will get to know each and every place you can visit in Auli with a detailed expense plan for you to make the best out of your Auli tour.

• Auli Artificial Lake
• Joshimath
• Auli Ropeway
• Chattrakund
• Auli Ski Resort
• Vishnuprayag
• Saildhar Tapowan
• Rudraprayag
• Nandaprayag
• Vanshinarayan Kalpeshwar
• Narsingh Temple
• Vridh Badri Temple
• Gurso bugyal

Living Man-Made Marvel- The Auli Lake

 

 

No you can't dive into the lake unless and until you wish to die from Hypothermia, then you can go all commando. In fact the lake gets all frozen up in Mid or late January and it all depends on the amount of snowfall the region receives. But nonetheless, the lake is one of the highest man-made water bodies at an elevation of 2505 meters(approx 10,000ft) for tourists to get utterly mesmerized by the lake itself with snow-capped mountains in the background. If you wish to visit Auli in the month of December, the magnificent lake is something you can't skip from your Auli itinerary.

The Inevitable Joshimath

You can't miss this city as it will be a destination that will come in between your way to Auli. You can wish to stay in Joshimath before going to Auli when planning your trip. The city serve as a main point to all the famous Himalayan trekking trails including the sacred Badrinath and to fun places like Auli ropeway.

You can choose to camp in Joshimath or can go directly to the white snow paradise through a shared or personal taxi or ropeway(preferred).

For Extreme Enthusiasts- The Gurso Bugyal Trek

Situated at 3000ms above sea level, the Gurso Bugyal trek is not for faint-hearted travellers. The trek is meant to be done in spring-summer season but for extreme breathless adrenaline rush some travellers prefer to do it in winters. You should have some prior trekking experience and its only safe to come with a trained trekker if you wish to visit the snow-covered peaks in the month of december.


To immerse yourself in the beautiful landscape of snowy mountains, the trek is something to lean on. It's just 1.5kms from Auli but the snowy uphill paths makes it very hard to cover this very short distance.

Don't forget to take quality pair of sunglasses and a camera shutter to make your social friends jealous and of course to capture the serenity and natural beauty.

Not To Be Missed-Auli Ropeway

 

Gliding through the air and hovering over snowy white meadows is the kind of fun you can seek to experience while doing ropeway from Joshimath to Auli. The Auli ropeway connects the Joshimath city to the white paradise of Auli and further places for tourists to explore the complete landscape of the Uttarakhand city Auli.

Being at 3010ms of height above sea level, the ropeway should be on top of your list when you plan your trip to Auli Uttarakhand.

While most indians are not a great in skii, but it doesn't hurt to try something new. You can also take ropeway to Auli Ski Resort and try the activity to add more fun to your vacation. You can have to shell out approx INR 400 to endure the thrilling and breathtaking ropeway experience.

Chattrakund-The Adventure Paradise

 

The place is called 'frozen gem of Auli' due to its appearance in winters. You have to trek 3 kms knee deep in snow from Gurso Bugyal to reach and experience the calm serenity of this place.

Located at 3300m above sea level, Chattrakund is a sweet water lake famous for having crystal clear water in the summer season. The landscape around is snow-covered trees in winters which can serve pretty good as a backdrop for you next winter adventure in Auli.

If you are up for some adventure you might need some courage to trek here in winters. Don't forget all the necessary snow trekking equipment with a pair of sunglasses and you are good to go.

The ropeway from Joshimath will drop you till Auli and from there you have to hike up in order to visit Chattrakund.

Dive in The Extreme Serenity at Vishnuprayag

 

Snow-covered Mountains, ecstatic merger of rivers and a cup of 'Nukkad Chai' will be the perfect moment for you to capture in your visit to Auli in December. Vishnuprayag is the place where two tributaries of river merge into one big river we know as the sacred 'Ganga'.

If you believe in peace and want to attain nirvana while digging deep into your own conscious to find important answers of life, then Vishnuprayag could be your bet.

You can also visit the famous Vishnu temple with your family.

If you seek for some fun activities in Vishnuprayag then you must go for 'Chenab Lake trek' from Vishnuprayag but it can only be visited in summer as the place is closed due to heavy snowfall in winter season.

  Strap on Ski Equipment at Auli Ski Resort

Developed and Maintained by Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam (GMVN), the place is a 3km long slope for ski enthusiasts. If you wish to try out skiing with your buddies, then GMVN will be happy to serve you by providing all the ski equipment you need.

It is advisable to take proper wollen belongings due to winter climatic temperatures. The best months to Ski in Auli is from December to late March. You can take a ropeway/cable chair car from Joshimath to reach the Ski resort in Auli.

Behold the Confluence of Rivers at Nandaprayag

A picturesque town which lies in the heart of Chamoli district will definitely give you some most insta worthy photos.

The town is situated at the confluence of two rivers merging into one river known as the 'Dhauliganga'.

With temples all over the place, you can also find your lost soul or maybe a new cause to live when you take a deep breath of majestic and most importantly fresh air of Nandaprayag(unlike Delhi).

The place is a summer charm but winter gives it a spectacular white glow making it worthwhile to visit after or before your visit to Auli.

Get To See Natural Hotspring at Saildhar Tapovan 

A small village situated 15kms from Auli is known for its hot springs and tranquility. If you are thinking to go as far away from your 9-5 regular office, dipping in the Salidhar's hot springs could be the perfect getaway for you to plan.

I would suggest you to visit this place while coming back from Auli. Warming nature of villagers will give you memorable moments for lifetime clubbed with enchanting nature views you will die to capture inside your camera.

Spot The Convergence at Rudraprayag

Situated just 114kms away from Joshimath city, Rudraprayag is a famous place to get bewitched by the confluence of two river tributaries i.e. Mandakini and Alaknanda.

The place holds a deep sacred value to hindu pilgrims due to the presence of many temples based on lord shiva and parvati.

If you seek the thrill to hike to badrinath and kedarnath, you can decide to crash at Rudraprayag and look upon the stars when the moon lights up the black sky and if you are in luck maybe could catch a shooting star and count the constellations.

The Sacred-Vanshinarayan Kalpeshwar

 

Folks at trip advisor recommended to skip this place if you are travelling with your friends. Anyways temples inherit a sacred value and if you have strong beliefs and most importantly if not an atheist, then Kalpeshwar temple is just a 12 km round and round mountain drive from Joshimath.

The Shrinking Idol in Narsingh Temple

There is a story behind this place and I live for places with stories. Not haunting but its a religious kind of a story.

It is believed that when kalyug will end, a disastrous landslide will block the way to Badrinath temple resulting in the shift of Badrinath Idol to Bhavishya Badri which is 20kms from Joshimath.

This all events will happen after the right hand of Narsingh temple idol will fall to the ground giving a clear sign that kalyug is going to end. It is believed that the idol is shrinking day by day.

True/not true, you have to find that out by yourself. The temple is located in Lower bazar Joshimath which is just 10mins walking distance from Joshimath bus stand.

Temple with a Story-Vridh Badri Temple

Temple are always connected to a story and yes this comes with its own story. It is believed that the famous 'Narad Muni' (you guessed correctly- The one who's pickup line was 'Narayan Narayan') did 'Paschyatap'(Penance) which attracted Lord Shiva's attention and he ended up visiting this place as a disguised old man.

Due to the fact that Lord Shiva toured this place as an old man, the temple got its name the 'Vridh Badri' where Vridh is a hindi word meaning old. My suggestion only visit this place if you have ample of time.

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Bad Idea

Sometimes when you feel all broken and sad, you feel frustrated, you feel left out. There's a difference between being alone and being lonely. When you are 'Alone' you just don't have someone special who can understand you like no one else. Who will take care for you and sacrifice for you like no one else, who will be the last person you think about before you go to sleep. 

Being lonely means you don't have someone, neither friends nor family to which you can share your happiness and sorrows. Being lonely means you are all by yourself in this seven billion world population and there is no one in the world you can call yours, just exclusively yours. Following words are inspiration from a song-'Bad Idea' by Shiloh. 
(Play this song in the background and then try to read the poetry)

Being in love with you 
seems like a really bad idea
Like a bad trip
I never want to visit. 

Don't know if its me
Or my is it my destiny?
But being in love with you
Seems like a really bad idea.

Sometimes we get along
Sometimes we really fall from the cliff
Climbing up the hill with you
Seems like a really bad idea.

Don't know whether its me
Or my fuckin destiny? 
Could we make it to the end?
Or give up before reaching? 
This uncertainty between you and me
Seems like a really bad idea.
Me waiting for you
Seems like a really bad idea. 

You have given up on love
Dumb me, never made to put it on 
Still taking a chance
Still risking our peace 
To break the boundaries 
Breaking the virtual fence 
Sometimes seems like a really bad idea.

Expectations always hurt
My heart aches, my head bursts 
Building a gap
Between you and me
Could make the situation tense
Breaking the virtual boundaries 
Climbing the gigantic fence
Sometimes It all seems like a really bad idea. 

I want to take a deep breath and inhale
Want to take a leap of faith 
Want to love and to be loved
I want to sleep in your arms
Want to kiss under the moon
Under the black sky
In the glowing silver dark
Want to hold your hand
Now its all choked up
I just want to exhale. 
Please don't leave me to suffocate 
Don't leave me to choke
All yellow and pale. 

Take me to the lands unknown
Take me to the lands of green and grey
I can see the brown, smell the hay
Take me to the lands unknown
This could be a good reason to stay. 
Take me to the lands of green
Can't you create our own private space? 

Untie me, I will run for freedom
Run to live, stumble to be free
If you can live without me
I Will never hold you
I am my own master, my own god
I will climb the mountains
Burn down all the standing trees
What is on the other side
(I) Certainly want to know
I will make it a memory. 
I am master of my own
Untie me, I wanna be free. 
This uncertainty, this non joyful spree
Climbing mountains, these burning trip
All like a bad trip
I don't wanna visit
Sometimes it all seems to be a bad idea but I can't resist. 

I m not so perfect
But baby are you worth it?
Baby you deserve it
Baby you are worth it. 

I know you are not so perfect 
But do i deserve it? 
Baby am I worth it? 
Could you ever hurt me?

Love is not the answer 
But love is no disaster 
It all will seem workin
We both will one day surfin.
Will one day be surfin
Climbing all the mountains
Racing against the ocean
Then maybe this all seems to worth it
without really being a  bad trip.

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Superfluous Attractions

Sometimes when it just doesn't work out it will never work out but the most saddening part would always be-one is always throwing a chance to be bigger than himself. If you are familiar with living life on clicks then you can understand the intensity of taking a quick action based on any of particulars clicks. The below phrases deepens down the feeling of throwing something magical when a person has the potential to reach the stars.

You know the difference between you and me?
I don't divide love between relations
Love has always been pure
It's you who divided it to make it unfit for a cure.

For me, it was always about happiness
For me, it was always about soul
You messed it all up
And now you want to move along and scroll

Just go away and stroll

Just leave me behind and go haul
It tried to accept the way you are
Tried to make us an imperfect arch

But you were destined towards doom
We weren't a pair to gloom
Definitely not a strand

And neither someone to end it with a dirty slang

Every day I wait for you to leave me
What's the point in staying when we are far

What the point to stray the long path

Friendship will remain,but it's the love 

who have to wander with some broken darts.

Attractions are always superfluous
Always descending, always disastrous

These attractions these clicks,

Will take you nowhere

Will never give you bliss.

You were so tucked in past
Never cared to notice you burned the beautiful present,

No idea if it would have been my last

Or I had to find someone else to be my cast.

There are some things you can't present
You can't show,can't display the fuckin resent,

It could be something beautiful, something different

But you ordered your doom
Just for that bloody fool
You will never be able to bloom
And now after you lost your gloom
It's easy to predict the reality

And it's pretty easy to describe

That you can't be revived

Can't be saved even with a damn boon.

We spent so much time together
But today you were gazing your watch
Second by second, minute by minute
Now you know too much of me
My secrets, my insecurities
I will not say I failed in life
But not succeeded either
I will not say we had a connection

But it was something special
It was something to remember 

Something to wrap and take good care of.

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Upcoming food festivals in Delhi 2019

Heart of India Delhi is home to some of the best food festivals where folks can enjoy cuisines cuisines from all around the world. If you are in a hunt for some of the upcoming food festivals taking place in the capital city then you are just at the right place at the right time. Read further and get to know some of the best upcoming food festivals of Delhi. 

Horn OK Please

Date-1st March 2019

The most happening food festival of the town will be ready to serve you from March 1 to 3rd March 2019. The festival will be bringing some of the best food trucks of the country of more than 20 home-grown bands who will be performing live in the upcoming food festival in Delhi. Invite all your friends and family to experience a day dedicated to just food and exotic genres of music performed by some of the popular bands and independent artists from all over the country.
Devour into some of the exotic tastes and beverages you never tasted before all under INR 200 at the Horn Ok Please Food Festival in Delhi. 

Wow Food Expo 2019

Date- 1st and 2nd April 2019

The two day festival is the perfect culmination of the best food and superP beverages to sip with the most closest friends and family of yours. This festival will be held at NSIC Exhibition complex in Delhi and we think 2 days are enough to let in all the different cuisines and creative mocktails served with lip smacking food. If you are a foodie and can't imagine life without food, this food festival in Delhi is what you must cover in order to check all your boxes under upcoming food festivals in Delhi. 

Oye Punjab Festivat at Too Indian Rajouri Garden 

Last Date to Visit- 10th February 2019

For all the Punjabis out there, its time to celebrate the rich tastes in the Punjabi spices and do some Bhangra with the modern tadka. The Oye Punjab food fest is inviting you to taste the robust and tacky punjabi dishes curated by chef Aman Puri. From non vegetarian starters to classics of some of the great main-course dishes, the fest is ready to take you on a ride of strong spices and pungent tastes. The vegetarian  foodies can indulge in tasting their favorite Sarso ka Saag and Makkey di Roti at this happening food festival taking place in Rajouri, New Delhi. The entry will you cost you around INR 500-1000 but the exotic flavors in Punjabi food is totally worth to drool over in this fest.

Surajkund Mela, Faridabad

Date- 1st February-10th February 2019

Not specifically a food festival but this must be a definite festival to attend in Faridabad if you like the traditional culture of our country. The festival is home to some of the most amazing traditions and folk cultures in the food of street food, clothing, home accessories, sculptures, and what not. Started from 1st February 2019,the festival is live up to 10th February 2019. Tag your gang along to experience a day with traditional cultures of India and varieties of food the Indian streets have to offer. The festival encompasses dances ranging from folk to semi-modern and there will be mini adventure rides for your small thrill. This festival is a must a visit if you live in Faridabad or in Delhi NCR.

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A Man with No Regrets

Sometimes possession can raise so many questions. Sometimes your heart wants another thing from what you dreamed of. Sometimes it not so easy to understand your inner feelings. The feeling of unacceptability can make anyone shiver to its core. These phrases belong to some unexplored parts of my heart and I am glad finally I explored them for a better future.

" He always wants a thing but suddenly deny its possessions

It's just a matter of time
When he starts to build new attractions
No regrets, no time to even look back
With small steps, big actions
He got no regrets to crunch emotional fractions
Got no time to even maintain the lust.

When he meets his clone
Just can't judge what's right or what's wrong
He can't even take a leap of satisfaction
Can't even care to follow his own regressions
Is he not responsible for his actions?
A man with unclear motives
Is not lost, just don't know where to go
What if in a hurry, he chooses the wrong path and fall?
The wanderer couldn't understand the actions
Still no regrets with no certain regressions.
Maybe he is not lost, he just wants to feel the thrill,
just want to make new stories
Just want to play his guitar on a new beat and chill.

On this road to immortality
He might experience some lag
Could get some pain, pointless vain
On this road to no strings attached
He might find an escape
He might find the gold,
May become immortal towards the end of the road.

He should be happy that he found what he always dreamed of,
But unacceptability always sweeps him off
He always tries to find shortcuts
What if he took the long road?
She just likes to play along,
But he just wants the long walks
He can't sing alone the broken prose. "

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5 Best Cafes in Satya Niketan

If you googling- ‘Best Cafes in Satya Niketan’ then we have just got the right thing for you. With plenty of options and brimming amount of cafes in the DU South Campus Area, sometimes while searching for a place to just chit and chit with a beloved can be hard to find. Sometimes you just can’t decide what's better and what is the best one among the similar pack of countless cafes in the Satya Niketan. Here we have listed out the- 5 Best Cafes in Satya Niketan you can go to taste some shakes and different cuisines from continental to Italian. Read further to know more about the top places to eat in Satya Niketan and that too in a limited budget.

Woodbox Cafe

Cost of Two- ₹850

Undoubtedly this Satya Niketan cafe deserves the first position in this list for providing us with some lip-smacking food and ultra-soothing shakes. The specialty of this place lies in their scrumptious kinds of pasta of almost 4-5 varieties. The cafe most selling cuisines are Italian and Chinese and their dishes speaks for themselves. Next time if you want to decorate your Instagram profile with some lip-smacking shots of food, this is the real place to consider in Satya Niketan.

Big Yellow Door Satya Niketan

Cost of Two- ₹600

One of the best cafes in Hudson Lane has made its permanent mark in the Satya Niketan DU South Campus too. With an amazing variety of mouth-watering pasta and thirst quenching drinks, the cafe also has an upper hand in burgers and salads. If we come to drinks, the basic ones are also presented in a beautifying manner that no one can resist themselves to take pictures for their social media handles. Some of the most popular dishes include- Nachos, Chilli Chicken Spaghetti, Burgers, Pizza, Noodles, Butter Chicken Pasta, Hazelnut Latte etc. So if you want to handout under a limited budget nothing is better than an evening at BYD in Satya Niketan. 

Echoes

Cost of Two- ₹600

The Echoes cafe probably made to this list just because of the versatility of their food. The chefs here at Echoes make the best peri-peri chicken you could ever taste in DU South Campus. They specialize in a variety of chicken dishes which can’t be ignored if you are a foodie and a die-hard chicken lover. Crispy chicken is one of the best selling dishes the cafe serves hot and spicy. Other things to try here are their big sized burgers which taste out of the box and surprisingly perfect when it comes to the cheesiness and tanginess of the burger. Varieties of Pasta here are decent having tastes of different herbs of spices. Chocolate waffles are also their highlighted part when it comes to something to taste in sweet.

The Construction Co. Cafe

Cost of Two- ₹700

As the name clears up, the theme of this cafe is like a construction site but the only thing constructing here is talks and lip-smacking food. The ceiling highlights large tin cans as part of the decoration which provokes you to take pictures of the place to update a check-in on facebook pointing at the Construction Co. Cafe in Satya Niketan. If you are a Chinese lover then this place would be perfect for you to spend time on weekends. The cafe serves some of the best honey chili potatoes in Satya Niketan. The place also serves mocktails like Sangria for you to quench your thirst while lighting the mood a little bit.

Pipeline Cafe

Cost of Two- ₹800

If we talk about the ambiance, the place looks magical with the lighting decoration up on the roof. The vibes are all old school and you will be having a trip to your nostalgia while biting finger-licious food at the pipeline cafe in Satya Niketan. If you want to spend the evening talking and eating while having a quality time with your beloved, then this place would be your savior against the city sounds and hustle. The cafe specializes in Italian and Chinese so one can always order their favored pasta with a soothing drink to company the mains.

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