World Book Fair 2016 at Delhi

The World Book Fair is going on from to Jan 9-17 at Pragati Maidan, Delhi. The timing is from 11 am to 8 pm. We visited the fair on Sunday and had a great time J.  We arrived quite early, around 11 and found many people standing in a queue in front of the main gate, which was something new to us, generally we don't find many people in Delhi interested in books.  

There was a fountain in front of the Ticket Counter :)

We visited the ‘National Book Trust’ stall. A significant stall having many types of books. They are working so sincerely in this field!

We also came across the stall of ‘Sanskriti Bharati’, this organisation is doing a great work in making Sanskrit popular in today’s world. Great work indeed!

We also found 4- 5 Bengali Book Stalls who have come from Kolkata. Among them was the stall of the ‘Publishers and Booksellers Guild’ of Kolkata.

The stall of ‘Penguin Random’ was a big big one, both area wise and content wise. They had so many books of various types, attracting much crowd.

We visited the stall of ‘Gita Press’, Gorakhpur. After hearing the recent disheartening news about the closure of the publication house, we were very happy to find the stall in the fair, with many books in many languages. And as always, the stall was crowded :).

Here is a unique decoration by papers, in the stall of ‘Bharati Bhavan’.

There was an exhibition of Manuscripts in one of the halls. They displayed many old manuscripts of various languages, mentioning the writer, the time of composition and the language. It was wonderful to go through them.  It war organised by the ‘National Mission for Manuscripts’. Very sincere work they are doing.  Here in this exhibition, general public could have a look at their endeavors which otherwise we don't have any other way to know.

 

In the same room there were the photos and information about the World Heritage Sites of India. We enjoyed that as well. The whole exhibition was named - Vividh Bharat.

In the afternoon we took lunch at the Food Court. Nice ambiance there.

There is a lake at Pragati Maidan in the middle of the halls. The lake has many fountains in it. Here is the picture of some of them :).

I was very happy to visit the fair. The enthusiasm which was noticed in the visitors about books were so encouraging! It opposed the idea that books have become less popular these days. Being a Sunday, the fair became really crowded in the afternoon, when we were returning home. Book Fair is characterized by this gathering of people, the jostling and pushing in the stalls have a distinctive charm altogether, so familiar in any book fair J.

We visited many many stalls, here mentioned the names of only a few.

I wish the fair to do a good business in the city.

With lots of best wishes.


Hari Aum.

A visit to Chittaranjan Park, Delhi

A few months back, we went to Chittaranjan Park. I enjoyed the visit, as always :). We had a darshan of Ma Kali, Mahadev, and Radha Krishna idols at the three temples.

A handicrafts fair was also going on in the premises.

I was quite excited to notice that a garden and fountain in the temple premises were inaugurated by Mrs Anita Pfaff, daughter of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

We also visited Market I and bought some bengali articles. And yes, we bought some Bengali books and magazines :)

We took lunch in the canteen of the C R Park mandir. Food and ambiance - both are our favourite.

It was a nice day J

Jai Shri Krishna.

Visit to C. R. Park Kali Mandir

Dear Friends, We went to Chittaranjan Park Kalibari during Holi and enjoyed the trip a lot! It was a blissful one! I can't describe the feeling I went through while staying in the guest house of the mandir. It is a Kali Mandir, which also has a 'Shiv Ling' and a Radhe-Krishna Mandir in it. I have tried to include all the pictures in this post so that you can get an idea about the madir and the area around it. The first picture under this post is of the Temple itself, then we have the Shivlinga and the Idol of Kali Mata. The walls have so many sculptures on them. We have Shiv- Durga, Shri Chaitanya, 'the Swaragarohan of Yudhishthira'- to name few. I have included all thes pics here. And there was one photo where Shri Ramkrishna and Sadara Devi can be ssen sitting in front of the idol of Kali Mata - I loved the pic and clicked a photo of it. The last picture is of a magazine which I brought from C R Park having the cover story of Shri Chaitanya, as it has such a nice painting of Him, I decided to click that one too:). The highlight of the trip was a Satyanarayan Puja we attended at the evening before Holi. I was filled with Bliss while attending it. The picture is at the top of this post. Very nice ambience in the courtyard of the temple... We also attended the Evening Aarti of Kali Mandir, Shiv Mandir and the Radhe-Krishna Mandir- those moments were also very very Divine! A Blessed trip indeed!

Jai Shri Krishna!

Visiting the Hanumaanji Temple in Karol Bagh

Dear Friends, we went to the famous Hanumaanji temple near Karol Bagh recently. I really liked the temple. It has the world's highest statue of hanumaanji in it, which can be seen from the nearby locality as well as from the Metro route. The views is really amazing! The Statue has Shri Ram along with Sita Mata inside the chest of hanumaanji, which looks so Divine, as you can find out from the pictures in the internet!! The temple is a small one but it has 'puja sthal' for different gods as well. I Loved the ambience of the temple, it is very very simple, quite, without any frivolous activity. Though you can have the 'darshan' of the Hanumaanji idol from the outside only, inside there are some other deities as well- Shivji, Mata Vaishno Devi and Ganga Maiya.

Visiting the temple was really a Wonderful experience :) 

Do visit this serene temple sometime :)

 Jai Bajrangbali!