This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to a traveler and product manager, Anaya Vats, as she takes us to the princess of hills!

Today's destination: Kodaikanal!!

Nearest Airport: Madurai International airport (IXM)

Nearest Railway Station: Kodaikanal railway station (KQN)

Requirements: n/a

Packing: Pack depending on the weather, winters are cool and summers can be HOT!

Time of the year: June to Feb

Length of the itinerary: 7 days

Itinerary Highlights:

Ananya covers some of the highlights from her trip to Kodaikanal, which started out as a weekend getaway but turned into a longer workcation. Some of the points of interest covered on the podcast include

• Dolphin’s nose
• Waterfalls including - Silver cascade waterfall, Bear Shola waterfall, Liril waterfalls, Pambar waterfalls
• Lakes including Kodaikanal lake, Mannavanur lake, Kookal lake
• Poombrai village
• Pine forest
• Coaker’s walk
• Guna caves or Devil’s kitchen
• Pillar rocks
• View points
• Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
• Food - including Altaf’s cafe, Abby’s cafe, Mia’s treats, Astoria

Links:

Link to Ananya’s newsletter:

https://ananyavats.substack.com/

Link to Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/ananya_vats?igsh=MXFmOXJ4NTFqcHpvaw==

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This week, The Musafir Stories speaks to returning guest, Aditya Worah, a traveler and audio producer as he takes us to New Delhi

Today's destination: New Delhi!!

Nearest Airport: Indira Gandhi International airport (DEL)

Nearest Railway Station: New Delhi railway station (NDLS)

Requirements: n/a

Packing: Pack depending on the weather, winters can be cool and summers can be HOT!

Time of the year: October to Nov

Length of the itinerary: 1 days

Itinerary Highlights:

The walk begins at Lodhi Gardens, following which one moves through Delhi’s iconic Khan Market with its book stores and eateries, and then passes through the Judah Hyam Hall, North India’s only Synagogue. We then pass through an ‘Art Nukkad’, move across the Taj Hotel, and reach the corridors of power, where MPs, Judges, Civil Servants, and top names of the Armed forces reside. We now reach India Gate, and the Central Vista Zone, pass through a museum and an art gallery, walk across the Grand Masonic Lodge as we enter the commoner’s road from the King’s way, pass Jantar Mantar, a Mughal-era observatory, which is better-known these days for the protests around it. After a near-10,000-step walk, We finally reach Connaught Place, with its cinemas, shops, and eateries, truly the heart of Delhi.

• Understanding ‘New Delhi’
• • The cities of Delhi
  • What, Where, is ‘New Delhi’
  • Shift of the capital from Calcutta to Delhi
• Lodhi Gardens
• Khan Market
• • Partition and History
  • Bookstores
  • Khushwant Singh, Sujan Singh Park and Sir Sobha Singh
• Judah Hyam Hall
• Street Art Nukkad and Delhi Street Art
• Corridor of Power
• • ‘Lutyens Delhi’
  • LBS Memorial
  • 10 Janpath
  • AICC
  • VP’s Home

• India Gate
• • Central Vista
  • Kingsway to Rajpath to Kartavya Path
  • Janpath
  • National Museum
  • NGMA
• Jantar Mantar, Dissent and Dosa
• • Kutty’s
  • Kerala House
• Agrasen ki Baoli
• Connaught Place
• • Historic Overview
  • Moving around CP
  • Cinemas of CP
  • • In and around Regal
    • Rivoli
    • Plaza
    • Odeon
  • The Bollywood Mural
  • Dhoomimal Art Gallery
• Food
• Conclusion

Correa and Stein - connecting CP and Lodhi - a note on the architecture in and around Lodhi Gardens and ‘Steinabad’, and on Charles Correa’s Jeevan Bharati building at CP. A walk that begins with one great architect and ends with another.

Map Link: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1yfha9m5qJXS4TdvYlseOyPZ0tBg0ULU&usp=sharing

Links:

Link to Aditya’s twitter: Worah | #WalkingInDelhi (@psychedelhic) / ...X · psychedelhic1.6K+ followers

Link to website: http://adityaworah.in/whois/

Link to the KBC clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cpAYSw4c5s

Link to the Old Delhi episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/74UpUSZOB2qX9evCHx8NKV?si=5hd5ZQ-RQA6L_UvD-ARraA

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