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Nanded is a heavenly town in state of Maharashtra, India. It is 650 kms east of Mumbai by road: approximately an 11 hour drive and 250km from Hyderabad, Telangana. Sachkhand Express is a special superfast train which starts from Amritsar, Punjab and reaches Nanded in 34 hours 10 minutes roughly. Nanded is connected to all major airports in India, like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Delhi to name a few. Medieval Miniature Painting showing Guru Gobind Singh, Himachal State Museum, Shimla Sri Hazur Sahib is the principle Sikh shrine, and a part of five Takhts (throne). It marks the site where Sri Guru Gobind Singh Ji (The last Sikh Guru) had his camp in 1708 and left for his heavenly abode (Parlok Gaman). It was here in first week of September in 1708, when Guru Ji baptized Bairagi Sadhu Madho Das to Sikhism and named him Banda Singh Bahadur (Gurudwara Banda Singh Ji marks this event). “The Eternal Father willed and I raised the Panth. All my Sikhs are hereby ordered to accep...

Apurva Kohli standing in front of the Former Prince of Wales Museum As someone who has known Shriya Gautam almost all her life as well as one's own, a must do when one visits a new city is to ask Shriya where to go and what to explore. The visit to this Museum was a result of one such inquisitive conversation with Shriya. She told me to visit the Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai, where I was headed in March 2016. After we arrived at the Gateway of India from the trip to Elephanta Caves(more on that later!), I with two of my friends, Priyanka and Geetanjali went on in search of the Museum. It was only when we reached a certain Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalya, when we realise that our destination was reached.Yes, this was the new name of Prince of Wales Museum. It was already 4pm when we entered the Museum and came to know that it closes at 6pm. We only had a few hours to cover the huge place, so we quickly bought the tickets at a very nominal rate. On...