Birla Mandir, popularly known as Lakshmi Narayan Mandir is a famous landmark of Delhi, situated at mandir marg, 1.5 km from Connought Place – the heart of New Delhi. The temple is mainly dedicated to Lord Vishnu – the preserver of Hindu Trinity and Goddess Lakshmi – the goddess of money & asset and wife of Lord Narayan, but the idols of other deities are also present there.

This holy temple is made by Birla family – a famous entrepreneur family in 1938 that took six years (1933-1938) to finish the grand and gorgeous symbol of Hindu devotion and was opened by the ‘Father of the Nation’ Mahatma Gandhi on the state condition of ‘allowing everybody especially the untouchables to enter in the premise and perform worship there.

The temple was built in Orissan style with modern concept and construction. The architecture of the shrine attracts the devotees and tourists with its beautiful design, paintings and craft works. The highest tower in the temple reaches a height of 165 feet while the subsidiary towers reach 116 feet. The entire complex, especially the walls and the upper gallery are full of paintings that enhance the beauty and glory of the famous shrine. The white marbles and red stones are primarily used in building the exteriors and icons of the temple.

This biggest chamber is dedicated to Lord Narayan and Goddess Lakshmi, while architectural beautiful Geeta Bhawan is dedicated to Lord Krishna – the incarnate of Lord Vishnu. Among other shrines, The shrine complexes of Lord Shiv, Ganesh, Hanuman, Budhdha and goddess Durga are also situated in the temple complex. The shoka (rhyme) of holy Vedas are being chanted the whole day in the complex.

The temple is opened through out the day but in Janmashtami – the birth day of lord Krishna and Deepawali, this famous temple is decorated like beautiful bride and attracts most on these days. In weekdays, Friday is the most recommended day of visiting there due to being the special day of goddess Lakshmi.

To visiting there is extremely easy due to its prime location. The visitors can take, bus, auto rickshaw, taxi aur rickshaw from various point of Delhi. Visitors can also reach there from metro train as the nearest metro station is Ram Krishna Ashram Station while New Delhi station is the nearest railway station.

Tanzania is one of the most important wildlife nations in Africa. About 18 % of the nation is restrained as state-run game or parks and forest reserves, and wildlife is up till now present in considerable quantity out of these sheltered regions. It is calculated that 88 % of the tourism to this country is wildlife-based. Tourism is at the moment the best ever growing industry in Tanzania and the second major International currency earner. At the same moment wildlife is substantially important to the village people, moreover as a danger to existence and belongings or as a resource of protein supply against the law.

The twelve-monthly wildebeest relocation crossways the Serengeti is one of the accepted wonders and you must focus on optimizing surveillance of this occasion. You also visit Tarangire National Park, which haves the second major inhabitants of mammals per square Km within Africa.

Begin safaris with a stopover to the gorgeous Arusha Park that haves a jungle on the mountain slope of Mt. Meru and the supernatural Ngurdoto Crater. You will see here plentiful wildlife and by chance will see the uncommon Black & White Colobus monkeys.

You should carry on to Tarangire National Park, best known for its big herds of elephant and distinguishing baobab trees. The open shrub country is exceptional bird surroundings and it holds a quantity of fascinating mammals, like dikdik which can be seen from near.

Serengeti National Park, the majestic old wildlife-safari park, Serengeti’s gigantic golden plains are unbelievable and crowded with critters, though multy million of them will lead for Kenya’s water holes anytime between May and July so do make sure with trip operators on timing if you wish to travel the great Serengeti plains. A large amount of tourists get there through Arusha.

Best Season to Visit - December to February, and June to September

Center of Attraction - cheetah, elephant, wildebeest, lion, wild buffalo, leopard, rhinoceros, zebras, hippos, giraffes, hyenas etc.

Sri Lanka is a small island country and is a multy religion society. The Hindus, Buddhists, Christians and Muslims live here. Some parts of Sri Lanka are not peaceful especially Northern because of war like situation with LTTE and state forces. So the places of unrest must be avoided. It has many Buddhist and Hindu pilgrimage places, peoples, devotees and pilgrims from all over the world and inside Sri Lanka comes to these places to see, pray and worship and bring back peace of mind, happiness and satisfaction which ultimately results in prosperity of families. Colombo is the capital of Sri Lanka and is a place of major tourist attraction worldwide. Colombo is very well connected by air with Chennai, Thiruvananthpuram, Bangkok, Singapore, Dubai, London etc.

Temple of Tooth (Dalda Maligawa)
It is one of the most pious Buddhist pilgrimage place in the world. Situated in Kandy it houses “Lord Buddha’s Sacred Tooth.”

Adam’s Peak
Adam’s Peak is sacred to all 4 religions in Sri Lanka. It is a 2244 meters high conical shaped mountain. Scene of Sunrise is mesmerizing from here.

Anuradhapura
Interesting Places to Visit Anuradhapura :

• Sri Maha Bodhi Tree
• Thuparma Dagoba
• Ruvanveli Dagoba
• Jatavana Dagoba
• Abhayagiri Dagoba
• Samadhi Buddha
• Isurumuniya
• Mihintale
• Awkana
• Kuttam Pokuna

Munneswaram
On the west coast, worship here at Kovil. It is one of the five famous “Eeswaram Kovils” of Sri Lanka.

Trincomalee
Tiru Koneswaram Kovil, also known as Dakshina (south) Kailasham stands on the top of Swami Rock. It is a highly respected place of worship consecrated to Lord Shiva.

Katirkamam
At Sella Katirkama take holy bath in the “Manikka Gangai”.
See and worship at the Maha Devale and Ganapati Kovil.
See and worship at the temples of Lord Vishnu, Valli Amma and Teyvani Amma.

Colombo
Murugan Temple in Colombo Kompanavidya.
Gintupitiya Murugan Kovil.