Ukungena ezimangalisweni eziningi zaseNdiya kufana nokuvula isifuba esigcwele izinto eziyingqayizivele nezijabulisayo. Phakathi kobucwebe, uzothola i-Taj Mahal ebabazekayo kanye nokukhanga okungaqondakali kwe-Varanasi, ngakunye kuhlinzeka ngesango lokuya kuhambo olucebisayo. I-India iyindawo yalabo abalangazelela ukucwila ekujuleni kwamasiko, bamangale ngobuhle bemvelo, noma bafune ukukhula ngokomoya. Ngakho-ke, ngentshiseko yakho njengomqondisi wakho, ake sihlole inqwaba yamagugu aphethwe yileli zwe elimangalisayo.
Izwe laseNdiya inezimpawu zendawo nomuzwa ohlinzeka ngenani lezintshisekelo. Kubathandi bomlando, isimangaliso sezakhiwo Taj Mahal in Agra isitshela indaba engapheli yothando, kuyilapho idolobha lasendulo lase-Varanasi linikeza amazwibela emicikilisho engokomoya namasiko agcinwe eminyakeni eyinkulungwane.
Abathandi bemvelo bazothola induduzo emanzini angemuva aseKerala noma ebuhleni obumangelengele be-Himalaya, obunganikeli nje ukubukwa okumangalisayo kodwa nethuba lokuxhumana nemvelo ngezinga elijulile.
Indwangu yamasiko yaseNdiya inothile futhi ihlukahlukene, isifunda ngasinye sinikeza inhlanganisela yaso eyingqayizivele yamasiko, ukudla, nobuciko. Ukusebenzelana nemiphakathi yendawo, ukuthatha amasampula ezibiliboco zesifunda, nokuhambela amafestivali endabuko kunganikeza imininingwane ejulile ngamagugu amasiko ezwe. Isibonelo, imibala egqamile nemikhuba ye-Diwali, umkhosi wezibani, ikhombisa ukuthanda kwe-India ukugubha kanye nokubaluleka kwayo okungokomoya okucashile.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuzibophezela kweNdiya ekulondolozeni nasekuvikeleni izilwane zasendle kubonakala eziqiwini zayo eziningi nezindawo ezigcina izilwane zasendle. Ukuvakashela eRanthambore National Park, edume ngokubona amahlosi, akugcini nje ngokujabulisa kodwa futhi kufundisa izivakashi ngokubaluleka kokongiwa kwezilwane zasendle.
Empeleni, i-India iyizwe lapho okwedlule namanje kuhlangana khona, linikeza amathuba angapheli okuthola nokukhula komuntu siqu. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngokuhlola amatshe esikhumbuzo asendulo, ukuhlanganyela namasiko ahlukahlukene, noma ukujabula ngobuhle bawo bemvelo, isipiliyoni ngasinye eNdiya siyisinyathelo sokuqonda ukujula nokwehlukahlukana kwaleli zwe elimangalisayo.
Varanasi at Dawn
Njengoba kuntwela ezansi phezu kwe-Varanasi, eyaziwa nabaningi ngokuthi i-Banaras noma i-Kashi, idolobha lasendulo livuka ngamandla azolile kodwa adlangile. Leli dolobha, elingelinye lezindawo ezindala ezihlala abantu njalo eMhlabeni, linesimo esingcwele phakathi kwamaHindu. Njengoba ibekwe eduze komfula iGanges, ohlonishwa njengomfula ongcwele kunawo wonke kubuHindu, indawo yaseVaranasi yasekuseni ayimnandi neze.
Lapho kuqala ukukhanya kosuku, idolobha liyaphithizela. Okugqamile yi-Ganga Aarti e-Dashashwamedh Ghat, umcimbi oheha ukushiseka kwawo okungokomoya. Abapristi benza lesi siko ngokuzinikela, izingoma zabo kanye nokukhanya kwezibani kudala umoya wokuzinikela. Lo mcimbi udonsa abantu abavela kuzo zonke izigaba zempilo, babumbene ekuhlonipheni nasekubabazeni.
Omunye umsebenzi wasekuseni othandwayo uwukugibela isikebhe eGanges. Ukuzola kwamahora angaphambi kwesikhathi kukwenza kube isikhathi esikahle sokubona amasiko ansuku zonke ezakhamuzi zasendaweni osebeni lomfula, ngokumelene nesizinda sama-ghats namathempeli omlando. Lolu hambo lwesikebhe olunokuthula lunikeza umbono oyingqayizivele wenhliziyo engokomoya yedolobha.
Kulabo abazimisele ngokuhlola izici zamasiko e-Varanasi, ukuvakashela i-Akhara, noma inkundla yendabuko yokulwa, kuyaqondisisa. Ukubuka ama-wrestler ezivivinyweni zabo zasekuseni ngenkathi bezibandakanya nabo kunikeza amazwibela kulo mdlalo wakudala kanye nokubaluleka kwawo esikweni lendawo.
Njengoba idolobha livuka ngokugcwele, ukuzitika ngesidlo sasekuseni sase-Varanasi kuyimfuneko. Izibiliboco ezifana ne-kachori, i-jalebi, ne-lassi zinikeza isiqalo esimnandi sosuku, esihlanganisa isiko elicebile lokupheka ledolobha.
Ukuzwa i-Varanasi ekuseni kuwukubona umphefumulo wedolobha uphila. Kuyithuba lokuhlolisisa ingqikithi yomoya, ukuhlola amasayithi angcwele, nokucwiliswa endleleni yokuphila yasendaweni. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ujoyina i-Ganga Aarti, ujabulela ukugibela isikebhe esinokuthula, ukuvakashela i-akhara, noma ukudla okunomsoco wendabuko, i-Varanasi emahoreni okuqala inikeza uhambo olujulile nolungenakulibaleka.
I-Iconic Taj Mahal
Ukuhlola i-Varanasi kukucwilisa ngokujulile ku-aura yayo yokomoya namasiko acebile, kukunikeza isipiliyoni ongasoze wasikhohlwa. Ngokufanayo, i-Taj Mahal e-Agra ime njengobufakazi bothando nobuhlakani bezakhiwo, ikhanga abahambi ngobuhle bayo obumangalisayo. Lesi Siza Samagugu Omhlaba se-UNESCO, esakhiwe ngemabula emhlophe ehlanzekile nguMbusi uMughal u-Shah Jahan ekhumbula umkakhe, sichaza ukuphakama kwezakhiwo ze-Mughal futhi sidonsa izivakashi ezivela kuwo wonke umhlaba.
Njengoba usondela e-Taj Mahal, ubukhulu bayo bubamba ukunaka kwakho ngokushesha. Ubuhle obulinganayo besakhiwo, obuhlotshiswe ngemifanekiso eqoshiwe eyinkimbinkimbi nemibhoshongo emide, bubonisa ubuciko obuhle benkathi yaso, bukushiya ubambe ongezansi. Umbono wokuqala we-mausoleum ngokusebenzisa i-archway akuyona into emangalisa.
Ukuzwa i-Taj Mahal phakathi namahora agolide okuphuma noma ukushona kwelanga kunconywa kakhulu. I-facade yemabula, bathed in the gold light of the sun, iveza umbukwane onomlingo futhi ongasoze walibaleka. Sengikubonile lokhu ngokwami, ngingafakazela umthelela wako omangazayo—ingenye yezinto ezibonwayo ngempela.
Ngaphakathi kwe-mausoleum, imininingwane eyinkimbinkimbi nomoya onokuthula kuthwebula inhliziyo yakho. Amathuna asemaceleni ka-Shah Jahan nomkakhe afanekisela uthando lwabo olungapheli, enikeza isikhumbuzo esibuhlungu sokuzinikela kwabo. Bemi kulesi sikhala esingcwele, awukwazi ukuzibamba ushukunyiswa ukujula kothando lwabo.
Ukuvakashela e-Taj Mahal ngaphansi kwenyanga egcwele kunikeza isipiliyoni esingenakuqhathaniswa. Ukukhanya kwenyanga kusibekela i-mausoleum, kugqamisa ubuhle balo ngokukhazimula kwasezulwini, okwenza isakhiwo sibonakale sisihle nakakhulu.
Ngenkathi uku-Agra, ungaphuthelwa ithuba lokuhlola i-Baby Taj, noma i-Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah, igugu elincane kodwa elimangalisa ngokulinganayo. Ifanekisa umklamo nobungcweti be-Taj Mahal ngezinga elisondelene kakhulu, linikeza elinye ithuba lokubuka ifa elicebile lezakhiwo zenkathi ye-Mughal.
Le mininingwane yokuvakashela i-Taj Mahal nendawo eyizungezile akuwona nje amathiphu kubahambi kodwa amazwibela enhliziyo yobuhle bezakhiwo zase-India kanye nefa elihlala njalo lothando nobungcweti elikuchazayo. Noma ngabe ubuhle obumangalisayo be-mausoleum entathakusa noma kuhwalala, indaba ethinta inhliziyo yothando lwaphakade, noma ubukhazikhazi bezakhiwo bezikhumbuzo eziseduze, isici ngasinye sokuvakasha kwakho sikuxhumanisa ngokujulile namagugu anothile ase-India.
I-Khajuraho kanye ne-Kama Sutra
I-Khajuraho igqama njengetshe eliyigugu e-India, izivakashi ezihehayo ngamathempeli ayo asendulo awubuciko bobuciko nezakhiwo kusukela emakhulwini eminyaka edlule. Lawa mathempeli, aklanywe phakathi kwekhulu lesi-9 nele-12, awumbukiso wefa elicebile lamasiko ale ndawo.
Okugqamile e-Khajuraho ithempeli le-Tantric, elibungazwa ngezici zalo ezihlukile zezakhiwo kanye nokujula kwalo komlando. Leli thempeli linikeza ukuqonda ngemikhuba yasendulo yeTantra. Izithombe ezihlotshiswe ezindongeni ziletha ukuphila ngezimfundiso ze-Kama Sutra, umbhalo wesandla waseNdiya omdala okhuluma ngentshiseko nokusondelana, ziphile ngemininingwane emihle.
Ukuhamba emathempelini eKhajuraho kufana nohambo ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Imifanekiso eqoshiwe eqoshwe ngokucophelela nemifanekiso iveza isithombe esicacile sokuphila kwansuku zonke, eduze kwezidalwa zasenganekwaneni, onkulunkulu, nezithombe zaphezulu. Ukunemba kobungcweti kuyamangalisa, kubeka lawa mathempeli phakathi komklamo ophakeme wethempeli laseNdiya.
Ngaphandle kwamathempeli ayo, iKhajuraho inikeza ingcebo yokuhlangenwe nakho. Idolobhana ngokwalo likhipha ubuhle, kusukela ezimakethe zalo ezinempilo kanye nezitsha zangempela zamaNdiya kuya ekufudumaleni kwabantu bakhona. Izivakashi zingazulazula ngasechibini lesigodlo esihle noma zihlole enye yezimakethe zezinongo ezinkulu kakhulu emhlabeni esifundeni esizungezile i-Madhya Pradesh, zithole okusha ngaso sonke isikhathi e-Khajuraho, indawo egcwele umlando namasiko.
Amahlathi eSundarbans Mangrove
Njengoba iqhelelene nogu olusempumalanga ye-India, i-Sundarbans Mangrove Forests ime njengendawo enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni yomhlume ecosystem, ehlinzeka ngezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlobonhlobo zezinto eziphilayo nobuhle bemvelo. Le ndawo ye-UNESCO yamagugu omhlaba isebenza njengendawo yokuhlala ebalulekile yochungechunge lwezilwane zasendle kanye nesibonelo esiphilayo sobudlelwano be-symbiotic phakathi kwabantu nemvelo.
Ukungena kuma-Sundarbans kuyisipiliyoni esijulile esijabulisa zonke izinzwa. Le ndawo yaziwa ngamahlosi nezingwenya zaseBengal, ihlinzeka ngamathuba angenakuqhathaniswa okubona izilwane zasendle. Ukuze zibone ngeso lenyoni ihlathi eliluhlaza, izivakashi zingakhuphukela emibhoshongweni yokubuka, ziveze umkhathi omangalisayo wohlaza.
Ngaphandle kwezilwane zayo ezihlukahlukene, amaSundarbans agujwa ngamabhuloho awo amangalisayo aphilayo. Lawa mabhuloho, aklanywe ngokwemvelo yizimpande zezihlahla ezihlanganayo, anikeza indlela eyingqayizivele enqamula amazwe angamaxhaphozi, abonisa izindlela ezihlakaniphile imvelo evumelana ngayo nezimo futhi ichuma ngayo.
AbakwaSundarbans nabo babhekelela labo abafuna ukunotha ngokomoya. I-International Yoga Festival ebanjelwe lapha ihlinzeka ngendawo ezolile yokuvuselela kabusha, kuyilapho ithempeli legolide edolobheni eliseduze lase-Chandni Chowk lihlinzeka ngokuhlehla okuzolile ukuze uzindle futhi uzindle.
Ukuhlola ama-Sundarbans ngesikebhe eduze kwemifula yawo eyinyoka nemisele kuvumela izivakashi ukuthi zihlanganyele ngokugcwele ne-ecosystem yomhlume. Lolu hambo lunikeza umbono oseduze wamahlathi aminyene kanye nemisindo ehlukahlukene yabantu abahlala kuwo, okuthuthukisa ukuxhumana nemvelo.
Ukuhweba ngezinongo kwalesi sifunda kunezela olunye ungqimba lokunotha kwamasiko, izimakethe zendawo ezigcwele iphunga elimnandi lezinongo zaseNdiya. Lokhu akugcini nje ngokunikela kulwazi lwezinzwa kodwa futhi kugqamisa indima yama-Sundarbans endaweni ebanzi yamasiko nezomnotho yaseNdiya.
I-Thar Desert Camping
Ukusuka emahlathini aluhlaza we-Sundarbans, sikhangwa ubuhle be-Thar Desert e-Rajasthan, isibani sabahambi. Cabanga ngobuningi bezihlabathi ezisagolide ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esibanzi, umbono lapho i-Thar igqama khona ngezimanga zayo ezikhangayo, ihlanganisa okungokoqobo nokukhohlisayo. Njengoba kuhwalala, isibhakabhaka esiwugwadule sipenda imibala egqamile, sibeka indawo enhle kwabahlala ematendeni.
I-safari yekamela eThar ayikona nje ukugibela; kuwukuhlola ubuhle bemvelo. Ukushwibeka kwekamela nomoya wasogwadule kuletha umuzwa wokuthula okungenakuqhathaniswa. Lolu hambo oludabula ogwadule lungaphezu kokuhamba; kuwukucwiliswa ekuthuleni nasenkululekweni.
Ngalé kokuheha kwemvelo kogwadule, u-Jaisalmer wazisa izivakashi ngemidwebo yamasiko ecebile yaseNdiya. I-Jaisalmer Fort, isimangaliso sezakhiwo kanye neNdawo Yamagugu Omhlaba ye-UNESCO, imema abahloli bamazwe ukuthi bahlole umlando waseNdiya. Imizila yenqaba iholela ekutholweni kwamathempeli nezimakethe ezinempilo, enikeza ukunambitha Indawo yokudlela yaseNdiya nemisebenzi yezandla emihle.
Kulabo abahlabeke umxhwele ngokungaqondakali, idolobha lezipoki laseKuldhara linikeza uhambo olushaqisayo. Njengoba ilahliwe ngobusuku obubodwa, imigwaqo yaleli dolobhana ethule ihleba izindaba zesikhathi esidlule, ivusa ilukuluku nokumangala.
I-Thar Desert Camping ingaphezu kokubaleka; wuhambo lokuzitholela wena kanye nokucwiliswa kwamasiko. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ngaphansi kwezinkanyezi zasogwadule noma ekamu, ithembisa inkululeko nokuzidela. Lungiselela izikhwama zakho ze-Thar Desert, lapho umlingo waseNdiya ulindelwe khona.
