DPC Announces Day Trip to Dauji Ka Huranga on 3rd March 2018
Delhi Photography Presents Dauji ka Kuranga Date : 3rd March 2018
Day Trip to Dauji ka HUranga
Unique opportunity to Click the wet Holi and Colors
The festival of Holi is celebrated in the small town of Baldeo located at a distance of about 20 km from Mathura by the name of Dauji Ka Huranga.
Description:
The most striking characteristic of Dauji ka Huranga is that here Lord Balaram or Baldeo replaces Lord Krishna as the presiding deity of the festival. There is a temple dedicated to him in the heart of the town and that is the prime spot of the celebrations.
A wild craze marks the festivities. Men and women assemble within the premises of the temple by afternoon. Sangeet Samaj, a kind of devotional music fills the atmosphere. Then they drench each other with hues of myriad color. The ambience is very colorful and joyous. From the roofs of the temple women pour buckets of colored water on the men.
The men tear off their clothes. Whips are made of these clothes and are used to beat the men up. It is all done in the right spirit. However the men are not permitted to touch the women or remove the veil from their faces.
You have no respite even if you are an on looker. You will be dragged into the merrymaking and soaked in colors. But there is no doubt that it is thoroughly enjoyable. Fun, frolic and loads of delight mark the Dauji ka Huranga.
Time for celebrating the Dadjee Ka Huranga in Baldeo, Uttar Pradesh
It is celebrated two days after the day on which Holi is celebrated throughout the country. Holi is celebrated on full moon day in the month of Phalgun. Dauji Ka Huranga comes two days later. This year it is celebrate on 3rd march 2018
Jay dauji
Trip Details :
Date 3rd March 2018
Travel Details: Leave Delhi for Baldeo mathura by AC Tempo Traveller
Meeting Place: IIT Delhi, main gate
Timings: 6.00 am (pls be there 15mins prior to departure)
Breakfast on the way to Mathura
Cost :
2000 for DPC Members
2500 For Non DPC Members
Breakfast , Lunch and Evening snacks included
Hues of Lodhi Garden : Photowalk by Delhi Photography Club
During this season Lodhi garden offer beautiful colors of flowers and Nature .
Enjoy the amazing blue sky of Delhi this Feb
During British Raj, it was landscaped by Lady Willingdon, wife of Governor-General of India, Marquess of Willingdon, and hence named the ‘Lady Willingdon Park’ upon its inauguration on April 9, 1936, and 1947, after Independence, it was given its present name, Lodi Gardens.
As there is little architecture from these two periods remaining in India, Lodi Gardens is an important place of preservation. The tomb of Mohammed Shah is visible from the road, and is the earliest structure in the gardens. The architecture is characterised by the octagonal chamber, with stone chhajjas on the roof and guldastas on the corners.
The tomb of Mohammed Shah, the last of the Sayyid dynasty rulers, the earliest of the tombs in the garden, was built in 1444 by Ala-ud-din Alam Shah as a tribute to Mohammed Shah.
After the 15th century Sayyid and Lodi dynasties, two villages grew around the monuments, but the villagers were relocated in 1936 in order to create the gardens.
Another tomb within the gardens is that of Sikander Lodi, which is similar to Mohammed Shah’s tomb, though without the chhatris, it was built by his son Ibrahim Lodi in 1517, the last of Sultan of Delhi from Lodi dynasty, as he was defeated by Babur.
It is a simple rectangular structure on a high platform approached by a flight of steps. The tomb was renovated by the British, and an inscription mentioning Ibrahim Lodi’s defeat at the hands of Babur and the renovation was included in 1866.
Note:Closest Metro Station : Jor Bagh
Please Note : if you register and confirm that you will be attending and do not turn up, you have denied someone as enthusiastic as you, a chance of the walk. Therefore, please register and confirm only if you are reasonably certain to make it on the day 🙂
DPC Announces Photo Bus to Kila Raipur (Rural Olympics)
Each year in February , Ludhiana becomes the destination for hundreds of sports enthusiasts, including foreigners flocking Kila Raipur to see the special breed of bullocks, camels, dogs, mules and other animals competing in highly professional events.
In 1946, Mr. Bakhsish Singh was instrumental in getting the most popular event of the Games – the Bullock Cart Race – introduced and in later years many more added.
It is to be seen to be believed, so here is the detailed itinerary of Kila Raipur.
Date of Journey: 2nd Feb, Friday
Timings: At 10.00 pm leave Delhi for Ludhiana(pls be there 15mins prior to departure)
Meeting Place is at SDA Market opposite IIT Delhi.
Day I- 3rd Feb
Saturday: Reach Ludhiana at around 7 am to 8 am (depending on fog).
Post Lunch: Again to Olympics site and capture all that it has to offer in the most mesmerizing sporting events.
Day II- 4th Feb
Sunday: Early Morning rush to the Olympics site according to the calendar of activities and activities of interest
Departure: Leave for Delhi at 6.00 pm and reach Delhi by mid-night.
Other Important Details:
Stay: will be on twin sharing basis at Hotel
Mode of travel: We will be travelling in an AC TEMPO traveller together.
What Gear to carry?
Can tag your camera, tripod, wide angle lenses and zoom lenses (depending on what your interest is). Comfortable shoes, shades and sunscreen, sweaters, batteries and memory card etc. And needless to say – enthusiasm in abundance!
Meal: Simple vegetarian meals will be provided by the club
The group will follow the itinerary mentioned above, however if one wants to visit places at one owns will, can visit accordingly on their own.
Expenses covered: Group transfers, Food, boarding and lodging
Fee: Rs. 7500 per person (Includes travel, food, lodging and entry tickets. Does not include tickets for camera and equipment if any)
For DPC members, the fee is Rs.6500 per person.
Please carry the rest of the amount with you (only cash) 🙂 You can also pay the remaining amount at our club in Shahpur Jat Village.
Please note:
1. Registration fee is refundable if one drops out 7 days prior to this trip but transferable due to advance payment on accommodation reservations.
2. Registration fee is non-refundable as well as non-transferable, if one drops-out 3 days prior to this trip.
3. In case the registration payment is not received, if you are not coming for the trip, please let us know as soon as possible because other photography enthusiasts will be getting the opportunity to go on this trip.
For clarifications and/or communication, please contact Virendra Singh 08826712162.
