टूटे आईनेको जोडकर एक तसविर बनाऊ
सैकड़ो अक्सोका का जश्न आज मैं मनाउ
खोया तुझे कई बार, अब रुक्सत न चाहू
तेरा जुनून मेंरा फितूर आज मै मनाउ
मंजिले जुदा है पर कुछ कदम साथ चलु
मुख़्तसर सफर जिंदगीभर मै मनाउ
मौसम बदलते रहेंगे, उन्हें न रोक सकु
तेरे जानेसे पहले रुत ए बहार मै मनाउ
मोड़ बदलती रहती है जिंदगी, सोचु
और एक मुलाक़ात का जश्न कभी मै मनाउ
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| A de'light'ful experience: The village is decorated with plenty of lamps placed everywhere including in and around the house, on the bridge, and open places. |
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| View from the watchtower. The place is spread around in not less than 10 acres. |
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| Various kind of typical folk dance performances keeps on going around: Dance, Puppetry. Drawing Mehandi on hand is an attraction for tourists apart from other paintings and art form. |
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| Food is served in traditional style. Normally group of about 20 people seated in a rectangular fashion and bonfire at the center fuelled with pure ghee. |
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| Typical thali served initially. More and more food items keep on coming too fast. Food made in lots of ghee. |
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| And you can take a photo with Rajasthani headgear. |
Keonjhar, a beautiful Odia district, once was a small princely state. Keonjhar served as a capital where the king Dhanurjay Narayan Bhanjadeo built a small palace sometime between 1861 and 1905. After India become the republic, the Royals slowly left the palace due to some or other reason. Lack of attention deteriorated the beauty of the small castle. Nowadays, the palace is not open for public; however, two temples nearby are. One is Maa Tarini temple located inside the palace. After sunset, this part of Keonjhar is frightening. No lights, no directions and feels like it's a typical ghost-Bangalow. 
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| The road network decently connects the inner parts of the tribal region. However, there is a complete absence of the public transport. People mostly use a bicycle or shared four wheeler to travel to Jagdalpur. A small family of three going on bicycle even up to 5 kilometres or so is a common picture. |
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A typical house from the area. Slices of limestones used for the ceiling is the attraction. The limestone is also used to make fencing and due to patterns, it looks so beautiful. A cluster of up to 10 to 20 houses makes a small village which can sometimes at quite a distance from the other village. |
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| Police also need protection. Due to constant fear of attack from Naxalites, police stations in the area becomes almost a fort. A station is protected by barbed wire fence, speed breakers, floodlights, armed gunmen, etc. Logic is to build confidence in the citizens and make them believe in the system |
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| Tribal women selling goods. In most tribal communities, women are the head f the family. She works, earns and also takes the major decisions for the family. This is the main reason why one will notice more women on the road, in the market as compared to me. |
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| Khandadhar is located at about 95 Km from the nearest town Rourkela. The road is absolutely smooth and takes very near the hill hosting the fall. Frome the entrance, one has to ascend about 150 steps to reach near the waterfall. |
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| Khandadhar waterfall is located in the picturesque location surrounded by the evergreen hills. On cloudy days, the play of light and shadow assures dramatic landscapes. |
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| The water flows down from the small natural pool situated beneath the waterfall. These streams is an interesting capture during the post monsoon season when the water is apt to produce a photograph showing a smooth-water-flow. |
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| Valley as seen, Khadndadhar fall on the backside |
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| A small pool naturally created by the falls is certainly great fun to take a bath in. Tourists gather in a huge number on this spot, especially during the winter months. Though pool and the nearby area seems innocent, falls has caused some deaths mostly because over enthusiastic and drunk tourists. |
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| A complete view of the falls - to get this one has to climb down through the stream. The pool is somewhere in the mid of this photo. |
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| Downstream |
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| Indian Nawab |
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| Baronet |
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| Yamfly |
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| Robber fly |
