In a singular report, a three-member crew from Pune has efficiently accomplished a drive by way of the borders of India. The truth is, that they had drawn the map of India by their automotive route!
The trio of Jaykumar Anadkat, Pooja Padiya and Sonesh Mehra are from ‘PlacesAroundPune’, the Pune-based membership devoted to serving to folks fulfill their journey desires. They accomplished the mission in a matter of round 70 days. Journey and journey are the frequent hyperlinks between them.
The #MapMyCountry initiative was throughout 21,000 km, 26 states and Union Territories, 52 cities and 251-plus journey locations.
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They began their journey on February 27 from Magarpatta Metropolis in Pune and on Monday returned to the identical location finishing their distinctive journey of kinds.
“The experience was by way of the periphery of India masking all of the bordering states and thus drawing the India map by the automotive route,” Anadkat stated. They began from Pune clockwise and visited Dwarka and Koteshwar temples within the excessive west, Kashmir within the North, Kaho in Arunachal, the primary village of India within the excessive east and Dhanushkodi Rameshwar and Kanyakumari within the southernmost tip of India.
They touched six worldwide borders of India with international locations like Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
“Together with these, we lined all of the bordering 26 states and UTs which additionally contains lesser explored ‘Seven Sisters’ states of North East India and exploring quite a few locations on our manner summing as much as a complete of 21000 km drive in 70 days,” the adventurers informed DH over the cellphone earlier than their return journey.
Family and friends members of the trio had been there in Pune to welcome them. “It is a distinctive feat of drawing the map of India by way of the automotive route,” stated Nimish Gupta, an avid trekker, journey freak, mountaineer, bike owner and runner.
They witnessed excessive weathers — 45° diploma C warmth in Rajasthan, -5° C temperature and snow in Srinagar, heavy downpours in Assam, hailstorms in Himachal in addition to Dzukou valley in Nagaland, and intensely humid climate within the southern states.
“We ventured into the wildest of the wild forests, doing jungle safari, off-roading, boat experience in mangrove forests and traversing mountains by way of bamboo bridges,” they stated.
They witnessed the primary dawn of India in addition to probably the most lovely sundown throughout the southwest coastal seashores of India.
“We had superior moments being a part of conventional cultural festivals sporting conventional attire. We soaked into probably the most energetic vibes by doing native conventional dance and singing. We indulged in scrumptious meals starting from the spiciest one to easy boiled veggies, the tangy chats to yummy candy delicacies. We obtained to know in regards to the vary of tribal in addition to historical historical past by visiting palaces, and museums and understanding fascinating info about every place,” the group stated.
Jaykumar Anadkat, Pooja Padiya and Sonesh Mehra come from completely different backgrounds.
Jaykumar is the founding father of PlacesAroundPune and is an journey and journey fanatic, mountaineer and motorcycle lover, bike owner and marathoner.
A software program engineer by career, Pooja is an knowledgeable in Himalayan treks and an lively bike owner and social employee.
Sonesh can be a software program engineer by career however by ardour is an knowledgeable Himalaya trekker and an authorized scuba diver.
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