Spring Travelling?! These are the Places for you
When the leaves fall, when new leaves bloom, when buds blossom spreading magic all around it is the onset of the spring season. This season in India starts from mid-February and lasts till April. It is considered one of the most beautiful seasons in the country. During this time, the maximum temperature settles around 32 °C.
As per Hindu Calendar, these months are known as Chaitra and Baisakh. It is also the time for some important Hindu festivals including Vasant Panchami, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Holi, Rama Navami, Vishu, Bihu, Baisakhi, Puthandu, and Hanuman Jayanti. Here are the places you can plan to visit in March in India :
Darjeeling:
Known for awesome climate, delicious food & breathtaking landscapes. Darjeeling is the right kind of Destination for a visit in March.
Nestled among the rolling mountains with the shining Mt Kanchenjunga towering over the cyanic sky, Darjeeling is famed as “Queen of the Hills”, provides a perfect getaway for those seeking to be in harmony with nature. This is the land of the widely famed for its flavoured Darjeeling tea recommended by connoisseurs across the globe. It also has the heritage Darjeeling Himalayan Railway where the century-old miniature steam engine still chugs uphill vying for space with the fast disappearing Land Rovers. “Flowers are everywhere. The days are cold and the sun almost seems to play hide and seek with us”. – Kabiguru Rabindranath Tagore.
Wayanad:
This picturesque little hill station will welcome you with a flavorful aroma of spices.
Adorning the northern hills of Kerala is the beautiful district of Wayanad. This area is famous for its large amount of camping and trekking trails, breathtaking waterfalls, caves, bird-watching sites, flora, fauna, and an overall plethora of magnificent sights. It has been a tourist favourite over the years. People are especially delighted by the range of exotic products including spices, coffee, tea, bamboo products, honey, and herbal plants available here. Still mostly uninhabited by humans it’s a solace for a peace-loving crowd.
Munnar:
The onset of spring in March adds to the charm of mesmerizing Munnar. The rolling hills around this hill station are South India’s largest tea-growing region, which is carpeted in emerald-green tea plantations, contoured, clipped, and sculpted like ornamental hedges. The low Western Ghats scenery is magnificent – you’re often up above the clouds watching veils of mist clinging to mountaintops. Munnar itself is a little crowded traffic-clogged administration hub, just like any North Indian hill station, but wander just a few kilometres out and you’ll be engulfed in a sea of a thousand shades of green.
Nainital:
Sitting at the foothills of gorgeous Kumaon mountains, this beauty of a place easily tops the charts of places to visit in March. The moment you enter the Nainital district, you step into a magical, new, parallel world. With the best tourist places to visit in Nainital, the transition to the scenic splendor of the likes of the place is a treat to the senses, a characteristic balming bliss of an experience that one can only understand through the live experience.
Mahabaleshwar:
Are you a strawberry person? Then you are in for a heaven of strawberries once you enter Mahabaleshwar! It is also a sacred pilgrimage place for Hindus as the Krishna river originates from here. Once a summer capital of the British, the hill station of Mahabaleshwar comprises ancient temples, boarding schools, manicured and lush green dense forest, waterfalls, hills, valleys. It is often used as a base to visit the magnificent Pratapgad Fort, located an hour away.
Varanasi:
The best time to visit this place of pilgrimage is March the weather is mostly pleasant during this time making it comfortable for the pilgrims to visit all temples & Ghats. Varanasi is the typical India of your imagination. This is one of the world’s oldest continually inhabited cities, and one of the holiest in Hinduism. Pilgrims come to the Ganges here to wash away sins in the sacred waters, to cremate their loved ones, or simply to die here, hoping for liberation from the cycle of rebirth.
Rameswaram:
A perfect place for beach lovers & also for pilgrimage Rameshwaram, an unspoiled and quiet town, lying in the state of Tamil Nadu is one of the best places to visit in India in March and a part of the enchanting Pamban Island is a perfect getaway during the month of March. The town is connected to the rest of the country via the famous Pamban channel. The Mannar Island in Sri Lanka is about 1,403 km away from Rameshwaram. Rameshwaram is regarded as one of the holy places of the Hindus and a must-visit during the Char Dham Yatra or the holy pilgrimage.