Nithin M Agarwal
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Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari
My Google Review # 000297
STRICT NO-NO!
Waste of time. Waste of money. Waste of public money. Waste of natural resources.
Pay INR 1000 per seat, with no refreshments for 3 hr trip in a 52 seater bus. You cannot get down anywhere. Only where they want, you get down, take selfies and hop back again, like trained monkeys. Bus guide keeps screaming a run-down speech asking you to look left or right for a 3 second glimpse of some studio sets far away! Seriously?? Is this how you give an experience?
Aim is to get you to the last point as fast as possible, which is a small set, only created for you guys. Here also, if you do not want to attend, you cannot come out of the set and stand on the road! The “bouncers” will keep asking you to not loiter around. No real stuff. Mismanaged dance shows, poorly lit wax studio having statues of pathetic Bollywood celebrities.
The canteen is run by a lost soul with his lost-in-transit team. Imagine 50 people placing PRE-PAID order for snacks & when the snacks arrive, the canteen says there is no water bottle or drinking water arrangement. You need to buy soft drinks!
The canteen is made on a military theme. But, most unpatriotic or disgusting thing was them pasting the gallantry medal pictures on the top of eating tables! How pathetic Bollywood can get, is easily experienced in these 3 hours.
No doubt, the average Indian is BOYCOTTING Bollywood, who do not have basic courtesy of treating guests, respecting our own India culture and are highly UNPATRIOTIC too.
Date of Experience: May 2022
STRICT NO-NO!
Waste of time. Waste of money. Waste of public money. Waste of natural resources.
Pay INR 1000 per seat, with no refreshments for 3 hr trip in a 52 seater bus. You cannot get down anywhere. Only where they want, you get down, take selfies and hop back again, like trained monkeys. Bus guide keeps screaming a run-down speech asking you to look left or right for a 3 second glimpse of some studio sets far away! Seriously?? Is this how you give an experience?
Aim is to get you to the last point as fast as possible, which is a small set, only created for you guys. Here also, if you do not want to attend, you cannot come out of the set and stand on the road! The “bouncers” will keep asking you to not loiter around. No real stuff. Mismanaged dance shows, poorly lit wax studio having statues of pathetic Bollywood celebrities.
The canteen is run by a lost soul with his lost-in-transit team. Imagine 50 people placing PRE-PAID order for snacks & when the snacks arrive, the canteen says there is no water bottle or drinking water arrangement. You need to buy soft drinks!
The canteen is made on a military theme. But, most unpatriotic or disgusting thing was them pasting the gallantry medal pictures on the top of eating tables! How pathetic Bollywood can get, is easily experienced in these 3 hours.
No doubt, the average Indian is BOYCOTTING Bollywood, who do not have basic courtesy of treating guests, respecting our own India culture and are highly UNPATRIOTIC too.
Date of Experience: May 2022
Unique Handicrafts
My Google Review # 000170.
Visited this outlet during the Taj Mahal visit. Must say, that though there are no surprise or wow elements here, the shop is clean and houses a decent collection of artifacts which one would like to pick up during the Agra visit.
Do look out for small sized pure marble fridge magnets, which are having hand-made engravings done and filled with colorful stones. I did pick up some for my self.
Charges are reasonable seeing the other places surrounding the Taj. Not sure about the proper billing method here though!
Date of experience : September 2019.
Visited this outlet during the Taj Mahal visit. Must say, that though there are no surprise or wow elements here, the shop is clean and houses a decent collection of artifacts which one would like to pick up during the Agra visit.
Do look out for small sized pure marble fridge magnets, which are having hand-made engravings done and filled with colorful stones. I did pick up some for my self.
Charges are reasonable seeing the other places surrounding the Taj. Not sure about the proper billing method here though!
Date of experience : September 2019.
Hill Palace
My Google Review # 000342.
Do visit this place first when you land in Kochi.
It gives you a complete insight of how Kerala developed over the past few centuries. The royal families who were supposed to take care of the public were not very keen or proud about their own ancestry and traditions.
You can easily see the symbols in this museum on how all invaders came in one-by-one and deprived us of what was rightfully ours.
One good thing to notice – The royal families were well versed in Sanskrit and every member was supposed to take his education in learning this language. Also, no plastic bottles are allowed after a particular point. That is so nice!
Entry tickets are available at the main gate. There is a uphill walking required. If you are old enough, then, drive your car to the top where there is ample parking too. The heritage is well maintained and the museum has proper directions and signs at every place to guide you properly.
A place for a must-visit for history enthusiasts and those who are keen to know about our lineage.
Avoid weekends, as this place is filled – yes, filled with all the unhygienic crowd and the place gets too dirty.
Date of Experience # April 2023.
Do visit this place first when you land in Kochi.
It gives you a complete insight of how Kerala developed over the past few centuries. The royal families who were supposed to take care of the public were not very keen or proud about their own ancestry and traditions.
You can easily see the symbols in this museum on how all invaders came in one-by-one and deprived us of what was rightfully ours.
One good thing to notice – The royal families were well versed in Sanskrit and every member was supposed to take his education in learning this language. Also, no plastic bottles are allowed after a particular point. That is so nice!
Entry tickets are available at the main gate. There is a uphill walking required. If you are old enough, then, drive your car to the top where there is ample parking too. The heritage is well maintained and the museum has proper directions and signs at every place to guide you properly.
A place for a must-visit for history enthusiasts and those who are keen to know about our lineage.
Avoid weekends, as this place is filled – yes, filled with all the unhygienic crowd and the place gets too dirty.
Date of Experience # April 2023.