Before inviting you to visit, I must tell you something. First of all, tell me about the magical place where my hotel is located, my “Maharaja House”! Tell us about what you will get from this trip and why it will remain in your memory as the most vivid tourist experience for the rest of your life!

Why I love Goa

1. India and Indians

India is the country of Love!

Many of you have heard that India is the country of Love. But probably few of you have thought about what is behind these words in reality? Your friends who have visited India often assume a significant fog, but almost no one can really explain what is so special there. But everything is very simple!

2. About reptiles and creatures

The secret of your wonderful, elated and joyful state in Goa largely lies in the fact that your body is always comfortable: day and night, on land and in water!

For reference: According to official data from the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, India and, in particular, Goa are not among the places where visiting requires any vaccination. Neither you nor your children need any vaccinations!

3. Goa - Heaven on earth

Going to Goa for the first time, I already had a good idea of ​​what awaited me from the stories of my friends. I knew that Paradise was waiting for me! You don't know what Paradise is? Heaven is a state of love and peace within you. That's all. And don't be smart!

Moscow, New York, London, St. Petersburg - all these megacities, inside which people, like crazy rats, run every day in search of money, hoping to live happily with this money someday in the future - all this is Hell.

4. Being in India changes people

Of course, they get to Goa and absolutely random people. A sort of drunken misunderstanding, which for some reason did not have enough tickets to the usual Turkey or Egypt this year. They are called "wild" in Goa. As a rule, they start drinking on the plane and then drink throughout their stay in Goa. They swear at hotel staff, quarrel with their wives and mistresses, shake their wallets...

5. Not all entertainment is equally useful...

The only problem is that many of our fellow citizens have absolutely no brakes. Indians themselves practically do not use chemical poisons. You may be surprised, but during my many months in India I hardly met any drunk or stoned Indians. Indian culture and religion are characterized by respect for one's body and social morals.

6. Ocean

Many times have you swam in rivers, lakes, the sea... Few even swam in the ocean... Have you ever felt that you were entering the space of a huge living organism?! But that’s how it is!..

The western coast of Goa is washed by the huge Arabian Sea - in fact, part of the Indian Ocean, since the sea is completely open and is called a sea only formally.

7. Souvenirs

I am often asked what souvenir can be brought from India or Nepal. What is interesting in local souvenir shops. I decided to show approximately what you are unlikely to see on the shelves of Goa, but you can get it if you ask the Maharaja! :)

8. Yoga. Pranayama

Yoga. Yogic breathing - Pranayama. Perhaps this is the most valuable knowledge I have ever received in my life. I am a very emotional person. In childhood and youth, I could have died many times from the irrepressible passions that overwhelmed my nature. I never knew when to stop anything.

9. Tantra

Tantra is the oldest knowledge of all existing on earth. And the most important! You know, it’s so strange now to see how incredible the amount of information is stuffed with modern man, despite the fact that all this knowledge not only does not bring him happiness, but, on the contrary, makes him more and more unhappy! While the most ancient knowledge that can really make him happy is in complete oblivion!

10. Ayurveda

Ayurveda is the oldest system of knowledge about proper nutrition and body care. Ayurveda includes many things: cooking, massage, medicine...

Many of you have long been convinced that treatment with chemicals from pharmacies is very expensive, and most importantly, ineffective, because... The disease is not cured, but only stopped temporarily.

11. Reiki

It is difficult to give precise formulations about reiki, just as it is difficult to put energy into words. I will only say what I understand. The Universe is filled with the energy of Love. For me, Reiki is the energy of Love! That is, in other words, Divine energy. All living things are born from Love. Love can heal all living things. But in order to heal with this energy, a person must have three basic abilities.

12. "Dangers" of Goa

I must warn you about important aspects travel to Goa! In other sections, I have already mentioned more than once that Goa is not just a resort. Goa is part of India ancient civilization on the ground! India - The Heart of our Planet! India - great country, in which everything breathes Love!

13. Sketches from Paradise

My first day in Goa. In the evening I go alone to the ocean. Waves. The moon is a huge sanctuary! Clean, warm, light air. Kilometers of deserted beach. Palm trees quietly swaying their branches. And an incredible amount of Love dissolved in space!.. I realize that I am in Paradise! It turns out that there is heaven on earth! And the Lord is so generous to me that he granted me a stay in Paradise!

14. Treats

Cooking in Goa is a completely separate topic for endless pleasure! Everyone loves to eat delicious food! I'm no exception either. During my life I have traveled a lot and lived, including in the best five-star hotels. I thought that there was nothing special to surprise me in terms of food. Imagine my surprise when in Goa I was surprised by culinary discoveries every day!

India is a huge country inhabited by dozens of different peoples and all these peoples had quite interesting leadership. Maharajah is Indian prince - ruler.Raja roughly translates to Lordship. In the states of India, this title was borne by some rulers who accepted it themselves or received this title from the British. Next in the photo are the most interesting characters.
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Maharaja of Jodhpur 1880"s India

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(INDIA) (Sardar Singh) (1880-1911) the Maharaja of Jodhpur. Photo: Bourne & Shepherd (1896).

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Sir Drigbijai Singh, Maharajah of Balrampur, 1858.

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Maharajah of Riva, photo by Samuel Bourne, 1877

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Maharajah of Jodhpur. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 1877

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"H. H. the late Maharajah of Udaipur," a silver gelatin photo, c.1900

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"H.H.the late Maharajah of Patalia," a gelatin photo, c.1900

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Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, (12 October 1891 - 23 March 1938) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He was the son of Maharaja Sir Rajinder Singh. One of his sons was Maharaja Sir Yadvinder Singh.

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Cartier created the most impressive piece of jewelery for Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala in the year 1928. The design comprised of five rows of diamonds set in a platinum chain with the world’s seventh largest diamond from De Beers. The masterpiece took around three years to be completed.

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The Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir. Royal India.

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Marajá de Udaipur

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Maharajas! The word maharaja, literally ‘great king’, conjures up a vision of splendor and magnificence. These princely rulers of India played a role within a social and historical context and were patrons of the arts, both in India and Europe.

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Jagatjit Singh, the Maharaja of Kapurthala

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Maharaja Kishan Singh, Rajastan 1902

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Maharaj Rana of Dholpur Sir Bhagwant Singh - 1870 Bhagwant Singh succeeded his father, Kirat Singh the first Maharaj rana of Dholpur, in 1836 continuing to govern under British protection. In 1869 Bhagwant was created a Grand Commander of the Star of India for his loyalty during the Uprising of 1857. He was succeeded in 1873 by his grandson Nihal Singh.

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Maharaja of Panna

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Sadiq IV (25 March 1866 - 14 February 1899)Nawab of Bahawalpur

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“Maharaja of Bundi - Raghubir Singh Bahadur. Photo taken around 1888.

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“Takht Singh (1843-1873) was the Maharaja of Jodhpur.

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Maharaja of Rewah.1903

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Maharaja Sayaiji-Roa, Gaekwar, Baroda. 1902. Wearing his famous seven row diamond necklace and other diamond ornaments. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, virtually every Indian Maharaja commissioned state photographs of themselves wearing their most important jewelry as a symbol of their power and position.

Maharaja - this word alone immediately conjures up images of magical palaces full of servants and lovers, bejeweled elephants and treasuries bursting with diamonds and emeralds. Since ancient times, Indian princes have owned fabulous values; the conquest of India by the Great Mughals in the 16th-17th centuries did not destroy its wealth, unlike the conquest of India by the British in the 18th century. The Mughal Islam was not fanatical, they did not persecute Hinduism and implanted a refined, refined Persian culture in India. In addition, they loved to show off their wealth, and from that moment on the treasures of India became a great temptation for Europe.

Indian and European tastes for precious stones and jewelry techniques met in the 16th century, when Portuguese merchants settling in Goa first saw huge, engraved emeralds, and local rulers became closely acquainted with European weapons.

Heyday mutual influences happened in the 17th century. It was then that European craftsmen began to cut precious stones for the Maharajas, because the Indian tradition preferred to only emphasize the natural properties of the stone. By covering, for example, a huge emerald with fine carvings on all sides, the craftsmen sought not so much to hide the defects of the stone as to emphasize its natural qualities.

Portrait of the Maharaja of Mysore.

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

And from that moment on, European artists (and their local followers) began to paint ceremonial portraits of maharajas, decorated with pearl threads, earrings and plumes, with necklaces, bracelets, rings and daggers studded with rubies, emeralds and diamonds.

Yellow jadeite box, decorated with rubies, diamonds, emeralds, 1700-1800

WITH early XVII century, European jewelers and goldsmiths appeared at the Mughal court. Shah Ja Khan, according to some reports, invited a certain Austen of Bordeaux to make precious stones two peacocks for his throne and ordered five panels of gems from Italy for the balcony of his palace in Delhi. European jewelers taught Indian techniques of multi-color enamels - and they themselves learned a lot, for example, the method of continuous band or rail setting of stones, recessed throughout the gold surface, covered with a thin engraved pattern of climbing leaves and shoots.

The Mughal Maharajas lost much of their luster during the colonial era. Nevertheless, even at the beginning of the twentieth century, they amazed Parisian, London and New York jewelers, appearing in their workshops with entire suitcases of precious stones, which eventually migrated to other owners.

Jacques Cartier with Indian gem traders, 1911 (photo from the Cartier archives). From his first visit to India in 1911, Jacques Cartier (1884-1942) became familiar with the extravagant tastes of the Maharajas. Fabulously rich and greedy for precious stones, the Indian princes stopped at nothing to satisfy their eternal appetite for jewelry.

Design for a ceremonial necklace for the Maharaja of Nawanagar, 1931 (photo from Cartier London archives). Jacques Cartier presented the Maharaja with his dazzling sketch. Unfortunately, the Maharaja of Navanagar did not wear this starry cascade of colored diamonds for long. He died in 1933, two years after the necklace was delivered to him.

Perhaps the most famous of all the treasures of the Maharajas is the "Necklace of Patiala", the ceremonial necklace of Maharaja Bhupindar Singh: it was made by the Parisian house of Cartier for the Maharaja of Patiala in 1928. It weighed almost 1,000 carats and included the famous De Beers diamond weighing 234.69 carats.

Patiala is the largest Sikh state in India, and its rulers retained their treasures even under British rule. Its ruler, Maharaja Bhupindar Singh (1891-1938), was a true eastern ruler. He ordered his guns from Westley Richards in Birmingham, Dupont in Paris supplied him with unique, precious lighters, and Rolls-Royce built bespoke cars. The Maharaja was fabulously rich and he provided work not only for Cartier jewelers, but also for the craftsmen of the Boucheron house.

The history of the necklace began in 1888, when a diamond weighing 428.5 carats was mined in South Africa - the seventh largest stone in the world.

After cutting, it was exhibited at the 1889 World Exhibition in Paris, where it was purchased by the Maharaja of Patiala and the Prince of the Indian province of Punjab, Rajendra Singh.

In 1925, the Maharaja's son Bhupindar brought the diamond to Paris and asked the Cartier jewelry house to create an extravagant necklace based on it.

For three years, Cartier craftsmen worked on this necklace, in the center of which the De Beers diamond shone. The finished piece was a cascade of 2,930 diamonds weighing a total of 962.25 carats and two rubies set in platinum. Once completed, the necklace of the Maharaja of Patiala had no equal in the world. Cartier was so proud of his work that he asked permission to display the necklace before it was sent to India. The Maharaja agreed. Later, he was often photographed wearing this necklace. The necklace was last seen intact on his son, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh, in 1941.

In the late 40s - early 50s. Hard times have come for the Maharajas of India. Many families had to part with some of their jewelry. The famous necklace of the Maharaja of Patiala did not escape this fate: the largest stones, including the De Beers diamond and rubies, were removed and sold. The last to be sold were platinum chains.
And after many years, these chains appeared in London in 1998. Cartier accidentally came across them, found out, bought and decided to restore the necklace, although he believed that it would be almost impossible to find a worthy replacement for the De Beers diamond and rubies.

This work was incredibly difficult, especially since the only evidence of the existence of the necklace was a black and white photograph taken in the first half of the 20th century.

Over the years, the necklace has suffered greatly. In fact, little remains of the original: most of the stones, including the giant diamond and rubies, have disappeared. It took almost two years to restore the necklace again. In 2002, the restored necklace was exhibited in Paris. The new necklace looks exactly the same as the original, at least to the untrained eye. Synthetic stones almost unmistakably convey the splendor of the original, but Cartier does not lose hope of one day replacing them with genuine ones.

One of the significant jewelry collections of the 19th century was that of the Maharajas of Baroda, which contained the Star of the South, a 129-carat Brazilian diamond, and the English Dresden, a tear-cut diamond weighing 78.53 carats. But the biggest jewel in the Baroda treasury was a huge, seven-row necklace made of natural pearls.

In the 20th century, this collection was inherited by Maharaja Pratapsingh Gaekwar, who reigned in 1939-1947, then they went to his young wife named Sita Devi. The young wife lived mainly in Europe and ordered fashion jewelry with hereditary gemstones from renowned Western jewelers.

Prince Gaekwar of Baroda

Among these items are a necklace with emeralds and diamonds and earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels, which were sold at Christie's in Geneva on May 15, 2002.

Apparently, Sita Devi also ordered the men's seven-strand necklace, which was too bulky for a woman's neck, to be remade. In 2007, at a Christie's auction, what was left of the Baroda necklace—two strands of huge pearls with a Cartier cushion-cut diamond clasp, a brooch, a ring and earrings—sold for $7.1 million.

There was something else in Baroda's treasury. In 2009, at Sotheby's auction in Doha, a pearl carpet was sold (for $5.5 million), woven 150 years ago by order of the richest Maharaja Gaekwar Khandi Pao as a gift to the Prophet Mohammed. The carpet is embroidered with two million pearls and decorated with thousands of gems - diamonds , sapphires, emeralds and rubies.The total weight of the stones is an astounding 30 thousand carats.

Maharaja Dilip Singh of Lahore. 1852 Portrait of George Beachy. Depicted at age fifteen. Among many other gems, he wears a diamond aigrette with three diamond feathers and an emerald placed in the center.

Egret made of diamonds, sapphires, rubies, pearls and gold

The world's largest engraved emeralds apparently come from the collection of the Maharaja of Darbhanga Bahadur Singh. In October 2009, at Christie's auction, the Taj Mahal emerald, so named because its engraving motifs - lotus, chrysanthemum and poppies - coincide with the patterns in the Taj Mahal, was sold for almost $800 thousand. The hexagonal emerald weighs about 141 carats and dates back to around the mid-17th century. There was another stone in the collection of the Maharajas of Darbhanga - the “Mughal Emerald”, it dates back to 1695-1696. On one side of it, five lines of Shia prayer are engraved in calligraphy, the other side is decorated with a floral design. It was sold at Christie's auction in 2001 for $2.3 million to a private individual.

This breathtaking 61.50-carat whiskey-colored diamond, called the Eye of the Tiger, was set in an aigrette turban by Cartier for the Maharaja of Nawanagar in 1934.

The incredibly beautiful sword was presented to King Edward VII by the Maharaja of Jaipur, Sawai Sir Madho Singh Bahadur, in honor of his coronation in 1902. It is made of steel and gold, covered with blue, green and red enamel and inlaid more than 700 white and yellow diamonds weighing 2000 carats, making up a pattern of flowers and lotus leaves. Photo: PA

Chalma of Maharaja Singh Bhupendra Patiala. 1911 is finished with Cartier aigrette in combination with other turban embellishments. While the front of the aigrette is adorned with diamonds, rubies and emeralds, the sides are masterfully crafted with an intricate pattern of foliage motifs made of red, green and blue enamel. The Maharaja also wears a necklace made of fourteen strands of natural pearls.

Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh Bahadur of Alwar, born in 1882. In addition to traditional Indian jewelry, he wears a star, the highest Indian insignia bestowed upon him by the king, which was considered part of the royal regalia at the time.

Maharaja of Saraiji Roa, Gaekwar, Baroda. 1902 features seven rows of its famous diamond necklace and other diamond jewelry. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, virtually every Indian Maharaja had an official photograph in which he displayed his most important jewelry as a symbol of power and status.

Intercultural exchange, Pictorial miniature from the National Gallery contemporary art, New Delhi, India. 1902. An unknown Indian artist depicted King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra as King Emperor and Queen Empress of India.

Egret for a turban made of platinum with diamonds and emeralds. Private collection. 1930 year

Jewelry for the Maharaja's ceremonial uniform, late 19th century .

Ceremonial turban from Cartier for the Maharaja of Kapurthala

Maharaja of Kolhapur

Maharaja of Darbhanga

Maharaja of Alwar (1882-1937).

The famous Star of Asia sapphire weighs 330 carats

Emerald and diamond necklace containing 17 rectangular emeralds, 277 carats. The emerald in the pendant weighed 70 carats and was known to come from the collection of the former Sultan of Turkey.

Jacques Cartier made an Art Deco necklace for the Maharaja of Nawanagar.

Maharana of Udaipur

Maharaja Bhupindra Singh of Patiala

Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir

Emerald necklace with pendant that belonged to Maharani Prem Kumari, wife of the Maharaja of Kapurthala, 1910

A scattering of flowers made of precious stones - an aigrette on a turban made of rubies, emeralds and beryls on one side, and with the same stones? but with the addition of diamonds on the other side. The stem and side branches of the jewel are covered with transparent green enamel. Egret once belonged to the Maharaja of Jaipur.

Nowadays, most of the ancient jewelry of the Indian Maharajas has been altered many times and has changed several owners. But to this day, the provenance “belonged to the Maharaja” significantly increases the price of stones and necklaces at all significant auctions in the world.

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You've certainly heard stories about people endowed with the properties of otherworldly forces. And, if some unique people preach the path of truth and happiness, then other unique people try to seriously prevent them from doing this. This is how the forces of good and evil constantly fight on Earth.

Goodness in our film is personified by Maharaj. Following on his heels is his opponent Ranveer - representative dark forces. And only Shayla cannot be identified at first glance - she wants both good and bad at the same time.

True thirst fast money outweighs all caution in the girl’s heart and she tries to use the Maharaja’s abilities for her own purposes during his appearances on television.

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Maharaja - chubby cheeks, has super strength. He knows how to control the animal kingdom with the help of hypnosis. Journalist Manishi sleeps and sees a super-Indian in her report, so she is ready for absolutely anything... even to become a caring wife! Indian cinema is always ready to impress the viewer with unusual and tear-jerking storyline, so the American original “Crocodile Dundee” with Paul Hogan is left to nervously smoke on the sidelines. How much stuff Indian screenwriters have in their pockets is something to be seen. How many songs have been written and how many dances have been danced...

Indian cinema has a special charm, and after an hour you don’t notice the primitive jokes about the male journalist’s sister and about children hooked on opium. And the super-effect with blind lions, who were injected with a special drug, thanks to which hypnosis does not affect them and causes noisy applause.

Therefore, for the joy brought from viewing and the charming monkey who knows kung fu, I boldly give

What associations do you have when you hear about Indian train? Personally, I immediately remembered a class of photographs that depicted an Indian train chock-full of passengers: people look out of the doors, ride sitting on the roof, instead of glass there are sparse iron bars on the windows. Indian Railway one of the most congested in the whole world! Imagine my surprise when I saw a new Indian train called “The Indian Maharaja” - this is an elite class excursion train that runs on the route Mumbai - Delhi! The entire journey on this magnificent express takes 8 days and 7 nights. The route passes through the following stations: Mumbai - Ellora - Ajanta - Udaipur - Sawai Madhopur - Jaipur - Agra - Delhi.

The special feature of this Indian train is its magnificent interior decoration, elite class service and excellent comfort. Passengers are provided with double compartments with a bath, full board meals, guided excursions and even butler services! The train has its own spa, fitness room, sauna, massage room, two restaurants serving both Indian and Western dishes, a bar, a library and a business center equipped with Internet, computers, printer, fax and telephones. This Indian train consists of 21 carriages, each of which has 4 compartments with an area of ​​8.7 m2. This is not a train, but a real five-star hotel on wheels! There is even a presidential suite, which takes up an entire carriage. It has two rooms with huge beds and separate toilet and bathroom. In order to build this train it took 13 million dollars!

This Indian train created to attract foreign tourists who prefer to travel by plane. Its goal is to develop railway tourism. During the trip, passengers will be able to get acquainted with the sights of India: visit the center of the film and television industry - the famous Bollywood, ancient Buddhist and Hindu monasteries and temples in the Ellora caves, the Ajanta cave complex carved into the rock, the Udaipur palace on the shores of Lake Pichola and the island palace Jag Mandir , go on a safari in Ranthambore National Park, visit the pink city of Jaipur, Amber Fort, Mirror Palace, Palace of the Winds, Taj Mahal Mausoleum, Agra Fort. I am sure that such a trip on the new Indian train will be unforgettable for every passenger!