Yes...I am talking about the district of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, which now forms part of NCR and is easily reachable by car, metro and other public transport facilities.
This town is know for its notorious activities and some major gundagiri. Let me show you some fun and exciting places which I explored during lockdown. Cz obviously, I could explore my own town during the lockdown and find how beautiful it can also be.
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This town has some amazing eateries for which people visit from different parts of the country.
1. The oldest Chaap trend started in Ghaziabad with Chaska Chaap and they are good. They have small shop in Raj Nagar.
2. Talking about nukkad ki chai, the chai person at Chowdhary Mor has some epic taste, well cooked and it gives in kulhad. what more do you need?!
3. Donalds has become very famous, but it started from Ghaziabad. The best pastry shop in town.
4. The very famous puri kachori wala who sits on the main road - Grand trunk road ( GT road). sorry, you will miss it if you reach his shop later than 11:00 AM, cz nothing is left over.
Famous Haunted House of Ghaziabad
But the purpose of writing about this place was to point out a very iconic residential house that turned into a haunted house.
Have you heard of K-c/ 19?
This house was one of my neighbour when I was a kid and my grand parents had good relation with people living in this house. But some unfortunate incidents took place and this place has been coined as "Haunted".
I am really not kidding. You can google, even Times of India have reported about this house. There are various youtube channels talking about it as well.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/things-to-do/watched-annabelle-now-dare-to-spend-a-night-in-one-of-these-haunted-houses-in-india/as60292300.cms
Ironically, this house is surrounded by religious places like temple and gurudwara right infront of it. Does this question the existence of god or existence of ghost in this house? or if this house is really haunted?
well.... there are number of questions that are unanswered, including the major question of why is this house called haunted. But if you visit Ghaziabad, this is a must visit place especially at night. This has become a disputed property inpite of being at a great location. Nobody is interested in buying the property, the government tried acquiring it, but apparently even they failed ( no one knows the reasons behind it).
There are rivers ( Hindon) and small canals that adds to the beauty of this place. No doubt it is slowly becoming a concrete jungle, but such natural landmarks make this town a wonder.
I also love this epic one kilometre road which is parallel to the railway track. This is next to the old railway station in Ghaziabad. Yes!! you got it right.. unlike many cities, Ghaziabad has two railway station and both are functional.
I am sure you all love sarojini market, Delhi. But let me inform you that Ghaziabad is no less. We have very popular, cheap and good stuff in Ghaziabad, a lane for shopping and bargaining called as Turab Nagar.
you name it and you will get it and you must carry your bargaining and negotiating skills with you when you go here.
This Blog is just a glimpse of what Ghaziabad has to offer, a mix of nature and historical site, food and shopping, peace and hustle. This place is just infamous, but it has lot to offer.