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" We got in touch with this Swan Tours with the help of internet. Our trip around Rajasthan & Nepal was perfectly organized by Mr.Gaurav and the team, We appreciate the suggestions given throughout our entire trip. 

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India, a land of gaiety, colour, traditions, and festivals, is a diverse country with deep-rooted religion, landscape, and language. The rich culture with striking uniqueness makes India proud of its diversity. Glimpses of Indian heritage lie in the treasure of its art and architecture, classical forms of dance, and traditional music. Many travel agents in India offer you a close view of these phenomenal Indian scenic places through their affordable tour packages.    

Swan Tours is one of the best travel agents in Delhi . We are a reputable name and are known to make your holidays a memorable experience. We have been serving our customers for almost three decades. We customise the tours and packages according to our client's preferences. So whether it's a group trip or a solo trip, we got you covered. Our 50k satisfied customers are a mark of our sane ethics and brand value. We always strive for ultimate customer happiness with our exclusive offerings.

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Swan Tours, is a tour operator in Delhi, India with more than 27 years of experience. We offer the most affordable and comprehensive tour packages to the travel enthusiasts. You can be a part of our Leh Ladakh Tour packages and explore the calmness of the Leh valley. Or choose a customised Rajasthan Tour Package to enjoy the rich heritage of the Royals. A backwater thrill will refresh you with our Kerala Tour Packages.

We are no ordinary tour operator in India and our team always tries to offer the lowest competitive rates on our holiday packages. Speak to us, and we will tell you about the 2500+ exciting travel packages that we have on offer. Customise it as per your preference, and we are happy to serve you what you ask. We are a recommended name in the tourism sector as we stand second to none. We are the top travel agents and have maintained a brand name for ourselves all these years.

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Swan Tours, one of the leading travel agencies, offering domestic and international holiday packages in india with several satisfied customers. We are proud to be accredited by prestigious travel associations. Our motto has remained the same since day one: "Customer Service With A Smile". Our dedicated professionals plan every package according to the comforts of our esteemed clients. We aim to embrace a satisfied customer who is happy with our deals. We also offer holiday packages like solo or group women's packages. Holidays are fun; we plan every little thing needed for your travel – from the hotel booking to the flight tickets, all the planning is done by our expert professionals. A travel counsellor assists you in each step of the entire planning for your holiday destination.

All you need to do is connect with our team, give your details, specify the duration and destination of your trip and book the most suitable package from the us. You can make changes as per your comfort and we are happy to offer you bespoke vacations in your budget.

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We can give you a plethora of reasons to choose us over the other travel agents in India. Our packages, costs, goodwill, accreditation, brand value, and exotic offers are too lucrative to ignore. Let us brief on some key reasons that make us a noteworthy choice!

• Customers who are satisfied with our deals repeatedly come again to choose us. Our reputation as an excellent tour provider has benefited everyone. We have been in this travel industry for around three decades; Our company has received many awards and recognitions from leading hotel chains.
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Unraveling India travel with the penchant for Extreme Care is what Swan Tours - One of the leading travel agents in India, is famous for!

India, a unique diverse country, is a plethora, of colure, heritage, religion, landscape, language & spiritualism all this diversity is deep. Rooted & is boldly connected by the sheer willingness, of its people to remain one, which is truly inexplicable.

A land of Exuberance, Gaiety, Colour, Grandeur, Royalty combined with an eclectic mix of people, is what makes India .furthermore, the India Travel irresistible!

To integrate all your travel, we bring to you, the travel agent extraordinaire, in Delhi, India. We at Swan Tours -A travel agency in India, make each & every travel a memorable experience.

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Swan Tours - A travel agent in India is based out of the city of New Delhi , India .We assist people to explore the Beauty and Magnitude of our country .alongside ,we also tailor-make travel and tour packages to International destinations such as Dubai ,Srilanka , Bhutan ,Maldives ,Mauritius ,Vietnam , Cambodia ,Europe , America, Africa ,etc.

The Multi-faceted country boasts of very warm & hospitable people & that is exactly what we represent at Swan Tours (A leading tour agency in India). Complete care for its Domestc, Inbound & Outbound guests.

Swan Tours- an Indian travel agency is one of the largest Tour Operators in New Delhi, India. With more than 20 years of experience in the travel industry, we specialise in Indian holidays, Inbound travel to the popular circuits such as the Golden triangle, Rajasthan, South India, Goa, North East, etc and Outbound travel from India to the popular International destinations, Our ethos of "Service With A Smile", is behind each and every travel plan of all our guests.

At Swan Tours – Travel Agents in India, we are very proud of our legacy of repeat guests. With an experience of more than 2 decades in the travel business, the company has won several awards from the leading hotel chains and has been associated with all the apex bodies of the industry.

Providing an array of Customised travel service is our forte., All Kinds of Tours and Travels in India -From luxury India Tours, Honeymoon Tour Packages to Indian and International destinations, Domestic Tour Packages, International Tour Packages, Weekend Getaways from Delhi, Pilgrimage Packages ( from Katra in North India, Puri In East India, Shirdi in West India to Rameshwaram in South India ), India Wildlife Tours covering the National parks and Bird Sanctuaries, Incentive Tours and MICE movements, Education Tours, Photography Tours, etc. You dream it and we turn it into reality. Swan Tours is an Indian travel agency /one of the leading tour operators in India / Tour organiser in India.

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Step into India and you are stepping into the most democratic and the most feudal country in the world.

The marriage of feudalism to freedom is the grandest of India's many paradoxes, and part of its magic and charm. India's people are utterly free, yet the situations of many are fixed in time, at roughly 100 years ago. Contradictions in everyday Indian life may leave you nonplussed on your first trip here. No matter how quickly it charges onto the information super-highway, India remains an enigma, a perplexity, and a puzzle you simply can't solve. And every time you think you know the place, something happens to jolt you out of your complacency.

The essence of contemporary Indian life is that people carry on with whatever activity pleases them, even if it's contrary to the law or the comfort of their neighbors—and neither the authorities or the bemused neighbors bat an eye. Parades of disgruntled workers with blaring micro-phones obstruct a city thoroughfare for 12 hours, and life goes on around them. Villagers use a highway running through their hamlet as a place to dry that season's rice crop, and truck drivers simply drop to the shoulder of the road, navigating care-fully for miles—even if it means landing in a ditch—to protect the grain. Your toddler irrigates the second-class train compartment you share with six other people, and your fellow passengers smile benignly and keep their feet up.

Any religious activity in India has society's full sanction. Half the populace occupies the main road in prayer; a whole town blushes orange with religious banners. Festivals turn whole community’s upside-down with noise, color, and commotion, but a tamasha (spectacle or happy confusion) is enjoyed by all.

The flip side of this day-to-day liberty is that many Indians' fates are engraved in stone. The poor seldom become rich. The rich seldom become poor. Carpenters seldom become doctors. Widows seldom re-marry. Wives seldom divorce alcoholic, do-nothing husbands. Untouchables never, technically at least, become touchable. Castes cannot be changed or ignored. Social mobility, while gaining momentum, is slow.

The people of India will warm your heart. Democratic or feudal, Indians can be touching in their respect, affection, and concern for you, a guest; their families; and their gods. Where else can you see thousands of people trudging barefoot through the night to pay their respects to a deity in a temple?

Indeed, religion in India is no one-day-a-week affair: It's a way of life, the force that moves the country. Faith governs the mind, defines most behaviour, and sets much of the country's agenda and calendar. It becomes a personal lullaby or alarm clock for all, with Hindu temple bells tinkling intermittently and a muezzin calling the Muslim faithful to prayer five times a day. So many gods and goddesses are worshiped here that Mark Twain may have understated the case when he wrote in Following the Equator that "in religion all other countries are paupers, India is the only millionaire." Hinduism alone accounts for thousands of deities. Where ever you travel in this spiritual land, you'll find monuments with a sacred element: the Taj Mahal, with its carefully inlaid Koranic verses; Khajuraho's Hindu temples, with their astonishing erotic sculptures; the Ajanta Caves, with their serene murals of the Buddha; Catholic churches in Goa, with their Hindu-esque images of Jesus; Jain temples with their tirthankaras (perfect souls), whose poses and features resemble those of the Buddha; and even a handful of historic synagogues.

The earliest remnants of an Indian civilization date from at least 3200 BC, and since then the subcontinent's culture and heritage have endured repeated invasions. Some say India's ability to adapt is the very source of her strength and resilience. Persian-influenced Mogul tombs add delicacy to urban skylines. British bungalows anchor Himalayan hill stations and line major avenues. Cuisines, languages, dance and music styles, and artwork and handicrafts vary widely from state to state. There's no American-style homogeneity in India; each region is intensely proud of its own culture.

To be sure, many aspects of this country can be hard for the Westerner to understand. Why, for instance, do India's urban cows prefer to chew on newspaper rather than on rotting garbage (in plentiful sup-ply) or on random patches of grass in a field? India can also be exasperating and exhausting—a difficult place for those accustomed to efficiency and a Western work ethic. To enjoy your stay in India, surrender, take it slow, and don't try to squeeze too much into a short trip. Prepare to give in to the laissez-faire attitude that seems a natural extension of India's fatalistic tendency. The favorite saying is, "Shall we adjust? We will adjust." In Hindi: "Adjust karlenge." Accept that what happens is meant to be, or is the will of a supreme authority (frequent Indian explanations). If your flight is canceled, the phone doesn't work, or the fax won't go through, don't fly into a rage. When the slow-motion pace of workers in a government bank or post office is about to drive you crazy, remember that this lack of value for time will have an appealing effect when you venture into rural areas and start wondering why, exactly, you spend so much time in your office back home. Here, time's insignificance induces a dreamlike state. You can sit for hours and watch the simplest routines: village women drawing water from a well, or a man tills the soil with a crude wooden plow. Walking around a deserted ancient city such as Fatehpur Sikri, or watching orthodox Hindus in Varanasi go through their purification or cremation rituals, you'll begin to understand why the art of meditation evolved here. Arrive with the determination to experience India, and make every attempt to adapt; otherwise, this country—which travelers tend to love or hate—might rub you the wrong way.

It helps to be forgiving about some elements of India's inefficiency and over-stretched infrastructure. When this country gained independence in 1947, the new democracy chose nonalignment, set up a large national government, and legislated protectionist policies that kept out most foreign products and led almost too economic isolation. The first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, believed protection-ism would make India self-reliant and ultimately improve the standard of living, especially for the impoverished. India did move toward self-reliance, but lack of competition stifled the country's own development, with its captive market forced to accept indigenous products that were often substandard or old-fashioned. Until recently, the dominant car on India's roads was a copy of the Ambassador, a British design from the early 1950s with a curvaceous yet bulky chassis: a nostalgic gas-guzzler.

Then, in 1991, a severe debt crisis and a shortage of foreign exchange forced the government to initiate economic reforms whose results have been nothing short of astonishing. Having studiously fended off foreign corporations for decades, India is suddenly encouraging them to invest. Coke and Pepsi are staging their old war on new turf, and software companies are helping turn Bangalore and Hyderabad into 21st-century boom towns.

India’s Stirring has profound implications, and has already affected her once-rigid lifestyle. Cable TV is changing India, as British, American, French, Pakistani, and Chinese commentators relay their own views of the news on satellite channels. Teenagers now dance to MTV India, a frenetic mixture of Indian and Western pop. American cartoons capture the attention of every Indian child with access to the Cartoon Network. Reruns of The Bold and the Beautiful show steamy scenes to a people whose own "Bollywood" movies (made in Bombay) were not allowed to include a kiss until a few years ago. While most Indian women still wear saris or casual, two-piece salwar-katneez, some now rush off to their corporate jobs in the latest Western fashions, and many men have become equally label-conscious about everything from the shirts they wear to the foreign liquor they drink. An increasing number of people working in the private sector complain of a new work-related problem: stress.

Yet India still teems with pavement dwellers, otherwise known as the homeless. The poor are not shy about approaching strangers, and the Western traveler with a pocketful of rupees might find it hard to resist a plea, especially from a child. Faced with begging, you are encouraged to visit a local school or medical clinic and make a contribution through a responsible adult.

So, again, if you get frustrated here, remember that everyone from villagers to wealthy urbanites is equally annoyed by lousy services, and impatient for the kind of infrastructure that most Westerners take for granted. And along with this impatience comes a sense of concern: Many Indians lament the arrival of foreign competitors to solve their problems. They worry about the increasing disparity between the haves and have-nots as a result of reforms that have raised inflation. They wonder whether the benefits will really trickle down to the masses. Others wonder if India will succumb to a cultural imperialism that will rob them of their identity. And yet increased exposure to the Western world is unlikely to overturn Indian culture. Most imports will be examined, Indianized, and absorbed, the way Coca-Cola is drunk in western Uttar Pradesh: with salt, red pepper, and cheat masala.

All of these issues add dimension to any trip to India, as you are witnessing a country in profound transition. Today's India is more than its thousands of monuments; more than its hundreds of ethnic groups; more than its colourful fairs and festivals; more than the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism; more than the sum of its parts. India has taken its first steps toward becoming an economic giant. With a population of 1 billion as of 1999, it is a country that can't be ignored.

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There are many travel agents in India, and that is why you may find it difficult to choose one of them. If you don't get the right travel agent, the whole tour can be ruined. So a good travel agent is very important to make the tour memorable. Now let's talk about the headline. Choosing the best tour operator in India is not a very complicated matter. You can find good tour operators in India by paying a little attention to a few things. For example:

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• Customer Relationships:

The behavior of the travel agent or tour guide has a great impact on the entire tour. If you like their behavior and company, you will develop a good relationship with them. Even if you are away from home, you will feel like you are with your family.

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Travel agents should provide the right package. The package offered by the travel agents should be appropriate to the service offered to you. This process may take some time, but you will be able to choose the ideal travel agents in India for you.

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Explosions occurred in Moscow region, several settlements lost power

E xplosions were heard in the town of Lytkarino, Moscow region, tonight, November 23. Several settlements in the Moscow region are without power, according to Baza.

Around 1 a.m., local residents allegedly heard a bright flash from the substation. Afterward, the lights went out in the Lytkarivsky district. A fire reportedly broke out at the site of the explosion.

According to Russian media, power was lost in several settlements in the Moscow region.

It should be noted that Lytkarino is situated 30 kilometers from the Russian capital.

Shots fired in Russia

In 2023, the number of attacks in a number of regions of the Russian Federation by attack drones increased. Also, something often burns and explodes on the territory of Russia. Different regions, including Moscow, are under attack.

At the same time, Ukrainian intelligence has already warned residents of the Russian capital that they should hardly relax, as the number of drone attacks will only increase.

In particular, on the evening of November 10, explosions occurred near the Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering corporation in the Moscow region, where Kinzhals and Iskandars are manufactured.

One of the largest attacks took place on the night of July 30, when unidentified drones struck the business center of the Russian capital, Moscow City. The drones hit the so-called "government tower," which houses the offices of the Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade, and Ministry of Communications.

Brigadier General Sergei Baranov recently said that Ukrainian troops are preparing for a large-scale winter attack on various regions of Russia with the help of kamikaze drones.

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Strange Glow Over Moscow Skies Triggers Panic as Explosions Reported

Bright flashes lit up the night sky in southern Moscow in the early hours of Thursday morning, new footage appears to show, following reports of an explosion at an electrical substation on the outskirts of the city.

Video snippets circulating on Russian-language Telegram channels show a series of flashes on the horizon of a cloudy night sky, momentarily turning the sky a number of different colors. In a clip shared by Russian outlet MSK1.ru, smoke can be seen rising from a building during the flashes lighting up the scene.

Newsweek was unable to independently verify the details of the video clips, including when and where it was filmed. The Russian Ministry of Emergency situations has been contacted via email.

Several Russian Telegram accounts said early on Thursday that residents of southern Moscow reported an explosion and a fire breaking out at an electrical substation in the Leninsky district, southeast of central Moscow.

Local authorities in the Leninsky district told Russian outlet RBC that the explosion had happened in the village of Molokovo. "All vital facilities are operating as normal," Leninsky district officials told the outlet.

The incident at the substation in Molokovo took place just before 2 a.m. local time, MSK1.ru reported.

Messages published by the ASTRA Telegram account, run by independent Russian journalists, appear to show residents close to the substation panicking as they question the bright flashes in the sky. One local resident describes seeing the bright light before losing access to electricity, with another calling the incident a "nightmare."

More than 10 villages and towns in the southeast of Moscow lost access to electricity, the ASTRA Telegram account also reported. The town of Lytkarino to the southeast of Moscow, lost electricity, wrote the eastern European-based independent outlet, Meduza.

Outages were reported in the southern Domodedovo area of the city, according to another Russian outlet, as well as power failures in western Moscow. Electricity was then restored to the areas, the Strana.ua outlet reported.

The cause of the reported explosion is not known. A Telegram account aggregating news for the Lytkarino area described the incident as "an ordinary accident at a substation."

The MSK1.ru outlet quoted a local resident who speculated that a drone may have been responsible for the explosion, but no other Russian source reported this as a possible cause.

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Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Moscow with long-range aerial drones in recent months, including a dramatic wave of strikes in late May.

On Sunday, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said the region's air defense systems had intercepted an aerial drone over the city of Elektrostal, to the east of Moscow. No damage or casualties were reported, he said.

The previous day, Russian air defenses detected and shot down another drone flying over the Bogorodsky district, northeast of central Moscow, Sobyanin said.

There is currently no evidence that an aerial drone was responsible for the reported overnight explosion at the electrical substation in southern Moscow.

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