Mussoorie the queen of hills has so many stories associated to it that. Abhishek is narrating few not so heard stories of the places in this beautiful hill station of Uttarakhand 

Book for the reference : Uttarakhand The Abode of Gods 

The king of sweets Rasogulla has an interesting trivia related to the cities of Odisha . Listen to the Rasagulla war that exists between the Bengal and Odisha claiming the ownership of Rasagulla.   

Reference of the story can be found in Sweet Invention: A History of Dessert by Michael Krondl and The Penguin Food Guide to India by Charmaine O'Brien 

Story narrated by Jyotica Sarkar Malik , a professional voice over artist 

In Delhi, Have Chaat at Chandi Chowk ! 

The sumptuous and versatile Chaat in Purani Dilli to many may be a non-healthy diet but it was started to cure people and to build the immunity. Trivia from the era of Shahjahan. 

Reference from the book : Daastan-e-Dastarkhan: Stories and Recipes from Muslim Kitchens by Sadaf Hussain (Hachette India) 

Narration by Mohit Gupta  

Late 1960s and Beatles stayed at a Ashram in Rishikesh and composed many songs. One of them which was never released in an album is Dehradun . Here is the song that will add to your experience in knowing the city of Rishikesh and Dehradun 

Contributed by Tarun Singhal who is a senior corporate professional in Gurgaon 

Narrated by Mohit Gupta

Book for the reference : Across The Universe: The Beatles In India by Ajoy Bose ( Penguin) 

Humans are not the only ones who fall ill , Gods too fall ill. Puri's Lord Jagannath is the commoner Almighty who falls sick every year after the bath and quarantines himself for 15 days . 

A mythological tale which also teaches us the value of self isolation when we are ill and are infected

Book for the reference - Rath Yatra by Subas Pani 

Narration by Mohit Gupta 

Ujjain is a city of some of the most intelligent people ever know including the 6th centure sage and mathemetician Varahmihira who studied clouds to predict the earthquakes. Even the present science has now started recognizing this science and started mentioning it 

Reference of the story comes from the book A Study In The Mathematical Contributions of Varahmihira And His Heritage by G S Pandey 

Story narrated by Jyotica Sarkar Malik who is a professional voice over artist

Dehradoon is one of the most charming cities of India, modern yet historical and has a very amazing reason to it's name. 

Listen to the reason for the city's name . 

Book to refer and read for such stories and explore the city : Been There Doon That - WALKING WITH LAATA : 50 Trails through Doon Valley's Living History & Nature

Narration by Abhishek Joshi 

This beautiful valley of Kangra in Himanchal Pradesh is also associated to the ancient science of Plastic Surgery where the native 'Kanghere' community had the knowledge to sew noses and ears. From this community this valley is known as 'Kangra'

Reference of this story is from the book by Dilip K. Chakrabarti And S.J. Hasan- The Antiquities Of Kangra

The narration is by Jyotica Sarkar Malik , a professional voice artist based out of Bangalore 

In recent times you would have heard this saying ' Dilli Abhi Door Hai' in the political context but it was actually said as part of Dilli's politics almost 800 years ago by Nizammudin Auliya, the sufi saint of early 14th century

This fascinating story about Dilli is being narrated by Abhishek Joshi 

The reference book for this story is 'Delhi: Its Monuments and History' by Percival Spear

Meera the devotee of Lord Krishna who became a symbol of Bhakti Kaal went to the city of Dwarika in Gujrat to meet the Lord and something very magical happened there. Her temple has this story attached to her legend which is being narrated by Sonia Bareja in this episode.

Sonia aka ‘Pied Piper Sonia’ is a professional storyteller is the donor for this episode’s story

The reference book for this episode is Krishna: A Journey Through the Lands & Legends of Krishna by Dev Prasad