Travelogue on beautiful places that I have visited
Hampi Overview – Series I Overview of Hampi I was somewhat surprised to discover the religious side of Hampi. I usually do a bit of googling before visiting a place. But this time, my work was highly jam-packed. All that I could before the trip was to pack my bags. Maybe that is why, and …
Hampi, on one side of the Tungabhadra river, has all the Vijayanagara ruins. In this series of Hampi, we will visit the places from Virupaksha Temple to Vittala temple, which can be covered by road. Given here is the map we covered on the first day. The first group of temples to visit are the …
Hampi series II – An Architectural Wonder/Wander Read More »
Recently, I went for an ambitiously planned three-day tour of Hampi, covering Aihole, Patadkal, and Badami caves. It is challenging to put all three days in one go, and hence I am going to write a series of posts on Hampi. The first one is an overview of Hampi giving a gist of the three-day …
Water-related activities like Scuba-diving, snorkeling, diving, swimming, jumping, sinking, drowning, boating — none of this was/is on my bucket list apart from bathing in deep waters now courtesy my trip to Netrani. Once, years back, I was put on a rafting boat by my friends, and we went dashing through the Ganges. At one point …
Chitra Santhe is an annual event held by Chitrakalaa Parishad in Bangalore. It is usually conducted on the first Sunday of January. This year it was on 5th Jan 2014 and it was the 11th year celebration. Every year it is only the next day I would get to know from the papers that …
Lepakshi is a small town in the Anantpur district, housing the famous Veerabhadra temple. It is ideal for a day’s outing from Bangalore. We started from Bangalore around 7 am and took the following routes: Marathahalli, Whitefield, Hoskote, Devanahalli, Chikaballapur, and Hindupur. There wasn’t much traffic since it was a Sunday morning, and within an …
Sri Lanka is easily one of the serene countries I have seen. May be because of the calm Buddha smiling at you from every corner of the streets. This travelogue is more on how to plan your trip, what places you can cover, how many days you will need, what to eat and so …
This was my first visit to the God’s own country. I have always wanted to visit the place for its lush greenery and backwaters. Though there are so many other tourists’ places to visit in Kerala, me and my friend wanted to visit Guruvayurappan and get His blessings. And so it was Guruvayur It …
The weather was playing crazy when we arrived at Colombo, Sri Lanka. My travel agent had already warned about the landslides and heavy rainfall. But still we proceeded with the trip. Colombo to Dambulla was roughly around 4 hours’ drive. The rain played a spoil sport and extended the driving hours. By the time we …
As I sit down to write this blog, I am wondering what should be the title of the blog. Is this a travelogue or an adventurous experience or a day in my life? Well, could be a combination of all of them.. Let me decide the title later.. It was a Saturday night when I …
