The Historical Town of SriRangapatna – Day trip from Bangalore
Weekend getaway from Bangalore or a short stop before heading to Mysore, here is all you can do at Srirangapatna. A historical town to explore
Travelogue on beautiful places that I have visited
Weekend getaway from Bangalore or a short stop before heading to Mysore, here is all you can do at Srirangapatna. A historical town to explore
You know, there is a FB page called,”Save the Tiger”. They keep putting up awesomastic pictures of Tigers. That majestic walk, that piercing look, those playful cubs, who wouldn’t want to watch it live! So we planned our next trip to Kabini forest reserve. By luck we got our rooms coinciding with the republic …
I was introduced to Chitra Santhe last year and this year I kept a reminder as soon as I saw the advertisement in paper a month back. This is one Santhe that does not disappoint you as there is something for everyone. Chitra Santhe is the annual painting exhibition held by Chitrakala Parishat at Kumara …
Melukote is the land of Temples and a great one day getaway from Bangalore. Sri Ramanujar settled in Melukote for nearly 14 years and helped establish Vaishnavism.
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 …