Touring KarnatakaMarch 31, 2019Two Day tour to the Vijayanagara Empire – Hampi – 2Hampi : The people in this city are countless in number, so much so that I do not wish to write it down for fear it should be thought fabulous; but I declare that no troops, horse or foot, could… READ MOREMarch 30, 2019Two Day tour to the Vijayanagara Empire – Hampi – 1Incredible Hampi: Once the second most populous and enviously rich city in the world is currently a sleepy village with reminiscence of the once great heritage in ruins. It is a UNESCO World heritage site located 12kms from Hospet in Bellary Dist.… READ MOREFebruary 24, 2019One day Tour to Kolar – Trekking in AntharagangeDetails of Antharagange: Antharagange is a rocky mountain located near Kolar . It is around 2 hrs drive (70kms) from Bangalore to the starting point of the trek. Antharagange means “Water from the deep” It got its name due to… READ MOREJanuary 2, 2019Weekend Road Trip to Ooty via BandipurFirst step in planning the Ooty trip is to book the train for Ooty to Cunoor as the tickets are tough to get , even though there was a direct sale of some tickets at the station generally there will… READ MORENovember 18, 2018Weekend Road Trip to Jog falls and SringeriHistory of Sringeri : We planned to visit Sringeri for my kid’s Aksharabhyasa . The name Sringeri is derived from Rishyashringa-giri, a nearby hill that is believed to have contained the heritage of RishiVibhandaka and his son Rishyashringa. Rishyashringa appears in… READ MORENovember 14, 2018Weekend Roadtrip to Mysore – 2 After Weekend Roadtrip to Mysore – 1 and a short break , we went to Chamundeswari temple , on top of the Chamundi hills which is a 30-40mins drive from Mysore. Mysore looks beautiful from the top of Chamundi hills… READ MORENovember 14, 2018Weekend Roadtrip to Mysore – 1Details of Sravana Belagola: We started the Weekend Roadtrip to Mysore to cover some of the prominent places in and around Mysore over the weekend.As we have already covered the Halebidu and Belur in Journey through Hoysala Empire – 1 which… READ MORENovember 13, 2018Journey through Hoysala Empire – 2After the Journey through Hoysala Empire – 1 in my last trip , we started to explore the beautiful Hoysala temples once again .We visited the third most famous Hoysala temple Chenna Kesava Temple in Somnathpura .The Temple is similar to… READ MOREJuly 1, 2018Touring Coastal KarnatakaAfter Travelling Through Hoysala Empire and Western Ghats for two days we reached Mangalore around 4 PM on Day 2 . After a quick break and refreshments ,we hit the road towards Mangalore beach .We reached the Mangalore beach around… READ MOREJuly 1, 2018Travelling through Western GhatsAfter passing through the Hoysala empire we joined back to the NH75 at Bhage near Sakleshpur around 3 P.M ,The Ghats from Bhage to Gundya via Sakleshpur are very scenic but the road condition is very bad . One of my… READ MOREJune 28, 2018Journey through Hoysala Empire – 1The Legend Hoysala Empire: The Hoysala empire was a prominent Kannadiga empire that ruled most of what is now Karnataka, India between the 10th and the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initially located at Belur but was… READ MORE
