Two Day tour to the Vijayanagara Empire – Hampi – 2
Hampi : 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…
Two Day tour to the Vijayanagara Empire – Hampi – 1
Incredible 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.…
Road trip to Gujarat – Somnath
The legend of Somnath : The Somnath temple is located in Prabhas patan near Veraval in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. It is the first among the twelve Jyotirlinga temples of Shiva. The site of Somnath has been a pilgrimage site from ancient…
Road trip to Gujarat – Dwarka
History of Dwarka : The name, Dwarka literally means the "gateway to heaven". According to the Mahabharata, Lord Krishna settled here after he defeated and killed his uncle Kansa at Mathura. Krishna created Dwarka by reclaiming 12 yojanas or 96 square kilometres (37 sq mi) of…
Weekend Road Trip to Jog falls and Sringeri
History 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…
Weekend 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…
Weekend Roadtrip to Mysore – 1
Details 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…
Journey through Hoysala Empire – 2
After 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…
Touring Coastal Karnataka
After 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…
Travelling through Western Ghats
After 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…