Paris
14th -15th May 2011 I was in Netherlands couple of weeks ago on Official visit. With a weekend to spare, I decided to visit Paris along with my colleague Prashanjith Ghosh. The next action was to plan the travel to … Continued
Hoysala Temples of Mosale
22nd April 2011 The village has a strange name “Mosale” meaning crocodile in Kannada. I don’t know why such a peculiar name exists for the village but more importantly it houses two great Hoysala Temples. These two twin Temples … Continued
Bababudan Giri to Kemmangundi
23rd April 2011 I had heard that the “shortcut road” connecting the two hill stations of Karnataka was very scenic. My two attempts to drive on this road were unsuccessful. I had tried to start from Kemmangundi but horrible roads … Continued
Shettihalli Church
22 April 2011 When people know that their abode will be swallowed by the backwaters rising from a dam, they take everything possible with him. But lot of immovable structures still remains to submerge from the rising waters. As summer … Continued
Mahimapura
6th Februray 2011 Mahimapura is a small village near Bengaluru. Situated in the village is Ranganatha Swamy Temple on a hillock. From Bengaluru, travel towards Tumkur. After about 10 km from Nelamagala toll gate, you see an arch on the … Continued
Pench National Park
28th – 31st December 2010 Pench is the one of the four national parks in Madhya Pradesh. Located in the Seoni district, it is about 90km from Nagpur on Nagpur – Jabalpur route. Rudyard Kipling’s famous novel “The Jungle Book” … Continued
Tadoba-Andhari: where Tiger rules!!
26th – 28th December 2010 I get a week off during Christmas. So, I need to go somewhere!! This time I thought of visiting wildlife sanctuaries in Central India. With a map in hand, I started looking around the places … Continued
Mallalli falls
The first time I heard about this waterfall was during my trek to Kumara Parvatha six years ago. Since reaching our destination on top of that mountain was on our mind, we could not visit this waterfall. The place seemed … Continued
Mandharagiri (Basadi Betta)
10th October 2010 This is a small hillock with a Jain Temple on Bengaluru-Tumkur road. It can be easily spotted from the highway if one is watchful. The name “Mandharagiri” is written on the hill!! But this place is … Continued