Instead of staying home for Dasara this year, we decided to go on a short vacation and stay at Anandavana. It was not an easy decision to not stay home and miss our an annual ritual of arranging Dasara dolls…
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“Hurry, you’ve got only 15 minutes. We’ll be closing by 5:30PM sharp.”, the security folks at the entrance of Chennakeshava temple, Somanathapura were in a real hurry. Though it was very close to closing time quite a few visitors were…
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Food, that’s the main concern when it comes to travel for a vegetarian. It becomes a bigger challenge when we go on a family vacation. The first criteria during the family trip is to look for vegetarian only homestays and…
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ಮೇಲುಕೋಟೆ ಅಂದ ತಕ್ಷಣ ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಬರುವುದು ಇವೆರೆಡೇ – ಒಂದು ವೈರಮುಡಿ ಉತ್ಸವ, ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ‘ಪುಳಿಯೋಗರೆ’. ಎಂದಿನಂತೆ ಹೋಗುವ ಮಂಡ್ಯ-ಜಕ್ಕನಹಳ್ಳಿ ಕ್ರಾಸ್ ಕಡೆಯಿಂದ ಹೋಗುವ ಬದಲು ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಿಂದ ಮೇಲುಕೋಟೆಗೆ ನಮ್ಮ ಪಯಣ ಸಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಬೆಳಿಗ್ಗೆ ಬಲಮುರಿ, ಕೆ.ಅರ್.ಎಸ್. ನೋಡಿಕೊಂಡು ಚಿನಕುರಳಿ (ಪಾಂಡವಪುರ ಬಳಿ ಈ ಹೆಸರಿನ ಊರೊಂದಿದೆ) ಮೂಲಕ ಚೆಲುವನಾರಾಯಣನ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಗೆ ಸಾಗಿದ್ದೆವು….
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“Quick, you’ve got 30 minutes to freshen-up, have some evening snacks. You’ll be on time to reach Kyatanamakki to witness the sunset in time”, announced our host. It was an order almost than an announcement from them. It was almost…
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The big sign board on the side of the road announced that we were at Meenmutty falls. Except for a narrow country road there were no other roads from the main road to take us to the falls. Looking at…
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Friday evening and I had no plans for the weekend. Just when I was running out of options on what to do, I got a message “I’m planning to hike Kabbaludurga again. Do you want to join?”. This was about…
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“Are you sure this is the hill we are supposed to climb?”, those were the first words uttered by a friend when we approached Kabbaldurga. “Let’s climb a smaller one instead. This one is huge.”, quipped another one. Though not…
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What are some nice places to visit around Pune? “Lonavala”, that’s the answer you get from nine out of ten people you ask in Pune. Having heard about the place from many of my friends and how it had become…
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