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Bekal Fort 2008-08-05 00:47:00 It was noon when we reached Bekal fort. Wrong time & season - noon & summer - to visit Bekal. The place was almost deserted, with few people here and there. After roaming around the fort - peeping into the (now closed) tunnel, observation tower - we went down to the beach. Sea in this part is a bit rough & not safe for getting into water as lot of rocks are there in the beach.The fort - the bigges
Desktop Calendar: August 08 2008-07-31 07:23:00 Download from here (Right click & select save target to download)Background photo: Sunset - captured right behind our house.
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Exploring Kasaragod 2008-07-28 00:39:00 On day three we gave rest to our steeds & hired a car as Srik's aunt & cousin accompanied us for the trip. And third day turned out be more of a pilgrimage with visits to plenty of temples - most of them in Kasaragod district. Our first stop was Ananthapura. Few weeks before our ride plan, there was a news article about the place & it's uniqueness.Ananthapura, the place is well known for the templ Read more:Exploring
Kokkare Bellur: Revisited 2008-08-25 12:25:00 Visited Kokkare Bellur again, 15 months after my first visit. There were not many birds this time. Painted Storks were around 20-25 in number.Pelicans were very less in number. I counted 7 or 8 pelicans. I tried to get a decent shot of these big birds, but in vain. That pelican was hiding behind the tree branches as if its being guilty of something :PFew of the sun-bathing Storks posed for the cam Read more:Revisited
A Coracle Ride Across The River Kapila 2008-08-20 13:14:00 "Come saar, I'll take you to the other side of the river. It's safe to play in water & take bath" called the boatman, while we were looking for some place on the crowded bank of river Kapila. Though it was 3.30PM the place was crowded, few devotees & many other trying to beat the summer heat. We decided to cross the river on the coracle to avoid the crowd & it was worth the decision. While my frie Read more:Across
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Manjeshwara & Someshwara 2008-08-13 13:03:00 We stopped at Kasaragodu for lunch. From there we went to Manjeshwara, the birth place of Govinda Pai, one of the well known poets of Kannada literature. It was around 3.30PM & Sri Ananthapadmanabha swamy temple was closed. We had to be content looking at the sculptures outside the temple. There were lots of sculptures of snake god (Nagarakallu, in Kannada) - of different sizes & shapes. We were t
Enchanting Melkote 2008-09-10 12:53:00 When we started off towards the temple town 'Melukote' (Melkote or Yadavagiri or Yadugiri) on a summer day, to be greeted by the misty morning. Our prayers for the same climate went in vain as the temperature soared later. We stopped at couple of places for photo sessions & reached in time for the breakfast.After savouring the delicious 'Puliyogare', we roamed around the place - Cheluva Narayanasw Read more:Enchanting
Digest: Ride to the West Coast 2008-09-03 00:22:00 An unforgettable journey Places visited during the four day bike trip to West Coast
* The beginning* Belur* Yagachi Dam* Sringeri* Agumbe* Around Udupi - Malpe beach & port, Bengre* Udyavara beach* Kunjarugiri and Pajaka* Around Kasaragod - Ananthapura & Madhur* Bekal Fort* Manjeshwara & SomeshwaraRoute taken during the trip - Day 1: Bangalore - Kunigal - Hassan - Belur - Chikkamagalur - Sringeri - Read more:Digest
Desktop Calendar: September 08 2008-08-31 09:06:00 Download from here (Right click & select save target to download)Background photo: Crossing the river at Tengumaravagada near Ooty Atop Chembra peak, Wayanad, Kerala.
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Images: Mysore Palace 2008-10-05 01:08:00 It's Dasara (Navaratri) & festive mood in Mysore. Whole city is lit up. Exhibitions, sales, concerts. I managed to roam around in the city in the evening. Here are few photos of Mysore Palace
& other places illuminated.Places around Mysore: NanjanaguduRanganatittuHimavat Gopalaswamy BettaShivanasamudra
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Kaigal Falls 2008-10-18 12:57:00 Just when guilt was creeping inside for not being able to visit a single waterfall this year, Srikanth suggested visiting Kaigal falls, a less known falls in Andhra Pradesh hidden inside Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary. Kaigal falls is also called as 'Dumukurallu water falls'. Anant also joined for the trip & we started early in th morning in search of the falls.We were not aware of the exact locatio Read more:Falls
Kaidala & Jakanachari 2008-10-13 12:27:00 When one hears the name 'Belur', next set of names or words that follow are - Channakeshava temple, Shilabalikas, Halebidu, Hoysalas, King Vishnuvardhana, Jakanachari. Off the list, the last one is less known - Jakanachari, the main architect-sculptor behind Belur & Halebidu. And Kaidala, home town of Jakanachari, boasts of having one of the beautiful statue of God Channakeshava (Lord Vishnu) scul
Binsar: Rock Climbing & A Morning Walk 2008-11-10 05:22:00 By the time we reached the resort in Binsar it was post noon. Only negative point about Binsar is the amount of time needed to reach the place. It took 20 hours to reach the place which included 6 hours journey by taxi. We were warned before about the journey time & I thought day one at the resort would be spent getting some rest from the journey. On the contrary, there was no sign of tiredness at Read more:Morning
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Binsar, the Kumaon mountains 2008-11-04 22:38:00 Last three travel plans to the North India remained in planned status for me due to various reasons & constraints. One of the plans getting cancelled just 5 days before the trip. When I received the invitation from Club Mahindra for the Blogger’s trip to Binsar, Uttaranchal, I was uncertain & was under an assumption that another place would get added to the above list due to my official assignme Read more:mountains
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