Summary : Distance : 340 km (Bangalore to Chennai by road) Time : anywhere between 4.5 and 5 hr (using the formula time=distance/speed) Ideal speed : 100-110 (I cud maintain 130 in my Fiesta) Best time to start : 5.30 AM if possible (latest by ... Read More

Finally, after planning for almost 4 years, we made it to Munnar. One thing that I searched for before this trip was a description about the route (fast and best). Though I found the information in bits and pieces, it was not a holistic one. This is ... Read More

For almost two months we were contemplating on visiting Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple at Sripuram near Vellore and finally the plans seemed to materialize during last week of May 2009. My brother-in-law Siva wanted to take his new Swift Dezire to Golden... Read More

Vivek talked about Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi in his last post and I found that he missed visiting inside Dhanushkodi village. So, my story will start from Dhanushkodi and to your surprise, it will end at Dhanushkodi. We reached Rameshwaram from Ma... Read More

Bhayya Muddumalai and Bandipur National Park kya ho kar aaye, mere beti ghar mein sabka naam animals per rakh diya hein. Myself "Dinasour", my daughter Navya "Chhoti Dianasour", Bete Ujjwal ka "Chhota Deer", meri niece Aditi ka "Elephent", Meri wife ... Read More

Ooty - Pyar ki Booti Remember this phrase from movie "Karz", aka, "1 haseena thi, 1 deewana tha, kya umar thi, kya zamana tha". I heard and saw Ooty first time in Karz and noticed 2nd time in movie Maine Pyar Kiya - "Dil deewana, bin sajna ke, maane... Read More

<meta name="googlebot" content="noindex"> SETUBANDHE TU RAMESHAM ( 7TH JYOTIRLINGA IN DWADASHA JYOTIRLINGA STROTRAM) Then next day it was time to go to our prime destination Rameswaram for which this trip was planned. We had gone to Kashi i... Read More

At times few things happen, when these are least expected. That’s what happened on the evening of February 19, 2010. We were on way back from our company’s ATM manufacturing plant after the third and final day of the grueling session of the so... Read More

There was a 3 days off as 26th Jan 2009 was on Monday and I thought of utilizing this time to going out to Chikmagalur, kuuke subramanyam however due to unavailability of reservations in resorts and last minutes commitments I along with my friend and... Read More

Madurai, Thursday, July 2 I and my in-laws both wanted to visit Rameshwaram (one of the 4 dhams mentioned in Hindu mythology) from last so many years and this summer we decided to plan and excecute it as well. You need a very good luck to ge... Read More

The ancient city of Mamallapuram has been called the town of the seven pagodas ever since the first European explorers reached the city several centuries ago. According to popular belief, once upon a time six other temples stood along with the now fa... Read More

Hi Guys: 1.1 I am a retired bureaucrat, retired about eight years ago. My grandson is about three years old and a great source of joy. 1.2 One day I decided that I needed to go nowhere. It was easier to drive alone to nowhere than to somewhere: if ... Read More

Vol-I: Planning and Delhi-Chennai-Kanchipuram/Mahabalipuram This Christmas we went to south on a temple trip of Tamilnadu. First the planning part goes. As always it was SPV who intiated the move and prodded me into action. This time the group was... Read More

MADURAI – MEENAKSHI AMMAN AND LORD SUNDARESHWAR TEMPLE  - Masterpiece of Architecture and Painting A Nominee in “ NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD” 6th November 2011 Sunday :-  It was time to move from Rameswaram to our next destination Ma... Read More

ADVICE TO THE READERS :- While booking your tour for Kanyakumari, please keep at least 3 days in spare , because there are around 30 fantastic places around this legendary town and I reckon each one has class of its own and secondly its an ideal plac... Read More

It is gratifying to know that one's jottings are of some help to other netizens. So here are the notings from the next and the most important destination of our Yatra-Rameshwaram. Our train, Rameshwaram Express,  left Trichy at about 11:00 pm. No... Read More

This might not actually fit into a "travellogue" per se, but its worth a mention. The first time that I am actually writing about a specific area in chennai :-). Whats it all about? City of Chennai, bustling with activities right from 4AM till abo... Read More

This is about our visit in July to Tranquebar, a beautiful beach on the Bay of Bengal. Our vacation was primarily to the ancient temple towns of the Cauvery Delta. The short distance from Chidambaram to Tranquebar was too good an opportunity to pa... Read More

Going Around Chennai We hired two 9 seaters and first went to the Kapaleeshwara temple, which is at the centre of the culture in Mylapore. Go through Karthik's another brilliant post about Mylapore. Had the darshan of Shiva and Uma and the rest of t... Read More

Warning : The call of the wild is a cry that should not be ignored . It can cause you sleepless nights You will be woken up in the night by howling wolves and you will start seeing sillhouttes of elephants next to you in the dark ! A snake will sli... Read More

A month back, I traveled to Bangalore from Madras by road. I want to tell the readers of this forum my impressions about this road trip which some of you may find it informative and useful. For those who are unfamiliar, there are 2 roads by which ... Read More

[caption id="attachment_40659" align="aligncenter" width="640"] Srirangam Temple- A view from Rock fort Temple[/caption] After Omkareshwar and Mahakaleshwar in July, it was time for me to go to another divine destination and finally it was decided... Read More

It was beginning of November and bright sunshine forced it’s way in our rooms. In Chennai, it does not matter if winter is officially around the corner, the sun and it’s army rule day long. Fuelled with the fantastic breakfast we set out to explo... Read More

Valparai is a small hill station in Tamil Nadu which is known for their tea plantation.  I had this place in mind for ages and finally this year I decide to make a short trip to this green paradise. It is located 80 kms away from Coimbatore and it t... Read More

[caption id="attachment_40943" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The Brihadeeshwara ( Big ) Temple, Thanajavur[/caption] THANJAVUR :- The next place according to the plan was given to Thanjavur, The Brihadeeshwara Temple (also called the Big Temple... Read More