Scenes of Sandstone
It was still very early morning. I was waking up from an almost non existent sleep. The train moved ahead and surprisingly across too….
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In a Religious Town, Dharmasthala
14 Feb 09 When the bus arrived at Dharmasthala at 7 am this morning, it was two hours behind schedule. Not that the delay…
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A Southern Sojourn Vol-III: Rameshwaram
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…
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A Southern Sojourn Vol-II: Chennai-Trichy-Tanjore
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 the family, without any hassles, came out and fed those cave-mouthed fish in the gigantic Mylapore pond.
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A Southern Sojourn Vol-I: Chennai-Kanchipuram-Mamallapuram
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…
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The Saga of Somnath and Sardar Patel
The famous temple of Somnath is situated in western India located on the Arabian Sea coast of Gujarat. It is believed that between Antarctica…
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i made a friend there who is from denmark he is very much interested wild life ,trekking .we stayed in chunmun cottage it is…
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The Keshava Temple @ Somnathpur
Somnathpur is smack in the middle of rural Karnataka. There are a handful of buildings and the only attraction is the temple. It’s all fields and orchards around Somnathpur. It’s a great place to get away for a day and easily accessible from Bangalore by car.
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Chikkatirupathy
I was bored of regular day life and thought of drive out on weekend which will not be very far as my kid is…
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An Islamic Revelation, Bijapur
Dec 18, 2008 I arrived at Bijapur yesterday after what was an extremely slow and long bus journey from Hospet. I regretted having not…
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Sai Baba’s Brindavan, Whitefield
Dec 6, 2008 Brindavan is Sri Sathya Baba’s ashram in Whitefield. I had heard much of this place from various sources. There is a…
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Borobudur, Indonesia
No, not Tiramisu, but definitely more delectable! Borobudur Temple in Magelang, near Yogyakartha (Indonesia) made to look like a layered cake with history seeping…
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