mumbai to tirupati to rameshwaram to tirupati
DAY 1- 25 Dec 2010: Left home for Bangalore by 0820 hrs flight from Mumbai reached Bangalore international airport at 1030 hrs and took…
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Tranquil Tranquebar
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 pass up.
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A BLISSFUL EXPEDITION: EXPLORING MYSORE, OOTY, AND COONOOR (PART-3)
On the third day of our journey, we set out for Ooty in the early morning. Despite the map indicating a distance of only…
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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…
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A month back, I traveled to Bangalore from Madras by road. I want to tell the readers of this forum my impressions about this…
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Vailankanni – Lourdes of the East
The journey to the coastal town of Karaikal, via Nagapattinam was pretty scenic, with the sea giving us the company. The authentic South Indian breakfast served by the small but neat restaurant of Hotel Krishna was perhaps one of the best meals I ever had.
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Madurai-Rameswaram: Discovering God’s own Land
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…
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The Temple Bay
One of the most photographed temple because of it’s location is actually a set of two temples set next to each other with a slight angle. The temple premise is walled with carvings of bulls(‘nandi’) sitting atop. The two temples are medium sized with typical Dravid architecture.
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Weekend Trip to Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple, Sripuram, Vellore
Maha Lakshmi Golden Temple with its beautiful landscape, scenery, atmosphere, greenish lawns and fine architecture all combined together makes it worth to pay a visit.
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A View of Mettur
Guidebooks rarely make a mention of Mettur or at best underrate it in a few passing words. So if you wander into Mettur you…
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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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Hogenekkal – a different perspective
The first memories of Hogenekkal goes back in time , about 25 years back , when we use to stay in Salem. Needless to say,…
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