… that was the theme of our summer vacation this year. Lot of new sights and experiences for the kids; they loved seeing the many animals in the wild and trekking on precarious, slippery rocky river beds. All of us enjoyed being amidst nature’s thick vegetation and pristine waters. Standing/sitting under beautiful waterfalls, wading in […]
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A kalyani is a temple tank, which is usually near a temple and used for temple activities. The kalyani at Melukote (more pics from Melukote here) is huge and is at the base of the hill - the temple is at the top of this hill. (Read here about the climb up) Stone steps lead […]
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On our trip to Koppa, where we stayed at the charming homestay, Ammadi, one of the places we visited was Sringeri. Sringeri is small town located in the western ghats in Chikkamagalur district. The beautiful ghats and the river Tunga make this town quite idyllic. We visited the very famous Sharada temple here. After we […]
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So, along the Manjarabad fort wall are little minarets from which one can look at the vast landscape through the slit like openings. The tunnel like passageways that lead to these little minarets are short in height and are dark.
You will get a sense of that from the first pic, where I have already gone […]
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This is a long pending post from the Sakleshpur trip. One of the things to do, while you are in the neighborhood is to visit the Manjarabad ford, which is located just outside of Sakleshpur on National Highway 48. The fort was built by Tippu Sultan as a strategic defensive location
It is also believed that […]
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