Category: South India
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Travel Pic of the Week: As still as the Crocodile @ Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Lovely boat ride in the Ranganathittu bird sanctuary near Srirangapatna, Mysore. Saw lads of crocodiles basking in the sun. They camouflage so well one can easily miss them! As still as the rock. I went and sat on the water bank for a while, later it struck me that the crocodile could actually come from the…
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Travel Pic of the Week: Kerala All Women Petrol Pump
What a happy sight, a petrol pump ‘man’ned entirely by women! Saw this All Women Petrol Pump in Kerala on my way to Kochi from Kanyakumari. Another two supposedly ‘male’ professions taken up by women in Kerala (& Karnataka) are, bus conductors & drivers – was amazed to see a woman bus conductor in Mysore…
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Travel Pic of the Week: The “Magic Babas” from Hampi (& entertaining Con Artists)
Spent three days in Hampi a few days back. Saw these Magic babas roaming around, was curious, I thought these might be real black magic folks so was wondering whether to try and get some dope (not literal, pls I am not hashish mata!) get some dope on black magic rituals maybe even be able…
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The Small town of Kapu Lighthouse, NH 17, Beaches of Karnataka
The small town of Kapu or Kaup is located very close to Udupi on the NH 17 highway of Konkan Karnataka. Inter-city buses and local buses to & from Udupi/Mangalore – inexpensive ones as well as AC volvos pass by Kapu. One of the popular Mariamma temples in this town is right opposite the bus…
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Balaram Temple, Malpe
Malpe is a small beach town near Udupi. Its like a suburb of Udupi, just some 6 km away. Amongst stuff to see in Malpe there is the superb beach, fishing wharf, ship cutters factory and an ancient Balaram temple. Balaram is the brother of Krishna and also a big sage/god or something. The Balaram…
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Kanyakumari First Impressions, Solo Woman Travelling!
On my month long trip this January I reached an impasse, I had been on the road for 20 or so days and then reached Bangalore. From Bangalore I had no idea where to go. I planned to go to Pondicherry but there was some Aurobindo event and hence all accommodations were full. Finally got…
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4 Photos of NH17: Udupi – Malpe – Kaup
A week back I was on my to Bangalore and stopped over to experience the small town of Udupi a religious place due its very old Krishna temple. I also visited the nearby Malpe Beach and Kaup Lighthouse. The highway was a scenic, beautiful drive with lush greens everywhere. There is specifically a stretch called…
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Photo Story & Travel Route – 1 month on the road, South India
Finally finished my photo compilation of my 1 month long road travel in Jan, 2013! I traveled around South India in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and a little bit in Kerala! The final route looked like, Mum – Madikeri (via Mangalore) – Mysore (with Isha Yatra covered: Halebeedu/Belur, Gomatgiri, Nanjungoud, B.R.Hills and more) – Coimbatore (Isha…
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My Peep into the Kochi Muziris Biennale 2012
Half a day! Half a day was all I got to see the Kochi Biennale in my month long road trip in South India! It was not enough at all… but what I did see really impressed me a lot! It was actually thought provoking and so engaging, I am amazed! These two videos are…
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Multi-religious Coonoor Mornings
I remember the mornings in Coonoor! I didn’t do anything particularly, I went there in January and it was too cold to get out of bed early. So I slept tell at least 8.00am! The most unique thing however was the hodge-podge of the three main religions – Muslim, Hindu & Christianity! One of the…