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Story of a missing Nut Cap

March 10, 2010

Plan was to visit Mysore and the surrounding places on one of the weekends. I opted for a self driven travel on our Hyundai Santro since ours is a small family consisting of mom, dad, wifey and myself. It was the occasion of a full moon day and we were told in the previous visit about the [...]

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Somanathapura – Archeological marvel

March 5, 2010

Somanathapura Keshava temple is located on the river banks of Kaveri, about 30 kilometers from Mysore city. This temple is now under the custody of Archeological survey of India. This is also declared by United Nations as ‘Culture Heritage Center’. Every carving of a stone in this temple makes you wonder about the kind of [...]

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!ncredible India : Atithi Devo Bhava

March 2, 2010

We all have heard, seen and enjoyed the campaign called ‘!ncredible India’ by tourism department of India. In fact they did a great job in creating a brand campaign that reached masses around the globe. It is also true that this campaign made a huge impact globally. But have you ever wondered about what the [...]

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Bus Day Bangalore – 4th Feb

February 3, 2010

Bangalore is gearing up to celebrate Bus Day tomorrow, ie., 4th February 2010. I know it is a bit late to blog about it, but never too late spread the word since still a lot of time is left to join hands for a great cause. Not just tomorrow, feel free to opt it for [...]

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Adopt an Animal & Get Tax Benefit

January 18, 2010

Surprised by the title? Yes, it is true. Not sure how many of you have visited Shri Chamarajendra Zoological Gardens in Mysore, aka Mysore Zoo. During my recent trip to Mysore and surroundings, got a chance to visit this zoo for the first time! Though I have visited Mysore a number of times, never [...]

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Nimishamba Temple, Srirangapatna

January 3, 2010

Nimishamba temple is located near the historical town of Srirangapatna en route to Mysore from Bangalore. Srirangapatna is of great religious, cultural and historic importance. Those of you who recall a television serial called ‘The Sword of Tipu Sultan’ on Doordarshan will be able to co-relate this place well since Srirangapatna was Tipu’s capital. There [...]

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Review : Eagleton Golf Village

December 7, 2009

What can be more relaxing on a monday morning than spending time at a golf resort to cool off the hard working brains? Yes! today we spent a day at Eagleton Golf Village in the outskirts of Bangalore as a part of our regular team outings. If you are an avid golfer or is interested [...]

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A quick update!

September 22, 2009

It has been a week since my last post and couldn’t resist from posting this update. I am in the middle of a short vacation, left Bangalore on Sunday morning. Here is a snapshot of all the happenings at my end:

Drove through heavy rain on national highway # 4 for the first time!
Took the pedestrian [...]

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Durga Temple @ Vidyaranyapura

August 31, 2009

With this pic, I am beginning a new series of articles called ‘Explore Bangalore’. The Shikhara or Gopura (gateway tower) clicked below belongs to Sri Kalika Durga Parameshwari temple near Vidyaranyapura.  Specialty of this tower is the sheer height, it is 108 feet tall. This temple is very famous for the various kind of special [...]

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Puligundu – Unexplored adventure spot

January 21, 2009

After my trekking expedition at Skandagiri, I continued to explore various places around my native place during week long vacation. In the course of time, I got an opportunity to explore and hike two more places. First one is Puligundu. This place is about 18 kms from Chittoor district center. It is on the way [...]

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