Melkote or Melukote  (or ThiruNarayanapuram for Tamils), is one of the most important Vaishnava temple in Karnataka. Inspite of living (on and off) in Bangalore since 97′ I have never been to Melkote before and the long weekend over Christmas gave me the opportunity to do so. The route was Bangalore - Ramanagaram - Maddur [...]

Now that I have gotten a little more comfortable with the driving, I am slowly easing into making weekend trips near Bangalore. Having read about the Chikka Tirupathi  temple in a blog and having gone across a couple of times in bike rides, I thought it is a convenient place to take the family as [...]

Chennaispot’s back to the land of boiled beans and Traffic Jams, though things seem to have improved a bit at least along my commuting belt. The metro construction has taken a big toll on the commercial activities in MG Road. Brookefields and Marathahalli areas have changed (for the better) beyond recognition but will still take [...]

Rehashing an old travel report (from XLNT Travels) of a day trip to Belur/Halebeid/Shravanabelagola made from Bangalore
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Date: 15 August 2005
Mode: KSTDC Conducted tour
Route: Bangalore - Nelamangala - Kunigal - Shravanabelagola - C.R.Patna-Hassan-Belur-Halebeid
Fare: Rs 500 / head
The tour starts from KSTDC (Karnataka State Tourism Development Corp.) office in Badami House opposite Bangalore corporation at 7:15 AM. There [...]

This is a blast from the past as I am gradually moving my old travelogs from Rediff to here. This  Bangalore - Nandi Hills trip was made on 10 July 05.
 

Mode: Bajaj Pulsar 150 DTSi
Persons: 2 (Me and wife)
Route: Mekhri Circle - Yelahanka - Devanahalli - Nandi Hills
Nandi hills is a small hill resort near [...]

Bengaloorigey Suswaagathaa !!
Bangalore becomes the fourth major Indian city to change it’s name, becoming Bengalooru on Kannada Rajyothsava day. Karnataka is also changing the names of more cities. While I am not particularly for or against it, when so many other places have done it before, including Chennai, why not Bangalore. I however feel that [...]