The Bunts have their origins in Mangalore, the popular ones being Aishwarya Rai and Shilpa Shetty. Most today are in the restaurant business and run these eateries in Mumbai. I came...
Category: India, Karnataka Tags: Architecture, Bunt, Bunt House, Chavadi, Dakshin Kannada, Garodi, Mangalore, Mogasalai, South Kanara
An edited version of this article was published in Pune Mirror as Seaside Diaries As I scanned around I could see the Gurpur River meandering through coconut groves while steamers and boats...
Category: India, Karnataka, Published Tags: Beach, Bunt, Dakshin Kannada, Gadbad ice cream, Konkani, Mangalore, Mangalore Food, Mangalore Tiles, South Kanara, Ullal
I walked barefoot on the sea shore of Ullal. It had been quite late by the time I arrived in Ullal and the sun had already set leaving behind glimpses of...
Category: India, Karnataka, Reviews Tags: Abbakkarani, Aloysius Albuquerque, Beach Resort, Dakshin Kannada, Mangalore, Summer Sands, Ullal
An edited version of this article was published in The Hindu on 28th March’15 I waited outside the premises of the Hoysaleshwar Temple that had long stood the test of times....
Category: India, Karnataka, Offbeat, Published, Travel Tags: Architecture, HALEBEEDU, Halebid, Hassan, Hoysala Dynassty, Hoysaleshwar Temple, Hoysaleswar, King Vishnuvardhana, Queen Shantala Devi
I had reached South Kanara or Dakshin Kannada which was part of the erstwhile Madras Presidency. Mangaluru or Mangalore was earlier called Mangalapuram after the presiding deity of the city Mangaladevi....
Category: India, Karnataka, Offbeat, Travel Tags: Bhaubali, Biscuit Roti, Dakshin Kannada, Gadbad Icecream, Gomateshwar, Karkala, Karnataka, Kaup Beach, Kottigai, Mangalore, Milagres Church, Moodabidri, Muday, Sanjeera, South Kannara, St. Aloysius Chapel, St. Mary's Island, Sultan Bathery, Sultan Battery, Udupi Shri Krishna, Ullal Beach, Yakshagana
An edited version of this article was published in Travel + Leisure December’14 issue. As I started the car and hit the NH4 (National Highway) towards Bangalore, I noticed Pune was...
Category: India, Karnataka, Published, Travel Tags: Babu Budan, Chikmagalur, HALEBEEDU, Mullayanagari, Sittalayangiri, Sringeri
Country Club Bandipur With two weeks of Diwali vacation for the kids we decided to stay put in Bandipur for four days. Being a member of RCI group we got accommodation...
Category: India, Karnataka, Reviews, Travel Tags: Bandipur, Country Club, Property review, RCI
Dudhsagar A modified version of this article was published in The Hindu. I was deep in the forests of Dandeli enjoying the treks and hikes when I got to know, Dudhsagar is...
Category: India, Karnataka, Offbeat, Published, Travel Tags: Dandeli, Dudhsagar, Dudhsagar Falls, Dudhsagar Motorbike Association, Dudhsagar Photo, Goa, Karnataka, offbeat travel
Dandeli had been my abode for three days and I had enjoyed every moment of it. Three years back I had visited Dandeli but then it was just white water river rafting...
Category: India, Karnataka, Offbeat, Travel, World Tags: Backwaters of Kali, Birding, Black Panther, Coracle Ride, Dandelappa, Dandelappa Fair, Dandeli, Dandeli Photos, Dandeli Pictures, dandeli.com, Dudhsagar, Gawli, Great Pied Hornbill, Hiking, Honey Bee Interaction, Kadumane, Kayaking, Malabar Giant Squirrel, Nagi River, Nasi River, Pandhri River, Siddi, Tiger, Trekking, Tribes of Dandeli, West Coast Paper Mill, White Water River Rafting, Wildlife Safari
I was heading towards Dudhsagar from Londa station by the Amravati Express which was a good one hour late. I had to kill time somehow as the idea of spending an hour in...
Category: India, Karnataka, Offbeat, Rambles Tags: Belgaum, Karnataka, Locals Photo, Londa, Potraits, Uttara Kannnada, Uttara Karnataka
It had been a long journey from Pune to Chikmagalur, but one that I had enjoyed completely. Didn’t someone rightly say, It is the journey that matters more than the destination....
Category: India, Karnataka, Reviews, Travel Tags: Chikmagalur, Coffee Plantations, Handi, homestay, Karnataka, Land of Coffee, review, Shimoga, Sringeri, The Hidden Valley
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