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 still fast asleep. Any sane person would be, considering it was still four in the morning. Night hadn’t lifted its veil and it was pitch-dark.  We sped through the well laid four lane roads with minimal traffic. I and my husband took turns driving and by eight we had reached the outskirts of the city of Kolhapur…

Sitallayangiri

Sitallayangiri As we descended Mullayanagari -Karnataka’s highest peak (more on this to come soon on my blog) and drove down we reached the milky white, lime coated temple of Sitallayanagiri. The sun was about to set and I did not want to miss the kaleidoscope. I managed to click a few snaps of the temple against the backdrop of the beautiful scenery.     For more sky stories visit http://skyley.blogspot.com/