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Hampi - Queen’s Bath & Zenana Enclosure (Ballari - Karnataka)
The whole of Vijayanagara city was built in 1343 to 1565. The architecture was a beautiful mixture of the existing Hindu architecture and the Indo-Islamic architecture brought in by the Bahmani...
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Hampi - Hazara Rama Temple (Ballari - Karnataka)
My next stop from Zenana Enclosure, was Hazara Rama Temple and it rendered me speechless the moment I saw it!!! Even before I went in, the sculptural beauty was just mesmerizing! The entire outer wall...
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Hampi - Royal Enclosure (Ballari - Karnataka)
Incl. Kings Palace, Underground Chamber, Audience Hall, Stepped Tank & Mahanavami Dibba From Hazara Rama Temple, we walked over to Mahanavami Dibba and on the way, we saw some very ruined...
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Tata Tigor - Test Drive & Review
#TIGORStyleBack in the heart of New Delhi!The brand new, upcoming arrival of Tata Motors, after Tata Hexa& Tata Tiago, is the Tata Tigor. To be pronounced Tee-gor, I was one of the lucky few, to...
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Hampi - Achyuta Raya & Varaha Temple (Ballari - Karntaka)
Just opposite to Virupaksha Temple, a small hike beside the monolith Nandi, takes you to a point from where the top view of Achyuta Raya Temple is visible! Its just spectacular bordered by the hills...
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Hampi - Virupaksha Temple (Ballari - Karnataka)
One of the 2 most important sites in the whole of Hampi is Virupaksha Temple. We entered though the East Gopuram which is the main entrance! Inside, there's a stand for shoes and the ticket counter....
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Hampi - Vittala Temple (Ballari - Karnataka)
As I said that Virupaksha Temple was 1 of the 2 most important sites in Hampi. The 2nd is Vittala Temple. Though its not sure when the temple was built or when it was consecrated or under which king,...
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Hampi - Monolith sculptures! (Ballari - Karnataka)
Hampi has some mind blowing-ly large sized monolith sculptures!!! Here are the main ones!Lakshmi Narasimha (Yoga Narasimha): The most prominent sculpture of Hampi is the huge seated Narasimha in...
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Hampi - Riverside Ruins & Other Temples (Ballari - Karnaraka)
Ahead from the Varaha Temple, we headed to the Narasimha Temple. This requires a slight trek onto a barren hillock and the first thing you'd spot is the Deepa Sthamba (the pole for lamps) and a two...
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Anegundi Pre-Historic Rock Art (Ballari - Karnataka)
Apart from the main UNESCO Sites in Hampi, there was one very important site that I wanted to see – Onake Kindi in Anagundi. Remember my posts on Alampadi, Settavarai and Kilvalai? Remember those...
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Hampi - Surprises, Discoveries & Musings!!!
After checking out the Pre-Historic Rock Art at Anegundi, we headed to Malyavanta Hill and on the way, I spotted something! Do you spot it??? Well, lets go closer...At a particular spot, to my right,...
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Araku Valley - Borra Caves (Vizag - Andhra Pradesh)
We had a family event to attend at Vizag and since that was a Friday we chose to stay there the weekend and explore Borra Caves and Araku Valley. As I read a lot about how the train journey from Vizag...
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Orange County Resorts Kabini - A Review - Part I (Mysuru - Karnataka)
Cocooned by Nature!No matter, how many times I visit the Western Ghats, I could go again and again and again. The entire area is so vast and there are so many places in it and I've been there several...
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Orange County Resorts Kabini - A Review - Part II (Mysuru - Karnataka)
Cocooned in Nature!Continuing with the review of Orange County Resorts in Kabini. Yeah, there are 2 restaurants here - the Honey Comb restaurant & Kuruba grill. The Honey Comb restaurant is a...
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Nagarhole Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Mysuru - Karnataka)
Nagarhole Rajiv Gandhi National Park comes under Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and Niligiri Sub Cluster of Western Ghats of India which are protected under UNESCO as Biodiversity Hotspot! Check out the...
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Kabini Reservoir & Village (Mysuru - Karnataka)
Kabini river originates in Wayanad in Kerala and joins the Cauvery River! In 1974, a dam of about 700m height was built across Kabini river almost at the border of both Bandipur & Nagarhole...
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Colosseum & Arch of Constantine (Rome - Italy)
I went on a solo backpacking trip to Italy for 3 days which began with Rome and ended with Milan and the first place I visited in Rome was Colosseum. Colosseum - I had seen it drawings, photos and...
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Palatine Hill, Roman Forum, Domus Aurea & Convento Bonaventura (Rome - Italy)
From Colosseum & Arch of Constantine, I walked over to Palatine Hill. As I mentioned about this issue in my post on Copenhagen, almost each and every city in every European Nation, went through...
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Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel
In my Uni days, in Art History subject, Renaissance was a major topic and 3 primary names taught were Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael and a masterpiece of Michelangelo was the ceiling of...
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St.Peter's Basilica (Vatican)
Getting out of Sistine Chapel & Vatican Museums through a shortcut, I went into St.Peter's Basilica. As you enter there are 3 doors - a queue to climb the dome. Quite amusingly the queue to get...
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