Exploring India

Its almost 4 years, I have moved to Bangalore from my hometown Mangalore. Here are few list of places in Bangalore, which are good and you can plan to visit. 1. Vishanasoudha The seat of the state legislature of Karnataka. Place where Parliament happens. Vidhanasoudha 2. High Court Located opposite to Vishanasoudha. Known as superior court of the state.  High court 3. Cubbon park One of the ideal place for nature lovers in the city. 4. Vishveswarayya Museum Place where you can learn practical science with Fun!!!. Vishveswarayya Museum 5. HAL Museum Museum dedicated to Indian aircraft and helicopters. HAL mueseum 7. Jawaharlal Nehru planetarium This Planetarium simulates night sky with 4k resolution clarity on a hemispherical dome covering 360 degrees. A must visit place for anyone to know about the history of planets and stars. Jawahar Lal Nehru Planetarium 8. Big Bull temple One of the oldest temple...

Team :   Deekshith, Shashi Route : Bangalore -->  Hasana --> Halebeedu --> Belur --> Shravanbelagola (~300km) Transport : Bike Date of journey : 25 Aug 2017 Long weekends are the best days of my life. Either I plan to go to my hometown or I try to explore something new. This time, me and my friend Shashi decided to visit the historic temples of Belur-Halebid, located in Hasan district. We started our journey on a bike, at around 4pm in the evening. It took almost 4hrs to reach Hasan, on a well maintained NH75 highway. Thanks to Shashi's uncle and family, as we spend rest of the day in their house. Next day, we hit the road early at 8am in the morning. We decided to visit Halebid, then Belur and if we are left with some time in the evening, we would visit Shravanabelagola on the way back to Bangalore. On the way to Halebeedu Halebid:  Located at a distance of 32 Km from Hassan. Halebid was the regal capital of the Hoysala Empire in...

Team :  Einstein, Deekshith Route :  Bangalore --> Yelahanka --> Nandihills (~72km) Transport :  Bike Date of journey :  05 Aug 2017 It was on a usual friday night, my roommate friend Einstein asked me, "Hey Deekshith, What's the plan for this weekend?". I replied, "As of now I don't have any plans for tomorrow, But I can plan for something, if you are ready to join with me".  "Sure, I can join with you", he replied. As it was already late to plan for something, we quickly decided to visit one of the favourite spot of the city - Nandi hills. Next day, we started our jouney at 5:00am from Kadubeesanalli. It just took 1.5 hr to reach the first place of the day Nandi hills. Nandi hills: Nandi hills Perched at a height of 4,851 feet above sea level. It is known for the origin of the Arkavathy river. One can reach the peak without any difficulty, as there is a well defined route to summit. Visibility ~100mtrs ...

Team : Deekshith, Narendra Route : Bangalore --> Makalidurga --> Hindupur (nearest railway station)--> Lepakshi (~123km) Transport : Train, Auto Date of journey : 08 July 2017 When it comes to travelling, I always prefer to travel by Train. This time, I decided to explore a place which could be covered by train route. After some sort of search in Google, I found an interesting place - Lepakshi. It didn't take me much time to search a train to Lepakshi. Hindupura is the nearest railway station, located  at a distance of 13km from Lepakshi.  View of Makalidura hill as seen from the train We took a Jaipur Express (12975) train from KSR railway station, at 1 in the noon. The train goes via Makalidurga, giving us beautiful view of Makalidurga hill. It took ~2hrs to reach the nearest railway station, Hindupura. Hindupur railway station From Hindupura, there are two options to reach Lepakshi, one is by local bus and other option is to...