Through My Lens

My May 2015 visit to the Hassan and Chikmangalur belt was an eyeopener for me as an individual to know about the Hoysala architecture and its history.The Belavadi trip was not a planned one and we came to know about this place through Nitin,who is the owner of Thippanahalli Home stay where we stayed for 2 nights in this trip.Once our stay in the home stay was through we were planning to go to Belur and then Halebid. Seeing our ignorance about the place,Nitin came forward and had a word with the driver who was knowing some of those places.He told him why not he drive to Belur through Belavadi and see the Veera Narayana Temple. He agreed and we started our journey towards Belavadi.  As i was reaching Belavadi,one thing which i noticed in this part of the world was,the villages were really prosperous and in the surrounding villages of this place all the basic infra for the villages was available.The Indian villages in it's real glory can be seen in this part of the world.The ride...

It was the month of Jan 12 and i was in Kerala along with my family for a short visit during the 26th Jan holiday.On a sunny lazy day in the morning the family decided to go for an outing.But the place was not decided.Some suggestions came that why can't we go for a beach as we always go for heritage and architectural sites and the suggestion came to be Muzhappilangad beach.I have heard about this beach a lot but what lies there needs to be seen when we reach there.We booked a taxi and there we were travelling towards the beach. This beach is located parallel to NH 17 highway which is between Kannur and Thalassery. This is said to be one of the best drive in beach in India and in Asia.We reached the place at around 3.00 pm in the noon and there we see the vast beach with the shores inviting the vehicles to run through it for a ride of their lifetime.The beach is as long as 5 km in length and it allows the tourist for a ride in the beach up to a stretch of 4 km.On the shores...

For some years it has been hounding me why I was not able to visit Lalbagh during the annual flower show which happens twice in a year. All these years, it will be some or the other family constraints which will always make my visit to this place impossible during the flower show. This year somehow I made myself determined to visit the place during the show. This year it was the 203rd edition of this event and what i read in the newspapers was that there will be some 9 lakh saplings which were planted some three months ago.It was 23 rd Jan 2016 Saturday and I started it off alone towards the flower show at Lalbagh Botanical Gardens. It was a sunny day fit for the occasion and I was ready with my gear of camera. I reached around 10.00 am when the gates of the garden were to open. The security in and around the place was very tight. After the security check I went straight to one of the four cardinal towers erected by Kempegowda II to see the full view of Bangalore. This tower ...

It was the beginning of the month of Dec 2014 and for me it has never been a travel time since I never used to go for a leisure travel during this time of an year. My time of travel usually is December end of the year during Christmas. But this time around I had the opportunity and this came from none other than my wife. She has to go for an official training to Pune for some two days and I found this to be an opportunity to see Pune for the first time. I started seeing trip advisor for the places that can be seen in this place and I got the glimpse of Aga Khan Palace. I started searching for what is there that needs to be seen in this palace and a bunch of history with the freedom struggle was there in store to see and understand in this palace. Aga Khan Palace,Pune I was in Pune in the first week and on 5 th Dec 2014, I started my journey in the morning towards this historic palace. As I reached and entered the palace I was welcomed by the sprawling garden in front of the p...

I have been wondering since my school days when we used to study history and read words like castle and wonder at that time what’s this all about. Why the structure of some ancient monument in the west looks different from the monuments in India. As we grew I gradually got to know it’s the architecture followed in different parts of the world. In west the structure of the Castle is somewhat built in a very unique style which can’t be seen in this part of the world. Sometime in 2010, one of my friends had told that there is a palace in Bangalore which looks like a castle and which we call as the Bangalore Palace. From that time I have been trying to visit this palace and it took me almost some 4-5 years for me to get the most valuable time to explore this magnificent Palace. It was on the May Day, 1st of May 2015, when I was on a holiday that I decided to go to this Castle called Bangalore Palace. At around 10.30 am I embarked on my journey towards the palace and reached there ar...