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Somanathapura - Chennakesava Temple

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Visit to Somanathapura was totally unplanned. After wonderful drive through Sultan  Beteri  &  Bandipura  forest, while heading towards Bengaluru thought of avoiding Mysuru – Bengaluru highway because of long weekend traffic. Took  Bannur  –  Kanakapura  Road to reach Bengaluru, though it’s a single road definitely one will enjoy drive on this route. Distance wise its almost same (only couple of Kilometers difference). Reaching  Chennakesava  Temple: Somanathapura  located about 35 km from Mysore and 137 km from Bangalore. A popular weekend getaway from Bangalore, this temple is also frequented by tourists who are on a tour to Mysore. There are many buses from Bangalore, Mysore and  Srirangpatna  to  Somanathapura . History of  Chennakesava  Temple: Now maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), this temple was built in 1268, by  Somanatha  who was general of ...

An evening at Omkar Hills

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Omkar Hills is situated in Rajarajeshwari nagar, Bangalore. This place is situated on Uttarahalli-Kengeri road and very easy to locate. About Omkareshwara Temple: This temple was founded by Brahmaleena Sadguru Sri Shivapuri Mahaswamiji with the intention of providing an opportunity to each and every devotee, for Jyotirlinga darshana, which otherwise requires health, wealth and time, as the original Jyotirlinga temples are in different parts of India. It also serves the purpose of propagating awareness, significance and uniqueness of these twelve Jyotirlingas to the younger generation. The main attraction fo this hills is the Dwadasha Jyotirlinga temple. The other areas of interests are interests are Sarva dharma Samnvaya, Matsya Narayana temple and Huge HMT Clock tower and Dhyana Mandira.   To reach this place by bus, we can take busses from Uttarahalli or Kengeri.   There are plenty of busses from Majestic and also from K.R.Market (city market) to both Kengeri...

Bangalore Flavors

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Bengaluru is popularly   known as “Garden City” or “Silicon Valley of India”, but it equally famous for delicious food. If you are a food lover, then Namma Bengaluru provides plenty of options to try very delicious food across the city. In this blog trying to share the information about famous restaurants (who are serving awesome food from ages!). History & Facts about Namma Bengaluru 1. Vidyarti Bhavan - Basavanagudi Vidyarthi Bhavan is one of the oldest Hotels in Bengaluru, Vidyarthi Bhavan started as a canteen to carter nearby schools and colleges around Basavanagudi, hence the named as Vidyarthi Bhavan. It started before we got our independence, it started in 1943! 2. RangannaMilitary Hotel Very old and unique military hotel, feel like homely food. Especially mutton items are very taste. Biryani also unique taste. Usually in the lunch time little bit crowded. 3. Kannada Cafe One of the cr...

Ooty and Coonoor

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Previous all my visit to Ooty was sort of adventures trips.   First to Mukurthi trekking and next drive to Avalanche Lake (after I started writing my travel blog). This time it was totally a family trip, first time i visited Ooty with my wife. Two more families joined us for this trip, Sunil & Vinay’s family. It was Sunil’s first year wedding anniversary and he planned for this trip and asked us to join. Last minute Vinay also joined us as a surprise package :) This time it was totally a family trip and our visits were limited to Botanical Garden, Lake, Shooting spot and some other major attractions of Ooty. First day of our trip we covered all these places and spent some good time in photoshoot. Since it was a long weekend, Ooty was filled with tourists like anything. So for our second day we decided to hire a cab and visit places around, trust me that was the best decision we took. We visited some of the famous places around Coonoor. Lamb...

Christmas Evening at Brigade Road

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One should experience the walkthrough at Brigade road during Christmas evening. When you are in city don’t miss this opportunity.   Entire road will be decorated with colourful lights and the shopping complexes will be welcoming their customers with exciting discounts!     Once should not miss the metro ride across this road.  we can enjoy this moment almost couple of weeks at December end.  Even this road is very much famous for New Year Celebrations.  More information about  Namma Benagaluru

Things to do in Namma Bengaluru

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In this blog trying to share the details about famous places to visit in & around Namma Benagaluru &  information about places where we get delicious food. History & Facts about Namma Bengaluru Famous Restaurants around Namma Bengaluru   When you are around Bengaluru don't miss an opportunity visit following places:   1. The Art of living Art of Living Foundation (AOLF) has its international headquarters in Bangalore, Its around 18 Kms from Majestic situated near Gubblala Kanakapura Road. Main attraction of this place is Lakshmi mantapa. Even though the place will be crowded on weekends this place is very peaceful and perfect place for meditation. One can witness a beautiful sunset from this place.   2. Christmas Evening at Brigade Road One should experience the walk through at Brigade road during Christmas evening. When you are in  city don’t miss this opportunity. Entire r...