Visit the Uttara Kanada District in the coastal Karnataka region and you will find yourself in the most sacred spots in this part of India. On a small town against the background of the Arabian Sea, rests a beautiful coastline with a natural landscape of five beaches. These beaches the Kudle Beach, Gokarna Beach, Half moon beach, Paradise Beach and the Om Beach, are great spots to visit and ideal terrains to experience. With the hills running along them, it is left to the traveller’s choice to...

India is a land of gardens, lakes, and beautiful attractions. The country is loaded with a kind of beauty that is irresistible and unbeatable. One who goes around this amalgamation of sights, pleasures and enjoyment, would surely come back with a lot of memories. Bangalore the city of gardens is one place which is akin to a paradise. Visit this heaven in southern part of India and feel eternally blessed. The Nandi Hills a great sightseeing attraction of Bangalore is a perfect treat to the tourists’...

Sometimes, the calmest of places makes a memorable mark in our minds. The Kukke Subramanya temple is one such example. Set amidst the brilliant greenery of the South Kanara region in Karnataka, this temple is perhaps the best example of beauty with luxurious ambience in the Subramanya village here. Located in the middle of the village, the Kukke Subramanya temple unfolds Mother Nature in full bloom. The natural presence of rivers, mountains and forests here is what makes this a little religious paradise. Earlier...

Some of the best known temples in India are famous for their architecture and their structural elegance. These are the best treasures of Indian culture and the most famous amongst Indian architecture. The Sun temple Konark is also such a tourist attraction in the state of Orissa in India. Housing the famous and the most magnificent temple for the Indian God, Surya, this temple is today a pleasant memory of what the architectural feat of India was in ancient times. Though in a ruined state, this temple...

Into the land when we stept, I was swept away by the sheer magnificence of the place. The entire area had that air of intrigue and it was a serenade into the past. I was wonderstruck by the mystique that India is and the culture that it exudes. Certainly, India is the best tourist destination across the world and I wouldn’t take any argument for that. More so because of the immense storehouse of architectural elegance that it is and the grand historical tales that it would tell you. While on a...

I always have this habit of making sudden plans and travelling places. Monica, my wife is just a mute spectator to my plans and co-operates only because I know that secretly she too likes to travel! So we took a flight to the Khajuraho airport which is around 185km from Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh, which was my latest travel destination. The nearest railhead for Chitrakoot is Karvi and the place is also accessed by road from other major Indian cities. The hill of many wonders, Chitrakoot is a god...

My sister always had the practice of going on short pilgrim tours with my brother in law. I never could accompany her because of personal and professional commitments. But this time, when I did have some free time and also could take a break I decided to embark on one of those pilgrim tours with her. She said she had planned to go to Badrinath. I accepted and soon we were on our way. For the Hindus, a trip to a place like Badrinath is like total salvation achieved. This temple is one of the temples...

How often have you ever thought of doing something and then suddenly providence lays its hand on you and you find yourself escalated to that thought? Something very similar to this happened to me sometime back. I was sitting on my armchair and wishing that something exciting and interesting happened in my life when my sister landed and just showed me tickets for a train journey. “Kanipakam” she said, with finality and I realized she had planned our quarterly tour destination. Very soon, we reached...