Visit to Makalidurga and Ghati Subramany Makalidurga is a hill fort situated near the village Makalidurga. It is about 43 km from Hebbal, Bangalore 10 km after Doddaballapura on the way to Gauribidanur. At the top there is an old temple of Shiva with Nandi. Legend says Rishi Markandeya performed penance here. Makalidurga Fort stands at the […]
Yercaud – A relief
Yercaud is situated at an altitude of 4970 feet , on the Shevaroys Hills of the Eastern Ghats, located in Salem District of Tamil Nadu, India. Because of the abundance of Trees and the presence of the Lake made the locals to call this area as Yeri – Kaadu meaning Lake Forest. Later on the name turned out to be YERCAUD and it is […]
Chandragiri Fort- A fort in revival
Chandragiri Fort- A fort in revival After completing my visit to Tirumala temple, local sight seeing on top of hill and also in Tirupati citiy visit I asked my driver to move towards Chandragiri Fort which is about 17 KM from Tirupati railway station. It took about […]
Shila Thornam at Tirumala- A wonder Arch
Shila Thornam at Tirumala- A wonder Arch Instead of covering the article for this unique and millions of years old geographical site with Tirupati trip I thought of including this in my travel blog separately. This place is worth even making a separate trip to just see […]
Visit to Sri Balaji Tirumala Temple- A piligrims one day experience
Visit to Sri Balaji Tirumala Temple- A piligrims one day experience Here is the one day itinerary when I visited the Sri Balaji Tirumala temple very recently in 2016. I have tried to explain the legend behind this temple with all possible details so that we understand the importance of the visit. I had already booked […]
Tipu Summer Palace- Bangalore,India
A visit to Tipu Summer Palace There a very few tourist spots remaining in Bangalore, the world’s IT Hub. A few of them I described in article “An Excursion day around Bangalore-Part 1“. Another day out or at least half day in visiting two great monuments and the gems […]
