Kodaikanal- The Gift of Forests Kodaikanal, the Princess of Hill Stations is also called ‘The Gift of Forests’ is located in the western Ghats on Tamil Nadu. Kodaikanal, District Dindigul ,state Tamil Nadu, India. How to reach The Kodai Road railway Station at 80 km is closest train station to Kodaikanal. The Palani Railway station […]
Udupi,St. Mary’s Island- Vasco da Gama set first foot??
Place : Udupi, Karnataka, India March,2014 Udupi District in Karnataka State, India ,a center of pilgrimage, is famous for the Krishna Temple and mutt and lends its name to the popular Udupi cuisine. It is also known as Lord Parasurama Kshetra, and is famous for Kanakana Kindi(Window). It was month of march when I had […]
Gokarna – A quieter Goa
Gokarna is about 583 km from Bangalore, 238 km from Mangalore and 59 km from Karwar. Travelling to Gokarna I happened to visit Gokarna in my final year(Feb 2014) of college in Surathkal with friends.You have plenty of trains from Mangalore . Hence it isn’t crowded at all.We took the afternoon train from Surathkal and traveled […]
Andaman – Nicobar Islands- A Witness of Isolation
August, 2003 I was really curious about visiting Andaman and Nicobar Islands since School when I used to read about ” The Kala Paani” (Black water penal island),the remote place selected as penal island by British in 20th century for India’s freedom fighters. As a kid I always imagined it to be a horrific place for imprisonment something […]
Night Sky – Where in India
There was a time when you could look up at the night sky and see the beautiful stars any day of the week any time of the year.This was when I was a little kid and we had far little locomotives running amok on the roads to worry about pollution or global warming for that […]
Yelagiri- A weekend get away
Yelagiri, District Vellor, Tamilnadu, India is at a height of 3000 ft from sea level, stands majestically amidst four mountains. This is a hill station with a salubrious climate prevailing throughout the year. Surrounded by 14 villages mainly inhabited by tribals. These tribals are engaged in agriculture, horticulture, forestry, etc. – all the occupations of […]
