Where it is – Chickballapur Distt, 100 KM from Bengaluru, Karnataka. Time to climb the fort- 1 hour 15 minutes. 1.5 KM steep. 750 steps. Tough. Time to spend – 2 to 3 hours. Drive time- one way 2.15 hrs. Till end good road. What to see – One Lakes, reservoir, hillocks, Medieval temple, trekking. […]
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Lonavala – “Relaxing in Hotel” place
October, 2019. I hear a lot about Lonavala as a hill station (2000 feet) but I find nothing here interesting to really term as a hill station. May be it is just a DRIVE OUT day for Mumbaikars or Puneites to a somewhat quiet and less crowded place. As far as local city concern there […]
Purana Quila- Day 3 at Delhi
It was my day 3 of travel into Delhi. I was on way back from Uttarakhand and landed at old Delhi Railway station in morning. My flight to Bangalore was at 9 PM so I had full day at my disposal. I planned to visit Purana Quila, Kotla Feruz Shah, Khooni Darwaza and Jantar Mantar today. […]
Qutb Complex- – Day 2 at Delhi
Qutb Complex is the best monument to understand few first muslim rulers and involution of architecture and art from stone to brick work, usage of Hindu art to splendid arabic and persian art of inscriptions from late 12th century to mid 14th century. This is unique architectural heritage conglomeration of contribution by Pritvi Raj Chauhan, Tomar Anangpal, […]
Red Fort – Day 1 at Delhi
Red Fort – Day 1 at Delhi On first day of my visit to Delhi I had half a day at my disposal and I planned to visit India gate and Red Fort. Red fort was constructed as a capital of seventh city Shah Jahanabad so it may be counted as part of seventh city of […]
Raigarh Fort in Monsoon – Gibralter of East
Raigarh Fort in Monsoon – Gibralter of East शहीदों की चिताओं पर जुड़ेंगे हर बरस मेले वतन पर मरनेवालों का यही बाक़ी निशाँ होगा Visiting Raigad fort was part of my trip to Mahabaleshwar as I never miss any historical places and these old places give you a good chance of trekking, think about past […]
