Folks, first of all a very Happy New Year 2018! Watch a video of elephant giving blessings to visitors at Kukke Subramanya temple, Karnataka. Read more about Kukke Subramanya from another post.
River taxis are run by using seaplanes. First lets see what is a seaplane. A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are in a subclass called amphibian aircraft. Source: Wikipedia Image source: Freehdw.com Seaplanes are quite popular…
On my recent visit to Dandeli, I stayed at Jungle Camp. Along with natural settings, it has given me some wonderful experiences. One of them was taste of the Cashew fruit. The property has a lot of Cashew plants. Sagar, one of the work personal there suggested me to try a Cashew fruit. He said…
Syntheri Rocks is a 300 ft tall monolithic granite rock. These rock formations are influenced by geographical events like erosion. It is located around 25 km from Dandeli town and takes around 30 minutes. It is located inside reserved forest (Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary), so one needs permission to enter there. Forest officials are stationed there,…
Kadumane is a homestay set in a natural settings in Dandeli (Karnataka, India). I visited there in the morning on the 2nd day of my visit to Dandeli. The subject of my visit was a Bee interactive session organized by Narashima Bhat, the owner of Kadumane. I was very excited about it as I had…
I was ready to skip visit to Supa Dam as there was news that there is not much water in reservoir. But on the second day of my stay at Dandeli, my guide Mahesh told he would give me a quick peek view of Supa Dam backwaters. We did not go to Supa Dam but…
Last week Saturday morning I landed at Dandeli on a VRL bus from Bangalore. I had heard about Dandeli as a tourist destination but this was my first visit there. It is a small town and its population is heavily dependent on the West Coast Paper Mill for their livelihood. It is located in the…
On the first Sunday of October 2013, me and another photographer friend set out to explore Melkote. It was my first visit there, though I have read about it and has been on my radar for long time. Early morning he picked up in his car and pretty quick we were on Mysore road after…
The weekend of 24th May 2013 was a long one with official holidays. We planned to go to Kodaikanal which we thought to be cooler. The priority of this trip was to relax. So we changed our plan from Kodaikanal to Coorg to reduce the travel time and fatigue. On friday morning 5 of us…
