In May I was offered to review one of Club Mahindra’s resorts. It is part of Mahindra group which comprises diverse group companies from IT to 2 wheelers/4 wheelers to aircraft manufacturing. Club Mahindra as a travel and leisure company mainly targets the corporate traveler with its memberships. The unique concept of membership paid through…
Jewish Synagogue is located in Jew Town of Fort Kochi area of Cochin, Kerala. I visited there on Sunday which was also the Hebrew new year and the Synagogue was closed. So I could not see it from inside. To reach there we had go through narrow lane but it was clean. It is also…
Jewish Cemetery is located in old Jew Town of the Fort Kochi area of Cochin. It is at a walkable distance from the Jewish Synagogue. The cemetery is located and we has to see it from outside. You can see tombs of Jewish people who have been buried here. The tombs have info on them…
Pattabhirama Temple is located at Kamalapur 6 km away from the main heritage site of Hampi. It is around 1 km on the same road from Archeological museum, Kamalapur. It is one of the most beautiful temple on the Hampi trail. The temple is completely walled and has 4 towers indicating four doors namely the…
St. Francis Church is located on Beach road near Santa Cruz Basilica in Fort Kochi area of Kerala. Nearby the Dutch cemetery is located. It is the oldest European church in India built by the Portuguese in 1503. Vasco da Gama who discovered the sea route to India, died in Kochi (Cochin) in 1524. He…
The Dutch palace also known by the name Mattenchery palace is located in Mattenchery of the Fort Kochi area of Cochin. It was built by the Portuguese in traditional Nalukettu Kerala style with roof done by Mangalore tiles. It is a yellow color two story building. The Portuguese gifted the palace to the then king…
Anegundi is a small village in the Gangavathi taluk of Koppal district of Karnataka. Anegundi was the earlier capital of the Vijaynagar empire when it was still in nascent stage. It is located around 5 km from Hampi on the other side of Tungabhadra river. Indian mythology says this is the monkey kingdom of Kishkinda…
Dutch Cemetery is located on Beach road very near to St Francis Church in Fort Kochi area of Cochin. It is the oldest European cemetery in India. It was built in 1724. The tomb here resemble old Dutch architecture of that period and do not carry a cross unlike modern ones. The last burial at…
Bastion bunglow is located in Fort Kochi area of Cochin. It was built in Indo – European style in 1667. It is called as Bastion bunglow as it is located on the Stromberg bastion of the old Dutch fort. It is located on the idyllic road of fort Kochi near a play ground. It is…
