Skywatch Friday - World's tallest statue of Guru Padmasambhava

It was pleasant drive from Gangtok. We drove on the winding roads through the tea gardens of Sikkim to Namchi town. We were on our mission to see the world's tallest statue of Guru Padmasambhava, the patron saint of Buddhists in Sikkim.At 118 feet tall on Samdruptse hill on the outskirts of the town, this is the tallest statue of Guru Padmasambhava in the world. It virtually...

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Munnar in Monsoon 1 - Going gaga over Ghats!

We told you that Munnar is mindblowingly beautiful. We also told you last week that we will come back with details of our recent trip to Munnar. Here we go.....We are not sure when we visited Munnar last time. If  our memory is correct, it must be 18 years back when we had been just married. Our plans to visit Munnar was always falling through though we had planned it...

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Monday Medley - "Niti Village and Pandava legend" by Girija

We are naming our Monday posts as "Monday Medley. Yes, this will be a potpourri of interesting articles, posts from fellow bloggers which we liked, interesting images of fellow travellers or images from our own portfolio. We hope it will be a good start to the week. This was  an interesting post we came across few weeks back. We had trekked to "Valley of Flowers"...

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Skywatch Friday - A view from the Top Station, Munnar

We were in Munnar last week.Munnar in monsoon is mindblowingly beautiful.One of the "Must see' places in Munnar is the "Top Station" on the Kerala - Tamil Nadu border in South India.As the same suggests, it is one of the highest points of Kannan Devan Hill ranges @ 6170 feet. It used to be the highest station on the Kundala valley railway - now defunct - built by British to...

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Food Safari - Buttering lessons in Davanagere!

It is a known fact that Indians are fond of eating and India is a gourmet's paradise. The interesting aspect of Indian culinary diversity is the cuisine changes every 100 Kms or sometimes even every 50 Kms. Another curious aspect of India is that many dishes are associated with the place they come from. Thus we have Mysore pak, Dharwad peda, Machilipattinam laddu, Tirunelvelli...

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Skywatch Friday - Palace in the Sky!

When did you last see an Indian mythological on your TV screen?We all would have seen the scenes of the palace in the sky in them. Those grand sets of Indra's palace floating in the sky with clouds moving around. How would you feel if you are offered a similar sight on the ground?This is the first impression you get when you are driving from Belgaum towards Bangalore. You...

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Magic of Monsoon drive in western ghats 2 - Awestruck @ Amboli!

We promised you with our memorable return trip from Goa. Here we are.After a lovely get together on the previous day where we met many roadies and their families as part of HVK Forum, we got up early for the Monsoon drive with the group. This route was chosen with great care by HVK himself to take us through some pristine forests of Western ghats. As luck would have it, we...

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