Bahubali English

In the Land of Gomateshwara

I planned a trip to Shravanabelagola, a popular Jain pilgrimage center.  It is a small town in Hassan District of Karnataka.  Asia’s largest statue of Bahubali stands here.  From Kochi, it is 430 km to Shravanabelagola, the route being Thrissur – Pattambi – Nilambur – Gudalur – Bandipur – Mysore – Krishnarajpet – Shravanabelagola.  It […]

Thovalai Sunrise English

Thovalai

Next is the tour to Thovalai, the market of flowers.  Thovalai is a beautiful village surrounded by hills and located in the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu.  Thovalai stands first in Asia in the field of generation of electricity from wind. The main attraction and the major source of income of the place is flower […]

Temple Pond English

Aayiram Kovil Edam – Kanchipuram Part 1

Life is like that; sometimes, it gives us what we want; sometimes, we do not get what we want; and sometimes, we get what we want, but with great delay.  Travelling is also like that.  The places we want to visit drift away and the unexpected shows up.  I went to Chennai recently for some […]

English

Thekkady Chellarkovil

I came to hear about Chellarkovil when I reached Kumily after visiting Ramakkalmedu.  Only when I enquired about the way to Chellarkovil did I realize that I was being foolish, I should have visited Chellarkovil on the way from Ramakkal.  There is no point in saying it now.  I decided to go straight to Chellarkovil. […]