Manjarabad fort, Sakleshpur

This is a long pending post from the Sakleshpur trip. One of the things to do, while you are in the neighborhood is to visit the Manjarabad ford, which is located just outside of Sakleshpur on National Highway 48. The fort was built by Tippu Sultan as a strategic defensive location
It is also believed that […]

Frames of Melukote

Like I mentioned in my previous post about Melukote, here’s the other post from the little trip. This post is mostly for the frames from the little town. The drive itself was extremely good – with the roads being good all the way. After we took the right turn from the main Bangalore-Mysore freeway into […]

Climbing Up the Melukote Hill

Melukote is a quaint little town about half an hour from the town of Mandya. When you are headed to Mysore on the Bangalore - Mysore road, just after Mandya is a right turn towards Sravanabelagola. On that road, Melukote is after about 40 Kms.
I first visited Melukote with my B. Architecture batch-mates in our […]

Monsoon in the Western Ghats

It is the typical November Bangalore weather now - winter is setting in, it is mostly cloudy with drizzles and there is that nip in the air. Makes you want to wind down, cuddle up with the family, read, play board games, leave the curtains open and let the dull light stream into your […]

A walk in the clouds

Fog filled mountain lands are so far away from the immediate stark reality that surrounds us in the city. Remembering the moutnains only makes this reality even more real.
The weekend that we were away at the Western Ghats in Sakleshpur, the fog rolled in one afternoon right in front of our eyes and enveloped all […]