Day 224 of Indian places giving smiles – the French influence at Pondicherry
Day 224 of Indian places giving smiles – the French influence at Pondicherry We were excited to get away from the hectic life of the city and go to a place in India that is nicknamed-the French Riveria of the East-Pondicherry city. I saw French names on the road signs like promenade or boulevard and […]
Day 223 of Indian places giving smiles – Karnala Bird Sanctuary
For someone who is not particularly interested in birds, I wonder why I visited the Karnala Bird Sanctuary three times in my life. …and do not remember seeing any unusual bird there at all! I did not even bother to carry powerful binoculars to sight some of the rare birds here. The first time I […]
Day 222 of Indian places giving smiles – Unheard Himalayan town of Gagal
Day 222 of Indian places giving smiles – Unheard Himalayan town of Gagal When I was told that I have to do an official training workshop in this unheard of place called Gagal in the scenic mountains of Himachal Pradesh, I was quite excited. As usual I made enquires with friends, looked it up on […]
Day 221 of Indian places making you smile – Champaranya the birthplace of the Saint Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya
Day 221 of Indian places making you smile – Champaranya the birthplace of the Saint Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya I landed at Raipur airport and had 4 hours to spare. I was advised by the Chhattisgarh tourism official to visit a place that is considered very sacred by the Vallabh sect of Gujrati pilgrims…I decided to visit Champaranya […]
Day 220 of Indian places giving you smiles – the unknown hill village of Thembang
Day 220 of Indian places giving you smiles – the unknown hill village of Thembang After a full day of driving through the treacherous mountain roads of Arunachal pradesh, we reached our final destination for the night- the quaint village of Thembang which has very little impact of urbanization. This was a chance for us […]
Day 219 of Indian places giving smiles – My native hometown of Mangalore
Day 219 of Indian places giving smiles – My native hometown of Mangalore What do I write about my native place…the place of my origin, the place to which I proudly refer when I introduce myself as a Kannada speaking Mangalorean Brahmin? (Many Indians may have not even heard about this coastal town Mangalore […]
Day 218 of Indian places giving smiles -The miraculous temple of Somnath
Day 218 of Indian places giving smiles -The miraculous temple of Somnath My first visit to Somnath was in 2008 when I had gone to Gujarat on work. I was told that it was one of the very auspicious places where Shiva appeared as a ray of light called Jyothirlinga. We were very lucky to be […]
Day 217 of Indian places making you smile – the well planned city of Chandigarh
Day 217 of Indian places giving smiles…the capital of two states Chandigarh I had heard that Chandigarh was nicknamed ‘City Beautiful’ but it is only when I went there that I wished we could have had more time to admire the full beauty of this place. We were in the first planned city of independent […]
Day 216 of Indian places giving smiles – the Goddess at Guwahati
It was just a thought in my head. I then wrote it down. Yes before I die I would like to see the natural scenery from the top of a mountain in North East India! Three days later I knew that this could actually happen. I was all excited by my last minute decision […]
Day 215 of Indian Places giving smiles – the beautiful district of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.
Day 215 of Indian Places giving smiles – the beautiful district of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh. After one week of roaming in wilderness, we were happy to get back to the comforts of a normal bedroom with clean western style attached toilets at our hotel at Tawang where we would stay for next 2 nights. […]