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Sri Padaraayara Vrindavana,Mulbagilu

By Ashwini, on July 21st, 2010%

“Kaale phalati surudrumahaa chintaamanirapi yaachane daataa
vararthi sakalam abhiishtam darshana maatraat shripaadaraajo munihi”

The above stotram says chintamani, kalpavruksha are celestial treasures, would give whatever one wants, when pray them. But, Sri Sripadarayaru, fulfills all wishes by mere darshan of his brindavan or even by rememberence of his name.

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Beaches in Coastal Karnataka

By Ashwini, on July 5th, 2010%

There are many beautiful beaches in the coastal region specially if you travel on NH17 from Mangalore to Goa.Sea is a part of people’s life in coastal regions and its bread and butter for them.
Kaup, pronounced as Kapu is a tiny village near Udupi has a beautiful beach and lighthouse.The best time to visit is in the evenings.You can climb up to the top of the Light House which gives an amazing view of sunset and the sea.


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Malpe beach which is around 10km from Udupi is also a nice beach to spend the evenings.Its vast and clean.
Recently they have constructed a resort near by the beach for food,water sports and accommodation.
Water sports like fast boat, family boat are introduced newly here.I would not recommend them as I did not feel they are taking much precaution while doing all these activities.
You do not find any starfish,shells on the shore much here.But as you go further you will get Hoode Beach where you can varieties of shells ,crabs etc.

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Short trip to Chennai

By Ashwini, on April 26th, 2010%

We had a very quick trip to Chennai last week for processing visas. My husband was working in Chennai for almost 5 years and city is very much familiar to him. The highway between Chennai and Bangalore is very well maintained and it takes around 5 hours to reach in car .
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A weekend trip to coffee country – Coorg

By Ashwini, on February 23rd, 2010%

Staying in Bangalore and not seen Coorg yet?? So a weekend we were in Coorg with friends.
Coorg also called as Kodagu is 250km from Bangalore passing through Mysore.Since Mysore was not in our itinerary we bypassed it from Srirangapatnam and took the Bangalore – Mandya – Srirangapatnam – Hunsur – Piriyapatna – Kushalnagar – Suntikoppa – Madikeri route.
Coorg land is rich with many coffee estates and they grow the best coffee in India.Most of the houses in Kodagu have some one in the Indian army or navy.They are well known for their bravery and hospitality.There are many sites in the internet which gives info about homestays,food etc in Coorg so travelling is not at all a problem here.
First day we covered Iruppu falls,Bylakuppe Golden Temple,Dubare Elephant Camp.
Next day we went to TalaCuvery and BhagaMandalam.

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Iruppu

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