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21/12/2012

Marawanthe Beach

Maravanthe is a village and a beach near Kundapura, Karnataka, India. Outlook travel considers it one of Karnataka's most beautiful beaches.. It is about 55 kilometres (34 mi) from Udupi. NH-17 runs right next to the beach and the Suparnika River flows on the other side of the road, creating spectacular scenery and considered only one of its kind in India. The river Souparnika, which almost touches Arabian Sea here, makes a U turn and goes eastward to join the Sea only after a journey of more than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), which is a geological wonder.[citation needed]

Maraswamy temple
Maraswamy temple is located on beach near Maravanthe and this temple has three garbha griha where three deities are worshiped. One of the deity is Varaha or wild boar and this makes one of the rare temples of India dedicated to Varaha; and the temple is also called Varahaswamy temple. Tortoise, crocodile and fish are also part of worship in this temple, as depicted by rock drawings laid in front of garbhagudi of three deities. Souparnika River makes a U turn in the east side of temple and this river also makes islands, which are called Kudru. The eastern side view from this point is beautiful with palm trees, green fields and Kodachadri peak visible at far eastern end also makes a reflection in the river Souparnika.

Activities

Fishing forms main activity of the fisher folk of this area, but infrastructure for marketing the marine produce is not well developed. Native boats and small diesel trawlers are used for fishing. Seafaring is avoided during the monsoons. Agriculture is also an important activity of the area, with coconut, paddy, and onion being the main crops.

Tourism

Beach at Maravanthe is beautiful. This place is identified by Govt. Agencies as having potential for tourism with leaflets proclai several facilities since several decades, but infrastructure development is weak to at this place to attract tourists in large scale. Sunset, boat riding, visit to islands, viewing highway located between sea and river are considered as major attractions; but tourist visit is just a passing visit, who are bound to other places like Kollur, Goa etc. on the highway located between sea and river. However, there are no places to stay at this village and alternative arrangement at nearby town being Kundapura.

19/12/2012

Malpe Beach

18/12/2012

Kaup Beach

Kaup, pronounced as Kapu in the local Tulu language, is a village or a small town in Udupi district of Karnataka, India. It lies on the way between Udupi and Mangalore beside National highway 66 (previously NH-17). A road from Kaup goes to interior places like Manchakal, Shirva.
Kaup is a coastal town in Karnataka State, India, consisting of 4 villages (Padu, Uliyargoli, Mallar and Majur) with a population exceeding 45,000. It is 13 km south of Udupi ( a town famous for its ancient Krishna Temple) and 40 km north of Mangalore ( a port). It is famous for its lighthouse and the three Mariamma temples and a fort built by Tippu Sultan.
There is a beach on the shore of the Arabian Sea and a lighthouse. Many films have been shot at this location. Kaup has three Marigudi which attracts devotees from faraway places. The sea is much rougher and intimidating compared to the gentler Malpe beach in Udupi. It is about 15 km from Manipal and is a favorite hangout for students. The beach also sports a shack and a bar with seating in the open sky. Though the sea is mostly calm all year round, there have been isolated cases of drowning in this beach
Kapu beach
KAPU (or KAUP) is located in Udupi village on the Western Coast National Highway near the town of Udupi in southern Karnataka, India. It is less explored but a visit to Southern Karnataka is incomplete without a visit to Kapu. Its main attraction is the lighthouse .Presence of rocks in the coastline makes the sea rough and one can get a good feel of the power of Arabian Sea in its crushing waves.
Kapu Lighthouse
The kapu light house was built in 1901 and has for these many years stood on the rocks guiding thousands of sailors and warning the presence of dangerous rocks.It stands 27.12 m above the base. The lighthouse is open for visitors between 4PM to 6PM and the panoramic view offered is magnificent.
Logistics
Kapu is located around 18 km from Udupi and 45 km from Mangalore. It takes almost 25 minutes to reach Kapu from Udupi. Numerous buses ply to Kapu from the service bus stand at Udupi.Once you disembark from the bus-stop at Kapu, you need to travel a distance of 1.5 km to reach the beach. You can take one of the auto-rickshaws or car which are conveniently parked near the bus-stop. From Bangalore, one can reach Kapu by taking a bus to Mangalore and then take a bus from Mangalore for Udupi.
The best time to visit Kapu is either during sunrise or sunset. It gets too hot during the day. It's better if one visits in the monsoons. The light from the light house is not even visible from Sai Paradise. During mornings, the beach is generally empty, so preferable to visit then.

16/12/2012

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16/12/2012

Karwar History
Kali River & Sadashivgad Fort as seen from Nandangadda Village
Karwar was an ancient site of sea trade visited by the Arabs, Dutch,
Portuguese, French and later the British. Ibn Battuta passed through this route during his journeys.
Significant and picturesque, the historically important fort Sadashivgad is now a popular tourist destination located by the Kali river bridge at the confluence of the river and the Arabian Sea.

Portuguese
Cintacora, as it was known to the Portuguese, was a very old port and was also known as Chitrakul (Chittakula) and Sindpur. When Sadashivgad was built in this area, the village also came to be known by that name.
A fort existed at Cintacora which was captured and burnt by the Portuguese in 1510. They called it Pir fort due to the Muslim Dargah (Tomb of a Sufi Saint Shahkaramuddin) they found there – that was known in Portuguese as Forte de Piro or Pito.
The creek at the mouth of the Kali River was a trading center from early days. It came into greater prominence after Sadashivgad was built and the Portuguese realised the advantages of its sheltered harbour.

British
In 1638 a rival English trading body, the Courteen Association, established a factory at Kadwad village, 6 km east of present-day Karwar. It was frequented by traders from Arabia and Africa. Baitkhol port (the current civil port of Karwar) was famous for its natural harbour. The name Baithkhol is an Arabic term, Bait-e-kol, meaning bay of safety. Muslin was the chief commodity along with pepper, cardamom, cassier and coarse blue cotton cloth. In 1649 the Courteen Association united with the British East India Company and Karwar became a Company factory. British East India Company used Karwar port to build fighting ships like Britannia (during 1715) with 18 guns, to defend Bombay, mainly from the attacks of Maratha Admiral Kanhoji Angre.]

Kingdom of Mysore
In the Treaty of Mangalore signed in 1784, between Tipu Sultan and the East India Company, one finds reference to Karwar and Sadashivgad written as Carwar and Sadasewgude respectively.

Maratha Empire
Karwar was a part of the Maratha Empire during the 18th century. After the defeat of the Marathas in the Third Anglo-Maratha War, it became a part of British territory. It was a part of the Bombay Presidency until 1950.

The British Empire
The British made Karwar their district headquarters in 1862 under the Bombay Presidency.
The renowned Bengali poet and Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who visited Karwar in 1882, dedicated a chapter of his memoirs to this town. The 22 year old Tagore stayed with his second brother, Satyendranath Tagore, who was the district judge in Karwa

14/12/2012

Abbey Falls
Abbey Falls (also spelled Abbi Falls and Abbe Falls) (Kannada: ಅಬ್ಬೆ ಜಲಪಾತ / ಅಬ್ಬೆ ಫಾಲ್ಸ್) is in Kodagu, in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, India. It is located 8 km from the town of Madikeri and 268 km from Bangalore.

The waterfalls
In the mountains of the Western Ghats, several streams combine, swelling with the monsoon rains and plunging down the mountain slope at enormous speed, hitting the huge boulders hard and forcing through the crevices and ravines. A misty cloud hangs over the falls. From here the water flows into the Kaveri River. During the monsoon season the water flow is very high. During the dry seasons the flow is considerably diminished.One can find a lot of leeches inside the water.
The waterfall is located between private coffee plantations with stocky coffee bushes and spice estates with trees entwined with pepper vines. The falls appear suddenly, the water cascading over rocks into calm pools. A hanging bridge constructed just opposite the falls comes in handy for the Tourists. There is a Kali Mata temple on the other side of the bridge and Coffee and Black Pepper

Transport
Madikeri is 250 km from Bangalore and 90 km from nearest airport in Mangalore.
From Madikeri the falls are accessible by a narrow road to the coffee estate. A path through coffee and cardamom plantations leads to the waterfalls. The roar of the falls can be heard from the road. The best time to visit is early winter when the monsoons have brought plenty of water.

13/12/2012

Rajiv Gandhi National Park

The Rajiv Gandhi National Park is popularly known as the Nagarhole National Park. The Rajiv Gandhi National Park is connected to the Bandipur National Park in the south eastern part.
The Rajiv Gandhi National Park of Karnataka is spread over an area of 247 square miles and is the home to an abundance of wildlife. The Rajiv Gandhi National Park is considered to be one of the best wildlife parks of India. You will be surprised to see the large elephant and bison population in the Rajiv Gandhi National Park of Karnataka.

The landscape around the Rajiv Gandhi National Park in Karnataka is very beautiful with gentle slopes and shallow valleys. The reserve forest is scattered with the dry and mixed deciduous forest trees, grassy swamps and green grasses. The predominant vegetation of the Rajiv Gandhi National Park comprises of the following species of plants:
• Dalbergia latifolia
• Anogeissus latifolia
• Pterocarpus marsupium
• Emblica officinalis
• Lagerstroemia lanceolata
• Boambax malabaricum
• Adina cordifolia
• Gmelina arborea
• Eupatorium
• Solanum
• Helicteres
• Lantana
The Rajiv Gandhi National Park in Karnataka is the home to various species of mammals and wild animals. They are as follows:
• Tiger
• Leopard
• Elephant
• Barking deer
• Porcupine
• Gaur
• Chital
• Sambar
• Wild boar
• Jackals
• Four-horned antelope
• Leopard-cat
• Sloth bear
• Hyena
• Mongoose
• Civet
• Otter
The Rajiv Gandhi National Park at Karnataka hosts more than 250 species of birds. While strolling about in the park you will catch a view of the following birds:
• Grey jungle fowl
• Great black woodpecker
• Red spur fowl
• Malabar trogon
• Malabar pied hornbill
• Scarlet minivets
• Indian pitta
• Oospreys
• Herons
• Ducks
You will find an abundance of reptiles in the Rajiv Gandhi National Park at Karnataka. They are marsh crocodile, monitor lizard, tortoises, rattle snakes, frogs, rock python, vipers to name a few.

13/12/2012

Coorg
A hedonist's paradise by all means, Coorg is a dream you'll never forget. Hills, old-world charm, coffee, amazing food, vivid cultures and warm hospitality - there's something in the air in Coorg that makes all things beautiful. Its people are tall and fair. Its hills, scenic and unforgettable. Its food, wholesome and tantalizing. Its pools, pristine and clear. Its cultures, vibrant and exclusive. Coorg is an aristocrat, through and through. The stronghold of the Kodava community, who are believed to be descendants of the Aryans, Coorg keeps its traditions, and as warm as your reception might be, you're reminded constantly that you are a guest - and a certain decorum is expected out of you. A certain joie-de-vivre!

Madikeri is a cornucopia of times past. The green, hilly capital of the Kodagu region has remnants of its past like the Madikeri Fort, the Raja's seat - where you can catch a sunset just like the raja's once did - acres of coffee estates and the Raja's tomb where the Kodagu king Veerarajendra and his family sleep their eternal sleep. About 9km away from Madikeri's giddy heights are the Abbey Falls, which falls daintily in steps, looking like a pretty curtain of the finest lace. The Talacauvery where the Cauvery originates is the hotbed of a phenomenon every year - on the 17th of October, at a predetermined moment, the water gushes up at the fountainhead from a spring.

Bylekuppe, about 40 km away from Madikeri, opens doors to an entirely different world. The Buddhist colony here is a piece of Tibet in itself, and the ubiquitous maroon and yellow robes will have you double-checking if you're still in South India or not. Along with Buddhist monks, Coorg also has some really big cats for neighbors. Nagarahole or the Rajiv Gandhi National Park has some impressive residents - tigers, leopards, elephants, bison, crocodiles, pythons, what have you. With so many experiences on the platter, Welcome to nature! never had it this good, like it does at Coorg.

13/12/2012

1) Gokarna - Peace by the Beach!
A holy place of the hindus, Gokarna in Sanskrit means Cowâ€™s Ears, the name refers to the belief that Lord Shiva emerged from the ear of a cow and also to the fact that the temple village is located at the ear shaped confluence of two rivers. Om beach is located 170 kms south of Goa towards Mangalore. It derives its name from its unusual shape. If you look down atop the neighbouring cliffs, the beach appears as two seemingly different parts separated by a rocky strip, the shoreline as a whole resembling the sacred Om, symbolic of the unknown and Absolute. Peaceful chants fill the air here, and one can meditate to the calming sound of the waves from the Arabian Sea. A sleepy pilgrimage town, the spiritual energy here is infectious. A week here and one can experience a spiritual bliss obliterating the stress and rigor of our fast paced lives.

2) Nirvana at Gokarna
This travelogue dates back to the January of 2007. It still remains one of my most memorable trips and I wanted to share that with you. I’ve since gone back to Gokarna a couple of times but then the first time is always most memorable, right.

It’s my roommates plan to spend the long weekend (last week of Jan) at Gokarna, he’s heard about the place from a friend of his. Back then, I didn’t have a vehicle of my own so I decide to borrow my Dad’s jeep for the weekend.

So on the 25th after work, I hop on to my bike and ride those 160 km to Vellore (mine is a small town near Vellore). The plan is to leave my bike there so after bringing the jeep back, I would have something to get back to Bangalore in (I know there’s something called a bus or a train but then why think so far ahead when all that you need is an excuse)

I reach home at around half past 8 (it’s a 2.5 hr ride) and after dinner I climb into the Marshall and begin the drive back. Reach around 12 and decide to get some rest, the plan is to leave by 4:40 AM. I’m dead to the world the minute I lie down.

We’re delayed the next morning and only manage to leave at around half past 5. We break for breakfast at Shimoga. The roads are way better than what they are today, the stretch of bad roads near Shimoga still existed though. We reach Gokarna (Om Beach) at around 3:30 in the afternoon and after a long search we find a place to bed for the night.

3) Gokarna famous beautiful beaches
Gokarna is famous for its beautiful beaches and landscapes. Om beach, naturally shaped like the auspicious [Om] symbol,is the most well known here. According to the Gokarna Purana, by mere entrance into this holy place, one becomes liberated from hundreds of sins. Moreover, it is said that one becomes free from rebirth by just looking at the Atma-linga, by hearing the roar of the sea.

13/12/2012

Hampi
From atop the Matanga Hill at daybreak, Hampi is every inch the capital city of a golden empire. Though what lies before are but the bones of an enchantress, who once had the whole world in her sway, Hampi is far from what one would call ruins. Once visited by the Portuguese, Arabs, Persians and Orientals, the capital city of Vijayanagara, has only grown in popularity across the centuries. And no surprise that! Every bend in the road is punctuated by a 14th century, if not older, temple; perched on nearly every hillock is a four-pillared canopy-like monument and its entire horizon, pixilated by huge gestalt-ish boulders. The regal 9-storey tall gopura of the Virupaksha Temple, where Siva is believed to have married Parvati, watches over the city like a specially-appointed god - its memory of magnificence and grandeur forever etched in stone.

Hampi gives an impression of preserving itself for the past to resume. The wedding ceremony of Shiva and Parvati is celebrated every year at the Virupaksha Temple, as it has been for centuries. The long bazaar avenues stand in expectant silence, as if waiting for that kind of commerce to resume, where diamonds and precious stones were used as currency. In the evenings, like a zillion dusks before, the dying rays of the sun turn the entire Vijaya Vittala Temple to gold; a sight which is as much a wonder as the temple's 56 musical pillars that produce the sounds of 56 different musical instruments. The Royal Enclosure waits in readiness for its sandalwood halls to be returned, the massive elephant stables, the Lotus Mahal - shaped like a lotus blossoming in the sun, the Hazararama Palace temple with intricate stories carved over its every side and the Mahanavmi Dibba or the Victory Platform still majestic and proud await to fall back into routine. The sheer detail of the carvings and the number of sculptures speak of a race of artisans that weren't quite done in their business of outdoing each other in craftsmanship. Monolithic structures carved out of a single rock-the imposing Lakshmi Narasimha, the majestic Stone Chariot, the massive Ganesha statues, the Badavilinga are proof of the brilliance that was once envied. Cross the Tungabadra River over to the ancient capital of Anegundi and there are leisurely roads to traverse, myths to chase and boulders to scale and dive off, into the waiting arms of the Sanapur Lake.

Hampi has challenged time, survived the centuries and lived to tell the tale. And, they say, if you listen carefully enough, you might learn a thing or two on how to do the same.

13/12/2012

A bustling city today, Bangalore often reminisces about its days as a sleepy cantonment area of the British - tree-lined avenues with quaint sounding names like Richmond Town and Victoria Layout hint that the city does get sentimental about its past. The Bangalore Palace, the Attara Kacheri (High Court), St. Marys Basilica, Tipu's Palace, ISKCON Temple and the Bull Temple highlight Bangalore's many personalities, and are monuments that mark its journey, ante-IT. Now Bangalore is known for its thriving industry and as an IT hotbed. The Lonely Planet rating the city the No.3 destination in the Best Travel Cities, 2012' has made Bangalore an overnight star, if it wasn't one already. Almost at the heart of South India, this cosmopolitan city is everything a world city needs to be. Pleasant weather, pleasant people, pleasant hangouts. And for the tourist, a lot of pleasant memories.

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