1000 places to eat Bhel Puri, In search of -: 2007

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

#107 - Hampi

Hampi is a beautiful place situated on the banks of Tungabadhra river, in the state of Karnataka. It has to offer ruins of the great Vijayanagar kingdom that ruled south India for more than a couple of centuries. Temples, buildings and other stuctures provide traces that seem to have survived to tell you a tale of ravages of time and its beauty can take you into a world lived 200 years before now.

Interestingly, Hampi also happens to be the place portrayed as Kishkinda in the 7000 year old great Indian epic, Ramayan. This is the sacred place where Hanuman was born, it was the kingdom of the Vanaras, the monkey people, and this is the place where Ram, hero of the epic, found hope in despair of searching his wife, Sita.

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yet to come

Bhel Puri Connoisseurs: Skely, Gandhi, Pankaj, Neeraj
Bhel Puri Taste Meter/Spot: * * * (In the Hampi Bazaar, right outside the Virupaksha temple.)
Bhel Puri Travel Meter: * * * * *

#106 - Hoysala

Intricate sculptures at the temples in Belur and Haleibedu, greenery on the highways of Karnataka, splendid view from the highest point in Karnataka are some of the highlights of this trip.

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Hoysala (33 mins 22 sec)

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Hoysala Pictures (yet to come)

Bhel Puri Connoisseurs: Gandhi, Skely
Bhel Puri Taste Meter/Spot: * * * (Right outside the temple in Belur)
Bhel Puri Travel Meter: * * * *
Bhel Puri Movie: Vivah

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

#105 - Wisconsin - Sky Diving

Sky diving gives a chance to be a bird and feel the breathless flight!!!

In words of Leonardo da Vinci - For once you have tasted flight you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.