Kallu Ganapathi Temple
Kallu Ganapathi Temple is one of the beautiful temples hidden inside a small village called Shiriyara of Udupi district. This temple is unknown even to many natives of Udupi, and it makes a perfect...
Mekkekattu Nandikeshwara Temple
Mekkekattu Nandikeshwara Temple is one of the very distinct temples in Udupi with the presence of hundreds of mysterious wooden dolls inside the temple. Close to a historical place Barkur, this temple is one...
Heroor Hanging Bridge
Located in the Udupi district Hidden and unknown even to locals of Udupi, Heroor hanging bridge place makes it into the second episode of Udupi Unexplored. This place is 13 kms from Udupi and...
Aroor – Udupi Unexplored
Usually when a place gets famous as a tourist destination, slowly and steadily that place changes to accommodate the tastes of the visiting tourists. Over the period of time the place loses its original...
Udupi Unexplored
What comes to your mind when you think of Udupi? Slowly disappearing Sun at crowded Malpe beach? Spiritual feel at the famous Krishna temple or numerous divine temples spread across the district? Aerial sea...
Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple
Hidden Gems We talked about how a place gets sidelined because of a more popular place located near it in our previous post on Gommatagiri. This post is yet another classic example of another...
Kaveri Nisargadhama
When you are traveling from Mysore to Coorg, right after Kushalnagara, you wouldn’t miss this place with some tourist activities around and a beautiful forest area bit away from the highway. That place is...
Gommatagiri
It is common that when something shines brighter beside a tiny piece of treasure, it gets ignored or gets less attention. Tourists visiting Mysore usually fill their places to visit list with Chamundi Hills,...
Panchapalli dam
After a week-long of sitting at home/office, when the urge is too much to get out and explore around a bit, how do you look out for suggestions for the weekend outings? Do you...
Banavasi Madhukeshwara temple
Reaching Banavasi Sun was slowly setting at the west and so was our hope to see Madhukeshwara temple in daylight. It was already 5:30 pm. We were still at Sirsi town and Banavasi was...
Sirsi Marikamba Temple
After spending relaxing time amid nature at Magod Falls we got into the car and headed towards our next destination Sirsi Marikamba temple. Even though we two had visited the temple earlier for my...
Magod Falls
Sonde to Yellapur It was already 12:30 PM and in the next 6 hours we had to drive to the Magod falls via Yellapura with zero ideas about road conditions and come back to...
Sonda Vadiraja Matha
Unlike Sahasralinga which we both had visited before, Sonda Vadiraja Matha was a black box for us. We knew there were some religious rules to enter the mutt formally or to perform certain rituals...
Sahasralinga
The Plan It was day 2 of our Uttara Kannada Sirsi trip. We got up early and started early in the morning by 7-30 by checking out from the hotel we stayed in Kumta....
Yana Caves
After Mirjan Fort After spending around 1 hr at Mirjan fort, we headed back to Kumta at 1 pm. The plan was to check in to the hot Mahalaxmi comforts at Kumta (where we...
Mirjan Fort
Route and the location Mirjan fort is around 58 km from Murdeshwar. We left Murdeshwar at around 11:15 and reached the place at 12 noon. Luckily it was cloudy that day and it saved...
Murdeshwara and Maravante beach
We were in our hometown for Deepavali vacation and after Deepavali, we had some more spare days to spend with family. What is the best way to spend quality time with family other than...
BabaBudangiri Road Trip
Bababudangiri and Kemmangundi of Chikmagalur is one of the most favorite weekend getaways for travel enthusiasts from Bengaluru. The blend of lush green coffee plantations, beautiful weather, and amazing hilltops make it worth all...
Exploring Chikmagalur Day 2: Muthodi and beyond.
Extra time Even though we had to check out of the hotel at 12 noon, we still had time till 4 pm to return the scooter back to the Royal brothers renting agents. The...
Exploring Chikmagalur Day 2 : Mullayyanagiri and Mahal
The plan Honestly speaking, there was no clear plan for Day 2. At least we didn’t think of visiting Mullayyanagiri. We wanted to just roam around those not crowded routes of Chikmagalur. Rough idea...