Weekend Drive: Melkote

I was doubtful till the last minute about the weather. Unseasonal rains pouring in and around Bangalore were the main cause for my worries. But thankfully weather was on our side till the last minute. We started quite early reaching the Kamat Lokruchi by 9. Our target was to reach Melkote by 10, which we achieved.

Lake on the way to Melkote

Melukote (map: 12.65,76.67) in Pandavapura taluk of Mandya district, Karnataka, is one of the sacred places in Karnataka. The place is also known as Thirunarayanapuram. It is built on rocky hills known as Yadavagiri or Yadugiri overlooking the Cauvery valley. It is about 30 miles from Mysore and 97 miles from Bangalore.

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Good time to Visit Ranganatittu

Ranganatittu is an outstanding bird sanctuary near mysore ( map of Bangalore to Ranganatittu). The water out of KRS forms tiny islands around 12 kms outside Mysore and these islands are the main breeding spot for birds.This Sunday morning we drove to Ranganatittu to shoot some birds. Here are some pictures from that photo shoot


I used regular Sony camera with 12x optical zoom. All the pictures were shot in sport mode. I am not sure if SLR would have made any difference. Read the rest

2 comments March 17th, 2008

Lalbagh Walks

Its pretty sad that we know very little about our city. I have been living in Bangalore for about 25 years now. Yet I dont know many things. A frind of mine suggested me to take Bangalore Walks to know more about the city. Walks are mainly for the outsiders visiting the city. But I took one and enjoyed it. I  did Lalbagh walk as part of Bangalore Walks.

Myself and matty reached lalabagh pretty early. We still had time for Vijay (our guide) to reach. Hence we went around to find this music fest called “Udhyanavanadalli Udhayaraga”  Read more at my blog.

4 comments July 23rd, 2007

South Indies - Good South Indian Resturant

If you searching for a very good South Indian Resturant to take your family or friends then you can check South Indies at Indira Nagar. Its a proper South Indian resturant where you can book the table on phone (unlike MTR or Vidhyarthi Bhavan : they are different by themselves). The buffet is Rs.175 on saturday ( dont know about other days). The menu contains the regular south indian stuff like lemon rice, puliyogare, dose etc.

South Indies numbers are 4163 6361 or 4163 6363
Website : http://www.thesouthindies.com/

South Indies Hosted on Zooomr

Preparing Uthappam Hosted on Zooomr

South Indian Lunch Hosted on Zooomr

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4 comments May 21st, 2007

Tri Continental Film Festival ( 9th to 11th Feb 2007)

Human Rights in Frames (Asia, Africa, America) Revised Programme on account of the Bangalore bandh on 12th,Feb. 2007
Breakthrough in collaboration with Bangalore Film Society and the
Alliance de Francaise
At Auditorium, Alliance Francaise de Bangalore, 52, Thimmaiah Road
Date Time Film Duration
9th Feb 2.00 pm Mitumba- The Second Hand Road 53min
9th Feb 3.00 pm The Immigrant 90min
9th Feb 4.40 pm Q2P 54 min
9th Feb 5.40 pm City of Guilt 24 min

9th Feb 6.30 pm Inaguration by Girish Kasaravalli

9th Feb 7.00 pm Leila Khaled Hijaker 58min
9th Feb 8.00 pm Outlawed: Extraordinary
Rendition, Disappearances and
Torture in “War on Terror” 27min

10th Feb10.00 am Betrayal 56 min
10th Feb11.00 am Inclusion makes Everyone Happy 1 min
10th Feb11.05 am Froth 10 min
10th Feb11.20 am Bushman’s secret 65min
10th Feb12.30 pm The Worst job in the World 29min
10th Feb 2.00 pm Endless Fallout 54min
10th Feb3.00 pm Between Midnight & The Rooster’s Crow66min
10th Feb4.15pm Venezuela Rising 65min
10th Feb5.30 pm Say Amen! 65 min
10th Feb6.40 pm John & Jane 83 min

11th Feb10.30am To Disobey 80min
11th Feb12.00am First Lesson in Peace 56min
11th Feb1.40 pm Shake Hands with the Devil:
The journey of Romeo Dallaire 90 min
11th Feb3.15 pm Our America 84 min
11th Feb4.45 pm One Day of War: Frontlines 30 min
11th Feb5.20 pm Between the lines: India’s third Gender 94 min
11th Feb7.00 pm Hearts and Minds 112min

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