Wanderlust in the Southern Wonderlands
Incredible India has been a traveler’s dream from times immemorial. While the culture, riches, seats of learning and trading options have drawn visitors from faraway lands, the sheer natural beauty out of myriad geographical forms offer delightful visuals that enthrall foreign and local tourists alike. This travel site of mine intends to take you to the splendours of South India, particularly those that are reachable from Bangalore. The travel accounts cover places and monuments that my car could take me to, which, as you will discover, make up a considerable part of what this region has to offer. What could be of interest to you is that many of the places that this site takes you to are off beat locations, not necessarily the first stop for the usual tourist. So buckle up, put your face masks on and prepare to hit the road to the Southern Wonderlands. The pictures shared are from some modest attempts with my dated DSLR and some imaginative photography with the phone by my wife Bandana.
Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal represent the glory of the Chalukya dynasty, a period stretching from about the 6th century to the 12th century CE with some period of Rashtrakuta rule in between. These towns in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka, in a region stretching across 40 kilometers, have been the centres of the Chalukya ruleContinue reading “Chalukyan masterpieces on sandstone”
Wanderlust in the Southern Wonderlands