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Beautiful Lalbagh Botanical Garden

Early January 2017, returning on our way to Hyderabad, we decided to explore Bengaluru before boarding the flight. We hired a taxi from Bellur, the birth place of Guruji B.K.S. Iyengar in Kollar district of Karnataka. We explored quite a few places in Bengaluru but Lalbagh stood out to be a memorable experience for us. Lalbagh is a mammoth 240 acre Botanical Garden located in the south of Bengaluru. The park has four gates and the southern gate on the lalbagh road is considered to be the main gate.  These beautiful flowers welcome you the moment you enter the park. Within few minutes of observation, I sensed that Lalbagh is certainly not established by current administrators.. Modern administrators can't think of this big without any profit. So, I thought it was probably established by the Britishers during their rule in India. There was a little tussle in my mind all over the journey to Hyderabad. The name Lalbagh doesn't sound British and then again I fe

Incredible Hampi

Friends, many of you have been following my blog for sometime now. This is the most laborious blog than any other. It consumed as much of energy and time in compiling and writing the blog as visiting and exploring Hampi. I had to recollect the things I learned from locals and Virupaksha Dani and even called him few times to collect accurate information and also explored through internet for details related to time and other important data. I tried to project the entire picture of Hampi to the extent we explored. So get ready for the feast of your eyes as i am taking you to the roller coaster of Hampi darshan through my blog. For the past couple of years Virupaksha has been inviting me to visit Ballari. It finally happened in the month of September when my teacher took an Iyengar yoga intensive in Ballari. I visited Ballari two days before the workshop to see the arrangements. After making the necessary arrangements for the workshop, we decided to visit the world famous place Hamp