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This time our toes were on visiting Chunchi falls, a place where cascading water falls from a height of about 100 feet. This destination is located en route to Mekedatu and Sangama near Kanakapura. The location is about 85 kilometers from Bangalore city via Kanakapura-Dodda Alahalli. The roads to the destination are good, until the last 5 to 8 kilometers, where the village roads aren't maintained well. When we reached the location, had to pay a parking fee of rupees 30 for the car. In the parking area found 3 to 4 small shops selling water, chats and some fruits, except that nothing else is found. Hence, it is better to carry our own water and snacks. From the parking area, we had to walk about 1.5 km on the hill to reach waterfalls. Found a small power station at the starting point, on the top of the hill. It is said that after the installation of this power plant, the amount of water had significantly reduced to Falls. As we walked about half a kilometer, came across a watch t

Japadakatte is a small village in Virajpet taluk Kodagu district of Karnataka state, an abode of Lord Japeshwara(a form of Shiva). This village is located about 205 kilometers from the state capital, Bangalore. It is surrounded by Piriyapatna Taluk towards North, Madikeri Taluk towards west, Hunsur Taluk towards East, Iritty Taluk towards west. The drive from Bangalore to the destination is via NH75 to Shettihalli and then on State Highway SH 8, SH102 and Halli Mysore - Keralapura Rd to Hebsur where the village is located. Yadathore Yogānandeshwara Saraswati Mutt is currently managing this institution. We started our journey at around 9am from Dasarahalli area, Bangalore. The road condition close to the destination, that is last around 8 kilometers is narrow and bumpy. Having said that it is nice to view the green vegetation on either side of the road with marigold, rose flower cultivation and of course the villages, where farmers moving around using bullock carts, animals grazing o

Well, this time our journey headed towards North Bangalore, on the foothills of Nandi Hills in Chikkaballapur district to visit the architectural marvel of 9th century AD.  Yes, its another marvel of Dravidian architecture, named Bhoga Nandeeshwara temple, located at Nandi Village, dedicated to the Hindu God, Shiva. This place is located at a distance of about 55 kilometers from Bangalore. You may reach the place by National Highway44, few minutes drive after New Bangalore Airport toll gate, at a stretch of 5 to 10 kilometers. Overall, it's about 2 hours drive from our home to this destination. As we reached the destination, we did park the vehicle close to the main gates of the temple complex, we do not have a dedicated parking space in this place, but have enough space to keep our vehicles on the roadside with no parking fee. As we entered the gate, found a very large lawn spread with big trees around and many of them looked centuries old. Further, as we walked about 15 meters

Bekal fort is one of the largest forts in Kerala, located at Bekal, a coastland in Hosdurga taluk of Kasaragod district, Kerala. Its spread in an area of about 40 acres, approximately 65 Km away from Mangalore town. It was strategically located to protect the movements of enemies, especially through sea route. Once may have an awesome view of the local small towns like Pallikkara, Bekal, Uduma and Kanhangad. To reach this destination, the nearest railway stations are Bekal Fort, Kanhangad, and Kasargod. Shivappa Nayaka of Keladi(Ikkeri Nayaks) is believed to have constructed this fort during 1650 AD. It is said that Shivappa Nayaks of Badnore between 1650 and 1670 AD constructed and improvised these forts of Bekal and Chandragiri, which were originally under the Kolathiri or Chirakkal royal family until the time of Shivappa Nayaka's invasion. Chirakkal royal family was a sub-feudatories of  Cheras, Pandyas and Chola rulers. As we enter the fort, the zig-zag entrance and trench

Avalabetta is a place located in Chikkaballapur district, that is around 100 kilometres away from Bangalore(JP Nagar) is another trekking destination for all enthusiasts, near the famous the Nandi hills .  Our journey started at around 12 pm on this Sunday noon and reached the destination at around 2.30 pm, we had stopped in a couple of places for the short break and that added some more minutes on road. Actually, it's about 2-hour travel from Bangalore to reach the destination. As we travelled on NH7 and reached Peresandra, drove in a bumpy road for about 5 to 8 km towards Avalabetta, it appeared the road maintenance work was going on and should be complete in the next couple of months, if not weeks! Having said that, you would enjoy the natural landscape with all green vegetation on both the sides of the road with neem trees, tamarind trees and fields with rose, marigold flowers along with other vegetables. When we passed by the areas, water ponds are seen around, most of th

Well, everyone in today's world agrees that the emails are one of the fastest ways to convey your message to another person. Since everyone is using this method to communicate with others, if one knows your email address, she/he can send you any data in text or images or video formats to your email account. Having bombarded with too many emails in your Inbox, organising them well will help you to a greater extent. Did you ever think of separating them or grouping them under one head? If yes, then continue reading this article to better organise your mail Inbox, especially in offices, where you need to keep your mailbox intact and display only what is intended to be viewed. Let see how we can skip emails coming from a specific address(or accounts) in Gmail , move directly to a specific 'label' or 'folder' or 'directory'. 1) Login to your Gmail by entering your email address and password. 2) Select the emails that you want to move to a specific folder (to c