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Category: Destinations

  • Sultan Batteri

    Sultan Batteri

    At Boloor Mangalore stands on the mouth of the river, it overlooks the confluence of the Gurupura River with the sea. The monument was built by Tippu Sultan after destroying a large number of churches’s built by the British.  Though a watch tower it was armed, so that the British did not enter into the…

  • Adivaram Angadi.

    Adivaram Angadi, , To me it sounded like a Sunday market. Once I entered it reminded me of a very sophisticated   “santé” vendors with their  home-grown ware selling it once a week. Instead of the shoddy sari’s and mundu’s it was a carefully groomed “ethnic chic” in the air. It was to take place at…

  • DesiZaika Raichur adige with udupi oota– Bringing Raichur food to Udupi

    Udupi  the temple town of Karnataka, has lent its name to the hospitality industry by lending its name to  become a cuisine cult “Udupi hotel” most of these that we see today, are the standard cosmopolitan fare that homogenizes various cuisine to create one standard taste. Though the traditional Udupi cuisine if you want the…

  • Kathale Basadi

    The kathale Basadi at Barkuru was a fascinating place for kids. My aunt’s house being right in front of us, my cousins Asha and Latha would keep a watch on the couples that meandered there are pass light-hearted comments. It was cousin Asha who would tell us about the story of Tippu sultan escaping from…

  • Kalluchappara

    the stone structure as you enter the town of Barkuru is the Kalluchappara, it is the sole witness to the stories of justice meted out in the town that houses the legendary.(vetala) and the Mahasthree  The Kalluchappara is stone shade, with a central stone slab for seating. At one corner is the pond around it…

  • Bakuru temple.

    Yaaru ninna hesaru barithare? Karkala Gummatarayana? Barkuru Tattirayana?”  Sri Vasudeva Acharya the geography teacher at MJC  Manipal would shout at us when we forgot to put in our name and roll number on the answer sheets. The town of Barkur has 300 odd  temples  and a zatra at the temple that is the temple fair…