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Category: on the move

  • Barkuru –Betaala-Vikramaditya

    Once upon time lived a king Vikramaditya., we have all heard this line and the stories featuring him. The Vetala Panchvimshati and the Simhasana Dwatrimshika. These stories have found their way in various versions of  regional and Sanskrit literature. The vetala panchvimshati tell us the twenty stories  are narrated by Mahakavi Somade Bhatta  these stories…

  • Bennekudru – Mulamahastree – Ammana gardi

    . The Justice deliverer of the Mogaveeras. The legends say that Parashurama, the sixth incarnation of Vishnu reclaimed the land from Sagara the Sea God to carve out Parashurama Kshetra.  He got the Brahmins of Aichatra to reside here. He gave them a boon of abundance and got them married to the local fisherwomen. Thus…

  • An Eye Camp At Mudradi.

    One of my favourite towns to visit are Mudradi, and Hebri the towns that would figure in my father’s childhood tales. My father Prof. Dr.Srinivasa Rao P.N. has been an legend during his life. An renowned ophthalmologist, alumnus of Modern high school Udupi, St. Aloysius  Mangalore , Madras Medical college,  Lucknow Medical College, he founded…

  • Going to a retreat

    “It is necessary … for a man to go away by himself … to sit on a rock … and ask, ‘Who am I, where have I been, and where am I going?” ― Carl Sandburg Even if we do think we’re doing well and have it all figured out, there is a voice that we…

  • The town of Akola

    Still on the trail of swach Bharat with NDTV and fellow blogger it was day-2 From Buldana, to Akola district, we stayed at the town of Akola, at a place called Jasnagar Hotel. The town of Akola, looked slow paced, it was as if the town wanted to share her story with us, old British building,…

  • Vantage- max with Micromax canvas P666

    A resolution to rediscover my passion. When all the wrapping is removed I find I am passionate about few things in life. One passion that I never really acknowledged and paid heed to is my passion for travelling and documenting my travel. Pravasi pustaka, the documents of travelling tradesmen, the travels of Marco polo and…