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  • Barkuru –Betaala-Vikramaditya

    The Kondeshwara swamy gardi at Barkuru, finds its link to the legendary throne of 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Intention set in stones,

    Prayer stone in stacks, As we cross through Gokarna, we watched master craftsmen create an idol in granite, which was no doubt beautiful but nothing really divine or drawing about it.  yet these are the very  idols that energizes and empowers us when it is in a temple. I found it intriguing, here on the…

  • The Dharwad Pedhas in Panaji

    Two weekends of road trip, This last weekend we decided to chill out at the new joint at Panaji, Something that we had planned to visit since it opened on May 12th the Mishra’s chaat place. Dharwad Pedha is something that has become part of Dharwad cuisine culture. Actually is an immigrant from Mathura. In…

  • Karavali– to–Konkan

    Last week-end our road trip was to Udupi and back. Some things that I always revered along the coast before the development guys destroy it I think it is prudent to share it. The coast of Tulunaad is intercepted with rivers and rivulets joining the great ocean. The confluence. One also sees the confluence of…