I love driving down the stretch from Goa to Udupi. On this stretch despite the dug up roads, crazy diversions and sliced old houses, which to me are slicing up of an old way of life there are some salient point. One of them is a small eatery which is tucked in a village called …
Gokarana
Yesterday being Ganesh Chaturthi, we decided to drive down to Gokarna. I have no pictures of either temple or the surrounding, for I was lost in memories of the two which visited years ago. The legend has it that Ravana the Lord of Lanka, carried the atma lingam of Shiva, fearing the consequences of this, …
A Wayside Inn.
We are back on our road trip this time it is on the Uttara Kannada belt. In our brand new Tata Zest XTA. The trip was essentially from Dharwad to Sirsi to Manipal. From there we were to travel to Kollur and back to Goa. It was around 1 pm when we hit Kumta and …
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 …
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 …