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Trip To SE Asia – Sri Lanka (Day 1-2)

February 5, 2009 by Haas

The first stop on the 12 day vacation was on an island also known as the Emerald Isle. The stay at Colombo was not a prerequisite on any of our travel plans but since the packaged tour was organized in collaboration with Sri Lankan Airlines, a mandatory one day stop was made on the Island.

Honestly one day is not enough time to get an opinion about any place, let alone a country. But Sri Lanka reminded me a lot of South India. The people, places, climate and hell even the accent seemed awfully similar :P

Last 12 days…

February 2, 2009 by Haas

Here is a short list of things I did in the last 12 days (for the first time in my life). Lets see if I can remember them all :P In the last 12 days, for the first time in my life I… visited another country(not counting walking to the border of Bhutan :P ) … Read more

Shringeri – In Pictures…

November 10, 2008 by Haas

We spent an afternoon at Shringeri during our four day trip to Chikkamagaluru. Interestingly that day also was the annual Rath Yatra of the matha. The festival is very colorful and celebrated in a grand scale. I managed to capture a few pictures of the crowd and the festivities…

Somanathapura – In Photos…

May 12, 2008 by Haas

Last weekend my friends and I decided to getaway from the busy city for a one day trip. We directed our attention towards the direction of Mysore, more specifically a beautiful temple 30 Kms away from it. The wikipedia entry says:

Somanathapura is famous for the Chennakesava Temple (also called Kesava or Keshava temple) built by Soma, a dandanayaka (commander) in 1268 CE under Hoysala king Narasimha III, when the Hoysalas were the major power in South India. The Keshava temple is one of the finest examples of Hoysala architecture and is in a very well preserved condition.

The architecture of the place simply blew my mind away. The concentration to detail is magnificent and the variety of statues and design is very impressive. I have a soft corner in my heart for Sculptors and statues :) so it was a pleasure spending my time there despite the scorching heat.