Posts

A Visit to Ramanathapuram Palace – Walking Through the Pages of History

Image
       During our recent trip to Ramnad, we visited the historic Ramanathapuram Palace (Ramalinga Vilasam). Since it is not a popular tourist destination like many other famous monuments, we requested the ticket collector to guide us through the palace. We felt that such a wonderful place deserves to be known by more people. The main gate Palace Entrance The palace was built by Kilavan Sethupathi (Raghunatha Kilavan Sethupathi) around 1680. As we entered through the massive teakwood door, we were amazed that it was still standing strong after more than three centuries. The moment we stepped inside, we noticed something surprising—it was much cooler inside than outside, even though the weather was quite hot. The guide and the door      Curious, we asked the guide about it. He explained that the palace walls were coated with a traditional mixture of lime (சுண்ணாம்பு), kadukkai ( கடுக்காய் ), pathaneer, palm jaggery ( பனங்கருப்பட்டி ) and country egg whit...
Post a Comment
Read more
Image
A precious moment in Thattekere Lake We explorers didn’t want to waste the Ramzan holiday and so we searched for an adventurous tourist spot. I searched for the water bodies in and around Bangalore. Came across the Thatekkere Lake in Wikipedia and also got to know that it is situated in the thick of an Elephant corridor and extreme caution should be exercised while in this area. Thattekere Lake is also a haven for bird watchers and one of the prettiest spots to see in Bangalore. As soon as the information about the elephant spread among us, we were very anxious to take a glimpse of the lake desperately. ` Then along the day of Ramzan, we got ready earlier than anticipated. We began our day with a healthy south Indian breakfast in Filter Coffee restaurant located in Kalyan Nagar. We all had a bite of podi dosa. It was served in banana leaf which reminded us our tradition and culture. The ambience of sitting around the kitchen was great. It was a fun to see our dosa being cooke...
1 comment
Read more

Trip to Bethamangala Dam

Image
Stepped out of home aimlessly on Jan 10 th 2016 at 1.00 am. We were all hungry and so we wanted to have lunch desperately in a hotel in the countryside. So annan drove his car towards the district of Kolar, which is a district famous for its milk and silk. The place was also famous for tomato cultivation so we were able to see many fresh vegetable markets on the way. Soon we were able to locate a hotel named Mezban. As we all were very hungry, the food served there tasted awesome. In hotel Mezban As we were cherishing the taste of the lunch, annan  and I decided to explore the district a bit before heading towards home. At once we collected some information about the district in Wikipedia but we were not in a mood to explore those places. So annan enquired whether we can reach Bethamangala, a small town in the Kolar district. The interesting fact about Bethamangala is that Palar river emerges here after a underground course for a long distance. From here the water ...
1 comment
Read more