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Hampi as you all might know is popular for Hindu temples from the 9-10th centuries. The entire district of Vijaynagara is the cradle where the Dravidian style of building temples was born. Places like Aihole, and Pathadakal are a testament to this. In fact, if you visit Hampi, you should …

It’s already been a couple of weeks since I returned from my road trip to Hampi. However, just caught up with so many things at work that I’ve not been able to dedicate more time to blog. In fact, I just concluded a CNCF Hyderabad Meetup and decided to head …

This post is in continuation to the last blog post on one-day road trip from Hyderabad to Medak. I talked about the route, road conditions, and what to expect on the road trip. In this post, I’ll about the things to do in Medak when you’re on a one-day trip. …

Continuing from the previous blog post, I decided to visit Aihole first followed by Pattadakal. I did want to travel up to Badami, however, I had less time at hand and had to reach Hyderabad the same night. So as soon as I was done with Aihole, I drove further …

I love traveling to mountains over anything else. But off late I found this interest in visiting heritage places and getting mesmerized by their architecture. Be it temples or tombs, for some reason, I’m attracted to them. The carvings, designs, and the significance of such places. So it was a …

It’s been close to two weeks since I was back home from my Hyderabad to Bijapur road trip. It wasn’t my first visit to the town. I was here in 2004 as part of my school’s educational trip. However, back then little did I know about the town and the …

2023 started with a long weekend, especially for people in India. Thanks to Republic Day falling on the 26th of January which was a Thursday, a lot of people (including me) took Friday as an off day and got 4 days of the extended weekend. And you might have already …

“Hindustan ka dil dekha…” was probably the best-ever advertising campaign for a state tourism department. It was way back in 2007 when this campaign was released for Madhya Pradesh tourism and it took all of us by storm. The lyrics, those caricatures and the idols in the ad were just …

“Are you back home?” that’s the question most of my colleagues and friends are asking. And that’s because of the amazing road trip that I have been on. In my last blog post, I spoke about my first solo drive from Hyderabad to Lucknow. A journey that was about 1400 …

Driving a car was always something that I looked forward to. From getting the car out from the parking lot to home to driving Nexon in Idukki, I was always game for it. It was just that I was nervous about driving in cities and had a lot of apprehensions …