Hotel Crystal Court Madikeri

Coorg or Kodagu the most sensuous place in southern part of India, actually it is border place between the two South Indian States; Karnataka and Kerala.

My first visit to the place was via Mangalore one of the major city in Karnataka, it was really a marvellous journey from there especially through the roads just before the Coorg's capital Madikeri.

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... Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Tulu. During its history, a number of dynastic kingdoms ruled over parts of South India whose invasions across southern and southeastern Asia impacted the history and cultures of modern nation-states such as Sri Lanka, Philippines,Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. The region was colonised by Britain and gradually ...

Tamil Nadu, is the most prominent state of India. The capital. Madras is a cosmopolitan city and the capital of the state. Tamil Nadu is a bastion of Hinduism, whose past endures into the present. Temples with towering spires called gopurams are a common feature of this state, seldom seen anywhere else in the country. Temples in Tamil Nadu were the fulcrum of society and even today art forms that have their origin in religious worship ...

Madikeri is the major town in Coorg and also it is the capital of Coorg. Madikeri is the one of the most tourist interest place in India. There are many tourist interest places at madikeri that is Raja's Tomb(Gaddige), Omkareshwara Temple, Madikeri Fort, Raja Seat(Garden of raja), Abbey falls, and many other beautiful view points you can ...

Among the people who have enriched Indian Cultural Heritage and helped the cause of national integration, the people of the Kerala region of South India have a place of honour. Kerala culture is in fact, an integral part of Indian culture. Kerala like the Indian sub continent can claim to have a culture the history of which runs into the dim recesses of antiquity.

Kerala’s culture is also a ...

... which are much touted by the tourist leaflets for their Tibetan
settlements, are in fact grossly over rated and certainly not worth the
tiresome journey. Near the turn off for
the Dubare elephant camp, we saw a hapless chained elephant being led through
the light bamboo thickets, presumably to the camp. Another chained elephant could be seen in the
clearing behind him. There was no trace
of the much touted "dense Coorg ...

... to see the Abbey falls. Before that we stopped at the palace which is now a government office. Wasn't all that great but I liked the well which was used to hang convicts in those days was kinda spooky. We then drove to Abbey falls. The walk to abbey falls is again through a coffee estate I had been here before and din like the place much as it is crowded with tourists. Anyways we took a few pictures and head towards Thadiyandamol. Thadiyandamol is the highest peak in ...

... easy to descend, so we contemplated walking down the path to our hotel. Our auto driver however warned us that the properties below had dogs to guard them so we gave up on our plan and went back by auto. Another spot to visit could be the Nagerhole sanctuary about 110 kms away, but we decided it was too far and could be covered on a separate trip. After a rest we went shopping in the evening. We bought the coffee, honey and spices of ...

... would do, is sit attached to the ground and wave around in the air. When ever they came in contact with something warmblooded (my ankle for one) they would release from the ground, and attempt to find some open part of my skin. Once successful it would make like a mosquito and begin to draw blood. This actually sounds worse than it was in reality. These particular leeches are no larger than inch worms, and at absolute worse, they drank a milliliter of my blood ...

... the goddess fills the stage surrounded by clasped hands and wide-open eyes. A cock is handed to the goddess. She goes in circles and swirls with the terrified creature in hand. Flames eat into live flesh. Feathers rain. Cries drown in the hysteric drumbeats. Finally, the goddess slit open the cock's neck. Torches on the crown are extinguished. The still burning bigger torches are detached. People queue up to receive the offering - rice and turmeric. Everyone is blessed ...