Rajahamsa Holiday Home 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 ...

... to colour daily life. Notable among these are splendid bronzes of deities, painting on glass and Bharatnatyam. Kanchipuram,
also called Kanjeevaram, is famous throughout the country as the center where lustrous silk sarees are woven. Likewise Thanjavur is an important center for bronze figure casting. Mahabalipuram has a vast wealth of sculptures. In contrast to the temple heritage Pondicherry is known for long a French colony. Yet ...

... arround madikeri.

Madikeri also calling by another name Mercara, This name is moslty used for the business. It's attracting Foreigners from arround the world.

Madikeri is the center to all other places in Coorg. Government and Private Buses available from here to any place in Coorg.

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... and cosmopolitan culture to which several people and races have made their significant contributions. The gradual evolution of composite and cosmopolitans culture led to the emergence of a spirit of tolerance and catholicity of outlook, which still persist among the people of Kerala. Its history unfolds the romantic and fascinating story of a unique process of cultural synthesis and social assimilation ...

... 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 ...

... of the Rajiv Ghandi National Forest where our host, Rakesh was waiting on the roadside to guide us further up into the mountains. Bethel Homestay lived up to the reviews we had read with the most hospitable crew making our stay unforgettable. The highlight was definitely a sunset safari where we saw a menagerie of animals. Elephants, monkeys, water buffalo were just a few of the many Indian ...

... the beauty of the mountain ranges, took a few pictures and slowly climbed on. Leeches were having a great time sucking our blood. Strangely neither Pallavi nor I had any leeches on us but the guys had a touch time getting ride of them was good fun watching the guys frenetically trying to remove the leeches. My legs gave up after a while we decided to take a break but jus then I got this energy in me to walk ahead and I started climbing. It was getting steeper now; Auri ...

... the adjoining museum too to see the Raja's living quarters. We then shopped for some sandalwood, some incense sticks and soaps of pure sandalwood. We to ok the customary photographs and moved on. It was already 4.30. Our train was scheduled to depart for Bangalore at 6.We decided that e still had time to see the st. Philomela's Church. A brisk auto ride brought us there. It was truly a beautiful church, tall twin spires seemed to ...

... lodging were included in the price we paid for the guide. Anyway, villages in this neck of the woods in India are very interesting. They have essentially no connection with the outside world. They grow their own food (only for consumption not for market), raise their own livestock, and build anything they need. As far as I could tell, they don't even use money in this type of a society. The 100 or so people who lived in this village just helped everyone else ...