Sathyaprakash Hotel Hassan

... architecture! A piece of novel for itself. (Tips: Always take the Karnataka Tourism guide. Otherwise you won't be able to understand much of the architectural significance).

Left Belur at 11:30am and headed to Halebid, by another Karnataka Govt bus. The distance is some 16kms, the road cutting through paddy fields. Spotted quite a few nurseries on our way. Reached at 12.The first thing which will strike you, is the beautiful Hoysaleswara temple amidst a well-maintained ...

... Yet, we were the ones who had the liberty to pick and choose among the cottages. After a peaceful dinner, we all went back to our cottages to catch up with some sleep. Saturday, 6.35 AM- I wake up without any wakeup call and start wandering around. Surprisingly, my sleepy-headed brother is also wandering around the cottages. How did we wakeup without any alarm on a holiday, when we cant do so on a ...

... A very small minority of some 6 million Indians are Jainists. What distinguishes Sravanabelagola are the 2 hills of granite rock between which the town sits. A total of 614 rock-cut steps lead to the top of Vindhyagiri Hill where a 17.5 meter high statue of a naked Bahubali is erected (Bahubali renounced the material world you see, entered the forest and meditated in complete stillness until he ...

It is found that a part needs to be imported, so a couple of local buses are arranged to take us on while Dan the co-driver stays with the truck. When the issue is rectified he will catch us up. The local buses are not as comfortable, but somewhat faster then the Drago truck especially with local drivers. The plan was to drive straight through for 9+ hours and basically catch up to where we aught to have been. An Englishman did not like that we were ...

... from Hindu mythology, animals, birds and Shilabalikas or dancing figures. Yet no two sculptures of the temple are the same. This magnificent temple guarded by a Nandi Bull was never completed, despite 86 years of labour. The Jain basadi nearby are equally rich in sculptural detail. Belur and Halebid are 222 and 216 km from Bangalore, respectively. This temple is now being proposed as UNESCO World Heritage Site.

... was a subject the Hoysala artist handled with discretion. There is no exhibitionism in this, and erotic themes were carved into recesses and niches, generally miniature in form, making them inconspicuous. These erotic representations are associated with the ...

... rules that this god supposedly followed, which include the following: Not wearing any clothes, getting all food from begging only and only eating once before 11am, retaining no possessions, no sleeping in beds, no consumption of anything of anything grown under the ground, no use of transport and causing no harm to any living beings, amongst other rules. You try living like that in your country, makes the Vipassana look ...

... pretending we were on a gondaller and he sang just one cornetto!!! Thankfully no one else was around!! Were getting better at the hangling thing and we bought 2 beach blankets/wraps for the beach for 100 rupees (which is probably about 1 pound 20, we think) In the evenings we ate in the beach restaurants and played cards and on both nights ended up sat with other couples which was better company than our own! We sadly left ...

... the kids pose for pictures, then..... they ask for money. Ah, my naivety is still alive and well! Ha. Okay, so I thought it might be like that, but I didn't see anyone else and thought it was a special moment. I hesitate because it is always such a let down when you think people were talking to you out of real interest Adan then they ask for money. The father insisted on showing me his home and giving me his address so I would send the pictures. Then they tried to get me to by ...

... pekny ubytovani za 120 rupi, jelikoz jsme dorazili pozde vecer zasly jsme si na zvanec a spat. Druhy den jsme se sly podivat na jeden z chramu, ktery byl uzasny a 2000 let stary. Ten samy den jsme se rozhodly jet 5 hodinovym busem do Hampy, ktere je pry uzasny nam bylo receno.Jenze ten den byl trosku komplikovany jak jinak v Indii, a diky spatnym informacim od desitky ryznych indu, jsme stravili 2 a pul hodiny cekani na bus ale kdyz jsme se ...