Photo credit: BMRCL A section of the Green line of Namma metro, Bangalore has been thrown open to public yesterday. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah inaugurated metro reach 3. The line now covers around 10 km from Mantri Square station at Malleshwaram to Peenya via Rajajinagar and Yeshwantpur. This should bring a lot of joy traveling…
The day we went to taste mutton curry at Highway hotel, we went to do a recce of Anand Dum Biryani which is also at Hoskote off the highway. We found it is open for business for only three days in a week and that too for limited hours. The speciality is mutton Biryani. So…
Today evening I was at HRBR layout, Bangalore. After enjoying cool breeze at one my friend’s terrace thought of visiting a restaurant/pub around that area. Finally we zeroed on Tamarind Restaurant & Bar. We went to the bar which is located at the 3rd floor (roof top). Its open ventilated with a roof and hence…
Kote Venkataramana Temple was built towards the end of 17th century around the time of Chikka Deva Raya (a Mysore Wodeyer king). The rulers of Mysore had bought the city of Bangalore from the Mughal empire. Kote in Kannada means fort, so literally it means Fort Venkataramana Temple. It is located just besides Tipu Sultan’s…
For quite sometime I wanted to visit Lalbagh in Bangalore for birding. Today I visited in the evening, but I was late by the time I reached there. As we entered it was already the twilight zone and very soon it became dark. However, within that short time I was able to take some good…
For quite sometime I was thinking of starting a project of capturing important and popular landmarks of Bangalore along with iconic buildings. God willing this project will start shortly. However, yesterday morning as a precursor I went out to capture the early morning mood of my area. I shot the tree lined double road, Indiranagar,…