Coorg/Kodagu Trip

This has been our long pending trip in 2007. The decision on the destination was slightly more easier because of the booking that we managed to get in "Cauvery Nisargadhama" courtesy my father in law who managed to use his connections in Kushal Nagar to get us the booking. The ideal way to do the booking is to write to the Forest officer for the booking and by sending the draft of 600* INR. This is much less expensive than the Jungle Lodge resorts.

Thr trip from bangalore turned out to be a out-and-out a rainy affair because of the depression. I had to drive the entire stretch in the drizzle, clouds hovering all the while and Sun just not making an appearance the whole day; Not one of the ideal driving ordeals that one would want to encounter. We had the breakfast in Kadu Mane; Idlis, Vadas, Dosas, Puris, Pongal are some of the choices offered and one that can be had ..I particularly liked 'Pongal'.

We managed to reach Kushal nagar by lunch time. In my view, the road is good to an extent of 75%. I noticed that almost all the cities had bad roads within the city, which means that the city muncipality/corporation is to be blamed. Nisarga Dhama is 2 kms away from Kushalnagar, which serves as an entry to Kodagu district. Our next destination was Madikeri and the road from Kushalnagar to Madikeri is in a pathetic condition at the moment. In fact, my candid view is that the whole of Madikeri dist suffers from bad roads.



We managed to get a Homestay in Madikeri quite easily. However, its advisable to do a prior booking. Even though we stayed overnight in a homestay, I'am still not sure what all constitutes a homestay - Is it Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner included ? I would like to assume that the guests are being treated as extended family members of the hosts..

Madikeri has a lot of places to visit. I felt that it requires 2 days to visit all the places in Madikeri. The places that are worth a visit are Raja Seat, Tala Cauveri, Omkareshwara Temple, Abbey Falls. Tala Cauveri is around 45 kms from Madikeri and would require half a day to visit and come back. The drive is very scenic but the driver needs to be cautious ( like always )..While one drives, the smell of coffee is in the air ..

Tala Cauveri is the birth place of river cauveri, which is the sacred ganga of the south ..It is recommended to climb up the hillock for a great scenic view..Apparently, one can have a view of the Sea in Kerala on a clear day. We were not as lucky since it was a cloudy day. There is some recent temple construction being done around the main temple.


Abbey in Kodagu language means 'water' and hence the name. It is also known as Jessey falls, which the British had rechristned during their era.
Another place worth visiting is Nalaknad palace that has a lot of history of king ChikVeer Rajendra, who was apparently a very cruel king in his times.

For those inclined to Trekking, Tadiyandmol peak is a a delight..I had done it

almost 8 years back and its a great experience to trek this mountain. It is the

highest peak in Kodagu Dist. If my memory does not fail me, it is also called as Kumaraparvat ..






In this entire visit, I kept looking for some local veg food in the restaurants but in vain. Akki roti, which is a local food was not available in all the restaurants. I heard some lame reasons from restaurant folks..The local people should take pride in keeping some local food in their menu; This was something missing.

Our stay in Nisargadhama was in a cottage called 'Lokamudra'. There a around 10 cottages in all of which atleast 6 of them are wodden cottages. These cottages are right on the banks of river Cauveri and its a wonderful experience to stay
for a couple of days in such cottages. The natural environ, chirping of the birds, the slow gush of the water makes a very memorable experience. There is a elephant ride that the visitors can take that costs just 10/-. Please take a ticket at the counter else the money given on the spot goes into the pockets of the locals ..There is also a small deer park inside the Nisargadhama. To our

atmost surprise, we found that there is no restaurant/canteen that offers food

for the people who stay in the cottages. After a bit of digging, I found that the guys who run the canteen are completing their turn and a new tender has been floated and hence they don't intend to provide any food service. I think the State Govt of Tourism should notice this and take some corrective actions.

Tourists need to avail of some basic food at such places and someone who does not come with a car has no other alternative but to starve. We managed to have our food everytime in Kushalnagar which is 2 kms away from Nisargadhama.

There are only a couple of places where one can have decent food. Kannika International is one of the places that I would recommend for lunch and dinner. Athithi is a veg place that I would recommend for breakfast that serves Idli, Dosas, Puri etc. I dont have too many good things to talk about the above places in terms of food quality, service, ambience. However, instead of starving, you could have food in these places.


We also visited Dubare island where the Jungle Lodge resorts is located. It has a beautiful river view and a elephant ride. On holidays, there is a huge rush for the elephant rides that is only available between 10 AM - 12 Noon. For those who are not able to get to elephant rides, I suggest that they can avail the same at Nisargadhama ( at a much lesser cost too ! 10 vs 100 ). For the adventure crazy, there is rafting and some other sports too which Jungle Lodge Resorts provides. One should not expect to get decent food at Dubare. The JUngle Lodge resorts provides food only for its inmates ..



On our way back, we also visited the Namdorling Tibetian Monastry in the town of Bylekuppe; I dont know much of history of this place. I tried to gather someting to read up but in vain.










A very colourful place worth a visit and lot of places to take pictures. There a also a few shops where one can do some bargain shopping for small articles.

Diya ..: diya in Aug/Sept/2007

This is the redirect from my daughters blog - Cutejunie ..

Diya ..: diya in Aug/Sept/2007

Diya -Pose

orkut - My photo

Uttaradi Math

We recently had the fortune of having the "Sri Moola Rama devara" pooja at our home performed by Sri 1008 Sri Satyatmateertha Swamiji.

Saarang into the 2nd year

For quite some time I was trying to capture "Saarang" and finally managed to get two pictures..

One cannot miss the gazebo and the greenery that has evolved since the earlier photographs.

couple of more snaps

I realized later that I have not posted a couple of snaps ..


The picture is after the event and one can realize the same seeing the tired faces..more the mother rather than the father for obvious ( apologetically ! ) reasons ..Please observe the beautiful bouganvilla flowers ( am sure i got the spelling wrong ), which have grown on the gazebo. The gazebo is actually turning out to be what I had initially in mind when we got this done ..








The picture on the right side is the actually birthday cake cutting session where Diya is trying to blow the '2 year' candle that she accomplished quite well..

Taking it further from my previous blog, Diya has cake cutting sessions everyday in her beloved park, where she makes a sand mound and cuts the same through her hand in an action akin to her having a Saw ( yes Saw ..the ones used by the carpenters ) ..I saw it one day and laughed out ..

Diya's second birthday

It has been a while since I blogged last and this time it is Diya's bday that has prompted me to blog..








This was a low scale birthday compared to her earlier birthday but am sure she would have enjoyed this more than her earlier birthday ..It was also real "cake cutting" birthday compared to her several cake cutting sessions in the park..





The party was restricted to immediate family members and Diya's friends in the immediate neighbourhood. A Nilgiri's cake, hot chips - chips, Saarang - Pav Bhaji, Shiv Sagar - samosa, Chocklates were the menu for the day..One thing that got missed out was the Gajar Halwa that Vaiju had eagerly prepared at home ..

The shopping included her princess new clothes and a new cycle ! ..











We recently sold our 20 year old scooter ( Bajaj Priya) for 1000/- and I bought a new cycle for Diya which costed 1600/- Isnt it Ironical that one can only exchange a old scooter for a new cycle for a two year old ??

Pondicherry Trip !

The pondicherry trip was very quickly planned one and almost got finalised in the last 4 days. The choices were places besides something in Cauvery basin because of the ongoing cauvery water issue and we did not want to be innocent victims during these times.

Pondicherry or Puducherry as it is called locally is on the east coast and wakes up with the Sunrise everyday. The city has a clear demarkation of a french type town and a normal indian town. The last 5 avenues/streets that are near the sea are the french areas and one can almost get the feeling that one is in France..with all the streets having french names and buildings have a french touch too..It also is a Sleepy town and you find people generally relaxed and not in a great hurry to complete things...Well, going from Bangalore and after seeing the
daily hustle, pondicherry is surely relaxing and aptly a tourist destination. While some people were asking me if we could spend 4 days in pondicherry, and I was uncertain on the same; However, it is a place one can spend four days if vacation is what one is thinking !

We drove down to Pondicherry from Bangalore and reached within 6 hours to be there in Pondicherry for lunch. One of the issues that we faced was the lack of restaurants on the way..Almost impossible to find a decent joint/ restaurant/hotel in the whole 300 Km stretch. Bangalore and Karnataka leads the way in the eateries. Finding a hotel and getting to eat is much easier in Karnataka than any other places that I have visited so far. We, infact, had to skip the breakfast while going. After checking into the Ajanta sea view, for which we paid 1400/- per night, we had a sumptuous lunch at the same restaurant.

Ajanta sea view is one of the places which is right on the beach..Fabulous view from the balcony ! This was one of my best experiences of staying besides a sea, unmindful of a heavy price. The beach road, without any contest, like the nariman point of Mumbai. Many people frequent this place in the morning and the evening for walks, exercises, Yoga and romancing..Lovely place to spend time in the evening with the breeze taking away all the humidity/heat away from the air. The beach road is
not a typical beach that one can play in water and waves. One can only watch the waves hit the stones that are laid besides the sea..



The Adyar Anand Bhavan ( A2B ) and the A2B bakery at the beginning of the J N Street are the places I recommend for breakfasts and lunches for vegetarians. Though its a struggle to get food in ever busy A2B. I felt the logistic processes not as matured as the Bangalore darshinis..Even with crowd, it is within minutes, one can get the Idlis/Dosas or any other order. I had to almost consistently wait close to 10-15 mins before getting a normal food order.We found the ghee pongal to be extremely tasty; However, it was also a difficult time to have the food while managing Diya who is becoming notoriuosly naughty at the restaurants, while wanting to eat everything herself and in the meantime creating a embarassing mess !

I felt that Diya did not eat much during the vacation but played and enjoyed a lot during all the four days..The only other places for veggie tourists may be Surguru restaurant, Ananda Bhavan, which are on the east coast road. The service is Surguru on our anniversary day left much to be desired. The exteriors indicate it to be a 4 star hotel but the interiors/service can hardly
meet the criteria of a ( Bangalore ) Shanti Sagar !




One of old trees..You can see the roots of the tree all across and they touch the ground at all the places..


The first day after the arrival, we went to Auroville, which is a town formed by the Mata - a disciple of Aurobindo and which has the famous Matri Mandir. Auroville is a lovely place and one can easily spend half a day going to the Matri Mandir, doing shopping and eating out in the small cafeteria.






The Auroville Matri Mandir below..We could not go inside the matri mandir because of the renovation that is happening currently. Apparently, there is a huge crystal at the center , where all the sunlight/sunrays converge and is a huge space for meditation..


The handicrafts are great buys and I recommend to purchase for those interested; Found many interesting things that one can procure to adorn their drawing rooms. On the way to Auroville, we missed a left because of which we had to drive extra 5-6 kms to
come back; It is always recommened to ask always when in doubt on these stretches..The road directions/boards are not tourist friendly and most of the times, the road signs, boards are in Tamil, which makes it difficult..


I also recommend a trip to Chunambur Boat house, run by the Pondicherry state Govt, that takes one in boats to a island where one can enjoy the sea, beach and can be really fun in a group. One can rent out volleyballs, footballs etc and it can be fun. we spent around 1.5 hours on the beach enjoying the sea/waves/sand..Diya was fascinated by the sea and the sand..She wanted to have a bath in the sea !







We also did some shopping on J N Street and picked up some handicraft items. I'am not sure what one should be looking to buy but it is always exciting to do some shopping in new cities/touris cities. I picked up a leather Saarang that I was looking for apart from the various handicrafts


Before I end this post, we celebrated our fifth marriage anniversary at Pondicherry, which was memorable !!!

16^th Feb

After a tiring 3GSM fair, I’am on the way back to Paris/Bangalore and am currently in boarding gate to check for some unsecured networks to get latched on to ..

This was my first 3GSM and it turned out to be a very tiring affair with miles of walking down the different halls and the booths learning about the different mobile products while continuously trying to think of areas of selling.

I found the 3GSM to be very much a European affair and does not have the presence of many of the valley startups. There are different geography specific pavilions – French, Hungary, Italy, Catalona( Spain), Singapore..I’am slightly surprised why India did not have a pavilion of its own with so many application companies cropping up..The few Indian companies I saw were Wipro, Subex-Azure, Sasken, Aricent, Tata-Elxsi.

A small poem that I could pen on the 3GSM show ...

Aching Heels and Tiring Shoulders,

Busy Mind with probing thoughts,

Walking across the crazy halls,

Finding a maze of products,

Roams a person whom I know.

Selling a story, not so bad

tough to digest , hard to fathom

a popular story – “the world is flat”

the penny you spend, the penny you gain

the service you buy, the product you sell

makes it all – a fair gain and a good plan

Roams a person…

Trading cards..not the playing cards

These are the “Business” cards

Reading minds, Taking Notes – the paper notes

Selling a story not so bad.

End of the show, a crazy show

The aching heel and the tiring mind

Relief they get – for a day

Since tomorrow is a “new day”

sight seeing in Barcelona

11 Feb 2007

The objective of the day was to venture out in Barcelona …I had done the necessary study and had come to the conclusion that taking the “Barcelona turistic” would be the best thing to do since it will take me to the all the important places…

What I later liked about this decision was that one could hop in / hop off as many times into the buses..This is not the only bus one takes to tour..There are probably hundreds of buses that run everday in Barcelona and one can get a this bus in every 5-10 mins..Absolutely fantastic for the tourist ! One can get the value for the 19 Euros ....The tourist places are divided into red and blue zones and there are buses that run only in that zone..There are many points where one can transfer from blue to red and vice versa..As far as I can recollect, this was one of the best tourist tours that I have ever done.. I remember the one we had taken in San Francisco and we had missed the bus and had to take a taxi all the way to the airport….I hope the tourism facility has improved elsewhere also.

The city has a very architectural touch and I remember several times the name of “ Antonio Gaudi” was repeated. I assume that he was one of the very great architects and he has done several structures/buildings some of which are included in this blog.

Infact, San Francisco has some similarity to Barcelona with the up/down terrains inside the city and the architecture/buildings have resemblance, which ofcourse should because of the Spanish history…

Some statistics ( copied from the guide )

Founding 1 BC

Population 1.5 M

10095 sq km

Catalan and Spanish

Average temperature – 14 – 19 degree C

Welcome to Barcelona

10 feb 2007

What a way to get a welcome in a new city !

I was witness to a theft attempt at the airport where an attempt was made to check for a wallet in a laptop case, which was seen by some of us who were all waiting to catch the free 3GSM bus to the “Fira de Barcelona”, the venue of the event. This event served notice to all of us to be extra careful. Apparently, pickpocket is very common in Barcelona

We were saved of the long queues by the registration that we did on saturday itself. The queues would end up like the tail of “Hanuman” on Monday, since some 70000 visitors are expected for this event – 3GSM. I realized that the staff was just not upto the speed and were just setting up the machinery and the process.

My apartment booking was done at 46, La Vietana which is one of the Beds and Breakfast hostels and was located right in the downtown, near the Placa Catalunya, one of the center spots. It consisted of big, beautiful room with a twin bed, sofa, wardrobes but the (four toilets) and the kitchen are shared between the seven rooms in the floor. I noticed that the doors and windows are very long ( may be 19-12 feet from down )This probably is the typical definition of a hostel in this part of the world. Apparently, we can have a sumptuous breakfast and even cook food if we wish to since everything including oil, salt, vessels exist in the kitchen. What I was surely missing was the WLAN that existed in the Paris hotel L

After settling in the new place, I went out to eat something and ended up picking a vegetable Lasagne at the Pizza hut just down the corner..

austria in a train ..

This was my first trip in Train in an abroad country ! ...

Trains in this part of the world( europe) are considered to be a great experience and somewhat comparable to train fares..Apparently, there are many types of trains - TGV, ICE , EC etc some of these are ultra fast trains covering 300Kms/Hr ..However, I was booked on a train that used to chugh along and covered the distance between Paris-Linz in around 13 Hrs for a 1000 odd kms..There were some uncertain moments since I was not sure of how to identify the bogue( coach ) and unfortunately mine was at the end ..The Couchette ( Koo-Shey ) is a compartment with 6 beds like Indian trains ..Someways, Indian trains had better space in between the seats..The difference is the bedsheets, pillow and the breakfast..( the last one was not available because the water had exausted in the train apparently )


Another uncertain moment was when the attendendant/supervisor collected my passport and mentioned that he will return only in the morning before i alighted..This was because the train passes the border...finally I budged...

It was also unfortunate that I would be travelling both times at night and unlikely to see the beautiful countryside along the train lines ..

Linz, where I'am currently in is the third largest city in Austria and Vienna is the biggest here, which is further 3 Hrs in train ..My feelins is Salzbury is the most beautiful city that I have heard so far..


This probably was one of the most unlikely events of having to go and attend a business meeting right from the train station at 6:30 in the morning and the the customer/prospect coming to pick me up from the station..( I should be very glad to Simon ). Without him at the station, I'am sure that the taxi would not have been able to take me to where we wanted to go ...It was almost 35 Kms away from the station in the countryside ..like one of the Indian villages..with small hills lining the road..

saw some houses with brick and mud which was very similar to the ones in India. Apparently, it snows during this time and while I was here the whole day, the Sun was shining bright and sunny ..Just to say that we missed each other for the last few days when I was in Paris ..anyway, it was good to be feel the sunny weather at 10 degrees ...

What WoWed me also was the Wifi availability at the train station that made it easier to spend time from 4 till 10:30 at night ..and also probably why am writing this Blogpost ...

Probably, one of the only posts that I might end up writing from a train station !..

9:30 PM Austria time.

Another thing I just learnt is how to locate the coach number at the platform. The platform, I was able to figure from the information desk but the coach location was important since the train would just wait for 3 mins and I need to quickly hop in with the luggage..One of the ladies explained me on the 'art' of deciphering the chart that exists in the platform...Well, I hope it works ...

Paris

I had seen lot of US but only realized what I had missed when I saw Paris ..



This is my first trip to Europe and am covering Paris ( France), Linz( Austria ) and Barcelona(Spain)..The trip itself was not finalized till the last couple of days. Infact, some places in Scandinivia got cancelled at the last minute and then I also had a struggle with our traveldesk to get the iterinary/tickets confirmed. The biggest trouble was the trip from Paris to Linz and back, which eventually was booked in Train, which is an overnight train...I will cover the Austria part of the trip in my next post ..

Air France journey was fine, but somehow felt Lufthansa was better based on my previous experience. I landed at Paris at around 8:30 in the morning to get a first experience of the cold weather in Paris..Also had a bad experience of getting duped of 20 Euros by the taxi driver..I was informed before I started that the journey to the hotel is free and the surprisingly the same was confirmed by an airport official..When, I landed at the hotel, the driver demanded money..Apparently, the most of the hotels in the Roissy region have free shuttles from mCharles De Galle airport, which ferry people to/from the hotel/airport..One needs to watch for the proper shuttle which will have the names of the various hotels ..

The day in Paris was a meeting at the southern tip of Paris, to which we went in train. I had not realized that most of the travel in the next few days will be in this mode..Its so contrarian to the life in US where I had not even once hopped into a train/bus for transport..and here the trains are the lifeline ..Just reminds me of mumbai..Infact when one travels in train, you can almost feel the mumbai effect ..the houses around the railway track, people hopping in/out, frequent trains etc..Infact, you can see some "ghopadphattis" also near the suburbs of france..






Weather would have been around 3-4 degrees C for most of the day; Most of the people wear 2-3 layers of clothes and a longer jacket and a scarf is very common..I heard this is one of the coldest months of the year..

Language in France is an issue and most of the people would talk only in French....However, people in the information desks speak English and are quite helpful...










After the meeting we got down in Saint Michelle and saw the Eiffel tower from far and spent some time doing small shopping and then finally came back by train to CDG and then the shuttle..

one year of "Saarang"

Its been one year of "Saarang", and we will probably remember this everytime I see the indian tri colour being hoisted by our president..It was last year that we had our house warming ceremony and exactly after a month we had moved in into the new house..

Its a bit embarrasing that the nameplate of the house that we had got made just before the function last year has still not got its due and is like the " new kid on the block cricketer" who is in the team but never gets a chance to be in the playing 11 for a years time till some fortunate moment for him ...

Its been a great year in our new house, and we have been doing some or the other thing with it each month such as a the furniture, interiors, small collectibles and nails for the collectibles/paintings and some undone things ..I'am sure this will continue in this year too..as like any other new house that one builds ...

There is an interesting story of the huge boulders that you see in our house ..You cannot miss them ..just like the one that you see as you enter..We were desperately searching for such huge boulders but were disappointed either by the cost that the contractor was charging or by the wierdness of the idea. However, we got all these boulders by chance one day when my dad found a truckload of stones on bannerghatta road and after following and requesting the driver for one of the boulder, the driver eventually obliged to dump the whole load at our site..and for a cost that we would have just paid to move one of the stones 10 feets ! ....

One of the learnings in the house construction - Be Bold on your ideas, persue your ideas, persuade with the stakeholders and the help will be on its way ..

belgaum-sambra visit

Belgaum visit

This was a much awaited and much planned affair. This was also a momentous occasion to be amidst most of your school friends after a long long time. It was in 1992 that we passed out ( graduated ! ) from KV Sambra from the 12^th class. Since then, circumstances have changed, contexts in professional and personal lives have changed. Life moves on ; but never seemed like 14 years since we played volleyball in school ( with a English or a biology class going on J ). It just seemed like last year ..

We reached Belgaum by afternoon , 2 PM to be greeted by Rama and Akshay who were just checking in into the rooms. Sanman classic is an extension of the very popular Sanman hotel but is owned by somebody else. Its just unfortunate that our stay at classic sanman started with a fight with the manager/owner.. Its not my desire to pick up a fight but I cannot resist if someone wants to take me for a ride. The issue was on the checkout times, which the owner of the hotel was claiming to be at morning 8AM despite we checking in at around 2 PM. This was eventually resolved the next day. The fair part wins the war but not always !!! This time we were lucky ..

We had lunch at Sanman hotel, where I was unable to get the Puri-Bhaji that I wanted to taste. After the lunch, we went roaming in Bogar Ves just to recollect our memories. Akshay and Rama went to meet somebody else. These were memories for most of us including Vaiju, myself, Arti and Sangamesh. Vaiju also has some Belgaum memories when she was in second class. It was city exploration for Karthik and Niti ..Later, we drove through the cantonment area, Green hotel, KV Belgaum, Staff quarters where we had stayed earlier and then had the evening tea at Sangamesh’s house. The School and the quarters looked deserted because of the Christmas vacation. Later, we all gathered together at the hotel rooms. Ajit had already arrived by then. Rama seemed to drive the discussion towards fitness and diet and it just revolved around that. We had a late dinner and had the times had passed on into 2007 !!!

The next day seemed to be a very tight and unfortunately we left our hotel slightly late and our first visit was to Ajit’s house.. We then made a quick visit to Jyothi’s house which is near to Ajit’s house. Before that, we had a very sumptuous breakfast at Sanman and I got the Puri-Bhaji, which I had sought earlier.

We then drove down to Sambra, which I was awaiting the most ..My times in Sambra were the defining moments for me where I did my schooling from 4^th till 12^th class. I’am sure Sambra has a lot of influence on my life..

I wish to thank all my buddies with whom I studied, played and spent a lot of time together. Some of these were the ones who were with me in this new year ..Thanks Guys/Gals ..Thanks a lot for being( and continue to be ) such good friends. I also take this moment to thank my teachers in primary school and secondary school who shaped my aptitude, attitude and gave me sense of competitiveness in life.

Well, I went down the memory lane in the previous paragraph….Let me bring the context to the present ..We drove down to Sambra and myself/Ajay were on the bike while rest everyone were in Ajit’s Alto ..We were planning of our entry inside the campus because of the strict security, which we were all aware of….I still remember the time when we had to stay outside the gate for close to 1 hour at the time when Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, because we were not carrying the ID card.. However, on reaching the guard room, I requested to be let in to see our old school and the guard obliged..

We spent close to half an hour in the school going to the different classes where we had studied, to the different places where we had spent some special moments, the stage where we used to have our daily assembly, the labs where we did some interesting/not so interesting experiments, the places where we had played cricket, volleyball, kho-kho, kabaddi, football and “Gallery”. Apparently, the school is in a very bad state because either it is going to be demolished or is going to be relocated. However, I’am just fortunate to have captured some moments there because I’am not sure if the same buildings will exist later. We later went walking to the house where I had stayed near the primary section and got to meet our neighbour ( Panicker ).. We managed to take some pictures ( which I was not supposed to because of the security restrictions ) ….We later reached Belgaum and had lunch at a new hotel, which has come up. There were hardly any staff because of the previous night celebrations. However, we managed to get something to have as lunch…

Later, we checked out of our hotel rooms and dumped our luggage in Ajits car and visited Shaila madam’s house where we had delicious snacks and a good time. She, later escorted us to the station from where myself, vaiju, arti, karthik, diya and adithya boarded Kittur chennama express back on our way to bangalore.. bidding bye bye to Ajit, Ajay, Rama and Ribhav..

Ribhav ...Aditya ..& Diya ...