Travelling Gypsies

So 27 days and our Bangalore to Mumbai return journey and all that we visited in between... Left Bangalore at 6.30 am... On 13th.Nov 2022 Hubbali was our 1st.stop at the Zarthosti Dar e Meher ... The above is a click of kms driven... Bangalore to Belgaum... The Hubbali place of worship for the last  remaining 3 Zarthosti families...and thats  the caretaker. some clicks from inside and outside the temple... Belgaum Fire Temple we reached later in the evening of the same day... The pix below are of Belgaum The few pix below are of the Parsee Dharamshalla in Belgaum... Basic and spartan and very reasonably priced rooms too... Breakfast by the roadside dhabha... The idli was yummmmm...and so was the choi... The next day after leaving Belgaum... This is where we halted for lunch......

Today is our last day in Namma Bengaluru... The morning started with friends of MM cmng over for a quick brunch... As soon as we were done with brunch we left for the Airport to see Karnataka's largest statue of Shree Kempegowda... For which you have to pay a toll of one way of ₹105... No entrance fee for the statue as of now but will start once the gardens are developed... PM Modi unveils 108-foot-tall bronze statue of Bengaluru founder 'Nadaprabhu' Kempegowda  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/pm-modi-unveils-108-feet-bronze-statue-of-bengaluru-founder-nadaprabhu-kempegowda/articleshow/95452797.cms Download the TOI app now: https://timesofindia.onelink.me/mjFd/toisupershare After the statue Bangalore palace was still left on our itinery... so we headed there... Some info copied from internet An epitome of great architecture and beauty, The Majestic ...

We started our journey into neighbouring Andhra Pradesh at 9.15am...its a smooth rd.of 120 kms (one way) to the temple complex... The entrance to Lepakshi temple village...its still a good 16kms.drive inside...on the right once you reach Lepakshi there is a gigantic Nandi waiting to welcome all... Info from Google... What is the story of Lepakshi? The historic town of Lepakshi has been connected with an occurring of the Indian epic of Ramayana. According to the Valmiki's Ramayana, when Ram accompanied by Hanuman, met the dying Jatayu, they helped him attain moksha by uttering the words "Le Pakshi," which means "Rise, bird". Hence the name, Lepakshi. Nandi... The entrance into the temple... Info fm.Google The Lepakshi temple, also known as Veerbhadra temple is located in the tiny hamlet of Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh. It is a paragon of excellent architecture and art.  It is famous for i...