Travelling Gypsies

Beautiful sunny day into Nandi Hills...We started our trip around 11am... After driving for 1.5 hrs and 40 curves and bends later we reached Nandi Hills view point... If you wish to walk its a bit of a long trek up... But we took the local transport ₹25 / tkt... water tank inside this 950 yrs.old temple  Suicide point ... Tipu's lodge... Through the gate is a 1km.downhill trek to an old temple I was informed... The way to the temple... How green is my valley...  After completing the Nandi hills route ...we opted to head towards Nandi village & on the way is this temple on our right dedicated to Nandi... Its a circular route ... In Nandi village this hidden gem was a flukie for us as we weren't informed of its existence... We happened to find it as we drove in the hope of reaching the highway and we got vv lucky... It was a visual treat... Copied from Goog...

Day 12 bestie is in better form than before... And chooses to stay at home so MM & Me decide to paint Banglore shades of blue... Our first halt was to Tipu Sultan palace ... With inputs from the local guide  got to know that Tipu died young at the age of 47 yrs... He was killed on 4 May 1799 while defending his stronghold of Seringapatam . Tipu's Palace Tipu's palace from inside ... The throne where he would sit to hear the grieviences of his public... Bangalore Fort  began in 1537 as a mud fort. [1]  The builder was  Kempe Gowda I , a vassal of the  Vijaynagar Empire  and the founder of  Bangalore .  Hyder Ali  in 1761 replaced the mud fort with a stone fort and it was further improved by his son  Tipu Sultan  in the late 18th century. It was damaged during an Anglo-Mysore war in 1791...  (Info copied from Google as to remember dates was difficult for me) Smiley in the fort w...