India
Wake up and smell the coffee in Araku Valley
It was a hot and dry afternoon as we took the road from Visakhapatnam towards Araku Valley, located in the ...
Meet Mallitamma and his signature sculptures in Hoysala temples
The annals of Indian history are not just littered with dates of battles fought and won but by the lists ...
Five Hoysala temples not in the tourist circuit
“Hoy Sala ” ( Strike Sala ! ) said the guru Sudatta Muni to his student , Sala who was ...
Kaidala, home of a master craftsman
My tryst with the Hoysala Dynasty started innocuously when I went on a weekend getaway to Hassan over a decade ...
Twin Hoysala Temples of Marale and Mosale
Some of India’s best-kept secrets are not found on a map. Tucked away inside golden fields with lotus ponds surrounding ...
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Kaggaladu Bird Sanctuary – a community protects the painted storks
It is a sea of white wings that greets me in a dusty little hamlet near Sira town, located near ...