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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 ...
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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 ...
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Five Hoysala temples not in the tourist circuit

“Hoy Sala ” ( Strike Sala ! ) said the guru Sudatta Muni to his student , Sala who was ...
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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 ...
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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 ...