I donned a new role last weekend – From a travel writer to a tour guide . Arun and I are planning to launch weekend tours and we did a trial run last weekend . We took a group of friends to the ruins of an ertswhile dynasty called the Hoysala Dynasty which ruled the Malenadu region of Karnataka. Malenadu means Land of the hills and the kings were called Male chiefs or lords of the hills. This dynasty which ruled for over 400 years during the 10th-14th century was known for the temples they built, a staggering 1500 of which hardly 100 remains. Our trip was to some of the lesser known temples which are not in the tourist circuit . We were standing at the portals of one of the temples when the evening sky changed colours as the moon emerged 
Watch this blog for more on our trip to the Hoysala Dynasty .
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Sky on fire, eh ?
Congrats for the new gig Lakshmi! All the best! 🙂
Beautiful color in the sky and the moon as a bonus!
Quite lovely! Thank you for sharing.
All the best in your new venture!
Looks a peculiar sky!
nice 😉
Thanks for the info on Hoysala Dynasty and wonderful pictures.
Keep going…
Lovely shots.. Now its my turn to learn how to use a DSLR from u/Arun!!:D
I thot i’ll participate in this week’s Skywatch, but alas, not in town…shall send my pics for next week…
🙂
Good luck with your new role.
Beautiful skies!
I chanced upon to view your blog and found it very interesting. Great … Keep it up!
Hi Lakshmi! Wonderful skies! Great shots!!
All the best for the new venture! But being travel writer and tour guide doesn’t leave you any time to visit blog friends… ;))
Want to see Trakai? Blogtrotter has it and misses you… Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Lakshmi: Very nice sky captures with the Moon at sunset.
What a strange color for a sky !
beautiful soft colors.
thanks for visiting my PH post. have a great weekend!
I too saw red sky few days near my home. All the best for your plan to begin weekend tours. 400 years of rule! never heard this long duration.
Amazing! Nice photos. =)
Fascinating changes – and thanks for the comments!
Nice series.
I love the colours.
Enjoy your weekend!
Good luck with your endeavor. Sounds wonderful. These are gorgeous pictures.
gorgeous captures!
looking forward to some history retold.
Wonderful, wonderful skies with the moon as well.
Beautiful. Looking forward for your next post.
Wonderful pictures 🙂
And a brilliant idea…this weekend tours one 🙂
Lakshmi, what amazing colors of the skies! I’ve really enjoyed this beautiful sequence!
wonderful skies…i love these kind of soft sunsets
one of the best blogs i’ve come across!
All the best with the tours!
My best wishes to both of you for this new venture! I envy you both!
Nice snaps !
lovely sky and best wishes to your new venture. I hope to visit your city and on weekend will definitely check if there is anything in pipeline …!!!
Warm regards,
Sorry Lakshmi, I was a bit late and read the last post first – here’s the info about the Hoysala – tks! And good luck with your new venture!
Lovely Sillhouttes!!
You have really put in a lot of effort in making this blog useful..