Since reading the book about Kaveri, marked places that are of historical importance on the river shore. Those are mostly ancient temples, bridges, falls and confluences. While this one is not of historic importance but a crossing near Erode on the river Kaveri. It is the next roadway bridge after Bhavani Kooduthurai, the familiar railway … Continue reading Trip to Kaveri Crossing – 1 (Vendipalayam Barrage)
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Stop at KRP dam
On the way back home, we stopped at Krishnagiri dam for sight seeing. It’s 4 km from the highway and few kms before Krishnagiri junction. Monkeys welcomed us in the ticket counter, paying the entrance fee we stopped in front of the park. Park is at the front side of dam, well maintained and large … Continue reading Stop at KRP dam
A Short Detour
Trip from Chennai to Erode had been mostly tiring with traffic, breaks which lead to long hours of journey. This time we took a short detour to 1008 shiva temple near Salem for a break. This temple is in a small hill with 1007 Linga/ Nandhi statues surrounding the hill. And the last shiva in … Continue reading A Short Detour
Trip to Mangrove forest
On the last day of our trip and way back to Chennai, we planned to visit Mangrove forest at Pichavaram. Started around noon from Kumbakonam, took close to 2 hours to reach Chidambaram (~70 kms). Since there are no good restaurants around Pichavaram, we took lunch from Palagaram.com (lunch was decent, their badam milk was … Continue reading Trip to Mangrove forest
Trip to Kumbakonam
It was day 2 of our 3 days trip to Thanjavur, Kumbakonam and Chidambaram. Kumbakonam is a temple town, almost every street has a temple. There are quite a few famous temples but we planned to visit only the architectural sites. After visiting Thanjavur temple, we chose to visit rest of the 3 complex Chola … Continue reading Trip to Kumbakonam
Trip to Thanjavur
Thanjavur always brings in the image of its temples especially, the Brihadisvara temple. We visited Thanjavur for couple of days to go over its heritage sites. Day started with visit to Brihadisvara temple. It was crowded as any another holiday, Covid can be realised only with people wearing masks. In fact, less chance of keeping … Continue reading Trip to Thanjavur
Trip to the Nilgiris
We went for a trip to Conoor last week. We were very hesitant to travel during these times but it was also a necessity being in lock down for such a long time. We avoided crowded places and outside food (other than the hotel we stayed) to be on safer side. We started the trip … Continue reading Trip to the Nilgiris
Trip to Kunderipallam dam
Though we reside 60 km away from this dam, this is the first time we heard of it and visited for an evening outing. Google gives the exact location of it and helps reaching it easily. We didn't have much expectation before going and took only as a safe option during this fearful time. But … Continue reading Trip to Kunderipallam dam
Journey to Dhanushkodi…
Rameshwaram and Dhanushkodi are the names familiar through history and films but never felt its impact until been there. It is one of most memorable travel we have done so far. We started off to Rameshwaram post lunch from Madurai. Its approx. 4 to 4.5 hours journey, roads are neatly laid and it was a … Continue reading Journey to Dhanushkodi…
Stop at 99 Km Coffee Shop
We were on a trip to Madurai and Rameshwaram recently. Weather was refreshing in the morning, roads till chengalpattu was scenic with colourful bouganville and Gulmohar tress. Stopped for a tea break at 99 Km Magic coffee shop. It's one of shops selling food, books, plant saplings, wooden toys, natural products to be close to … Continue reading Stop at 99 Km Coffee Shop
