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Thursday, January 26, 2017

Pyramid Valley (A day out in Bangalore)

Distance - 44 Kms from Bangalore (30 Kms from Banashankari)
Travel Period - Day out (1 day)
Time to Reach - 1-2 Hours 
Type - Largest Meditational Pyramid
Best time to visit - Any time


Our Journey begins here:


Pyramid lake view







Lets head towards Kanakapura road from Bangalore. Go towards Kaggalipura -> Vaderahalli ->Kaggalahalli and reach Gabadi bus stop. Move a bit further and you can see "Safa Honeyco." towards your left. Take a left after it and if you travel for about 2 kms you will reach your destination.













Pyramid Valley entrance

First mega Pyramid built in the world solely for meditation. We can meditate inside the Pyramid which will make us feel calm and relaxed. They also conduct several spiritual workshops, relaxing and rejuvenating sessions, treatments and much more. We can enter the pyramid and go to the top from inside and meditate, there are some nice arrangements made for meditations. Also there is a gallery and if you want to buy something then you can purchase it from there.







There is a food court which is maintained well. There is a small lake and few beautiful places which make us feel relaxed. 

Pyramid Entrance

 


Saturday, December 10, 2016

Travel Chitradurga

Distance - 202 Kms from Bangalore 
Travel period - 1 day.
Time to reach - 3 Hrs
Type - Historical Fort
Best time to visit - Throughout the year
Famous for: 
Historical Fort


From Bangalore head towards Bangalore-Pune highway which is a very beautiful highway to drive. We can reach the destination by 3 hours.

Highway

We can find lot of windmills when we reach near Chitradurga.

Wind Mill
Before reaching the fort we can head towards a mini Zoo located few Kms near the town called as Adumalleshwara mini zoo. The place is cool and neatly maintained. We can come across many animals as well.

View inside the zoo

Next lets head towards the fort which is called as Chitradurga Fort. Chitradurga is one of the historical places in Karnataka.   Chitragurga Fort Also known as "Kallina kote" which is a very large and well maintained fort. 

View as soon as we enter the fort
We come across few temples inside the fort as well. We need a lot of energy to go to the top of the fort and to return. There are few canteens which provide us few snacks and ice creams, there are few restrooms as well. As we move ahead we can see the pond.

Pond
If we move ahead then we can see the way towards a famous hole (Obavvana kindi) from where the soldiers of Hyder Ali entered the fort (Where obavva used onake to stop them)

Way leading to the hole
On a whole it will be a good experience and we will come to know about the historical facts.

View of the fort from inside


Few Random images


 






Next lets head towards Chandravalli Caves is located around 3 kms from the fort which is also know as Ankali Math where the saints were meditating in this place. We can also come across a beautiful lake near the cave which adds a beauty to it.


Cave



Lake

Lets end our day with this. :)