I have been mesmerized by the carvings in Angkor Wat and the vast complex in Borobudur. I have stood equally wonder struck at the temple architecture in Belur and Halebid. But the temple at Mahakuta, Badami, had a different quality to it.

How is it that most times the freshest vegetables are found on the roadside? Bangalore has many uber cool supermarkets with vegetable sections…

After all my thoughts on Devbagh, here is some info on how to get there. I know there are tons of sites already detailing the same, but here’s my two pence anyway. I took the VRL bus, booked through Redbus, starting at 8.15 pm from Majestic and scheduled to reach Karwar by 7.00 am or...

The temple pillar with the mosque in the background   My next day began early at 6.30 with a nature walk around the island, arranged by the resort. The first stop of the walk is at the beach to catch the sunrise and then onward inside the woods where Anil shows us a lot of...

Sunset in Devbagh   Devbagh requires only a weekend. Start on a Friday and come back by Monday morning. But time stops still in this place. For me it stopped on Saturday morning when I entered my cottage on this peaceful island. Devbagh, literally means “God’s Garden” and I am wont to think that I...

The woods are lovely…   Devbagh happened for the first time in February last year, when my friends and I went there for the first time. To put it simply we fell in love. Its truly a “paradise” as one of my friends described it, with wooded expanse dotted with cottages giving way to the...