Jaipur Rendezvous – another evening in palace

PS0: Post found in Gmail drafts dated Nov, 2009.

PS1: Yes , author needs distraction.

Third party wedding venues can also be travel destinations due to below said reasons

a)you do the noble act of attending the wedding

b)The leaves get approved easily by all parties.

c)You get to meet the myriad relatives and friends

And in the back-drop , if the rituals are already carried out at respective natives of bride and groom sides , time permits you to travel and explore venue beyond the pandals.

The author headed  ethnic Rajasthan’s heart –pink city- Jaipur for cousin’s nuptials

Wikipedia says :

(I will not copy paste the content , interested readers rather go there and read)

Author says :

Minus the shopping , the main sites i.e the killas and palaces can be covered in one day.

• Hawa Mahal

• Amber Fort

• Nahargarh Fort

• City Palace

• Jal Mahal

We started with Jal Mahal> Amber Fort> Nahargarh >City palace >Hawa mahal

Jal mahal located in the center of the lake has not much to offer , 15 minutes is more than enough and is on the way to Amber

Amber is "THE" palace to invest both time , camera and money.

2 hours is the time which includes an elephant ride to reach the top.

The rugged exteriors wrapped the most ethinic and rich and intricate interiors

• The places can be covered in 1 day , shopping can take another half.

• Save all the time for Amber and City palace.

• Other killas are mostly ruins .

City Palace

Corridors of Amber -Secret Passage

Seesh Mahal

Ganesh Dwar -Amber Fort

Princess's View from Amber Fort

PS2: Yes , it’s an incomplete draft  and  Author sees no reason to extend it .Have a nice day

An Evening In Palace

Bangalore Palace -replica of Windsor Castle, England

Wikipedia says:


It was built by Rev. Garrett. The construction of the palace was started in 1862 and completed in 1944. In 1884, it was bought by the Maharaja of Mysore, Chamaraja Wodeya.Now owned by the current scion of the Mysore royal family, Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar. The sprawling grounds surrounding the palace are used for holding public events including music concerts.

Author says (Log) :

1. Ticket charges :100 Rs
2. Camera :500 Rs , Video camera :1000 Rs
3. Camera is not allowed inside the premises without ticket.
4. Ask for discount , especially if you are paying for clicking .
5. Guides will accompany you and information provided might be close to accuracy but not 100% correct.Actually , it was misleading :P
6.  The King and Queen arenas are the most recherché.
7 .The exotic accessories -from Chinese wall papers to Italian crockery set , lavish wooden do –all fall in  “imported” category or are gifted by foreign royal acquaintances.
8. Don’t be surprised with the numerous paintings hanging around .They are result of kingly avocations.
9. Some part of the palace is still used as summer home by Wadiyar kins and is not open to public .
10.Readers , now enjoy a free regal view

PS : Credit for first pic goes to Arti and rest are the outcome of my 500 Rs worth clicks.

The Entrance Of Bangalore Palace

Italian Mirrors and Queens Arena

 

Kings Arena

The Internal Decors

The Hunted Elephant's Furniture and Coffee Machine

A Tri-pod chair

Paintings and Wallpaper

Remains of  Seating Area 

The Tough Exteriors

Backyard

Backyard Interior

Thus , The Evening Ends 

Randomness from the Hard-Drive

Why should photos from mobile take a back seat ?Why should they be photogenic to be published ? And I have a huge collection of such .Before my laptop cries out for space and demads deletion , let them have 2 minutes of fame.
From here from there , from everywhere .
From now and then

Monkey Menace on 7th floor

Mehendi session , yeah on legs as well. Imagine the patience required.

Macro settings test of ma Digi cam

View from Dilli home balcony

A bachelorette party cake

Sala mein to shahib ban gaya .Heh

Parathe wali gali ,chandi chowk

The real place to work

One legged pigeon ? Nope, it’s just resting the other.

Hogenakkal Falls and The Hence Proved Story

Finally after a long time ( very long actually) weekend was consumed in a trip to Hogenakkal falls (one of the gravid falls on Kaveri after Shivasamudram)

Facts:Located 187 kms from Bangalore . Take Hosur road and hunt down for Salem and then Dharamapuri on sign boards.

Content:Travel.log file :-

• Remember to carry license and don’t exceed speed limit beyond 100 on outskirts of Dharamapuri .Vas , the one who is incapable of driving under 140 in terms of velocity was caught red handed and had to shell out 1000 bucks."Saaaar , please saaar , please saaar" *10 times saved him from paying another 500 .
• Else go in MiniY’s car for a safe ,bumpy-less - fine free ride.But it comes with "You must wear those seat belts through out ."
• Take somebody who knows a bit of Tamil or kannada for bargain related communication with Coracle walas.
• We as in 9 of us spent 1700 rs for two coracles, for 4-5 hours of cruising along the wild and rocky falls .
  For a centrifugal thrills make sure to ask the captain of the round (space)ship to rotate it.
• Taste the fresh delicacy of live marinated fish , alongside the banks only.
• Make sure to take proper footwear , nope !, not sport shoes .Floaters are recommended as you keep wetting your feet when toggling on the rocks .
• Witness the sight of a local kid diving from a 50 feet high rock .Do pay him 20 bucks :).
• Sit near the edges for sprinkling splash on face .
• Be extremely careful and get a firm grip when clicking photos and exploring. We almost For adrenalin rush touch all the atrocious edges in and around the falls .
• But control the enthusiasm , unless you want to be featured on “I shouldn’t be alive” series on Discovery.

Coming back to the Confessions.

1. I happily after receiving a call slipped my phone in ma pocket “hypothetically”. It in actually got slipped out of the pocket , without me realizing .

We went forward to our respective boats and only on half way downstream , I was alarmed by the absence of ma beloved.My pleading cries to take the boat back to said location made Sreek to give up the act .Luckily the hypothetical slip or fall was witness by the junta walking behind , who decided to see me in panic by revealing it later.

2.Coming back to confessions again . I once dropped my 5 k watch in front of my office gate , with a generous person walking behind and handing it over to me .

3.Heh.la la laa It’s not over yet .What triggered this post was today’s loss. I happily slipped ma office ID in exactly similar “hypothetically” way in ma purse only to realize next day , that it was dropped. And in huge MNC like mine , one cannot even have lunch without the access card.

As one is guarded by angels. A mail comes in ma inbox stating “hello, I found your card lying in the campus please come and collect”.

Remember the Boomerang Theory ? it never ceases to prove itself again and again.(TOUCH ANYTHING WOOD ON THIS PLANET.All you readers touch it now , ok fine pat your head instead).

PS1: Yeah, I have learned the lesson.

PS2: Don’t you dare to comment on my luck , I only know how badly it sucks otherwise.

PS3: The trip was awesome !!! and I simply loved it.

PS4: The tan was worst , and now I know I am kind of sensitive to prolonged exposure to sun. My skin is now shedding(hiss , hiss) and is in worse condition.

PS5: Parallel blogging idea threads often run in mind. But wonder what is keeping the author away?

PS6:Haha look at this post , looks like status update .Duh!

Note on a Note

This was to be given for valet parking at Coccos -Banjara Hills (awesome place for chicken kebabs and Mexican food).
This was to be given to an auto walla who dropped us @ Mayur Marg.
But this was given to me.

By our very own Muneem Ji.

" नोट नोट पे लिखा होता है उसकी पोककेट वाले का नाम "

And all I could decode was this

1st line- में

2nd line- को रुपया

3rd line-

4th line - होता है

10 points for each word .Try figuring out.

PS: Next post on , why I hate(read dislike) dogs .
PS1:Yes , you heard it right , dogs in particular –Comet.
PS2: Now don’t get carried away ,stay focused .Personal access to that 10 rupee note will be given on demand .It’s in safe possession of the author.

In search of roots

Alongside the Ghats:

A beggar and a tourist in playfull mood

And those on Facebook can react once more.
Round trip : Delhi>Banaras>Sarnath>Delhi.
Dilli ki sarrdi was not on its peaks and compared to last year’s valentine, this Feb was warmer. But for a (1/2th Hyderabadi+1/4th Banarasi+1/8 Delhite+……. ) It was good enough to hibernate. Home visit surprisingly involved hometown visit. And this time I insisted ,I wanna go as a tourist , stay in a hotel and see the Ghats.The time otherwise spent visiting some relatives was rather saved for tourism .
Suggestion: everybody should visit their native as a tourist. One will end up with less complains and the usual around will be perceived as marvel. It’s all perspective you know. In future thyself shall visit Hyderabad on similar grounds.
Varanasi , cherished by many , in the early years failed to impress me in terms of infrastructure and facilities. My bad, was trying to find the ease of metropolis in the oldest city of Nirvana. Seldom I knew then, only mother nature in its crudest form, away from citified concrete jungles will solve the ultimate veraciousness. This time years later , it was soothing, so calm , so pure, so relaxed. The rickshaws causing traffic (read Human) jams in Vishwanath Galli(the most congested galli on earth) were far better than the toxic ones of cities. You will find innumerable hippy looking foreigners, wandering rakishly in and around Ganges , fiddling music instruments and such .So did I , treasured some moments of peace on Tulsi Ghat .But was sad to see the diminishing levels of water , which otherwise was volcanoes.
Sarnath pushta bhumi of Pa was much more of historical interest , The Stupas , Museum , Ahsoka pillars , Buddhism, Jainism and such.
With us telling every auto walla “Bhaiya hum yanhee se hain , itna charge kissliye”?

Listen to "O Saya" to feel Rahmania when on a long drive. That man surely knows how to get music out of life and Vice versa to resonance .

Delhi was mostly long effortless jet drives on well connected expressways .
Of course there was Lajjpath nagar , Connaught place ,Janpath holy Darshan for the most holiest act - shopping .Ironically the author was not on a buying spree.

Sarnath :

Ashoka Pillar-remains of the shaft

Dhamekh StupaBuilt in the 5th-6th century a.d., the Dhamekh Stupais the tallest of them. The fine quality of brickwork is more than evident in this stupa which has a high cylindrical dome.


Deer Park -Sarnath :

Blackbuck

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Sarus Crane