Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Kasol- A paradise in Himachal

Kasol, A paradise, sets in the centre of one of the very attractive place- The Himachal Pradesh. A very small town ,situated on the bank of Parbati river where one can walk in half an hour and touch the two ends of the place. The destination is 45 kms from Manikaran, a hot water spring and a Gurudwara .

On the very first sight of this place, anyone can simply roam through Kasol, but it is only after spending and investing time in exploring the place, one can realize how beautiful and serene place it is . The place can leave anyone in awe with its picture perfect view. The place has a balanced population between local Himachalis and foreign settlers, especially the Israelis.

Kasol

In this delightful hill station , you can come across the forests of pines that border the village. One can also indulge in walking down the forests, climb the hills, trek to Manikaran through the rocky and streamy paths, enough to take only one foot at a time, The site of camping is very next to the river, which is icy cold, and the other is located higher up through the maze of roses.

Again when the palate is hungry, one can enjoy the options of pancakes and apple pies from the German Bakery in the village, of course the Indian dhaba is an unbeatable cuisine with stuffed aloo paranthas and hot chai, literally sniffing in the delicious aromas.

Kasol is very well known fro trout fishing , if one has the license , he or she can spend cool lazy afternoons fishing here. The green grass and clean white sand makes it a beautiful place. Kasol can be explored on foot and it is really a paradise for the wanderers.

Kasol

Another quick gateway is Chhalal , is another pretty village 20 kms from Kasol .

One can reach Kasol though Bhuntar, 30 kms away or through Kullu which is 42 kms away. There are many local buses and taxi available to this place.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Coorg, an ultimate pleasure

Are you pissed off with your work , then its time to feel refreshed and delighted and visit Coorg. It may be called as heaven on the earth. Lets have a glimpse of the history this place was ruled by Lingayat rajas who ruled over Coorg. Later, Tipu Sultan in 1785 A.D, annexed Coorg into his kingdom. Maharaja Veerarajendra made coorg free. Then the beautiful hill station was developed and decorated with beautiful oranges and trees plantation. A place should be visited really.

Coorg has so many beautiful sight seeing places, to make you fill with pleasure, Sri Omkareshwar Temple of Lord Shiva, built in 1820 by the then King of Coorg very good architecture to make you gaze at! It also has 19th century fort in the mid of Madikeri town and you can see entire Coorg from the fort. Uilimate view with mueseum with historical paintings. A very beautiful waterfall called Abbi Falls is five km away from Coorg.

Coorg

Coorg visit will definitely fill you with more joy and fun, really a place where you can realx and revive. Another astonishing places like Raja's Seat a very special place where Kings of Kodagu spent the evenings and watch the beautiful really unforgettable scenes of sun set. Bhagamandala a place 30 km from Coorg very famous for temples, it is famous because Cauvery is at its confluence with river Sujyothi and Kannike. Cool Irupu falls very refreshing picnic spot and a good pilgrimage.

A beautiful tributary to the river Cauvery on the banks of the river Lakshmanatheertha lies a very famous Shiva temple, the belief is that it has been dedicated by Lord Rama himself. There are so many easy ways to reach like nearest airports are Mangalore 136 km and Bangalore 260 km. The road ways towards Coorg is having very well developed roads connecting Bangalore 260 km, Mangalore 136 km and Mysore 120 km,Mangalore 136 km. You can take the help of rail routes as the nearest Railway Station to Coorg is Mysore 114 km . U have a good connection to all parts of India. So if you want to get refreshed this time just take beautiful Coorg in your way.