The temple is inside the compounds of a group of Udupi Brahmin Mathas (Mutts). Udupi, the Temple City, is the seat of the famous Sri Krishna Temple that is associated with Saint Sri Madhvacharya. Udupi Sri Krishna Matha (Mutt) Udupi Krishna Temple
After a good vegetarian lunch (enjoyed neer dosa, rava masala dosa, puliodarai) at the Ocean Pearl, we set out to explore further. There are two restaurants, and a bar in the hotel providing vegetarian and multi-cuisine meals. The staff at the hotel was very courteous and conveyed excellent service attitude. It is on the Udupi-Manipal Road and is in the heart of Udupi, and close to the Sri Krishna Temple and the Ashta Mathas of the Udupi Brahmins. We checked into a nice boutique hotel, Ocean Pearl. Enroute we stopped at a vegetarian restaurant, nice, and clean, that satisfied our breakfast hunger with tasty dosa, vada, roasted banana, and a good cup of coffee. It was a cloudy, drizzly day, as the monsoon season just started.
It was about a 2-hour relaxed drive from Mangalore airport (about 60 km north of Mangalore) to Udupi. Udupi, Murdeshwar, Mookambika Udupi: Street viewįrom Bengaluru, we took a flight to Mangalore to save time. American Fast-food franchises are gathering momentum along with the locally grown chains. As the globalization is happening at a faster pace, we see a fair number of international brands all across India. We did some sari shopping at RMKV and ended up at Chilli's for lunch. It has an upscale feeling like the ones in the western world: nice, clean, with many brand name outlets, international chains, a good food court, and restaurants to sit and enjoy. Our visit to Orion Mall in Bengaluru was a kind of shopping exploration. According to Supriya Sehgal (Lonely Planet), the city is also known as ‘India's drinking capital’. The burgeoning metropolis is busting on its seams with myriads of problems.īengaluru is the ‘Silicon Valley” of India where the IT revolution started. It is a city where ancient, historical, and modern things coexist. It is a crowded city with pollution, garbage, and traffic issues that are not easily solvable. It is a city where young technocrats congregate and live it up. I sensed an uncontrolled and unplanned growth in many aspects of the city. Yes, the city changed a lot with world-class traffic jams, a modern international airport, flyovers, highways, and byways, high-rises, star hotels, and restaurants and heaps of garbage everywhere.īengaluru offers a variety of pleasant surprises to casual travelers, and seasoned veterans alike: there architecture to appreciate, food scenes, shopping, temples, churches, and other monuments, and great idyllic scenery just outside of the city. The modern airport Bengaluru impressed us with its easy access highway, wide-open spaces with gardens, flowering shrubs, and trees. The Wadiyar dynasty contributed to the cultural growth of the city and the state. The Palace was completed in1878 with Tudor style architecture and later on Maharaja Jayachamaraja Wadiyar, during his reign, made additions to expand the Palace. Bengaluru Palace: The hallowed halls Bengaluru Palace: collection of paintings There was nothing spectacular to see, but we enjoyed the architecture, regal halls, paintings, and historical artefacts for about one hour. Some areas were out of bounds due to renovation, and another portion was prepped for a function. It was quiet, not many visitors that day.
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Palaces are windows into our past: they educate us on the lives of kings, and queens, and how they lived lavishly with pompousness, pageantry, power, and wealth. Arun, our nephew, came to the airport to receive us and guide us around. We took an early flight from Trivandrum to Bengaluru so that we can utilize the rest of the day visiting family and friends. We set apart about 6 days at the tail end of our India visit to experience the sights and sounds of Bengaluru-Mysuru-Udupi corridor. Expectations were high and I was longing to see the tremendous changes that everyone raves about. After about forty-five years gap, I came back to Bengaluru for a short visit.
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