A Walk to St. Mary’s Basilica through the Commercial Street, Bangalore
Commercial Street is one of the busiest and oldest shopping areas of Bangalore which eventually leads to St Mary’s Basilica, one of the oldest churches in the city.
Karnataka
Shravanabelagola: Moksha atop the Hill
Shravanabelagola is a major Jain center in Karnataka not very far from Bangalore and I believe it has been continuously inhabited for more than two and a half millenniums considering the fact that Chandragupta Maurya breathed his last here sometime around 300 BC.
Tungabhadra: Bridge over the Styx and fountains of everlasting youth
As a side dish to my Hampi trip, I visited the Tungabhadra reservoir and a park build within the complex that are fitted colorful fountains. It was already dark when I reached and I was greeted with a very eerie sight. It felt like the Styx with a bridge build over it instead of Charon’s boat. I noticed a sinful couple being eaten away by locusts of the nether world