Partha from oktatabyebye called in yesterday to talk about a travel photography contest they have launched. There are some interesting prices to look for. The contest is divided into 4 photo categories –
* Nature and landscape
* Wildlife
* Portraits and
* ByeBye moments
They also have a video contest running along with this. Now that gets me curious. Coz the first round selections happen through votes. Do we really expect visitors to see all those videos and vote for the good videos?
With steady inflow from Coorg owing to pouring rains, KRS is now full, and there is plenty of water flowing down in Kaveri. Hoping that this is the right time, I decided to make a quick day trip to Shivanasamudra. There indeed was plenty of water and we had a great time. Even though we started as early as 6am, we had no intention to reach the falls – 120km away, before 3pm. We stopped often along the way and drove easy. The stop-overs were breakfast at Kamat Lokaruchi, rocky terrains of Ramnagar and some lakes after Maddur. We decided to take a deviation to Talkad before heading to Shivanasamudra. Some photos..
on the way… building a hay stack..
a cart in the field..
every one seemed to be working with hay..
Life sprouting on a dry lake bed
Bharachukki falls with full strength
A section of Gaganachukki
Another section of Gaganachukki
And another section of Gaganachukki..
More information
* More about Shivanasamudra and how to get there
* More about Talkad
* Other places on the bank of Kaveri
* More weekend getaways from Bangalore
Although India Travel Blog has content from all over the country, considerable inflow of visitors come looking for places around Bangalore. Nearly 40% of all traffic is to pages related to places around Bangalore. Here is a list of most visited pages on India Travel Blog for yesterday.
* Riverside picnic places around Bangalore
* Hogenakkal
* Muthathi
* Driving from Bangalore to Goa
* Shivanasamudra
* http://travel.paintedstork.com/blog/2006_03_01_archive.html
* Mekedatu and Chunchi falls
* Taj Mahal
* Hill Stations of South India