{"id":1612,"date":"2009-06-24T09:16:45","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T03:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2010-02-06T20:56:21","modified_gmt":"2010-02-06T15:26:21","slug":"announcing-tour-of-less-known-hoysala-kingdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/announcing-tour-of-less-known-hoysala-kingdom.html","title":{"rendered":"Announcing: Tour of Less Known Hoysala Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The tour is now sold out. Thank you all for the overwhelming response. Stay tuned for the next dates, or do send me an email at arunchs a-t yahoo d-o-t com, if you would like to be informed of the next schedules <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regular visitors here would know of the guided tour that <a href=\"http:\/\/backpakker.blogspot.com\/\">Lakshmi<\/a> and I have been planning. It is about visiting the less known, but charming places that were built by the thousand year old Hoysala Kings. Besides the guided visits, the participants will learn about the history and know about the origin, evolution and collapse of the Kingdom. After a very successful beta trip that received great response, we are now kicking off the tour. The next departure is on the weekend of July 4th. Details of the tour below. Please email me at arunchs a-t yahoo d-o-t com or call Arun\/Lakshmi at 9880006460\/9902070689 to register for the tour, or for any questions. Look forward to seeing you travel with us!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \t\t@page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm } --><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Tour &#8211; The Less Known Hoysala Kingdom<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \t\t@page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm } --><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>From Bangalore &#8211; July 4<sup>th<\/sup> 2009, 6.30am<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Do you long for the feel of the rain brushing against you? Do you relish being out when it rains? And would you enjoy a dose of history to go with the freshness of the monsoon?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1616\" title=\"doddagaddavalli\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/doddagaddavalli.jpg\" alt=\"doddagaddavalli\" width=\"400\" height=\"258\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Then come and join us for the rainy-season edition of the tour of &#8216;Less Known Hoysala Kingdom&#8217;. We are heading to the fringes of Malnad. See the only Hoysala Temple that has not one but four shrines. Visit the beautiful tank with small shrines all around the water, surrounded by coconut trees in a quiet village. See the remains of the ancient town of Dwarasamudra strewn with carved rocks in a large open space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1614\" title=\"hulikere\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/hulikere2.jpg\" alt=\"hulikere\" width=\"246\" height=\"164\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1615\" title=\"belavadi\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/belavadi.jpg\" alt=\"belavadi\" width=\"246\" height=\"164\" \/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Join us on the trip to see the heritage of Hoysalas beyond the tourist map. Learn about the history, evolution and end of the dynasty as you travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In addition, stay in the verdant surroundings of a coffee estate. Spend a pleasant morning in the countryside before continuing on another serving of history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- \t\t@page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm } --><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.2cm; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Tariff<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.2cm;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* 2 days and 1 night<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0.2cm;\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Rs.3,850 per person, all inclusive on twin sharing basis<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Tariff includes all meals, transportation from Bangalore in AC vehicle, stay at a spacious and comfortable resort inside a coffee estate and guided tour at all destinations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To register for the tour contact<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Lakshmi \u2013 9902070689<br \/>\nArun &#8211; 9880006460<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Email: arunchs a-t yahoo d-o-t com<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Itinerary<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* Pickup from MG Road on Saturday morning at 6.30am<br \/>\n* Stay at a resort near Belur<br \/>\n* Return to Bangalore by Sunday night (Drop off at home)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Places Covered<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* The temple with four shrines at Doddagaddavelli<br \/>\n* Belur<br \/>\n* Halebeedu<br \/>\n* Ancient town of Dwarasamudra spread around Halebeedu<br \/>\n* Hulikere Tank<br \/>\n* Belavadi Temple<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>Testimonials from participants<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">* \u201cvery informative, and a wonderful experience&#8230; \u201c<br \/>\n* \u201cThe places chosen to visit were too good. I have been there several times before but had seen only the main temples both at belur and Halebeed.\u201d<br \/>\n* \u201cthe trip was fantastic\u201d<br \/>\n* \u201cDidnt have to bother about anything. Everything was taken care of well\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The Resort<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1618\" title=\"r1\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/r1.jpg\" alt=\"r1\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1619\" title=\"r2\" src=\"http:\/\/travel.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/r2.jpg\" alt=\"r2\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tour is now sold out. Thank you all for the overwhelming response. Stay tuned for the next dates, or do send me an email at arunchs a-t yahoo d-o-t com, if you would like to be informed of the next schedules Regular visitors here would know of the guided tour that Lakshmi and I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,10,23,1],"tags":[152,107,151],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bangalore","category-culture","category-karnataka","category-uncategorized","tag-detours","tag-hoysala","tag-spin-tours"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xrJt-q0","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3363,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/3363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintedstork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}