Karnataka

Virupapura Gadde is a small village located just across the Hampi River. Virupapura Gadde has a very laid-back feel to the whole place and the main reason for this is because of the Hippie foreign backpackers who make this place across the Hampi River their home during their stay at Hampi. Virupapura Gadde This village...Read More

Hampi is a small town with breathtaking landscape and is located in the state of Karnataka, in Southern India. The small town of Hampi is now a UNESCO world heritage site and is famous for the Vijayanagara Empire ruins which are spread around an area of 26 sq.km. The kingdom was once the glorious capital...Read More

The Virupaksha Temple is located at the south of the Ganesh images, at the foot of the hill called Hemakuta Hill. The temple is commonly referred to as Pampapathi temple by the locals and is the most sacred of the temples of this place. Historically this temple has an uninterrupted history from about the 7th...Read More

According to mythology, Lord Shiva had done his Penance on Hemakuta Hill before he married Parvati. This was also the place where Lord Shiva burnt Kama, the God of lust. This sacred hill lies to the proper right of the Virupaksha temple. At present, Sree Gayathri Peetha Maha Samsthana, a religious organisation is located on...Read More

Bellekan is a village that is located at the far end of Gokarna Town. This village is situated on the hill just above the famous Paradise Beach. The best way of getting to this village of Bellekan is to board a KSRTC from the Gokarna Town bus station. The bus ride is bumpy and it...Read More

The fourth and final beach along the coast of Gokarna town in the state of Karnataka is Paradise Beach which is also known as Full Moon Beach. This beach can be accessed by three different ways post-monsoon but there is no road connectivity to Paradise Beach. The easiest way is to board a motor boat...Read More

The third beach on the Gokarna town coast line is the Half Moon beach. This beach is not connected by road and hence can only be accessed by hiking or by the motor boats that ply from Om beach. To hike to Half Moon beach, one should walk towards the southern end of Om beach...Read More

The second of the beaches on the coast of Gokarna town is Om beach. This beach gets its name from its shape which is very similar to the Hindu religious symbol Om. The beach is about a kilometer away from the town of Gokarna and fully approachable by road, unlike Kudle which can only be...Read More

The first of the four beaches on the coastline of Gokarna town is the beach named Kudle.  There are two ways of getting to Kudle beach. The first and the much easier way of getting to Kudle beach is to drive to the top of the hill towards the southern end of the beach and...Read More

On the banks of the Arabian Sea lies the small pilgrim town of Karnataka. Gokarna literally means cow’s ear in Sanskrit. Gokarna is a Hindu pilgrimage center and also commonly known as the temple town of Karnataka. The town of Gokarna can be easily accessed by multiple modes of transport. The most affordable and also the best...Read More