Every game needs to be played in the right spirit. We hear this everyday and in all forms of sport. As a sportsman, how do you demonstrate this and uplift the game. Great sportsmen don't need to elaborate or explain about this but small subtle acts which they do the game reflects a lot.
Win or lose, good sportsmen always go to great extend to uplift this principle...
Anand made Qb5 at move 22 and just realized his blunder immediately after making the move. Anand became restless. Shakhriyar was not there on the table at that moment. When Shakhriyar came back to the table and even before he saw the move Anand resigned the game.
See the below link for a game analysis from Chess base india.
Well, it was a blunder by Anand, we know that now, and 99% Shakhriyar would have found it out, but should Anand had not resigned there is 1% chance that Shakhriyar would not have found this out.
Shakhriyar in the post match interview did admit that he did not see anything wrong with Anand's move and infact even he thought it was the best move. He also admitted that he would have found out the blunder since he had about 1hrs in clock.
The internet is filled with this debate on what if...... this has a very deep thought process , Anand has shown great value by this simple resignation..he knew he did a mistake , a mistake which deserves a loss and not an draw by chance ....
Some very important question to answer by all of us..
The Sandakphu trek, is one trek where we have an essence of everything - Beautiful Mountain view, faraway Snow-capped peaks , Beautiful Meadows and the serene forest.
One of the initial question which out trek leader asked us was -
""What is the underlying reason why each one of us are doing the Sandakphu trek?""
My answer was "The View of Sleeping Buddha". Its true indeed that Sleeping Buddha was the very reason why I got attracted in choosing this trek. This trek has made me more knowledgeable about the tall peaks which we have in the Himalayas. Kangchenjunga being the first in the list. I must confess that I had very limited knowledge of mountain and its importance.
Its day-3 for us and we were at Tumling. I was awake by 4AM and ready to witness our first sunrise of "The Sleeping Buddha".
More than the sunrise my mind was completely on the first rays falling on the snow-capped peaks. This had been my thought for most of the mornings in this trek (except Sabargram - My eyes were dangling between - the sunrise or the sleeping Buddha).
We indeed got a spectacular view of the mountains that day morning.
The flow of light down from the summit towards the bottom was a mesmerizing view.
Sleeping Bhudda "."
The above picture is taken after I captured my video (Youtube link at the end has the complete visuals).
After the morning view of Sleeping Buddha, I don't think any other photographic compositions on that day would be justified. Still I could not resist taking few nice shots which is copied below
This tree stood very distinct from others. I shot this after sunrise view while going back to the room. I have processed to give the glow effect ( one of the simplest processing techniques which I use for some images )
View of entire Tumling - Stupa to Stupa ..
This picture is going to be my wallpaper for sometime now. I just loved ....
The one other important thing to start off the day is to taste the "Noon tea". We got one cup made for us and few of us shared ....Yuk...taste...that was the first reaction..but that changed a-bit when I tasted the second sip....It was different...
We started the days trek by ~8:30AM and soon we entered the Sangarilla National Park. The most important and another first time sight for us came soon ....We were blessed to sight "THE EVEREST" . It was such a clear day that we have been told that Everest sighting on second day of the trek is a rarity.
We reached Kalipokri by late afternoon . Kalipokri was a small town and there is not much views from there. So we were mostly indoor .... But the real reason was it was very very cold. The wind was making us shiver even inside the dining area. It was at Khalipokri we had really good ice-breaking session - The Adjective activity. With that the group had known each other well ..at least by name :)
Sleep took over the cold night with the dream of Sandakphu "summit" the next day......
Leaving now with my vlog on beautiful sunrise and the days events.....
It was late afternoon when we reached Jaubhari which is the base camp for the Sandakphu trek. The drive was pretty smooth and comfortable with 2 breaks. Its here all the co-trekkers met for the first time. I could see the excitement in everyone before starting the new journey , just like me....The day went well and relaxed. We saw the beautiful moon rise thought the clouds far and beyond the Darjeeling city.
Moon above Darjeeling City
The next morning all of us woke up with even more excitement . I got ready early with the intention of taking nice pictures of sunrise and the pines far away.
Dawn colors
We started out trek with an introduction to our local guides. Our trek leader, Pavanji introduced them, GD ji and Syam bhai....With that we started our trail into the pine forest.....
The steep slopes , the beautiful & tall pine tree were complimenting itself with our heart beating louder and faster as we ascend....It was today we first crossed the Nepal border. We criss-corssed the border multiple times between India and Nepal while walking slowly at our own pace.
A special note needs to be mentioned about the place were we had the lunch.
I could say that the best lunch during the entire trek was on that day. It was a lovely family, very much caring and
the wonderful food.
Conquering the route on the way via the pine forest , into the off road trails and the concrete road , we reached Tumling by evening. We had ascended about 3000ft by then.
After the nice and refreshing warmup ....I took my camera to see if there are any good compositions of the mountains during the evening. The Sun had set and it was getting dark and cold. Light was very less, may be i thought ...i would have got best composititon of my photohraphy trek .....The last light leaving the Buddha on that day.
Clouds and the mist far away blending with the peak to beautiful feel for the image.
At the end of the trek and reviewing my compositions, i consider this specific image to be one of the best in this trip. Its tough to pick the best shot of the trip. This will remain a special image for me. There are not many evening images in the entire trek....The day ended with chit-chat and nice story telling session by Pavanji. We went to bed....Planning to wakeup at 4:30 to summit the viewpoint for sunrise...
I leave here with this view on the day events below....till we wakup for sunrise ....
The anxiety in me started from the time we left Bangalore and it kept on increasing till we landed at Bagdogra airport. We had a long trek ahead of us to Sandakphu, but before that we had planned to go to Pelling, Sikkim. Twice we tried booking taxi online and both the times it was cancelled due to non-availability. We landed at the airport thinking that we will have to hire one from the airport itself. We were lucky that with initial search we got a cab within our budget- Toyota etios liva - Just sufficient for 4 of us and we started our drive towards Pelling. Pelling is a small town and existing just because of the closeup view of the great Kangchenjunga. I had never been a mountain person nor put my thought on going to a trip just to see these mountains. From the time we had planned this trip , the thought of seeing these peaks came again and again. My eagerness, interest and the willingness to see the mighty mountains increases as days passed by. It turned to be a really torturous journey to reach Pelling. We had hoped to reach before evening , but as we drove along we just hoped that we reach there before sunset. By the time we reached the hotel at pelling, we were already late and it was getting dark after sunset. The entire area was cloudy. Still with slight hope we pulled out or cameras and triopod hoping that we might get a clear shot just incase.Sadly that never happened. I took a few compositions of clouds and also took a shot in the direction of where the peak is assumed to be. Never thought it would be a really worth a shot but after processing i felt the photo turned out to be nice. There was small patches where i could see some snow capped mountains....
Closer look will reveal the mountains behind the clouds
Composition of clouds after sunset
Disappointed though and at the same time the hope of clear view of sunrise did not let us down. We packed the cameras and tripod for the day and did not expect anything dramatic for the night. The evening started getting cold and we orderd soup. Waiting for the soup and chatting at the balcony of the dining area, we glanced and hoped for good stars at night. We started seeing the moon which let us down for a brief period as the stars would start to vanish. It was about dinner time when our enegry levels changed drastically....We spotted something white color in the direction of the mountains.... " Is it cloud...No its the mountain....No is it ???? " This kept on going for few minutes till we finally realized and got really exicited to see the peak glowing in the moon light. The Moon lit kangchenjunga - That was the treat for us and a great present by the Buddha himeself for the disappointing day till then. It was around dinner time and soon cameras and tripod also came out. After the dinner i had a very good photo shoot of the peak. We initially searched which was the summit but it was resonally clear. The Ridge line of Kangchenjunga was supposed to be famous which leads to the summit.
Moon lit Kangchenjunga
The Mountain Glows while the towns started to sleep
Later we found out that the actual summit is just behind the peak which is seen from Pelling, if we notice we can see a small point just to the left of the peak. With this out hopes of an early morning sunrise view increased and we were excited to wakeup by 4:30AM. The Moon lit peak was still shining. Lord Buddha did bless us with clear views.Tripods and camera out, I did not have to search much for the real composition. I just wanted to see the peak glowing gold during sunrise and my eyes were fixed on just that spot. We came back to the discusson few times on which exactly is the summit and all the time we ended in pointing the ridge line leading to the peak.....
The Glow before the sunrise
First light on the summit.
The actual summut is just to the left of the peak as seen in the pucture
The Buddha transformed from moon lit white to golden
The view was just a amazing, it just transforms us into a different level of consciousness and forgeting everything else for that moment. My Video on this visit below.
With this, it was time for us to leave pelling thinking about the ride back and the long trek ahead for next one week.
Kollam is my native town and will be the most remembered for all my childhood days of joy and enjoyment. There are so much memories which can never be explained or passed on with words. The Beach and the backwater are one of them.
As a small boy, we used to go to the main beach in kollam and sit at the shore. Getting into the rough sea waves was fun....I dont remember doing a complete dip during childhood as this was never allowed and the sea used to be quite rough.
After I started photography as a passion, i had gone many time in different places to shoot the nature , but never attempted the sunset at Kollam....When i went home last month that was in mind.
Initially I went to the beach to make a small video and a nice sunset photo, but it started to rain and I could not do much. I took couple of shots of the sunset in mild rain. Never expected anything dramatic except the nice orange colors of the sky..I was sure the shots were really good as it was raining heavily deep inside the sea.....
To my surprise - one of the shots captured a small lightning...seems to be striking deep inside the sea and probably it was raining there.....i am thrilled with this achievement.
Sunset with lightning deep inside the sea
Another shot of sunset. I love the sand at the foreground in this picture.
To continue on the video and to get few more compositions of the beach, i came back. Thirumullavaram beach used to be an isolated place earlier and one of the beach which i loved . There were rocks on the shore and photographically i had a composition in mind with Sand in the foreground, Rocks in the middle and the beautiful dusk sky at the backdrop. But this did not workout.
But as time passed, people have started to come more and more to this beach. This time when I went it was really crowded. Though I started talking about my view, I felt very uncomfortable to continue with that video....I cancelled the idea and tried to search for a better place.
I drove thru the shores inside thangasherry area to find a good place and came till lighthouse. I had to realize that population of kollam has increased a lot and all of the spots were really crowded, including the lighthouse.
Finally I found a space near the harbour to mount my tripod and wait till sunset.
The kollam harbour was a project which was started during my childhood. I used to see loads and loads of trucks with huge stones passing by to be dropped into the sea. Stones used to be so big that sometime one truck can carry only a single stone. I was never able to visualize what was the purpose of these stones and that too being dropped into the rough ocean. I see those results now with as the weaves have reduced within the harbour area and fishing boats can easily come and go doing business. There are few large ships also dock at the kollam harbour.
I waited at the spot see the fishing boats and the beautiful birds on the water bank. As the time passes , the dusk colors started to appear ...it changed from blue sky with white clouds to orange and violet streak in the sky illuminating with this wonderful color combination. The reflections on the calm sea water added to the beauty. It feels like once the Sun has set, it is pulling away all the magic from this place for the dark night to set-in.
Mesmerizing colors
The magical colors starts to fade as i watch the sky and then pure darkness remain......
My Vlog this
Every time I see the sunset, my belief get stronger and stronger that the sunset colors and its combination never repeats. I am sure I will watch out for many many more composition of the sky and each of those are going to be unique.
It was an unexpected safari at Bandipur National park. The idea came up after we reached there....!!!
It was 8th July , Sunday Morning Safari which we had booked the previous day.....The trip till then was photographically very good with lots of bird shots..The expectation during safari was not too high as it was monsoon and sighting was expected to be the best!!
Safari started with a peacock sighting and then 2 male bull Indian Gaur. Really huge ones and spotted the females a bit further apart.
Moving On....We sighted a group of elephants. There was a baby elephant as well but i could not get a clear shot of that. The moment they sensed the intruders, one of them was not happy and it clearly blocked the road for the remaining family to go to safe locations.
A glance of the baby elephant - to the right of the 1st one in the line
No Entry for Safari :)
As we moved forward, the elephant did couple of mock charges. It charged on the tree making the sound.
It moved away only after we started to move away.......probably it ensured the safety of its own family!!!
I have seen elephants in the forest before, even single elephants which is wild, but his is the first time where a group of elephants in which one of them do a charge/mock charge.......That way this was very unique....
The safari was overall good, after the experience of the elephants, the surprise part in the forest trip was after the safari while we were returning back in the car.
We were lucky to spot a pack of wild dogs in rain.......There were many but only few shots as it was really raining.
(Not the sharpest of shots, but this has the pack visible!!)
We did this trek on may 19th 2018, it was a group of 6 friends. We started from Bangalore in KSRTC bus on 18th evening and reached Virajpet by around 5AM in the morning. I was traveling in a KSRTC after a very very long time and i cant tell it was comfortable. The excitement of the trek actually masked the disturbed sleep sitting in the bus. At Virajpet, we walked towards the private bus stand where we had to catch the private bus towards kakkabe which was scheduled 6:45AM. After walking around a bit we found one restaurant for breakfast as most of them were closed that time.
The private bus to Kakkabe took around an hour. The trek started where the bus dropped us!! The initial stretch of the trek is a jeep trail which is also the Nalknad palace road. There were coffee plantation on both sides of the trail initially.
By around 9AM we reached the first view point.
There is a fork immediately after this and we had to take the left side which we decided after a brief confusion.
The trail continued till we reached the forest check-post. We had to enter the name and details at the forest office. The guard was quite good and nice young man. We dropped few excess baggage with him to pick it on the way back!!
The scenic trail continued all the way till the peak.
Scenic beauty on the way
Misty Mountain as we approach the peak
There were few flowers as well which were small and nice.
After a long walk without much break, we reached the peak by ~11:30AM. The trail was slight slope with small patches where it was steep. The situation was completely different at the peak!! it was really misty, cloudy and bit chill!!! It was just beautiful.
The best sight here was the western ghats monsoon winds!! The peak was bit higher than the neighboring peaks. The south-westerly monsoon winds being blocked by the western ghats mountains was quite evident in this location.
This is a great sight!! The mountain in front completely blocking the mist from going to the right. The right side visibility is very good and clear!!!
Here is a timelap from Satish.
We stayed at the peak till 2PM. The weather was perfect and great for the trek. We had some packed lunch at the peak.
The decent was much faster and we did not stop anywhere. We reached the forest guard and spend sometime there. The we proceed to the home-stay which was not very far from the check-post.
The place where we stayed was an old fashioned house which gave a real feel to this trek. It started to rain after we reached the house and that was really nice to watch the rain with the cup of soup.
We had carries groceries as the owner was not available on that day. So we were on our Own for dinner!! There was not much facilities but this was perfectly what the group wanted. Most of us had the sleeping bags but the home-stay owner had provided some blankets as well!!
It had a kitchen with few vessels and firewood.
The group really enjoyed the stay here, the food we prepared here, the morning tea and the breakfast which the owner provided.
We started back from the homestay ~10am the next day. Initially we had some plan to go to nearby places but finally we dropped the plan. We headed back in the same route to reach Bangalore by night.
Overall it was a great experience and thanks to Satish for organizing this trek in short notice :)
kotagiri is a small town about 35KMs from Ooty, Tamil Nadu. Its a beautiful town and the tea estate adds to the beauty.This trek was organized by BMC ( http://bmcindia.org/events/bmc-trek-to-kothagiri.html) - Thanks to them and special thanks to my friend Shamanth for guiding this trek :)
Nisha and Myself along with a group of 9 other people participated the trek. We reached BMC office on Feb 2nd by 8:15PM. We started in the tempo traveler by ~9PM. We reached silk-board junction ~9:45PM which was one more pickup point. The group was complete and the journey started by 10PM. We took a very late dinner break by ~11PM and another short break ~3AM. I had a disturbed sleep till 3AM and then i was awake till we reached the camp site by 6AM on 3rd Feb.
The camp site was a beautiful location much inside the tea estate . The weather was very chill and the local camp helpers provided with a refreshing Tea along the campfire. The group took a good break and got fresh for breakfast. After a nice breakfast we started the trek by 9AM.
The first stage of the trek was a short walk of ~1KM along the tea estate.
Initial view when trek started
Finally we reach a rocky cliff which is west facing and the view is of mettupalayam.
The Viewpoint
We moved ahead though the rocks till we reached the end of this path. We return back the same direction but this time we retracted via the bushes and not the rocky path.
We reached the small water stream which we passed when we started the trek. Took a short break there and started the treak again after crossing the water stream. The trail was inside the tea garden and we started to climb. The weather was quite enjoyable.
Throughout the trail, there were small flowers grown wild on the part. It was interesting to observe these small plants and its tiny flowers all the way.
Small and colorful
We see this everywhere!!!
Here i saw the flower of the Tea plant for the 1st time in my life.
Tea Plant
The trail continued through the tea garden to reach the top of a small hill. The view was nice throughout. There were areas in the tea estate where the tea leaves were getting plucked.
View from the top of the hill
Pano shot of the tea garden
The trail continued through the tea garden and we hit the adjacent road. We crossed a small village which looked to be quite old.
Village
Further the trek continued through a small trail which had small bushed and trees on the sides.
It ended on a large tree after that the tea garden again appeared.
Nice Old tree!!
The first thought which came in mind when i saw this is that - We need more such trees in Bangalore...its all disappearing at a very high rate in the name of Development!!!!
Continuing, We saw a set of Indian Gour peacefully gracing!!!We silently passed by.
The destination of this trail was the Catherine falls. The trail was bit bumpy. Nisha and me were bit slow in this stretch .....finally we reached the nice falls by 1:30PM. The group had already reached and few of them started to dive into the the water.
We had the packet lunch and a short break. After that i took a dip in the falls.....the water was like ICE.....i have not stood in such cold waterfall....really really cold!!!
The group enjoyed the trek and the falls till now . By ~2:45PM we planned to start back. I had request our guide to get a vehicle near the falls and avoided the remaining trek. So 6 of us from the group returned to the camp site in a hired vehicle while the rest of the group enjoyed the remaining trek.
We saw this gour from the camp site itself.....
When i shot this the remaining trek group arrived. I pointed to the gour when they busted out in laughter. I came to know that they had head on meeting with set of gours on the return trail and they had to walk longer path to avoid them :)
After the break and snacks most of us headed to see the sunset at the west viewpoint.
Sun was about to set but still bright when we started from the camp ...
Thinking of setting!!!May be
We reached the viewpoint to see the beautiful sunset and colours...
Sun Set
As the chill wind started to intensify, the group headed back to the camp site. We had a nice enjoying camp fire, singing and brief dumb-charades game followed by dinner.
The camp-fire!!
The group started to retire one by one. Around 10:30PM even pulled myself inside the sleeping bag!!
After a sound sleep, i woke-up ~5:45AM. The fire was put again to beat the morning chill.
The group had breakfast and we started the return journey by ~8AM. We walked up the trail to board the TT. The first destination was Ooty. We reached the Ooty Tea-factory by ~9:30AM. The visit was quite interesting. One interesting is the expansion of "TEA - Teymnpol enzyme acid " explained by a factory guide. We started again by ~10:30 to break at the chocolate shop 10 mins later. Everyone bought the fudge chocolate....supposed to be the best there and yes i had to agree....
By the time we left Ooty it was ~11AM. The Lunch break was at Gudalur. We started the journey towards the Mudumalai forest with the hopes of spotting some animals....
The forest has already gone dry and quite sunny. Also notices some fire, most of them were put by forest department in a controlled way ......We spotted few spotted deers, 3 elephants.
With couple of breaks after that we finally reached the last stop at bangalore by ~9PM.
It was finally a very good trip. Felt nice to meet new people and made good friends :)
It had started to rain when I left home at 5Pm on October 6th. My cousin and I had registered for the trek. Both of us left my home in taxi to reach BMC Indria Nagar by 5:50PM. We started in the Tempo arranged for the journey by 6:50PM. By then the rain had started pouring heavily. There was one more pickup at Silkboard Junction. By the time we left Bangalore city limits, it was passed 9PM - due to heavy rain the and terrible traffic inside Bangalore city.
After a long drive, we reached kurangani by 6AM. Its a small village adjacent to western ghats mountain in Bodi district, Tamil Nadu. The village has a very small population and people were awake by 6:30 in the streets. A small place was arranged to get fresh after which we went to have breakfast in a small hotel at the village. By 7:45 am we were ready with our packed lunch to start the trek.
It was a group of 8 people and 2 guides for this trek. We walked for 5 mins to reach a place where we had a short briefing and introduction session. After the briefing we started the trek to reach a forest check-post in few mins. We has to enter name and contact details of all the participants.
It was 8AM when we started from there. It started with a small ascent and covered with trees. The trek path was a mix of rocks and sand which is well settled and firm soil. It was not straight and had turns as the trail leads with the great view of mountains on the sides.
The Mountains
It was quite sunny by then in that place but the trek route was under nice shade. We reached the first water point which is a nice waterfall by 8:40 where we took the first break.
There is a small rocky slope which we climbed to get a good view of the fall .
Waterfall
We started again after a break of 15 mins.
Lots of butterflies and dragon flies were seen around.
The Flies Around
Lots of flowers were seen as well. There were stretches where the morning glory were grown wild and beautiful.
Blue flowers grown wild
By 9:25AM were crossed another water stream!! There were many coffee plants seen which were not cultivated but grown wild. The local villagers plucks these coffee seeds, dry them and sell in the local market as well.
Coffee Beans
By 10AM we reached a small house where we took another break of 10 minutes.
Coffee beans for sun drying in front of the house
The next stop was expected to be Center station which is kind of midpoint to Top Station. The trek was under tree cover till just before reaching center station. Then we exit out into a beautiful hill top with great view of the mountains surrounding.
View of mountain before reaching center station
We enjoyed the view for a short while and then proceed towards center station, where we had our packed lunch. The Center station is a small village. After the lunch, i got few very good shots of butterflies and couple of birds.
Butterfly
Butterfly
The entire trek had lots of birds but those were very very sensitive. The slight sound of people were driving them away. This most common in that area was the Red-Whiskered Bulbul.
BulBul
The trek route was bit more tougher after the center station point. The route was bit steep and uneven ground. The tree cover is lost and we were in the open sun. It was bright and sunny for almost an hour after we started from Center Station. Then is started to get more better and we started seeing misty clouds at a distance.
The initial path when were were climbing from Center Station we saw lots of "kurinji flower". This blooms the complete western ghats once in 12 years and every year there will be a very less flowers seen in patches. Also the size of flowers will be bigger on every 12th year.
kurinji flower - Next full Bloom in 2018
I was able to shoot a white-eyes as well on the path. Though i had to struggle to get a shot as they were very sensitive.
White Eyes
Soon we started seeing more villagers on the narrow path. We were reaching closer to Top Station. The last 1KMs had lots of huts and villagers living on the trek path.
Finally after a nice trek of ~9KMs we reached Top Station. We took a break at a tea shop and had snacks tea. It had already become very misty by then.
I had lots of Pineapples which are sold at on the road leading to the view point along with other fruits. It was very misty, but still as a checklist item we entered the view point and came back after seeing the misty view.
We started out unending 2KMs walk to our camp site - every kilometer we were told only 200mtrs more :D ...but finally after walking through the beautiful tea garden we reached the camp sight.
Tea Garden View
We reached the misty and cold camp sight by 4:50PM. It was supposed to have a great view of the mountains but for the time we could see only mist. There were tents setup already for us. It was a nice environment. We got some hot tea and relaxed in the camp. Few of the guys went into the tent for rest after the tiring trek for the day.
The guides started the camp fire preparation by 7PM and we had a nice warm fire for dinner. Thanks to the clouds for not pouring heavy rain on us!!!
The fire
The dinner was arranged a local helper brought at the camp sight. After the tasty dinner and reaxing beside the fire, we all called the day off planning to wakup by 6AM.
The close of day!!!!
I wokeup by 6AM on Sunday morning after a very satisfying sleep. The clear weather and dawn sky gave great energy along with the chirping birds.
Morning View from the tent
The early morning view was very very refreshing to start the day.
We got the breakfast served at the camp sight. The food was good. After freshup we started the trek by 8AM. The weather was just prefect and there was a minor drizzle when we started. Not strong for us to take our raincoats out. The morning view of the tea garden and the mountain was just perfect.
The return trek route was the same for the initial 2 KMs. Then we deviated out into a different trail which turned out to be much better. It was a climb down via the open mountain but still each instance we feel as-if we are on top of the mountain. It was much more scenic than the previous route. This route might not be possible if it was raining, also this was slightly tougher as it has more uneven ground in sections.
And there were long grass on the route as well!!!
Finally after a nice trek with multiple breaks we reached the a village named "Muduvakudi".
It took a bit more time then expected as there was a minor leg twist for one participant. Hence we did not trek down from this village for the final 3km instead we hired a jeep. The local guide ran down to Kurangani to call the jeep for us.
We spend about an hour in this village . This was a very unique village as told by our guide. Its a very old adivasi settlement . Its a very close community and even the language seems to be different from other South Indian language - Interesting !!!
Finally after a very nice trek we reached Kurangani by 2:50PM and started our return journey after a short break. We took break for Lunch and Dinner on the way and reached bangalore by around midnight 12:30.
Credits:
Thanks to Bangalore Mountaineering Club for organizing this trek.
Thanks to Shamanth from BMC for Guiding and Supporting everyone in the group
Thanks to Mari - Very nice and humble person being our Local guide for this trek.
