Seshadri's Musings

There is just a 5-day gap between my birthday and my anniversary 😊 !!  From last year, I had decided to go for outing during these days.  Last year, since it was our 25 th anniversary, my wife and I had gone to Kashmir for one-week duration.  This year, we didn’t have so much days free for us.  So, I started looking out for other options for 2-3 day’s time-period. I had always wanted to visit Hogenakkal Waterfalls and it was on my bucket-list.  I started looking at where it is and how to reach the place.  It was near Hosur where my son is working.  So, I decided that we would go to Bangalore and drive from there to Hogenakkal and also pick my son for the trip.  There were 3 more temples in Hosur which we thought we will visit while returning from the waterfall.  This took care of one day.  For the second day, I decided on Kolar and a Shiva temple.  So, accordingly I booked flight tickets to Bangalore starting early morning on the 1 st day and coming back late night on the 2 nd da

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