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Sun Rays in the water

Went to team outing  somewhere near SANGAM. It is a resort in the forest with Cauvery water floating in between the forest ranges. It’s a  kinda of aloof to the normal world. My friend and myself left the other team members who are playing at the shore  of the river and went a little deep further into the water just flipping the legs and no hand movement so that we could swim like a fish inside the water. And then suddenly sun came out of the clouds and we happen to watch the sun rays from inside the water. It is a amazing scene. The rays are bright yellow in color with visible radiance around the rays. I felt like as if I am watching the light right after coming out of mother womb. It is a delight to watch that particular scene. I kept my hands under the rays inside the water and my light brown  color hand appeared like bright gold yellow color .My hands never appeared so beautifully to me . WOW. It made my day.  PS: 1)A glance at the people on the shore t...

Kumara Parvata Trek

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I heard about this trek by so many people in office and off office quoting that this is the toughest trek in Karnataka. So when I checked out the BMC schedule I decided to give a try. Called couple of friends and none seems to be available for the scheduled dates. As usual I decided to go alone. On 1 st Oct morning we landed in Subramanya Village, freshen up and had breakfast. Pic: The third peak which stands highest in the picture is Kumara Paravata The   Kumara parvata   lies in the backdrop of ancient shrine of Kukke Subramanya as shown in the picture and it is the third highest peak in Karnataka at an altitude of 5136ft. At the start when one of the trekker shown me the peak and said we are heading there .I said “WOW”. But I did not know how exhausting the trek would be. It is 14 kms from the base.  Soon after some briefing from the Guide and collecting our sleeping bags and our baggage we started to Bhattara Mane , 6kms from the base and where we will have ...