Badami - Exploring the ruins
Bhoothnatha temple This time, my travel list took me to the North of Karnataka, to this place called Badami. I started from Mumbai on Friday, in a VRL bus at midnight, delayed by an hour. But with the rains around, and the traffic, I'd say they did well to keep the delay down to just an hour. Nothing worth writing about the bus journey, not even a chai break. The bus reached Hubli at 930 AM on Saturday. After making to and fro trips between the new and old bus stands, I was informed that buses to Badami will be available at the old bus stand, but due to Eid prayers, the bus service was stopped for a couple of hours. I hogged onto my breakfast during this time, and tasted the famous Dharwad pedha. The jump shot I got my bus at 11 AM, and the 100 odd kms journey to Badami began. The roads were single-laned, but surprisingly in greatcondition. I reached Badami at 230 PM. I checked into hotel Rajsangam International, which is exactly opposite to the main bus stand. I got ...