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Then we went to the Mysore maharaja palace. The palace was built in the year 1803. It is a three storied building fully built of granites. In 1897, there was a fire accident in the palace and it took nearly 15 years to repair it. This place is one of tourists’ attractions in Mysore. People from all over the world come here to have a look at the architectural style. It took nearly 3 hours for us to visit the entire palace. It was time for lunch and so we entered into a restaurant. At 4′O clock we went to a church which is 200 years old. From there we went to our hotel. At 6.30 PM we vacated our rooms and left for Mysore railway station to board our train for Chennai. We bid adieu to our driver who took us to all the important places. The train for Chennai left Mysore at 8.15 PM. We bought some snacks and we had those as our dinner and we slept. Next day morning train reached Central at 7.50 sharp. We all took our baggage and reached home at around 9′O clock. This happened to be one of the most memorable tours for me. Also, this may well be the last time that I could go on a tour with this set of friends. It was hence memorable in ways more than one.

The grand Mysore Palace

There was a small pond like area in the temple from which the river originates. After having seeing that place we came to the hotel where we stayed in order to check out as it was getting late to depart for Mysore. We vacated our rooms and started to Mysore at 3′O clock in the afternoon. On our way we visited Harangi dam, the reservoir for the river Cauvery. Due to some security reasons visitors were not allowed inside. From there we went to Dubare Forest, where we went for river rafting and we also enjoyed elephant safari. We started from that place at around 5 PM. The next place for us to visit was Brindavan garden in Mysore. We reached the garden exactly at 7PM. The layout for this garden was started in the year 1927 and it attracts around 2 million visitors per year. We enjoyed the musical show for which the garden is well known. Then, we had our dinner and went to the hotel to sleep.

The next day we all got up at around 7.30 AM and refreshed ourselves for the local sight seeing. First we went to Chamundi hills about 15 kilometers from the city.

Brindavan Gardens

It started raining heavily and so we had to depart from that place. From Abbey falls we traveled to Raja’s Seat.The specialty of this place is that you can see the whole of Coorg. We all took photographs of the city and also of ourselves as a token of remembrance. It was around 3 in the evening and so we went to restaurant to have our lunch. The city was darkened even before 4 ‘O clock and so we went to the hotel where we stayed. Later in the evening we came out for shopping and we bought coffee powder, cardamom, and pepper etc., we had our dinner in the nearby hotel and went to bed at 10′O clock as we were so tired of the journey that we had the previous day.

The next day, the 12th of August, we all woke up at 7 AM and after having our bath we started to Talacauvery, the birthplace of the river Cauvery. On our way we had our breakfast and coffee. The place was about 40 kilometers from the hotel were we stayed. We reached that spot at 11.30 and we prayed to Lord Shiva who is considered to be god of destruction according to the Hindu mythology.

The next train for us was about to leave from platform number 6 at 11.55 PM. Since there were some technical problems the train towards Mysore departed at 12.20 AM. All of us were allotted separate berths to sleep. We had a nap, as it was a short journey. We arrived at Mysore Junction 4′O clock early in the morning.

The driver was waiting for us. We had booked the car for sight seeing and the rooms for the stay from Chennai itself. Coorg was about 125 kilometers from Mysore. We started from Mysore at 5 AM. After a few hours of journey we felt so tired and so we planned to have a cup of coffee. On our way we enjoyed the scenic beauty on both the sides of the road. The first place we visited was a Buddhist temple. The temple was nearly 200 years old. From there we went straight away to Coorg.

The whole journey from Mysore to reach Coorg took nearly 3 hours and we reached Hotel Coorg International at 8.45 AM. We took bath and had our breakfast and left for Abbey falls which was 10 kilometers from Coorg. We reached that spot at 11.45 AM. We all were stunned seeing at the beauty of the falls. It looked as good as Niagara!!! Can you imagine its beauty?

Abbey falls

On 10th August, seven of our guys gathered in the Chennai Central railway station at around 3 in the evening. We reserved the traveling tickets online a week before the day of travel. The train was about to depart at 3.30 PM. The driver blew the whistle and the train departed sharply as per the scheduled time. We were allotted seats in two consecutive rows in the same compartment. Two rows from our seat, there was a gang of 30 children who were on their way back to the hometown. The train, after a few minutes, gained momentum and started to run faster. It was absolutely a total thrill as the weather outside was so cold. Then after a few hours of journey the train came to halt in a junction where we had our dinner and took some nice snaps. Later at around 9 PM the train entered into the city of Bangalore. The city was fully lit up with huge lamps. The buildings were so tall and it appeared to us as if they were touching the skies!!! At 10.10 PM we arrived at Bangalore City Junction. We had coffee in the near coffee bar and we were back in the station at 11 PM.

India a Sovereign Democratic Republic got its independence from the hands of the British’s in the year 1947, and is one of the highly developing nations in the world. It has produced great people in almost all the fields that includes space research, politics, sports, music, art, literature etc., Dr. Man Mohan Singh is the prime minister of India. New Delhi is the capital of India. It is the seventh largest country in the world in terms of area and the second in terms of population. There are 28 states and 7 Union Territories. It is a country with a diversified culture where more than 50 languages are in existence. The countries major occupation is agriculture. Hockey is the national sport of India, but cricket is widely practiced and encouraged. The northern part of the country is bordered by the great Himalayas, which ranges from Kashmir to Assam in the Far East. The southern part is surrounded by three seas namely Arabian sea, Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. The country’s currency is referred to as Rupee. It has got many tourists spot namely the Taj Mahal in Agra, Golden temple in Amritsar, Gateway of India in Mumbai, architectural work of the Pallavas in Mammalapuram near Chennai. The countries major revenue is from tourism, export of crops and minerals.

Today is the 2nd of October and it is World Non-violence day. You know why? Today is the birthday of the great Mahatma Gandhi. He is one of the bravest leaders the world can ever see. He fought against the British for the freedom of the people of India. He was born in Porbandar in the state of Gujarat in the year 1869. He was brought up in a very conservative family. He completed his middle and high school in the near by town. When he was 13 he got married to Kasturbai. He then flew to London to pursue his degree in Law from the University of London. He came back to India in 1893 and traveled to South Africa as he was appointed as a legal adviser of an Indian firm. He was treated inferior and had to face racial discriminations. Gandhi extended his period of stay in South Africa to nearly 20 years and he was imprisoned many times as he tried to sort out the problem of the Indians. Later, he returned to India and started movements such as “Salt Satyagraha” and “Quit India” in the year 1930 and 1942 respectively. There were thousands of people who followed his footsteps. It was all because of him that the British left India giving freedom on 15th of August 1947.