call it an eccentricity, but I landed in bangalore for no particular reason; except that I wanted to do a bit of travelling and thanks to my cousins and friends there, it was the only place I could afford to go to. So I arrived and declared that I wanted to see non-touristy places around the city. not that i have seen any of the famous tourist spots either, but as I said, call it an eccentricity. 

the first place to trace down was Melkote. a small village 133 Km off bangalore, 60 km off mysore, it was recommended by a friend for