Lal Bagh Botanical Gardens dates back to 1660 AD covers an area of 240 Acres.Annual flower shows during the Republic day (26th Jan ) and Independence day (15th Aug)are held in the historic Glass House in the Lal Bagh.
One of the four towers built by Kempegowda is located on this 3000 million year old rock in LalBagh. Read the details on the board put up near the rock by Geological Survey of India.
"Touch Me Not" Plant(Botanical Name - Mimosa Pudica) grows wild during monsoon. See how it folds it's leaves when touched. It has round pink flower and also thorny stem.
9th-12th Century Badoli Temples 40 km from Kota near Rawatbhata in Rajasthan.They were left untouched by the Afghan invaders.I took this video in Aug 2004. I had seen it first in 1975 when it was in ruins.Now it is better preserved.
Areca nuts being dehusked by expert workers, Also you can see sprinklers watering the areca plantation.This is at a place called Koppa in Karnataka State in India
This is Sai Baba's Ashram in Kodaikanal.He lives here during summer time for about 2 to 3 weeks. People from all over the world come here to seee him and seek blessings. You can see the long que of people waiting to enter the ashram fo his "darshan"
Dubare Elephant Park is near Mysore on the way to Coorg. The River Kaveri flows through it. Elephants are bathed there in the river by the Mahouts and then fed and let them into the reserve forest. There is a holiday resort which also arranges boating in a round shaped boat called "Teppa" and a safari into the forest too.
