"TODAY THE SUN ROSE IN THE SOUTH"

Today I surprised to see the sun, it was rising from the south. It was about 6:30 am and I got up early because we are going to Nandi Hill for our trip. I use to do Sun Salutation every morning, no matter that most of the time it happens after 10 AM. It was the first day when I gave salute to sun so early. Today I knew that I had wrong concept about directions here and that is why I had changed my bedside. It was more surprising that most of us in the hostel have wrong knowledge about directions. Often we do not worship in south direction and East is supposed the best direction for every auspicious work.My neigbour Sunny has been doing prayer towards the south since he entered the hostel, because he had the same misconcepts about the directions.
When I and Sunny both came out of hostel we raised our head towards the Sun. It felt little unusual to me and I was thinking about it. After few minutes I told him "did you feel somthing new today about the sun ?" .We broke into laughter soon after we looked up in the sky and had a look of sun. It is about 2 months to go in bangalore and today for the first time we knew the directions right.
Anyway we borded into the bus and started our journey to Nandi Hill. Nandi hill is situated 60 kms north(the real north) of Bangalore. Also known as Nandidurga, it was one of the summer retreats of Tipu Sultan.Nandi Hills was popular with the British too who built bungalows and gardens here.It is favourite among Bangaloreans who find this an ideal get-away for weekends. About 1500-m high Nandi Hills has the forests surrounding the hills, abound with wild animals. Around the Nandi Hills there are several smaller hills.
Tipu's Drop is situated in Nandi Hills . Accordong to local belief, the prisoners were punished to their death.
A popular picnic spot with an awesome fort and two ancient temples,it has beautiful scenaries. We reached there about 11:30 AM. We had to walk approximately 1,585 steps to reach the top of the hills. Eventhough cars are allowed to go to the top, we parked our bus and walked the steps. Each step had worth, along the way to top we got to see monkeys, trees,small temples and also a breathtaking view of the plains below clouds.
Nature was at its Best! Eventhough the place is very popular it has not been exploited for commercial purposes. It still retains it’s natural beauty. Its better to visit the place on weekends, as on other days it’s deserted and might not be safe for couples.
Still remember those funny moments when guys used to shout , declaring their love for their beloved ones in the hope that the girl sitting in her house would hear it. The funny thing about these sound waves generated was that, they never reached the desired ears but always echo back and give a sort of happiness which was far better than the girl hearing it and turning down the proposal.
I am quite tired because we had lots of fun in dancing through out the way. So I wil write more about the trip in next blog.