Iskcon Temple, Bangalore

Review:

//Okay before reviewing this place, I want you all to know that I am an atheist so I won’t be commenting upon the dedication to god, aastha, bhakti etc. I would only be telling about the aesthetics of this place. And please don’t get offended if I don’t know the correct names.//

So I started off my ride from a hotel in Yeshwantpur Bangalore to the Iskon Temple, (the temple is having its own timing so if you are visiting this place make sure that you visit this place at correct time). As I reached the temple I was directed to the shoe counter where you had to remove your shoes (cause it’s a temple, if you don’t know already -_-). After that just before the stairs you had water running down so that you can wash your feet. Climbing the stairs and enjoying the beautiful view, I reached the temple. There was a padded way to reach the temple and I was supposed to say “hary Rama hare Krishna” while I took each step (I saw a few people not doing that, so they were scolded by the authorities over there ). Chanting Hare Rama Hare Krishna I reached the 1^st Idol (Yea the Krishna Idol was really beautiful) and then the second place where about 3 Idols were kept (sorry guys I just don’t know their names). After the darshan, there were 2 exits. One was for the regular visitors which was a direct exit whereas another one was those who wanted to do shopping and stuff. So I took the second one and was directed towards the shops. Well there were shops for sweets, souvenirs, idols, books, CD roms etc. (get the sweets if you go there, they are marvelous). After all the shops I was directed to place where I got “Kichdi ka Parsad”. After all this I even found 1 or 2 restaurants over there, they were pretty good, cheap and expensive at the same time and yes the food over there was tasty. Taking about the aesthetics, it was one real good place, calm and soothing.

Website:

Iskcon Temple Banglore

Down the line:

Got some relatives at your home, this place will cut your time in a positive way.

Rating:

8.5/10

        

Bannerghata National Park, Bangalore

Review:

I took the bus for the national park form Christ University Kengri campus and it took me about one and a half hour to reach there. The bus service in Banglore is really good (and probably that is why BMTC has achieved 3 prestigious awards) and its expensive too it costed me around 80 rupees to reach there. I actually had quite high hopes from the national park which has a biological reserve too, but as soon as I reached there I cried with disappointment. When I got in the park all I could see was the litter, shops and people in the huge amount. At the entrance toy shops and food stalls were there with people going crazy behind them. After it I found the queue for the tickets, while I wanted to grab tickets for the safari (that was about 280 rupees) they were already sold out!! Boom then I was left with the zoo tickets only that costed me about 80 rupees. Then I visited the zoo. The zoo was nothing special but you can find some endangered birds in the zoo which is not that common. But yea like any other zoo you can find people disturbing animals and making fun of them (yea call me judgmental cause I was judging them). Cages for the animals were not that small so I was not that much disappointed with it. Not only the cages were of satisfactorily size but the overall size of the zoo was also big. There were boards too in front of each cage which gave you a brief idea about the animal origin, diet, weight, sexual maturity etc.  The zoo had some other insights too like a video theater which played an animal documentary, a golf kart kind of ride (If you are a lazy ass and just don’t wanna walk, the kart is best thing for you) and a butterfly park too. The aesthetics of the zoo are pretty good and you will love to stay there. I don’t know much about the safari but yea I can tell you that would also be not that good.

Website:

Bannerghatta Biological Park Website

Down the line:

If you love cheap thrills while spending some dope amount of money, yea this is the place for you.

Rating:

4/10

A Tiger at the zoo (Come on I don't own a DSLR)

 Inside the zoo.