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Travel: Ranganathittu, Karnataka

  Wingtips on water makes for a lovely picture and that`s what you get at The Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary Once upon a time, there was water aplenty, in and around Bangalore. And where there was water, birding sites came up, with a host of birds big and small: pelicans, herons, black kites, white-breasted kingfishers, red-wattled…

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Travel: Srirangapatna, Karnataka

In Srirangapatna, the evidence of grandeur and past glory is everywhere. Tourists  invariably make Srirangapatna a transit stop en route to the Ranganathittu bird sanctuary or as an early stop before Mysore, just 13 km away. That’s good because it enables this quiet little town to retain its air of secluded privacy. But it’s also…

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