Its not the Taj Mahal, neither the Qutub Minar, nor is it one of those crazily cramped tourist places. Its a tiny village. SECLUDED. QUIET. UNTAPPED. UNEXPLORED. And just INCREDIBLE.
That is the beauty of Gandikota. "The Grand Canyon of India",yet so subtly underrated.
Very few know about it. You would find no signs, no boards. Its like a mystery you unwind.
Bangalore-Bagepalli-Gorantla-Kadiri-Gandikota
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| Tired in the sun |
Reaching an untapped destination is much more eventful than the destination itself.
We got lost( one said left, the other guided us back 20 miles), took a lot more time and got restless in the hot sun. But the people we meet and the food we ate, made it all worth. Finding the destination after this was like a bonus!!
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| Struggling with the spice |
We took around 6.5 hrs to reach Gandikota. That includes the bum breaks, the photo sessions, almost getting killed by trucks, eating deadly-spicy-but-delicious Andhra food and meeting all those beautiful people you'd see in the video.
Some 50 km from Gandikota, we saw a teaser of the canyon. Awestruck by its beauty, we got highly impatient to see the real canyon.
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| Teaser Canyon :) |
After 30 min- " I think we are close"
40 min- " I can see it already"
50 min-" there it is-THE CANYON"
55 min- "Why the hell is it taking forever?"
1 hr- Finally entered Gandikota. So close to the canyon and something embarrassing happened.
I dozed off in the Temple.
1 hr 20 min- We ran to the view point. And there it was-" The Indian Canyon"
REAL. ENORMOUS. SILENT. CRAZY. BEAUTIFUL and just EPIC.
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| The Enormous Canyon |
So dreamy that I was spell bound by its beauty for hours together, until we reached back home.
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| Windmills + Sunset |
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| Canyon Selfie |
Here's the video of our day trip to Gandi :D
