Aihole Pattadakal and Badami Caves
This was another early morning for all of us.. After a tasty heavy breakfast at Royal Orchid, we packed ourselves in the car which was set to hit the highway.. We left Hospet at around 8 as we had to travel a long distance today. We crossed Tungabhadra Dam, which was throwing milky white water through its doors as if it wanted to make this place beautiful with the Sun shining bright yellow and soothingly green paddy fields around. We were driving on the straight and good road having road dividers which were planted with shrubs flowering bright pink flowers. This was a beautiful road. (or the company and environment made me feel this way?). We crossed a town named Illakal which is famous for its sarees and pink granite quarries. On travelling for some more distance on highway we reached a town called Kardanta which is also name of a dry-fruits rich sweet (derived from the name of town) from which we took a turn away from highway. The road quality was not that good now but as we reach