My wife and I took part in this event. Click here to read her experience.

The event was held at the NICE road starting at the Bangalore International exhibition.

It was fun to see Raghu Dixit perform at the show.

We had a lot of fun cheering…

Our cycling route: click here. I took 59min for 26.5KM. Hope to beat this next time.

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The legend has it that the surrounding area of the temple, known as Sunkenahalli was cultivated for groundnut. A bull started grazing in the well-grown groundnut crop, at this, a farmer got furious and hit the bull with a club. Immediately the bull sat down becoming motionless and was transformed into a stone. Poor farmers were left stun and felt guilty. For their repentance they decided to build a temple for the bull, to their surprise the bull was growing in height. The worried farmer then prayed to Lord Shiva who advised them to redeem a trident buried a few feet away from the bull and place the trident on the forehead of the stone statue to stop it from growing. Farmers followed the Lord’s advice and the bull stopped growing. Still one can see the trident place on bull’s forehead.
Since then farmers offer their first crop of groundnut to the bull. The farmer’s hold a Groundnut fair known as Kadalekayi Parishe, near the temple premises every year, to show their thankfulness. It is one of the worth visiting places in Bangalore.

I studied in B.M.S. College of Engineering which is right across the Bull temple, and I had never been to this festival.

When I reached the place, I could see lots of stalls around. Huge piles of groundnuts and people selling them.

Some places they were selling a lot of different things that looked so beautiful and colorful.  I asked one of the lady what it was and she told me it was some kind of sweet.

The whole place was lit up and everyone were enjoying and having a good time.

When I looked around more I could see why they call India so colourful!

There was a guy drawing Lord Hanuman on the road. He had done a great job.

I had fun talking to a few people around and clicking all different things around. Overall the experience was wonderful.

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In the practice runs the maximum distance I had run was around 15Kms. I wasn’t sure what I was doing, but was determined to do at-least 3 loops of the 12.5 KMS.

The first 25K was easy and I was able to finish it in 2:18:26. The problem started when I continued further. I could suddenly feel that I’m going slower. I was monitoring my pace per KM. It was amazing to see how my body was not ready for the long distance. I had lots of energy in my mind to go faster, but just couldn’t go any faster. At around 32KMS I had a very bad cramp on my calf muscle. This was my first cramp while running. I could feel the calf muscle harden like a stone. I did some stretches and continued the run. In the end I stopped at 37.5 KMS. I didn’t want to run any further.

I enjoyed the whole run, I’m glad I tried the longer distance. The confidence of doing another full marathon is back. I was not sure if I would do another full marathon after doing the Bangalore full marathon in 2006.

Here is my timing chart of the run. Needless to say the graph after 25K just goes down.

KM     PACE / KM     Total Time
1       05:05     0:05:05
2       05:12     0:10:17
3       05:00     0:15:17
4       05:24     0:20:41
5       05:26     0:26:07
6       05:03     0:31:10
6.5    03:06     0:34:16
7.5    05:06     0:39:22
8.5    05:46     0:45:08
9.5     05:50     0:50:58
10.5     05:33     0:56:31
11.5     05:20     1:01:51
12.5     05:00     1:06:51
13.5     05:28     1:12:19
14.5     05:33     1:17:52
15.5     05:14     1:23:06
16.5     05:26     1:28:32
17.5     05:59     1:34:31
18.5     04:27     1:38:58
19     03:14     1:42:12
20     06:17     1:48:29
21     06:18     1:54:47
22     05:33     2:00:20
23     06:02     2:06:22
24     06:02     2:12:24
25     06:02     2:18:26
26     06:33     2:24:59
27     06:36     2:31:35
28     06:38     2:38:13
29     06:45     2:44:58
30     07:16     2:52:14
31     06:49     2:59:03
31.5     05:24     3:04:27
32.5     08:12     3:12:39
33.5     09:15     3:21:54
34.5     06:41     3:28:35
35.5     08:13     3:36:48
36.5     07:19     3:44:07
37.5     07:01     3:51:08

The funniest part is the day after the marathon. Everything in this video is true to me (including the last scene)

My friend Varun and I finished work early today and decided to head out. We first wanted to capture the sunset, but by the time we reached the place it was dark. So we deiced do a small night trek and climbed the hill. The view from top is fabulus.

Last but not the least, I wanted to click the start streak, so I did a 5 min exposure.

The rock and the trees are very clear in the picture. It was pitch dark. We can see a small start streak. We had to head back so I had to stop the camera. One of these days, I want to try this again for may be 3 hours or so

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It has been a wonderful experience for all 3 of us. The best way to learn about MBA in a practical way . It has taught us right from design, manufacturing, testing, marketing, customer handling… anything that you can think about in an MBA.

Launch:

Date: 21st May 2007

The whole trekware gang met up for the launch… it was a surprise for all of them. We had worked on it from January 2007.

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Ajay, Swaroop & I goto transit, bump into Vandy! Vandy whacks ajay’s phone… ajay on his knees begging for the phone! We make a lot of noise, almost kicked out of transit!! hehee…

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Eating places…

Having studied in vijaya jr. for 2 years cool joint was my fav place. I still love the sandwiches they make. As I write this blog my mouth is already watering….

Cool joint:

Upahara Darshini:

Nagarjuna Chimney:

Ganesh Darshan:

Best Masala Dosas in Jayanagar. Explains why it is crowded forever!

Iyengar’s Bakery:

One of the oldest and the best Bekery in Jayanagar.

Chat Shop…

These chat shops are the best. I have no idea how they make the chats so good!!! I love the speed in which he makes the chats. Somehow I’ve noticed you always get the best chats in a very small place!

Pav Bhaji in the making…

Cafe Coffee Day:

Shopping in Jayanagar…

The Wearhouse

Calypso…

The Road side shopping…

I loved clicking these snaps. All of them were very happy when I clicked their snap. Some of them asked me if the snaps was for a news paper…. hehee… for once I felt like a real photographer!

Life of Jayanagar…

Parking…

Night view…

Crossing…

Roller Skating event at Madhavan Grounds

Its nice to see a huge grounds available for the public in the heart of jayanagar. In my college days I used to come here to play different sports. Now they have renovated the roller skating and it looked real good. I dream to learn skating some day in life!

Fireworks:

It was nice to capture some fireworks that night.

Grounds at night:

Cultural Events…

This is jayanagar at a small glance. When you talk about bangalore, I think Jayanagar should be among the top of the list.