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Day 3                                                                                                                    Day 4


                                                           e packed our bags and left for Badami. Our first stop                                                                his was the final day of our trip. We had to complete a
                                                           was the Badami Cave Temples, a complex of four caves.                                                                distance of about 500 Kms from Badami to Bengaluru Airport
                                                           It is situated on the west bank of an artificial lake and                                                            and catch our flight back to Delhi. The bus ride was long but
                                             Wsurrounded on the north and south by forts built in                                                                     Twe made frequent stops. During our journey we watched the
                                             later times. The largest cave is Cave 3, featuring Lord Vishnu related                                                   movie ‘Flying Jatt’. We even ate our lunch in the bus. At the airport,
                                             mythology. The scenery from the temple was very beautiful with a lake                                                    we used our spare time before departure for some shopping. I bought a
                                                                                     and lots of mountains. Later                                                     bell for our mandir and also a small gift for my younger brother who
                                                                                     we went to Pattadakal, also                                                      I knew would be missing me so much. Almost all of us feel asleep
                                                                                     a UNESCO inscribed World                                                         in the return flight. My mind was only thinking about my parents’
                                                                                     Heritage Site, and an important                                                                                            reaction when they would see
                                                                                     tourist centre in Karnataka.                                                                                               me. I hugged my parents at
                                                                                     There are ten temples in                                                                                                   the airport and had so many
                                                                                     Pattadakal surrounded by                                                                                                   stories to tell them on my
                                                                                     numerous small shrines in                                                                                                  way back home. At home, my
                                                                                     fusion of various Indian                                                                                                   younger brother briefly woke
                                                                                     architectural styles of North                                                                                              up from his deep sleep upon
                                                                                     India and South India. On our                                                                                              hearing my voice and cuddled
                                                                                     way to the hotel, I saw several                                                                                            me. This has been my most
                                                                                     wind turbines installed on                                                                                                 memorable trip and I am
                                                                                     top of mountains, rotating as                                                                                              thankful to our teachers and
                                                                                     the wind blew and generating                                                                                               Headmistress madam for taking
                                                                                     electricity for the villages. At                                                                                           care of us and imparting us so
                                                                                     the hotel, we celebrated two                                                                                               much knowledge.
                                                                                     more birthdays and danced to                                                                                                         Viraj Pratap Gaddh, P4 F
                                                                                     the tunes of various songs.




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