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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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