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The Majlis Hotel Lamu

Set on the idyllic Manda Island in the Lamu archipelago on Kenya’s Northern Coast, The Majlis is a luxury 25 room boutique hotel with the ambience, comfort and intimacy of a private home. A unique blend of contemporary and traditional styles, The Majlis offers the very best of Lamu. With a superb beachfront location and breathtaking views over the Ras Kitau bay and Shela village, it offers the perfect setting and the ideal position from which to explore the region.

The Majlis blends seamlessly with its island surroundings, making use of the area s natural resources and traditions including hand-carved timber and white coral blocks. Each of the hotel s 25 air-conditioned rooms is unique in character and style, and features traditionally high beamed ceilings and terraces with spectacular views of the beach, landscaped gardens or mangrove forests. Tastefully designed and decorated to reflect the heritage of East Africa, The Majlis houses an exquisite private collection of art mixing local traditional influences with a contemporary twist, and including a fantastic gilded elephant head sculpture by Armando Tanzini in the dining area and paintings by Julian Schnabel and Yago.

The Hotel s spectacular makuti thatched restaurant offers the island s best local, seasonal produce in an exquisite setting with breathtaking panoramic views across the bay to Lamu and the lush green mangroves, whilst the two bar areas are the ideal place from which to enjoy the sunset or a drink under the stars. Guests can also enjoy a private white sand beach and two beautiful swimming pools, built in the shade of the indigenous acacia and palm trees, providing a cool contrast to the warmth of the African sun. A range of watersports and dhow sailing activities is also available for guests who wish to be active all-day long.

Lamu can be reached by air from Kenya s main airports, Nairobi, Mombasa and Malindi. The Majlis can also organise private air-transfers on the hotel s 2 light aircrafts which are also available for excursions to other Kenyan destinations.

The Majlis occupies a unique location on the exclusive Manda Island facing the world-renowned Lamu on Kenya s North Coast (East Africa). The privately-owned hotel offers 25 superbly-appointed suites in understated elegance reflecting Lamu s local tradition and style. With superb seafront views over the Ras Kitau bay and Shela village, guests enjoy an idyllic setting to relax and make the most of the archipelago s charm and activities. The Majlis is only accessible by boat, a short 10- minute ride from Lamu Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

In Arabic, the name Majlis refers to a special place where hosts entertained their most important guests and families in style and comfort. Karibu , or welcome, in Swahili.

The Majlis occupies a unique setting, blending seamlessly with its island surroundings to offer a relaxing and peaceful holiday. The hotel offers the highest-quality services and facilities allowing guests to enjoy the island s natural beauty and resources.

Guests are invited to share in the soothing ease and atmosphere of the Majlis: from relaxing in the beautiful beaches or strolling along the long-sweeping beach; to enjoying a cool drink at the ocean-facing bar as the sun sets; to tasting our open-fronted restaurants marriage of local ingredients and international cuisine; to indulging in relaxing ayurvedic treatments at the wellness center.

You are welcome to The Majlis, a small luxury beach hotel in the Lamu archipelago.

About the Author: Federico Moccia at The Majlis Hotel in Lamu

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Pattadakal – Famous for its Historic Temples

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Pattadakal is the another important historical place of Karnataka. It is known as Pattadakalu in Kannada. It is located in the Bagalkot District and 10kms far from Aihole and 22kms far from another historical place named Badami. The place is well defined for its rare ancient architectural structures and colorful festivals which give the graceful glimpse of past era. This place dates back to the 8th century. This antediluvian city is elegantly dotted with many historical temples and structures which epitomizes the integrated architectural aspects. This place is considered as seat of Vesara style of Hindu temple architecture. These temples are the specimens of the unique architectural style which is the amalgamation of Dravidian style and Nagara style. Nagara style was mainly used in the Northern States. In 1987 these antique structures were considered as UESCO heritage site. The most prominent tourist attractions are ten temples which is believed to have been constructed by the Chalukya Dynasty in the 8th century. A Jain temple deserves mention here as it was also built in the same period. It is well noted that four temples are structured in Nagara style and four are built in Dravidian style. The another two temples symbolize the well combined architectural arts blended with North and southern style. The well visited structures are, Mallikarjuna Temple, Sangameshwara temple, Kasivisvesvara Temple, Jain Temple, Galaganath Shrine, Virupaksha Temple, Papanatha Temple. Among them the Sangameshvara Temple is the oldest one, which was structured by the Chalukya King Vijayaditya Satyashraya. The Sanctum of its inner passage and Nataraja sculptures which is placed on the outer walls are two distinct specimens of the classic arts of that era. The well noted surrounding attractions are Badami Cave Temples,, Sudi, Lakkundi, Mahakuta, Aihole, Alampur and many others. The important festivals are the Mallikarjuna Temple Festival, the Banashankari Temple Festival, Virupaksha Temple Car Festival. Apart from these, the annual dance festival is another main festival which is celebrated with grandeur and glory. This festival is generally conducted in the village known as the Chalukya Utsava. These festivals are organized between January to April which is considered as the best time to visit this place as it offers a festive mood accompanied with a pleasant weather. The Jain temple here is located on the Pattadakal Badami road and was constructed by Rashtrakutas of Manyakheta. The sculptures present within the temple belong to the 9th century and were established in the temple by King Amoghavarsha. The Papanatha temple is situated on the southern part of Virupaksha temple and consists of a big hall within its structure. The ceiling of the temple is supported by 16 massive pillars that have pictures of couples and women. On the ceiling of the temple there are pictures of Lord Shiva along with Goddess Parvathi while on the external portion of the temple there are figures depicting elephant and selected scenes from epic like Ramayana and Mahabharata. Within the sanctum of the temple is a black Shivalinga along a circuit path and a square shaped pedestal. There are several other temples located in different parts of India that were based on the architectural designs of the Virupaksha temple.

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Online booking of taxi service for Bangalore and Chennai Cabs

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Taxi Service from Bangalore to Tirupati

Taxi service from Bangalore to Tirupati is always hot with its booking volumes daily. Tirupati being one of the famous pilgrimages in India, daily lakhs of people visit and take the blessings of Lord Balaji. It is the same even with Chennai to Tirupati cab too.

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