Aruna was here for a few days and we thought we would catch up. Since she was having her jetlag and was walking it off morning and evening I asked if I could join her morning walk which she agreed to. So I joined her at their house in Kundanbagh and I let her lead the way. I had never gone all the way down the road and wanted to see if there was any road that connects to Necklace Road.
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| Temple - Nice |
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| Mosque - Nice |
Aruna knew the route and said there was a wall that prevented people from crossing the railway track behind. There was a crack earlier but now, no more. We walked till the end, passing by an old uncle who had the suprabhatam blaring on his phone.
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| Ayyappa temple |
We headed back and she said she would take me to the Safe Colony (didn't know it was called that) where all judges and IAS, IPS officers lived. We walked in past the Chinmayananda School (they had a loud program early in the morning too), past the nice park where a lot of people were walking, past the last row of houses near a goshala.
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| An interesting jeep - the rest of that roadside they kept some old bathtubs to prevent others from parking |
We hit upon a nice temple to the left and walked further towards a narrower, slum like area and hit upon a masjid. That road ended in a dead end and we asked a boy if there was a way to go to Necklace Road and he was kind enough to come and show us a narrow four feet alley that slipped into Thyagaraya Nagar. We found an Ayyappa temple which apparently is quiet popular, another mosque and then wide, empty roads next to the Necklace Road. Interestingly she said that she believed India is the most secular place she had been to.
We came to the Necklace Road station and decided to head back. Pretty decent - maybe a 5 kms walk. That's about what I aw of Aruna this trip.
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