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Nostalgically Speaking — 11: Kempaiah IPS - Officer Who Made A Difference-3

[Continued from Oct. 4] Just a year back I had been to Sri Lanka with a group of journalists and had stayed overnight at a Resort which was hidden underneath a mountain.…

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Published October 11, 2020 · 7 min read
nostalgically speaking — 11: k

Just a year back I had been to Sri Lanka with a group of journalists and had stayed overnight at a Resort which was hidden underneath a mountain. You would know there was a huge Resort only when you enter a cave-like opening. On return when I mentioned it to a Hotelier friend of mine, he asked me to find a similar place and location. As a result I was able to identify a place near Uthanahalli, about 20-25 acres, I was told, known as Horse-shoe Valley to the North-East of the Chamundi Hill. When we went there we saw a Valley open to the main tar road with the slope of the hill all around. Anyway, there seemed too many claimants for that land and my friend said no.

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