Located in the heart of Karnataka’s Bellary district, Sandur, which in Kannada means ‘town between hills’, is defined by a valley surrounded by forested hills and the Narihalla reservoir with its twin boulders emerging out of the water. Mahatma Gandhi described Sandur as ‘an oasis’ when he stopped over for a few days in 1934 on the invitation of the royal family of Sandur.
Following the forest department's travel advice to ‘See Sandur in September’, we embarked on a trip to Sandur that month. Thanks to the ban on. . .