Have you ever done a Palace Pradakshine?

Over 60 walkers came bright and early to the People’s Palace (Vidhana Soudha) to walk 5,000 steps to the Bangalore Palace, and then complete the 10,000 step pradakshine (circumambulation) – all on footpaths!

And on the way they heard stories of the rich legacy of the Mysore Kingdom, the visionary works of the Wodeyars and other luminaries, and visited several locations that even life-long Bangaloreans had never seen, visited or even heard about. All on a morning walk, in excellent weather and with excellent company. Some of the walkers have now come on all walks so far, and over half the walkers are repeat walkers!

The response has been overwhelming, am simply amazed at the enthusiasm and spirit of Blr folks to come out in the morning to explore the city on foot(path).

Today was Walk 9 of the BLRWalkFest, a unique program to walk 100km on interconnected footpaths over 15 days – each day being a different non-overlapping loop of 7-8km (10,000 steps) with a different theme.

65km done, 35km to go!

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