DESI DISCOVERY QUIZ 3

Dubare Elephant Camp -Coorg is the correct answer. Coorg has everything  that you need for a  refreshingly  cool holiday this  hot summer. Equidistant from Mangalore & Mysore. Some excellent resorts, interesting cuisines, a culture that is different from rest of Karnataka .

While visiting Coorg, make it a point to visit Gol Gumbaz. To the uninitiated it is a dull old tomb with nothing interesting.

But as you get into the details, amazing engineering unfolds before you. First, the design  comprises of a hemisphere (dome) sitting on a cube ( interesting use of geometry) . 2. It is the world’s largest single chamber spaces – one side of the cube is around 47m. 3. Clever acoustics resulting  in the whispering gallery  effect 4. Usage of vaults & arches to form the roof that are typical of Mughal architecture ( absent in the otherwise stunning Dravidian architecture).