Leg 145, Ahmedabad, Gujarat to Sholapur, Maharashtra, India
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A lot more India, mostly the cities. Most of the area I flew over is all cultivated with lots of cities. 1.4 billion people, 382 per sq km, it shows. And so much to see in cities, I might have more external screenshots this leg than views from the game.
01-13 Ahmedabad VAAH 7:19 PM
01-13 Rajkot VARK 8:00 PM
01-13 Amereli Airstrip VAAM 8:17 PM Virtual vision landing
01-13 Bhavnagar VABV 8:37 PM
01-13 Surat VASU 8:55 PM
01-13 Vadodara VABO 9:22 PM
01-13 Khargo Govt. Airstrip VAKH 10:08 PM
01-13 Devi Ahilyabai Holkar VAID Indore 10:29 PM
01-13 Bentaya VE85 10:43 PM
01-13 Bhopal VABP 11:16 PM massive input lag, fine after touch down
Bad stutter is back, CoherentGTDraw spiking again, flat terrain, nothing out of the ordinary, fine after landing
01-13 Amla VA1L 11:54 PM
01-14 Nagpur VANP 12:20 AM
01-14 Chanda VA1B 12:44 AM
01-14 Adilabad VAAD 1:02 AM Massive stuttering on the ground, fine in the air
01-14 Basanth Nagar VORG 1:35 AM
01-14 Warangal VOWA 1:52 AM
01-14 Hakimpet VOHK 2:21 AM
01-14 Hyderabad VOHY 2:28 AM
01-14 Nadirgul VALA 2:36 AM
01-14 Rajiv Gandhi Intl VOHS 2:47 AM
01-14 Bidar VOBR 3:15 AM
01-14 Gulbarga VAGU 3:33 AM
01-14 Sholapur VASL 3:59 AM
Flight time 8:40 22 stops
Rajkot in the western Indian state of Gujarat
Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) spent part of his childhood here in Kaba Gandhi No Delo
Who hasn’t heard of Gandhi, considered the father of India, best known for his nonviolent resistance, leading the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule. (He used nukes just as readily as everyone else in Sid Meier’s 1991 Civilization though :p)
And of course known for many inspiring quotes like
“An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.”
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Sadly Gandhi was assassinated for his efforts to calm religious tensions in a recently split-up India. He inspired many others around the world to continue non violent resistance, for example Martin Luther King jr adapted Gandhi’s idea of civil disobedience. Martin Luther King was assassinated as well…
Surat, on the Tapi river close to the Arabian Sea, once known for silk weaving
Dutch and Armenian cemetery on the left with colonial era tombs
On the right a view of the restored Surat Castle, build in the 16th century by Sultan Mahmood III to defend the city against Portuguese colonists.
Flying over the confluence of the Namada and Hathni rivers
One of the few rugged places on this leg
Indore in west-central India on the Saraswati river
Home of the 18th century 7-story Rajwada Palace from the Holkar dynasty
In total contrast, the 19th century Lal Bagh Palace, also from the Holkar dynasty
Bhopal in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
At the edge of the city, Van Vihar National Park Bhopal
Between the city and the park, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya
Anthropology museum depicting the history of mankind with outdoor reproductions of villages
The State Museum here has fossils, paintings and rare Jain sculptures
The Tawa reservoir, dam and hydro plant on the Tawa river
A bit of forest near Amla
Nagpur in the central Indian state of Maharashtra
Sitabuldi Fort, hilltop fort & site of the Battle of Sitabuldi, next to the train station
Currently housing the 118th infantry battalion
The Zero Mile Stone, geographical center of India under British Raj
All distances in India were measured from here during colonial rule
Deekshabhoomi, sacred monument of Navayana Buddhism and pilgrimage site
Maha Bodhi Tree on the right, grown from three branches of the Bodhi Tree at Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka). The saplings were taken from the same Bodhi Tree planted by Sanghamitra, daughter of the Great Emperor Asoka, during her monkhood (253 BC). The Bodhi Tree in Sri Lanka was originally a sapling from the bodhivriksha under which the Buddha became enlightened.
The typical landscape around Dodanda
Hills coming in at Lingapur
Cement factory at Basanth Nagar Airport, Ramagundam Airport on the map
Warangal in the south Indian state of Telangana, here looking at Fort Warangal in the center
Warangal was the capital of the Kakatiya dynasty from the 12th to 14th century
Many intricately carved monuments from this period still stand among the 13th century ruins of Warangal Fort
As well as the Thousand pillar temple build in 1163
Hyderabad Begumpet Airport
Hyderabad is the capital of southern India’s Telangana state and a major center for the technology industry
Situated around Hussain Sagar lake, housing a giant Budha Statue on a small island
Sanjeevaiah Park with Flag monument, the target above the maze garden
Chilkur Balaji Temple, known as ‘Visa’ Balaji, drawing devotees who wish for visas abroad
“popularly know as Visa God among IT people. If you are facing any difficulties in getting Visa, just go to temple, have a wish for it and then make 11 round of temple. Once the wish fulfilled, again have darshan and make 108 round of main temple.”
Birla Mandir, large Hindu temple built on a 280 feet high hillock called Naubath Pahad
The Budha statue on its own island in lake Hussain Sagar on the left
And one of the Qutb Shabi tombs built by the various kings of the Qutb Shahi dynasty
At the edge of Bidar
Sholapur Airport, in the south-western region of Maharashtra
Solapur Bhuikot Fort, strong Dark souls vibes
Further South tomorrow to the tip of India.