Evolve Back presents a series of expressive stories from our destinations. We hope that these stories encapsulating the lore of the land help foster a deeper understanding and connection between our guests and the places we call home.

Peek into Coorg’s Culture at Madikeri’s Government Museum

Published on: 05/01/2026 | Contributors: Bindu Gopal Rao

Museums are always a great way to understand local culture and heritage, and the Government Museum in Madikeri does this in an ambience to match. For starters, the museum is in an 1855-built Roman-Gothic style church, and the museum itself was started by the government of Karnataka in 1971.

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The Kalahari in Miniature: What You Miss When You Only Look for Big Game

Published on: 22/12/2025 |Contributors: Sarah Kingdom

When most people think of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), they imagine vast sand dunes and wide horizons, dotted with gemsbok and lion, or perhaps a lone cheetah wandering across the grasslands. And rightly so, the CKGR is indeed a land of big skies and big game. But if you slow down, lower your gaze and take your time, a different CKGR will begin to emerge.

Anegundi’s quiet empire of women: the banana-fibre story

Published on: 15/12/2025 | Contributors: Sourabha Rao & Santosh Saligram

Heritage does not remain confined to the relics of the past in Hampe and Anegundi. Across the boulder-strewn horizons of these ancient towns in Karnataka where time scatters itself among granite crags, river bends and temple shadows, more stories bear the same grace as the river that nourished an empire of the past. In Anegundi, heritage today also means an alive story of women who transform the simplest gifts of nature into objects of elegance and purpose.