BERRY BLISSHegbal Estate Banakal, Chikmagalur, Karnataka At the foothills of the Western Ghats, where clouds brush against forest canopies and the air carries a quiet sense of time, lies Hegbal Estate. Established in 1947 by Late Mr. Ligory Menezes, a visionary cloth merchant turned planter, the estate stands as a bridge between enterprise and earth. Its name, derived from the Kannada word Hebbagillu meaning great gateway recalls a time when locals passed