Two thousand Kilometers in Three days in a four wheeler we
five friends have covered, it was like “let’s keep on moving and visit whatever
comes on the way.”
So we left on Thursday night almost by 11 pm from Hyderabad
and followed below route:
Day1-Friday:
At around 5 AM my friend stops the car by ISKCON Temple,
Anantapur.
First thing you will notice is the statue of four giant
horses that too one on the front right would be looking at you.
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The main temple opens @7 Am. We got freshen up there in the
premises, roamed around the temple and learned that the temple is made in a
shape of chariot having four horse-power.
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After spending approx. an hour, we headed towards
Chikkamagaluru via kalyangurg>> Hiriyur. On the way somewhere in Anantapur
on kalyandurgam road, you will see so many wind mills on both sides of the
road. In monsoon season, they looked mysterious giant warriors guarding
something like a transformer in disguise waiting for their prime.
We kept on rolling enjoying sceneries, stopping by roadside
chai shops and finally by 4 pm approx. we reached Chikkamagaluru area, greenery
started getting dense, broad roads turned into narrower state highways and
suddenly we saw a lake where mules were roaming around. I had some good shot
here.
We asked a villager if any place to visit nearby?; he advised
to visit Kalhatti Falls thus set the destination to it and headed towards.
It is a small water fall which slopes down the hill in
steps; there is a lord Shiva temple adjacent to it.
We trekked uphill around 300 feet to see the upper phase of it;
there fall’s view was more raw and better than the down one. I took some long
exposure shots of it. Adjusting tripod in flowing water on slippery stones is a
tedious task I learnt.
After investing some time in trekking and shooting the fall, we started heading towards Hebbe falls, the Idea was to rent a room in Kemmannugundi and next day cover Hebbe fall and trek to Mulyangiri.
By this time it started getting dusk and we were moving
uphill towards Kemmannugundi on narrow ghat-road. On the way while asking the
route that guy said that Hebbe Fall is closed because a Tiger had killed a man
2 days ago and it had not been captured yet. We decided to return to downtown and
find a stay there only as there was no point to move further now. It was 8:30
pm and felt like midnight in the jungle [road to kemmannugundi goes through
Jungle], the road was completely invisible due to dense fog and now that I knew
why I was returning, on every blind turn I suspected of seeing that Man-eater. Everyone
was silent except crickets in the dark; I think we all in the car were now on the
same boat.
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| Dusk in Valley |
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| Stopped to get a clear view of Valley |
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| Ghat roads |
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| Equal and Opposite reaction |
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| Car in the woods |
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| Can't see anything |
So by 9:15 we reached down-town [Tarikere] where we asked for room at a Lodge, there was only one tiny room which we refused then he asked if we want to try Home Stay for 1K per head including food and hot water. We agreed.
This was the best
home stay so for, a place in oblivion, only one Home in the middle of fields
surrounded by hills, and presence of moon made the environment more Spectacular!
- FYI: It had a nice small wooden sitting [I guess this was
for the people who booze :) ]
room on first floor.
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| Sandeep is capturing surroundings of this house [Z point Home Stay] |
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| Road to Home Stay |
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| Fields and Hills around |
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| Origin of Kalhatti Fall is visible from here |
We covered below distance on Thursday Night and Friday whole
day:
Day2-Saturday :
Had Udupi style breakfast and headed to Amrutheswara Temple
near tarikere.
Picturesque place, ancient architecture held us here for all
most 2 hours. When you look at the carvings
on temple walls you will wander how they achieved such fine detail at this
micro level. Inside temple, shiny pillars, cravings, emblems, sculptures will
leave you amazed.
Actually every emblem, carving is having a significance
which you can find in wiki link, I’ll leave you with the pics here.
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| Entrance |
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| The Flame is alive since 200 years they say... |
It seems the best place for families. So peaceful, serene
and in middle of jungle.
It was on our way to Jog falls so we thought to just check little
information.
Almost 7K per person per night [includes Breakfast-Lunch-Dinner
and Safari and Water sports].
But Above all I just loved the location. Checkout its link.
So we just paid for water sports 350 per head. Here you can
do Trampoline jump in water, kayaking, paddle boating, banana boat ride, rowing
and jet Scooter ride. For jet scooter you will have to pay extra.
This all water activity happens in backwater of Bhadra River.
View from here is just astonishing.
I did only kayaking coz I just wanted to row a little
further in the river alone to get a proper view of surrounding. Just row a
little further until you feel it is too
much deep, stop rowing and start observing the LAKE type river, surrounded by
hills and if you are lucky enough to go in monsoon, you may find yourself in a
river surrounded by hills and drizzling upon you, the whole scene creates a
spellbinding atmosphere.
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| Water Sports Point |
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| Bhadra River's Backwater/Lake |
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| Bridge in River Tern Lodge premises |
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| View from the Bridge |
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| Temple besides River Lodge |
From here we headed
to Sagar near Jog falls via Shivamoga. The plan was to spend night here and
Sunday morning start back to Hyderasbad Via Jog falls. This is the path we
covered Saturday.
Day 3 : Sunday –
Checked out from the Lodge at Sagar around 8 Am. Had early
brunch at an udupi restaurant nearby Lodge, There was a board displaying nearby
places to visit, we saw an Ancient Aghoreshwar Temple is on our way, so decided
to cover it as well.
All I’d say is, its an old, very old 16th century
Temple in a very pristine condition. Viewing this awesome temple in monsoon is
an absolute treat to eyes. A worth stop by if you are towards Jog falls.
Jog Falls :
Well this was the last stop, there was not much water even
in monsoonL,
but still only for the view it is worth a visit, this awesome place I’ll describe by images
below:
This is the distance we covered on Sunday way back to home...
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