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AaneguDDe (Also called Kumbashi) the famous GaNapathi Temple, on my return journey. Around 30km from Udupi(7km from Kundapur), two temples closeby are worth visiting. The Express buses are the life line of these areas and provide quick connectivity between Mangalore, Udupi and Kundapur.
The "usual" monthly trip to hometown was made 'exciting' with a visit to Malpe. A quick plan from my cousins and we were off to Malpe in Chetak Scooter and TVS Scooty. A few changes here.jpg)
and there, and it was our own old Malpe beach, but the reverberating waves, the sand and the water, made each visit a memorable experience!
A lazy stroll over the sand dunes moved us away from the summer crowd. Our several try of not getting wet in water went in vain. Not disturbed by all these happenings, the
With darkness slowly covering the sky, we started our walk back on the beach sand. Spent few time near the musical fountain.
Distance : 5km from Udupi
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between. Two stadiums come next to it. But the human creation can never beat the nature: the mighty
After spending some time with my cousin, chikka and chikki, and hoping they will not spoil the area with more construction, we started our journey back.
The students around us brought the memories of my visit to this place with my M.Tech friends......
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Distance: 5-7 Km from Udupi. 1-2 km from Manipal Bus Stand(TC)
With the divine blessings of Goddess Rajarajeshwari at Rajarajeshwari Temple (9:15am En route) we were off to Big banyan tree on Mysore Road. It took another 20 mins to reach Amruth Distillaries/Rajarajeshwari Dental College deviation(Right turn from Mysore road), which will leave us the fourlane Mysore road to a renovated interior road. Except for a final stretch of 3 km, it is a fantastic road to Big Banyan Tree (BBT) (10:30am About 30km from Jayanagar 9th block and 7-8km off Mysore road). The BBT has a history of 400 years and is spread across a 4 acre property and maintained by Thotagarika Ilake/Bank of Maharashtra. After taking few photos and spending few minutes we were off to our next destination Manchanabele Dam.
ri sumaaragide DAMge) we had to take a left turn at a place called Chandrappa circle. Ups and Downs and a right turn of the road suddenly lead to a pristine beauty which left us spell bound. The panoramic view of the water reservoir and the background granite hills were just splendid and eye catching. There was no human activities to be found for kilometers away. We just just spent some time looking at the beauty and went near the reservoir (We have to take right turn for the reservoir and the straight road will lead us to the Dam) After passing the curvy road down for about 2.5 km we were near the reservoir. Without getting down into the water we just enjoyed the beauty on top of the big stones
. The distant hill was not visible to our naked eye as the speedo meter showed 7km. It took another 7 kilometer (14 kilometer from Manchanabele Dam via Vire GowDana Doddi) to reach the Savandurga hills. The single large monolith hill was just amazing(Reached at 12:30pm). We planned just to see the hill and return back, but our instinct just overtook and we were climbing the hills!! As we were tired of the earlier trekking, we just restricted our climb to the ruined fort(half way mark). The 360 degree view was just picturesque. Prakruthiya madilalli, maanavana srusti naganyavo anisithu. With half hearted feeling of not reaching the top, we were back to the base. Visiting the Laxmi
Narasimha temple and resting for a while we were back on track to B'lore. We will come again "Savandurga" to conquer you!!
