It was surprising to see a small valley near Bangalore. We have to climb down 200steps to reach a small water fall. As the rains were low the water fall is reduced to a small shower. But for us, it was good fun to spend some valuable time. The rock formation behind the fall was also nice. Spending around an hour and visiting the temple there, we were back on our bike.
We took the Anekal, Chandapur, Electronic City(Hosur Road - 37km) route to reach our room at 7:30pm. The traffic/dust on Hosur road was only the disappointing thing in the whole journey.
VV puram
Our long pending plan to visit VVPuram saw its light of day finally. On returning from Pearl valley, after traffic confusion, we reached there at 8:00 pm. It was like a Jathre, different varieties of food was available in different canteens(It is also called ತಿಂಡಿ street). We had hot masala dosa, thaTTe idli and holige.
"Zindagi Migzara", afghan like to say - Life goes on, unmindful of beginning, end, ups or downs*
Transport : My Pulsar 150, Yamaha FZ16
We : Jaanesh, Me, Mote, RV
Distance : Covered 90km
*The Kite Runner, Khaleid Hosseini
I caught the company bus at Satelite bustand at 8:00am. Onboard, bus is already bustling with fun and froll. Our original plan of having breakfast at Kaadumane was cancelled and we headed straight to resort. 8:45am we were at the resort. We passed the large lobby at the resort to head to the food court, facing the golf course, to have breakfast. The variety of food and view was just impressing.
We were back at food court at 1pm for the lunch. Nice delicious food served, and had our food at a nearby air conditioned dining room to beat the heat. The lunch is followed by some fun team activities like collage, dumshadarts. After a cup of coffee we were back at bus to head back to Namma Bengaluru.
We reached Nandi Hills at 11am (84km). There is provision to park the bike inside, bu we thought it better to keep the bike outside. After taking a entry ticket we headed on barefoot to reach the top of the Hill. A temple dedicated to lord Narasimha is located at the center. After the divine darshan we spent some time on the edge of the hill that is facing the B'lore city(i suppose so). We also visited the Tippu drop, where the thief were pushed to death, in Tippus time!! We almost reached the edge, where according to guide it is up to 1000ft. There is a guest house of Tippu Sultan at the entrance of Nandi Hills. 
We left the Hills at 12:30pm. We headed to to Ghati Subrahmanya. We choose a interior road to save the distance. We reached Ghati Subrahmanya temple at 2:15pm (29km from Nandi) Lord Subrahmanya and Lord Narasimha are carved on the same stone back to back, Subrahmanya being on the front. A mirror is used to see the Lord Narasimha. After spending few time we headed back to B'lore via Doddaballapur. We stopped at a hotel near Yalahanka to have lunch. Finally, reached Namma Bengaluru at 6:15pm with tanned skin!!.jpg)
I caught the evening train to KGF from Byappanahally at 6:30pm, directly from office. Surprisingly ticket price is still only Rs.13! bit more than a plat of bhelpuri outside!! The train was full with people returning from their work to KGF. It seems more than 10,000 people commute between Kolar, KGF daily on these trains. I alighted the train at Oorgaum station, which is inside the KGF at 8:45pm. The small town, which was once the gold capital of British empire has three station. Electricity(Shimsha) and train were first came to here before it reached other parts of Modern India. But now after the mining stopped the town looks silent..jpg)
Evening we went on bike ride to Bangaru thirupathi(also called Guttally) (via Kotilinga, Betha Mangala on Mulbagalu-V.Kota route. 16km from KGF). Mythologically, God Venkateshwara gave darshan to Rishabha Muni at this place. It is a replica of original Thirupathi and since it is near to Kolar Gold Field, they named it Bangara Thirupathi. A temple dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara is present on top of the hill.The granite temple has small window to see the main deity. A nearby temple is dedicated to Goddess Padmavathi. We could see the papanaashanam just like the one in Tirumala. After spending few time, we started our jorney back.
how the whole process from sugar cane crushing - mixing of sunna - heating to make it solid jaggery. (You can taste it too but it comes at a price!)
ಮತ್ತೆ ಕಂಡಳು ಅವಳು, ಕಾಡುವ ಕಣ್ಣಿನವಳು*
We: Me, Shashi, Giri, Santhya, Cherri.
