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Mylapura is a small village in Chintamani Taluk, it’s around 13 KM from Chintamani & 73 KM from namma Bengaluru. This is most attractive hill compare to the surrounding hills around Chintamani. Each time when I go for a hike with Sanjay, I asked him about this trek.  Finally we decided to complete this trek, one of Sanjay’s friend also joined us for this trek. Like other treks around Chintamani, trek can’t be completed in couple of hours. It’s one day trek and better to avoid in rainy season to escape from slippery rocks. First of all, this place is a devotional place. Localities climb this hill with lot of custom. There is a beautiful Shiva Linga at the mid-way of the hill and one should have courage to reach that place. We started our trekking after finishing breakfast (since it was a last minute plan), took around 15 minutes to reach the village. There is a small lake blow the hill, we parked our bikes near the lake and started our trekking. Its better to carry wat...

Upparpete village is around 10 Kms from Chintamani and Upparpete betta is adjacent to Kailasagiri and Kadu Malleshwara betta. Last couple of visits to Upparpete was bike ride . When Sanjay told me about his plan to trek Upparpete Betta I was excited to join him. Plan was to start the trek from Kadu Malleshwara betta , cross Kaiasagiri and reach entrance of Upparpete betta. From there take a untouched path to reach top of Upparpete betta. Though it’s a half day trek, its not an easy trek for sure. Because of uphill we need to climb and there is no specific path. We need to make our own path and climb. As per the plan we started our trek early morning. Weather was so pleasant on that day, thought I passed many times in past couple of weeks it was like a new place for me. Easily crossed Kailasagiri with minimum stops. Once we reached Upparpete betta real challenge started from here. Half of the hill was covered with mist and made difficult for us to find the proper r...