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Trip to Chikkamagaluru was planned for family get together & it was our first trip with kids 😊 We wanted to go for a trip from some time, but could not execute our plan. This time finally we managed to plan for something and execute it. To avoid last minute change in plan we booked Homestay well in advance - Pepper Vines Homestay near Mudigere This home stay is around 8 Kms from Mudigere and 250 Kms from Bengaluru.  We started early morning from Bengaluru and stopped near Yadiyuru for breakfast. We have enough options for breaks in this route. We stopped near Kichhana Halli Mane for breakfast.  Since we didn’t had any specific plans for our trip, stopped near Beluru Chennakeshava Temple. We thought since its a weekday there won’t be much crowd and we can click some nice pics of the temple, but our assumption was wrong! There were lot of people who were marching towards Dharmastala stopped near this place for rest and temple was over crowded 😞 Spent ...

Visit to Chandramouleshwara temple was a last minute plan during our ride back to Bengaluru. After exploring Amrutheshwara Temple Tarikere initial plan was to take hosadurga route and join NH-4, but we changed our plan and decided to take Arasikere route and visit this beautiful temple.  Location: Arasikere is around 70 Kms from Tariikere, but it took 2 hours for us to reach the temple because of bad road condition. This place is around 170 Kms from Bengaluru and 45 Kms from Hassan.  History: Like all Hoysala constructions, this east-facing temple was built with soapstone and is an ekakuta shrine (single shrine or cella) with two mantapas, one open and one closed. The ceiling in the closed mantapa is divided into nine compartments or 'bays' by the four lathe-turned pillars. Unlike other temples, to have a darshan of Lord Shiva inside the garbhagriha, there is no direct straight access, since this particular mantapa is star-shaped. Instead, there are two lateral entr...

Amrutheshwara temple near tarikere was in my bucket list from quite some time. Listed some of the Hoysala temples around this place, but could not visit any of the temples till date. During our ride back to Bengaluru from Thirthahalli planned to visit this place. From the place we stayed it was around 88 Kms, started early morning and decided to stop near tarikere for quick break and explore the temple. It took close to 2 hours to reach the place because of road condition.   The Amrutheshwara temple is located in the village of Amruthapura, 67 km away from Chikkamagaluru district. Located 105 km from Hassan and 50 km from Shimoga on NH 206, around 260 Kms from Bengaluru.   History:   Amrutheshwara Temple is one of the finest example of Hoysala architecture. Temple was build during the end of 12th century by Amrutheshwara Dandanayaka under Hoysala King Veera Ballala II. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva and has a Shiva Ling made of Saligrama, a black variety of stone b...

Tunga Bridge in Thirthahalli, is the one of the oldest bridges constructed across the Tunga River.   This bridge is over 75 years old and it was designed by, and built under supervision of Bharat Ratna Sir M Visvesvaraya.  The bridge connects the area Kuruvalli with Thirthahalli. Tunga Bridge is also called Jayachamarajendra Bridge. The Tunga Bridge draws many visitors, especially on weekends to see the uniqueness of the bridge.   After visiting Kavaledurga morning we had enough time to relax for the day. I thought of a quick ride across the Bridge which was around 5 Kms from the place we stayed.   The place was very quite and not much people were around the place. We can play in water if some one wants to 😊   Spent some time clicking pics around and thought of riding on the bridge and capture few pics on the bridge.   This place is very good to witness sunset.