A Leisure Road Trip from Bengaluru to Mysuru
A visit to Shivanasamudra Falls & Ranganatha Swamy Temple
Our journey to Mysuru (Mysore) from Bangaluru (Bangalore, Karnataka, India) started with a zeast to explore the offbeat and popular hotspots. The six of us were ready to traverse Bengaluru, Mysuru and Ooty for next one week. We packed our bags and loaded them in Eeco (our cab for the journey).
Soon we were on NH 275, 4-lane highway that gives you a pleasure ride to Mysuru. Bangaluru to Mysuru is only 150 km long journey which would take less than 4 hours. But we had planned to visit some places enroute, so we actually travelled much more than that.
The first point
we passed was about 55 km away- Ramanagara,
the popular village known for the movie Sholay which was shot here. The place is also famous amongst
adrenaline junkies especially for rock climbing and rappelling. It is popular
with people in Bangalore for one –day weekend getaways especially for corporate
ones.
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| Hills were Sholay movie was shot |
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| Ramnagara Hills |
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| A screen grab from movie Sholay |
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| Full view of Ramanagara Hills (Source) |
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The next point
we passed was Mandya – about 50 km
from Ramanagara. Although we didn’t stop here, our driver told that the places
is famous for Rangnathittu Bird Sanctuary and mortal remains of Tipu
Sultan at Ganjam.
Shivanasamudra, a small town in Mandya district about 58 kms away
from Mandya was our next stop. Situated on the banks of river Kaveri, Shivanasamudra Falls, second highest
waterfall in India was on our list of places to visit. The location is also
famous for one of the first Hydro-electric Power stations in India. The first
view of waterfalls will make you admire the beauty of this place.
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| First view of Shivanasamudra Waterfalls |
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| Second highest waterfall in India |
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| Monkeys near waterfalls |
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| A closer view of waterfalls |
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Tourists are
allowed to go till the Sivasamudram Watch Tower – the last point along the
stairs to watch the falls. You will find a lot of monkeys playing here. Gaganchukki
and Bharachukki waterfals are the two different parts of these falls.
A common misconception about these waterfalls are that the
left segment is called Gaganachukki and the right segment is called
Bharachukki. In reality the Bharachukki falls are
a few kilometers to the south-west of the Gaganachukki falls. We captured some
digital memories in the beautiful background.
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| Divyam and Kriti |
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| Gaurav and Ankit |
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| Anupam and Akanksha |
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| A distant view of Shivanasamudra falls |
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| Bharachukki twin waterfals |
After having some snacks (boiled
corns, bhelpuri, jamun etc.) we left the place. We had spent a good amount of
time here. Mysuru was still 90 kms from here. The weather was like awesome and
especially at the time of sunset you will be mesmerised by the view in the sky.
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| Sunrays cutting throught the clouds |
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| A mesmerising sunset |
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The next stop was The Ranganthaswamy
temple in Srirangapatina in the Mandya district
only. The temple is dedicated to Hindu god Ranganatha,
a manifestation of god Vishnu. It was dark when we reached the temple. The
temple was crowded enough with long queues for the darshan.
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| Decorated Ranganathswamy temple |
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| Group pic near temple |
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| Filling up our bellies with tasty snacks |
After the darshan, we had some
local snacks at shops adjacent to temple. Although we didn’t remember the name
of the item we ate, but it was one of the best we had eaten so far.
(Attaching some pics from internet to
give you a glimpse of the temple in daylight).
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| Ranganathaswamy temple in Srirangapatina (Source) |
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| A close up view of the temple (Source) |
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| Shops near the temple (Source) |
Mysuru was now just 20 kms away. As
soon as we entered the Mysuru city, we were stuck in a heavy traffic jam due to
the festive season. The whole city was decorated with lights. We had never seen
something like that. Even Delhi is also not so much decorated during the
Dussehra festival.
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| Decoration in the Mysore city |
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| Decorations for Dussehra celebrations |
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Our next stop was Mysore Palace – a palace which one must
visit especially during the Dussehra. In our next blog we will take you through
the magnificent lightning of the Mysore Palace. Attaching few pics of our
marvellous stay in Mysore, a 5 star experience.
Till then enjoy :-)
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| Our stay in Mysore |
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| Dining table in the hall |
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| Central hall |
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| Kitchen |
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package to Mysore or one day corporate outings from Bengaluru to Ramanagara / Shivansamudra Falls, you contact us @
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