Continued from Malpe, StMary's island
Kundaadri
Kundadri hill is one of the beautiful sunset point. It is even more beautiful than Agumbe sunset point. Beauty of reaching this place is a great experience. One 17th century temple is here built on the top of the hill. Behind the temple is the view point. During winter and rainy season you can see clouds. We were bit late but some how managed to witness the last minute of sunset.
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| Jain temple and sacred pond |
HattiKuli Estate, Koppa :
After spending some time in Kundadri, we went to Sumanth's house. We had a delicious food. We vegetarians had fried rice and for non vegetarians there was special dishes. His house is surrounded by forest and we experienced a very cold climate in the night.
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| Sun rise from Hattikuli estate home stay |
Hatti kuli estate is in interior side of the forest. You don't find any house near by other than their two houses. We had a fire camp, anthakshari and some ugly dance steps.
Morning when we woke up, the sun rise view from balacony was awesome. Then we had a morning walk.
We were about to go to a sun rise point but we couldn't go there. Then we went to another view point. We went in the morning to sun set view point :-P.
We had a wonderful stay here in the hattikuli. Here is the inside view of the home stay.
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| Hall |
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| Balcony |
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| Bed room |
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| Steps to upper floor |
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| bath room with attached toilet |
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| bath tub |
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| Mini balcony for those who want to have drinks |
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| Outside view |
Owner was very friendly and we didn't have any problem in the stay. Thanks again to Sumanth for arranging this in short time. We had breakfast in Sumanth's house. We had Delicious kadubu and strong coffee and left to Maghebail falls.
Magebhail Falls :
The route to magebhail falls is very difficult to find out. If some one who knows the route will be quite easier. Sumanth was here last time. So we were able to manage. Entry into the falls is not allowed since it is a naxal area. But still we can visit without notice. We parked near Bhatru mane where visitors of falls will have food.
We have to trek 1.5 km to reach falls.
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| On the way madam and her husband |
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| Gandhiji's fourth monkey was there |
There are many falls surrounding this area. Even you can find some trekking routes nearby. Siri mane falls is very famous but it will be crowded. Narasimha parvata trek is also famous. After playing in water for more than an hour, we left to Bhatru mane. We had lunch and lunch costed only 60 Rs / person. After having lunch we left to Sringeri.
Sringeri Sharadamba temple :
I didn't take camera inside because photography was not allowed. But people were taking photos from their mobile. Here are some pics taken from my mobile. Sharadamba temple photo not taken.
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| Vidhya Shankara temple 1347 AD |
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| Fishes from top |
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| Entrance of temple |
We were wearing shorts and decided not to enter the temple. Shardamba temple is founded by Adi Shankaracharya. There is vidhya shankara temple near to Sharadamba temple. Here there is no such restrictions like removing your shirts. The fishes in the
river are the highlight of this temple. People give food to the fishes. But be careful in river because it is very deep inside after some distance and last time whole family is drowned in the river.
Kuppalli - This is real temple
After Sringeri we went to Kuppalli, the birth place of Rashtra kavi Kuvempu and his son Poornachandra Tejaswi. I was completely delighted to see this place. Such a calm atmosphere and you will feel you are inside temple and you are going through the life of a messenger of God. We were already late. We first went to Kavi shaila where Kuvempu used to sit and compose his work. This is where Kuvempu has laid to rest and his memorial has been built.
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| Kuvempu life time |
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| Kuvempu memorial |
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| Monuments in memory of Kuvempu |
After visiting Kavi shaila, we went to Kavi mane. On the way we saw Tejaswi memorial. But Kavi mane will close by 6:30. So we went in hurry and took ticket. Ticket costed only 10 Rs.
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| Poem written in front of Kavi mane |
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| Kavi mane |
Rashtra Kavi Kuvempu Pratishtana looks after these places. I bought Annana nenapu book here. We had bajji and tea in near by shop. After that we went to Vijay's reception. It was my dream to visit this place but it took this much long. This tour turned out a big success as we got to see some of the nature's awesome creation and also this era's greatest poet's birth place. 2015 has just began and lot more places to see. Definitely more exciting is coming soon.
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