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3 day trip to Bijapur, Aihole, Pattadakal and Badami. This was a trip through the ages covering various rock temples, rock-cut cave temples, tombs, palaces and mosques ranging from 4th century to 17th century. Aihole, Pattadakal and Badami has temples of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism all next to each other speaking of the secularism of ancient India.
This was a one day trip to two temples and two short treks in Byrapura ghats. It included a visit to Bhairaweshwara temple and trek to nearby Ethina Bhuja hill in the first half of the day. Then in the second half we visited another temple – Bettada Byraweshwara temple and nearby hills called Pandav hills (Mekanagadde Betta).
3 day trip to Bijapur, Aihole, Pattadakal and Badami. This was a trip through the ages covering various rock temples, rock-cut cave temples, tombs, palaces and mosques ranging from 4th century to 17th century. This post covers the places visited in Badami on Day 3.
3 day trip to Bijapur, Aihole, Pattadakal and Badami. This was a trip through the ages covering various rock temples, rock-cut cave temples, tombs, palaces and mosques ranging from 4th century to 17th century. This post covers the places visited in Aihole on Day 2.
Totally unplanned 3 day trip to Belgaum. We managed to cover 2 falls – Gokak falls and Godachinmalki falls. We also trekked on two routes in Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary. We could not cover Vajra falls this time due to forest permission issues. But we will come back to visit this falls soon.
Long weekend drive from Udupi to visit multiple places. Some of the places we covered are – Keradi cave temple (Keshavanatheshwara temple), Aadisthala guhalaya cave in Kamalasheele, Bidanurina kote – fort in Nagara, Kundadri hill near Theerthahalli and Agumbe.
Two day trek to cover three waterfalls – Bandaje arbi, Kadamagundi, Elanneru falls. First day trek to Bandaje arbi falls and overnight stay at the base. Next day early morning trek to Kdamagundi/Didupe falls and then another trek to Elanneru falls. Very exhausting two day trek since we covered lot of distance.
One day get away from Bangalore – Siddara Betta. This was a road trip and a small trek to see one of the hills near Tumkur. This place is known for the small Shiva temple situated in a cave at the top of the hill. Due to this temple we were not supposed to wear shoes, thus making the climb more difficult.