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.
Shettihalli Church, Hassan – Abandoned floating church
Abandoned gothic church at Shettihalli village near Hassan. As per wiki this was built in 1860s by French and abandoned after construction of the Hemavathi reservoir in 1960. Now it has turned into a good picnic spot which is peaceful with good view. In peak monsoon time the church is half submerged and thus called …
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Trip through the ages – Badami – 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 Badami on Day 3.
Trip through the ages – Pattadakal – Day 2
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 Pattadakal on Day 2.
Trip through the ages – Aihole – Day 2
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.
Trip through the ages – Bijapur – Day 1
3 day trip to Bijapur, Aihole, Pattadakal and Badami. This post covers the places visited in Bijapur on Day 1 – Gol Gumbaz, Ibrahim Roza, Malik-e-maidan cannon, Upli burz, Bara Kaman, Gagan Mahal and Shivgiri temple.
Keradi Cave temple and many other places – long drive
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.