A visit to the recently famous Kere(Lake) Jain basadi in Varanga near Karkala. This unique age old Jain temple is located in the middle of a lake with beautiful backdrop view of a hill and lush greenery all around.
Varanga Kere(Lake) Basadi
Joyisaragundi Waterfalls – Monsoon trails
Joyisaragundi waterfalls is located in the middle of western ghats at a village called Mala near Karkala. It takes a small trek to reach this falls. Monsoon is the best time to visit this falls, but beware of heavy rain and blood thirsty leaches during this time.
Trip through the ages – Bijapur, Aihole, Pattadakal, Badami
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.
Belgaum trip – Gokak falls, Godachinmalki falls and Bhimgad sanctuary
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.
Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary – Belgaum trip – Day 2 and 3
Totally unplanned 3 day trip to Belgaum. We managed to cover 2 falls – Gokak falls and Godachinmalki falls and also trekked on two routes in Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary. This post has the details of the Bhimgad wildlife sanctuary which we covered on second and third days of the trip.