MoAnRa Travels

Enjoy our other Blogs -  MoAnRa Stories  |  MoAnRa Speaks Interested in a Weekend Temple Trail Trip in Karnakata - Read here ... Destination :   Govindanahalli, Kikkeri & Hoshaholalu; Karnataka, India, Hoysala Temples. Distance Travelled: A day round trip - 352km. Time taken :  15hrs. A quick shower & we hopped into our little WagonR around 6:20AM. Heading towards the Tumkur road (NH4) via Yeswanthpur we reached the end of the "under construction" toll bridge. 5 km ahead New Agarwal Bhavan is a decent joint for la nourriture . It was around 7:23AM & the parking was full already. The prices are competitive & the choices galore. On the way to Nelamangala crossing a little further down, a huge Anjaneya statue on the left is an eyecatcher. Hassan road NH48 is to the left of the crossing, while NH4 continues straight down to Tumkur. The Hassan main road was being broadened & with lots of heavy machinery at work ...

Enjoy our other Blogs -  MoAnRa Stories  |  MoAnRa Speaks Interested in a Day Temple Trail Trip - Read here ...  Destination :  Arsikere, Belavadi, Halebiddu;  Hoysala Temples,  karnataka, India, . Distance Travelled: 515km.  Weekend trip. Jayram is always on time but we can never start before 6:25. This time we had a set of extra cloths in addition to the cameras & tripods & ofcourse loads of water & some aalu paraths. We took the ring road to Tumkur from Old madras Road & reached New Agarwal Bhavan, the good food joint with washrooms, at around 7:20AM. We went straight down on NH4 till the by-pass road just before entering Tumkur city, a distance of 41km from the food joint. The by-pass road meets NH206 at the rightmost outskirts of the town, which runs through Gubbi(19km) to Tiptur(82km) & reaches Arsikere (107km). The Ishvara temple(devasthana) at Arsikere is accessible through a number of streets ...

Enjoy our other Blogs -  MoAnRa Stories  |  MoAnRa Speaks 4 day trip including journey dates By Moutushi Ghoshdeysarkar Day 1  ||  Day 2  || Day 3 || Day 4 Morning temple target was accomplished with ease; we went to the farthest first in a rickshaw(the three-wheeled two-seater vehicle that the puller pedals) to save time. Set amidst the garden maintained by the Horticulture society which also houses many trees are the two ancient temples. The last one on the grounds lining the boundary is Kalachand temple. Some 20 people had gathered both men and women when we reached there and more were pouring in; not for worship but some meeting which involved distribution of money. Adorning the entrance is the Radhamadhob temple. Its walls are sculpted with the story of Ramayana. Walking back towards the town within a 100 mts is the Radha Gobinda temple. Distinguished I would say for the little structure beside it which creates a magical ...