Date : 26th Aug 2012
Places : Heritage city Mysore, Somnathpur, KRS Dam, Curse city Talkad, Banaras of south
T.Narsipur
It was
still Dawn when all the dons were on a junket towards mysore and surrounding
places. This time it was 7 of us i.e., Nishanth, Bharath, Dhanshekar,Naveen,
Umesh, Koushik and myself Sachin.We were on Kanakpur road by around 6:15 Am and
all of us met at the kanakpur road shell petrol bunk as scheduled.
By 7:00
we were near kanakapura and we finished our breakfast. By almost 7:30 we were
back on track and reached Malvalli by 8:30. We had almost an hour break at
malvalli and 9:30 or 10:00 we started
towards T.Narsipur. The roads are not in good condition after Malvalli
but we enjoyed the ride since the condition of roads didn’t bother us much As
we Indians are adjusted with such a kind of roads as A leopard cannot change
its spots we cannot expect all our roads to be in good condition.
Our
Plan for that day was to visit only Gargeshwari temple but as a journey of a
thousand miles begins with a single step, similarly places were stacked up one
by one later on the way. By 11:00 or
11:15 we were in Gargeshwari temple and Somnathpur is just 30 mins drive from
T.Narsipur. Believe me T.Narsipur is A place for everything and it has
everything in its place.
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Somnathpur
has the famous Chennakeshava temple. The history of the Chennakeshava temple is
inscribed on the stone slab at the main gateway of the temple. At the temple,
the outer walls are decorated with a series of star-shaped folds and the entire
surface is covered with carved stone plaques.
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| Somnathpur Temple |
The walls above the plinth are
also carved with exquisite figures of gods and goddesses, taken from the Hindu
puranas, and meticulously arranged in vertical panels. These stone slabs are meticulously
arranged, each slab interlocks with the other.
The sad
part of the temple is Damaged pillers and sculptuors, every portion of the
temple is vandalized by the invaders.The main Diety i.e,. lord keshava idol
itself is damaged and the other idols have been in the damaged state or it has
been re-installed.
After
Somnathpur we finished our lunch in Mysore and moved towards the KRS Back
waters.
It seemed very far from Mysore but as one goes near to the Krs backwaters, Distance lends enchantment to the view. It was the first time we visited this place though we have been a couple of times to Mysore.
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| KRS |
It seemed very far from Mysore but as one goes near to the Krs backwaters, Distance lends enchantment to the view. It was the first time we visited this place though we have been a couple of times to Mysore.
The KRS backwaters was an awesome place to be! The weather
was just right and it was fantastic. I couldn't believe that we were in India
itself.
The dam
and the backwaters converge and the place is ideal to spend some time in the
evenings. One can also pitch up tents and stay at the banks.
The
best view of the KRS backwaters can be seen at a distance of 30 km from Mysore
city. Go straight ahead from the KRS entrance and take a left turn.Taking the
near by villagers help for direction is advisable. Just ask for Venugopalaswamy
temple as the landmark.
We spent almost 2 to 3 hours here and on our way back to Bangalore, we visited the historical Ranganath swamy temple at SriRangpatna.
ಹೀಗೆ ಉಂಟು !! :
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| KRS Side view |
ಹೀಗೆ ಉಂಟು !! :
Information about
Somnathpur :
http://ifornature.blogspot.in/2011/02/somnathpura.html
http://shreshar.blogspot.in/2011/09/temple-of-art-and-architecture.html
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