Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Mysore trip

I was so eager to visit the legacy temples in Sri-Rangapatna, near Mysore. I had a chance to go there by bike. From Bangalore, it is 3 hours drive to reach Sri-Rangapatna. (120+ K.M). With my friend, I started at early morning 06:30. We reached 'Kamat Loka Ruchi', a fantastic Karnataka cuisine hotel located on the BangaloreMysore highway. It was very much traditional. We had our break-fast there. They serve special idlies - 'Kaadu Idly' which is wrapped by banana skin. Never miss to stop by the hotel, just in case if you drive on Bangalore-Mysore highway. You'll love it when you are there.

We reached Mysore by 10:30 a.m. One of my classmates, who works in Infosys- Mysore, took us into the beautiful Infy campus. Awesome! You may miss the Mysore palace, but do not miss Infy campus!

Then we parked in front of Mysore palace, and I purchased some show-case goods for my new house. We came back to Sri-Rangapatna by 04:00 P.M. The city resembled as if it was a capital of some kings few centuries ago! Who knows, it might have been too. There is a Ranganathar temple, which is pretty old. I saw the Ranganatha Perumal statue in lying-on-bed-of-snakes position. I had the same feel as Rangarajan Nambi had in Dasavatharam.

We visited some other places too in Sri-Rangapatna. Dippu sultan's grave and Triveni Sangam. The former is a kind of palace cum grave of Dippy, and the later is a joint of three famous rivers in karnataka including kaveri. I had come to the same place during my third-year-days in college. I was here with lot of friends, that time! Now I am alone! thats life!

We rode back to Bangalore. We stopped by 'Kamat Loka Ruchi'. Then left the hotel by 07:00 P.M. We had been talking a lot while riding ... starting right from child-hood to the last day in Oracle! May be that might be the last time, I was there in those places, who knows when I'll get another chance to come here ....

We reached Bangalore by 08:00 P.M in the evening. Thats all the end of my days in Bangalore and the state of Karnataka!


(So, I forgot.. I did not search my wife/house in mysore...! I would have done it!)




Train-bridge - nice view (click on the image to enlarge the view)



Infosys Campus (click on the image to enlarge the view)


Dippu's grave- (click on the image to enlarge the view)



Triveni Sangam -(click on the image to enlarge the view)

On the highway (click on the image to enlarge the view)