Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Bangalore to Himavad Gopalaswamy Hills
















I and 3 colleagues (Vinod, Manju and Ravi) of mine went for a one day drive to Himavad Gopalaswamy hill which is about 220kms from Bangalore. We started at 4:30AM and reached Gopalaswamy hills at 7:45AM. Road condition between Mysore and Nanjangud is really bad, Nanjangud to Angala via Gundlupet is really nice and smooth but you will still find couple of pot holes. Take a right turn at Angala Village and enter the arch, follow the hand post to reach the Gopalaswamy Temple. Temple is not all that huge in size but very beautiful. It was clear sky and no fog in the area, so, we decided to do a bit of trekking also on the path which starts from behind the temple. We managed to cross over to 3different hills one after the other which will take you about 3kms away from the temple, it is better to carry good amount of water and light refreshments, but please do not leave any plastic or harmful materials there, instead try to pick the waste which some waste people would have left behind. It took us about 1hr15mins for us to reach the 3rd hill. We managed to view a herd of deer grazing at the next hill and there were about 10 of them.

The Best part of the whole trip was that we managed to clean the surroundings of this hill. On our way back to the temple, we picked up almost all the polythene items - water bottles, chocolates wrappers, chips packets, water cups, paper plates etc... And I think we did manage to collect about 3 to 4kg of it and dumped it all in a dust bin near the temple. I am just hoping that our people will stop spoiling the nature with plastic and other harmful items. We started back from the Hill at 12PM. On our way back we managed to drink real good cool tender coconut and shopped for some fresh "Flat Beans" (Avarekai). As soon as we reached Mysore we had flat tyres. However, since Manju and Ravi both have become car owners recently, they had good experience changing the tyre (something new to learn ;-)). We reached Bangalore at 6:30PM and all we carry now are some good memories of the trip and these photos to share with you...

Route: Bangalore - Mandya - Mysore - Nanjangud - Gundlupet - Angala Village

Total Distance: Total 450Kms (One Way 225kms)

Food & Accommodation Availability: at Gundlupet, Nanjangud, Mysore

Other places of Interest: B.R.Hills, Bandipur Wild life Sanctuary, Historical Temple at Nanjangud

Transport: Car

Public Transport Facility: KSTRC bus from Bangalore to Gopalaswamy Hills (Twice Daily)

5 comments:

  1. Really interesting and encouraging...!!!

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  2. I recently drove down to Chamarajanagar and luckly the stretch between Mysore and Nanjangud was good to drive with not many potholes and speedbrakers. Seems like the repair and asphalting work was rently done.
    post Monsoon will be the ideal time to test the quality of the work on this road. Lets see if this stretch of road can really sustain the rains!!

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  3. Roads connecting to Mysore from T.Narsipur, Chamarajnagar Via Nanjangud, Gundlupet Via Nanjangud, Madikeri Via Kushalnagar and Piriyapatna, Holenarsipura Via KR Nagara are all in good condition. The only problem is Bangalore to Mysore which has too many speed breakers/Humps and they all look to be unscientific and do not have any indicators/Sign boards which would give you warning signs of the same. Hope this will be fixed by the Government agencies.

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  4. Very informative, and useful. keep up your good work

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