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Date: 21st November Places Covered: Kaiwara, Kailasagiri, Kurudumale, Mulbagal and Avani. Vehicle: My Ritz Distance Covered: 280 Kms Start from Home @ 8 AM Back Home @ 10 PM We went to Kaiwara to see the Amaranarayanaswamy temple there.  A passer-by suggested us to visit Kailasagiri when we asked for directions to cave temples of Kaiwara. Didn't know it was man-made caves but it was first time I saw chaturlinga (4 faced Lingas like Brahma). Nice place to visit and temple free lunch was amazing. Details about this place: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/6954/snippets.html We came back to see Kaiwara caves with the lakshminarasimha temple in the caves and then saw the "Kaiwara" Thatha's Ashram + temple. We then headed to Kudurumale Ganesha temple near mulbagal. There is a large stone idol of Ganesha. After that we went to Anjenaya temple in Mulbagal town. It was supposed to be very famous but didn't find much crowd and the pujari there wa...

Last weekend Trip.. Turned out to be quite an adventurous trip especially from Talakad to Mysore. Left Bangalore at 1 PM and reached Shivanasamudra via Kanakapura road at about 3 PM. Visted Talakkad on the same day and stayed at Hotel DasPrakash in Mysore. Next day visited Mysore Zoo and Chamundi Hills. Returned home just after 10 PM.

Day 1. Covered the following places and temples:   1. Dasarighat - Chowdeshwari Temple.   2. Tiptur - Mallikarjuna Temple and Kempamma Temple 3. Shimoga - Kotte Anjaneya Temple and Kote Marikamba Temple Day 2: 1. Ikkeri - Old Shiva Temple 2. Sigandur - Chowdeshwari Temple 3. Jog Falls - Majestic Water falls Day 3: 1. Shakrebyle Elephant Camp - Similar to the more famous Dubare in Kodagu district. 2. Gajanur Dam - Nice view points but no photography allowed. 3. Tyavarekoppa Lion and Tiger Safari with zoo. Photos: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150780489475015.724895.500085014&l=1917d85344&type=1 http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150781991065015.725321.500085014&l=f7bfef03c7&type=1 Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoga http://wikitravel.org/en/Shimoga http://www.karnatakaholidays.com/shivamogga.php http://www.travelingbeats.com/blog/shimoga-district-travel-info-karnataka http://soundsofsile...

{DRAFT} Places visited: Goravanahalli Devarayana Durga Namada Chilume Siddaganga Vishwa Shanthi Ashrama Vehicle: Ritz Distance Covered: 260 KMs Started at: 9:45 AM Returned at: 9:30 PM (After Dinner at Athithi Grand on Kanakapura Road)