The trip to these places would have been incomplete without the company of the besties. We were planning to visit nandi hills by bikes from a long time. Unfortunately, time played gambling game with us giving us no chance to visit Nandi hills. But that could not completely succeed in stopping us from making this trip happen. We decided that zindagi na milegi dubara and planned the trip with my new car as a long drive treat for my pals :) We were thinking of other alternatives also. After reading about the Bhoganandeeshwara, we firmly believed that, visiting this place would be awesome and locked this option.
The trip was scheduled at 4AM so that we can reach Nandi hills to get the best view of the sunset. I woke up at 3AM and watsapped pals to get up and get ready soon. Also reminded them to call me before they start from their home to mine( so that I can sleep for max time till they reach). They reached my home on time and our best time started. We chatted nonstop about almost everything on this earth. Early morning drive was too good with nice patterns being seen on airport road made with the tail lamps of so many vehicles. We saw lot of people hiring the cars of their own choices from Zoomcar and trying their driving skills on this way. Along with roaring speeds of motor vehicles, we could also spot lot of enthusiastic cyclists who were on their way to Nandi. The roads were quiet until we started climbing up the destination. Once we reached about 70% uphill, we found that most of the Bangalore traffic was found in the same spot. Two wheelers were trying to go ahead of the queue. Even 4 wheelers tried to follow two wheelers ending up making the traffic conditions worse. We crawled and reached the parking spot just to see that sunrise had happened already. Here is the first glimpse we had as soon as we reached.
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| morning traffic at nandi |
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| First glimpse of sunrise |
The place was over crowded. All view points were completely occupied either by people or by monkeys. Apparently it looked like there were equal number of people and their ancestors. Since we visited this palce in April there was not much cloud, and the view was pretty normal, not up to the mark for which Nandi is famous for. We roamed around the place for better views and ofcourse to take pictures :) Here is how virtual eye found the place as.
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| View from tippu drop |
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| This is how we got there, can spot few cyclists if we zoom |
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| Sunrays captured |
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| Crew who travelled to say Yeh Dosti Ham Nahi Chodenge |
After the photo sessions, we had breakfast at the restaurant and started to Bhoganandeeshwara. Once we reach the basement, asked local people direction to reach Bhoganandeeshwara. On the way to bhoganandeeshwara, we can also find alternate way to reach nandi hills via stairs. The spot is known as a shooting spot, we arrived there hoping to see some actions. We were not let down by our expectations. We got to see the glimpse of that as well along with the glorious temple.
We were welcomed by the green carpet along with the dried out pond and huge Peepal tree. Here is how we were welcomed.
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| One can imagine the heat |
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| Peepal tree |
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| Stonework |
We then entered the main attraction, Bhoganandeeshwara temple. As soon as we entered the temple, I found that the architecture of the temple is similar to the one that is found in
Lepakshi . I was so excited to take pictures of each and every pillar that was there in this temple. As mentioned above, there was some movie shooting going on. Hence the main pond was actually filled with water from external resources. I am sharing here the glory of this temple in form of pictures. To take pictures of this structure itself, I had tough time to capture all. Hats off to the sculptor who did it.
After watching the movie shoot for some time, we started to return to Bangalore. The police on duty there for security threatened us that he would snatch our camera if we found to take pictures of the shooting spot. We found it very tough to escape from him. Overall, enjoyed the trip thoroughly. After all, once you have nice place to visit, gems like people to hangout with the trip is guaranteed to be enjoyed.
Key take aways:
Overall distance covered : 160km (from my home -home)
If we go via airport road to Nandi hills, there is a toll of 65rp oneway, 120 round about. If we want to avoid toll, one can reach doddaballapur via rajanukunte and then reach nandi hills
KSRTC buses also operate from 6am in the morning from Majestic
On the way one can find lot of villagers selling their agro products. One can buy if they want.
On the top of the hill, there is a restaurant which has recognition from KSTDC. Food is tasty. But a bit costlier.
Cycling enthusiastic people surely can start off their endeavour from this place.
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