I know, it is becoming very lengthy despite being split into 3 seperate items to describe these glorious places of south canara. But, I promise, this will be the last post that describes in detail about Udupi, Sringeri, Hornadu and closure of this 4 days awesome trip. Just to remember, at Day2 we were staying in Udupi. In morning we went to Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt. We felt nostalgic. There is a reason for it. I studied and grown up in this divine place :) The city is not just famous for the Divine Sri Krishna temple. But the city is also well known for its overall infrastructure developments and also education and cleanliness. If I have to explain about the beauty and glory of the car street, I can put it as follows.
In the heart of the city, we can see the Car Street where we can spot 8 Mutt which participate in performing all the necessary administration of Sri Krishna mutt for 2years in their term. Every mutt will get their chance once in 16 years. These ashta mathas will maintain the Sri Krishna mutt and its functionalities in their period of service. Every year they celebrate Sri Krishna Janmashtami which is also called as Vitlapindi in local language. There will be huge gathering to witness this colorful festival. Also, for the lord Sri Krishna, they perform lots of varieties of Alankaras including Vajra Kavacha, Gopi Krishna etc but not limited to only these. In navaratra time, they do 9 different alankaras for the almighty. Now let me come back to where I was. After having darshana of my favorite Sri Krishna, we headed towards Sringeri.
Sringeri is located at a distance of around 60KM from Udupi. The route is very scenic going via famous hill station Agumbe. Agumbe is the place that receives highest rainfall in Karnataka. It is well known for its sunset which is well described by one of the famous songs Agumbeya Prema sanjeya. I feel the photos speak a lot more than words to describe about this place. Here it is.
We could not forget ourselves seeing this greenery though we wanted to because we had to hurry up to reach Sringeri because temple would close by 1.30PM. So, we proceeded to reach Sringeri by 12.30PM. The moment you enter the temple, you feel like surrendering yourselves to the serenity and divinity of this holy place of Sri Sharadamba. We were surprised to see that there was not much crowd at the temple. So, we got the Darshana of The Mother until we were completely satisfied. We got to know that there is one more puja going on in Narasimhavana. So, we rushed to the Narasimhavana crossing the bridge that is constructed across roaring Tunga river. There the puja went on for an hour. Later we headed back to bhojana shala for prasadam.
After having tasty meal, we went to explore the roaring tunga river. The specialty of this river is, you can spot huge fishes waiting to catch the puffed rice thrown at it by the visitors. It is a treat to watch. But, one should be very careful. The river is very dangerous with whirlpool in and around. Better not to try swimming. After spending some time in this calm place, we went to see the vidya ganapati temple. The architecture of this place is very attractive with stone carvings. Here is the pic of the temple.
By the time we finished exlporing the temple, my mother remembered to buy necessary spices, home made food items from the local shops. Shopping went on for more than 45mins. Later we started to Horanadu by around 4.30PM.
The distance is only about 50KM from Sringeri to Horanadu. But it is a proper western ghat section region with curvy and narrow roads. But, the route is so beautiful, you start feeling that the road should never end. You will be going through the road where you can witness many of small water falls, small water streams. The journey through the coffee/tea plantations are really refreshing. For me it is more refreshing than sipping coffee/tea. Let the pictures tempt you also to try this route.
We reached Horanadu by about 7PM. As per actual plan, we were supposed to reach Chikmaglur for overnight stay. But since it was already 7PM in Horanadu. we decided to stay in Horanadu only. There was huge queue for the darshana of Annapurneshwari. The queue for Kumkumarchana was bigger than normal queue. We had to wait for more than an hour in the queue to experience the glory of Annapurneshwari. Annapurneshwari is the goddess who is responsible for fulfilling food for each and every hungry soul on this earth. The place is well developed with accomodation in recent days. So, inspite of so much crowd, we could get the accommodation in one of the lodges near the temple only. The weather was so cold that we needed rugs to shield ourselves from cold. Here is how it looked in early morning.
As the name suggests, we had our dinner at temple. In morning we had breakfast in local hotel and started our journey to Bangalore.
Key informations
Udupi - Sringeri: 50KM, Udupi-Hebri-Agumbe-Sringeri.
Temple timings: closes at 1.30 and opens again at 4PM
Accommodation available in both places in plenty
Sringeri-Hornadu:50KM, Sringeri-Basarikatte-jayapura-Kalasa-horanadu
not much option for food on the way, decent accomodation available in Horanadu.
Horanadu-Bangalore: Around 300KM
Horanadu-Kottigehara-Mudigere-Belur-Hassan-Bangalore
Not much food options till Belur. After that you have plenty.
I hope this series helped you to some extent to plan your trip. Any inputs are welcome.
In the heart of the city, we can see the Car Street where we can spot 8 Mutt which participate in performing all the necessary administration of Sri Krishna mutt for 2years in their term. Every mutt will get their chance once in 16 years. These ashta mathas will maintain the Sri Krishna mutt and its functionalities in their period of service. Every year they celebrate Sri Krishna Janmashtami which is also called as Vitlapindi in local language. There will be huge gathering to witness this colorful festival. Also, for the lord Sri Krishna, they perform lots of varieties of Alankaras including Vajra Kavacha, Gopi Krishna etc but not limited to only these. In navaratra time, they do 9 different alankaras for the almighty. Now let me come back to where I was. After having darshana of my favorite Sri Krishna, we headed towards Sringeri.
Sringeri is located at a distance of around 60KM from Udupi. The route is very scenic going via famous hill station Agumbe. Agumbe is the place that receives highest rainfall in Karnataka. It is well known for its sunset which is well described by one of the famous songs Agumbeya Prema sanjeya. I feel the photos speak a lot more than words to describe about this place. Here it is.
We could not forget ourselves seeing this greenery though we wanted to because we had to hurry up to reach Sringeri because temple would close by 1.30PM. So, we proceeded to reach Sringeri by 12.30PM. The moment you enter the temple, you feel like surrendering yourselves to the serenity and divinity of this holy place of Sri Sharadamba. We were surprised to see that there was not much crowd at the temple. So, we got the Darshana of The Mother until we were completely satisfied. We got to know that there is one more puja going on in Narasimhavana. So, we rushed to the Narasimhavana crossing the bridge that is constructed across roaring Tunga river. There the puja went on for an hour. Later we headed back to bhojana shala for prasadam.
After having tasty meal, we went to explore the roaring tunga river. The specialty of this river is, you can spot huge fishes waiting to catch the puffed rice thrown at it by the visitors. It is a treat to watch. But, one should be very careful. The river is very dangerous with whirlpool in and around. Better not to try swimming. After spending some time in this calm place, we went to see the vidya ganapati temple. The architecture of this place is very attractive with stone carvings. Here is the pic of the temple.
By the time we finished exlporing the temple, my mother remembered to buy necessary spices, home made food items from the local shops. Shopping went on for more than 45mins. Later we started to Horanadu by around 4.30PM.
The distance is only about 50KM from Sringeri to Horanadu. But it is a proper western ghat section region with curvy and narrow roads. But, the route is so beautiful, you start feeling that the road should never end. You will be going through the road where you can witness many of small water falls, small water streams. The journey through the coffee/tea plantations are really refreshing. For me it is more refreshing than sipping coffee/tea. Let the pictures tempt you also to try this route.
We reached Horanadu by about 7PM. As per actual plan, we were supposed to reach Chikmaglur for overnight stay. But since it was already 7PM in Horanadu. we decided to stay in Horanadu only. There was huge queue for the darshana of Annapurneshwari. The queue for Kumkumarchana was bigger than normal queue. We had to wait for more than an hour in the queue to experience the glory of Annapurneshwari. Annapurneshwari is the goddess who is responsible for fulfilling food for each and every hungry soul on this earth. The place is well developed with accomodation in recent days. So, inspite of so much crowd, we could get the accommodation in one of the lodges near the temple only. The weather was so cold that we needed rugs to shield ourselves from cold. Here is how it looked in early morning.
As the name suggests, we had our dinner at temple. In morning we had breakfast in local hotel and started our journey to Bangalore.
Key informations
Udupi - Sringeri: 50KM, Udupi-Hebri-Agumbe-Sringeri.
Temple timings: closes at 1.30 and opens again at 4PM
Accommodation available in both places in plenty
Sringeri-Hornadu:50KM, Sringeri-Basarikatte-jayapura-Kalasa-horanadu
not much option for food on the way, decent accomodation available in Horanadu.
Horanadu-Bangalore: Around 300KM
Horanadu-Kottigehara-Mudigere-Belur-Hassan-Bangalore
Not much food options till Belur. After that you have plenty.
I hope this series helped you to some extent to plan your trip. Any inputs are welcome.
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