Well, after completing the Day1 like mentioned in the post, we headed for day2. We knew that the day will gonnabe longer. The plan for day2 included visiting Kemmannu - a small village near Nitte for offerings, Maravante, Kollur, Kumbhashi, Udupi.
In morning, we again went for Darshana at Kateel temple followed by sumptuous breakfast at the hotel near Bus stand. The food was very tasty. Then we headed to Kemmannu which is about 30Km from Kateel. Kemmannu is famous for the blessings of Sri Durgaparameshwari. The atmosphere around the temple is so calm and peaceful. One can fully focus their concentration in meditation and get immersed in dhyana. The place has big halls for arranging functions as well. We were surprised to see so many people gathering there for functions or festivals. We had to do some offering The Goddess. Since it was a friday, there was a bit of rush. The main priest came by 12PM and started the Mahapuja. After the Puja, we got tasty prasadam in the temple and then we headed to Marvante via Belman - Katpady.
The distance was about 80Km to Maravante. In middle we stopped at Udupi for fuel. There was road widening activity going on from Udupi-Kundapura highway. Stretch from Kundapura to Maravante was a bit tough since road was completely full of deep patholes for about 5km. Though we all had seen Maravante many times, we still gave a visit to it so that we can refresh ourselves watching the sea along with tasty eatables that we had got.
Maravante is a very serene place along the southern coast of Karnataka. This is situated at around 15Km from Kundapura - Bhatkala highway. Plenty of buses are available from Udupi to reach this place. The importance of this place is, on the left side of the highway you see this majestic arabian sea and to the right side of the highway you can see sweet water lake. The combinataion of these 2 along the side of highway for about 2km makes this place very attractive for the visitors. There are hardly anything available to eat here. You will get coconut water along with tea, biscuits or chips. We finished the stuffs that we had got packed from Bangalore and headed towards Kolluru which is around 30-40Km from this place.
From Maravante we continued further towards Byndoor. To reach Kolluru there are 2 deviations that are available. One is just before Byndoor, and the 2nd one is much much before Byndoor. Unknowingly, we took this deviation since we got this deviation first. The road was very good, but its not very wide. From this deviation Kollur was about 30km. Once we passed through some distance in this road, the road became very lonely inside deep forests of western ghats. Since it was almost 6PM in October, it was all dark, inside the jungle all alone in the road how much ever distance is covered. For almost 20KM we were all alone in this route, finally found someone to ask atleast if we were on the correct route. The gentleman confirmed that we were on right track, and told to continue in the same route for 8KM after which we will reach the place called kalluru from there we can join the main road. We continued as told and found this main road. This is the usual route in which all buses ply from Byndoor to Kollur. Finally we reached the temple at around 6.45PM. Since it was a friday the temple was a bit crowded, We got darshana and had coffee and started to Udupi. We were in such a trauma, that we were so scared to drive in the same forest region to Udupi. But still, we made up our mind and headed towards Kundapura. We were accompanied by few more cars which made the journey less scary. The route was Kolluru - Vandse - Tallur - Kundapura. On the way to Udupi, we visited Kumbhashi temple. The temple is famous for Lord Ganapati.
At around 8.30 we started to Udupi from there. We were expecting to get a stay in one of the guest rooms of Admar Mutt or Pejawar Mutt. Since it was long weekend, our expectations tumbled. Each and every guest house around temple Car street was fully occupied. So, we had to rush to nearest hotels to check for availability. We checked in hotel Janardhana and others near bus stand. But did not get accommodation. Then we got accommodation in near by hotel in the same tower as Hotel Shanti Sagar infront of Bus stand. As expected, rooms were a bit expensive because of lots of demand. We checked into the hotel and came for dinner at Shanti sagar. This ends day 2 of this 4 days tour.
Important info
Kateel - Kolluru : Nearest route is via Kinnigoli-Mulki-Udupi-Kundapur-Kollur
Lots of option to eat in entire this stretch.
Kundapura - Maravante : No option to eat, better to carry.
Kolluru : decent options to eat, lunch/dinner will be available in temple.
Udupi : Call the temple mutt guest houses well in advance. The guest houses are very neat, near to temple. Also cost effective.
In morning, we again went for Darshana at Kateel temple followed by sumptuous breakfast at the hotel near Bus stand. The food was very tasty. Then we headed to Kemmannu which is about 30Km from Kateel. Kemmannu is famous for the blessings of Sri Durgaparameshwari. The atmosphere around the temple is so calm and peaceful. One can fully focus their concentration in meditation and get immersed in dhyana. The place has big halls for arranging functions as well. We were surprised to see so many people gathering there for functions or festivals. We had to do some offering The Goddess. Since it was a friday, there was a bit of rush. The main priest came by 12PM and started the Mahapuja. After the Puja, we got tasty prasadam in the temple and then we headed to Marvante via Belman - Katpady.
The distance was about 80Km to Maravante. In middle we stopped at Udupi for fuel. There was road widening activity going on from Udupi-Kundapura highway. Stretch from Kundapura to Maravante was a bit tough since road was completely full of deep patholes for about 5km. Though we all had seen Maravante many times, we still gave a visit to it so that we can refresh ourselves watching the sea along with tasty eatables that we had got.
Maravante is a very serene place along the southern coast of Karnataka. This is situated at around 15Km from Kundapura - Bhatkala highway. Plenty of buses are available from Udupi to reach this place. The importance of this place is, on the left side of the highway you see this majestic arabian sea and to the right side of the highway you can see sweet water lake. The combinataion of these 2 along the side of highway for about 2km makes this place very attractive for the visitors. There are hardly anything available to eat here. You will get coconut water along with tea, biscuits or chips. We finished the stuffs that we had got packed from Bangalore and headed towards Kolluru which is around 30-40Km from this place.
From Maravante we continued further towards Byndoor. To reach Kolluru there are 2 deviations that are available. One is just before Byndoor, and the 2nd one is much much before Byndoor. Unknowingly, we took this deviation since we got this deviation first. The road was very good, but its not very wide. From this deviation Kollur was about 30km. Once we passed through some distance in this road, the road became very lonely inside deep forests of western ghats. Since it was almost 6PM in October, it was all dark, inside the jungle all alone in the road how much ever distance is covered. For almost 20KM we were all alone in this route, finally found someone to ask atleast if we were on the correct route. The gentleman confirmed that we were on right track, and told to continue in the same route for 8KM after which we will reach the place called kalluru from there we can join the main road. We continued as told and found this main road. This is the usual route in which all buses ply from Byndoor to Kollur. Finally we reached the temple at around 6.45PM. Since it was a friday the temple was a bit crowded, We got darshana and had coffee and started to Udupi. We were in such a trauma, that we were so scared to drive in the same forest region to Udupi. But still, we made up our mind and headed towards Kundapura. We were accompanied by few more cars which made the journey less scary. The route was Kolluru - Vandse - Tallur - Kundapura. On the way to Udupi, we visited Kumbhashi temple. The temple is famous for Lord Ganapati.
At around 8.30 we started to Udupi from there. We were expecting to get a stay in one of the guest rooms of Admar Mutt or Pejawar Mutt. Since it was long weekend, our expectations tumbled. Each and every guest house around temple Car street was fully occupied. So, we had to rush to nearest hotels to check for availability. We checked in hotel Janardhana and others near bus stand. But did not get accommodation. Then we got accommodation in near by hotel in the same tower as Hotel Shanti Sagar infront of Bus stand. As expected, rooms were a bit expensive because of lots of demand. We checked into the hotel and came for dinner at Shanti sagar. This ends day 2 of this 4 days tour.
Important info
Kateel - Kolluru : Nearest route is via Kinnigoli-Mulki-Udupi-Kundapur-Kollur
Lots of option to eat in entire this stretch.
Kundapura - Maravante : No option to eat, better to carry.
Kolluru : decent options to eat, lunch/dinner will be available in temple.
Udupi : Call the temple mutt guest houses well in advance. The guest houses are very neat, near to temple. Also cost effective.
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