Good Bye -2015

"We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day."-Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Wishing all a very Happy New Year - 2016. Have a great, fun-filled and an adventurous year ahead!

Bandallidurga Trek

Ride atop Nandi Hills

Cycling around Sharavathi River Valley (Photo credit: Prashanth M)

Drive through Bisle Ghat

Walkway leading towards Bisle View-Point

Twin Hills of Chandragiri and Vindhyagiri at Shravanabelagola

Betteshwara Temple at Agrahara Belaguli, Hassan

Lakshminarasimha Temple at Javagal, Hassan

Chennakeshava Temple at Ambale, Chikmagalur

Asokan Rock-Edicts at Gavimatha, Koppal

Mahadeva Temple at Itagi, Koppal

Age no bar for travel-An inspiring young lady from Bengaluru at Itagi Temple

Venkatappa Baavi (Well) at Kanakagiri, Koppal

  Cave Temple at Amminabhavi, Dharwad 

The Fortress of Chitradurga  

The Mighty Gol-Gumbaz, Bijapur

World's Heaviest Medieval Cannon (weighing 56 tons)  at Bijapur, 'Malik-E-Maidan'

Malnad Monsoon and Magic - II

A Drop

Lunch Time

Wild Yellow Flower

Millipede

Captured

Don't You Dare Too

Mushrooms

Green Carpeted Road

Banashankari Temple Amargol ,Hubli

'Amargol' is a busy village located off the Hubli-Dharwad Highway. It is home to a very beautiful Chalukyan temple, dedicated to Goddess Banashankari and Lord Shankar. It is said to have been built somewhere during 12th Century. The temple looks very rustic and elegant from outside. The maintenance and restoration work is being actively conducted by the ASI.

The four pillars of the Kalyana Mantapa are unique and carry carvings of Gods and Goddesses. They are an excellent piece of art work, and prove to be the most important feature of this temple. The Temple is a Dwikuta (two celled), on a raised platform. Though most the portions of its external walls are either melted or defaced, the remains are a proof of the degree of grandeur the external walls carry.

The Banashankari Temple

Front View

External Wall

Pillars of Kalyana Mantapa

Skillful

Lord Brahma

Lord Bhairava

Goddess Banashankari

Central Ceiling