Every Year, we always plan one monsoon ride and then Annual Ride. This year we planned for the annual ride covering the Northern Karnataka Circuit. This was one of the best circuit focusing on marvelous Architectures. Karnataka always surprises us, be it with beauty of western ghats and Architecture marvels. This is one of the best circuit to cover.
Team : Myself, Pradeepa, Satisha and Kumara on Interceptors
Day 1 : Bangalore - Tumkur - Chitradurga - Hampi
Day 2 : Hampi Sightseeing - Badami
Day 3 : Badami - Pattadakkal - Aihole - Kudalasangama - Bijapur
Day 4 : Bijapur - Mantralaya
Day 5 : Mantralaya - Bangalore
Route Map Circuit
Day 1 : Bangalore - Tumkur - Chitradurga - Hampi.
It was a 5 days ride and this was the first longest ride for all of us in Interceptors. we were all excited and started early in morning at 6.00AM and we all had gathered near Nelamangala. We started towards Chitradurga which was our first destination.
Myself and Pradeepa @ Tumkur
Chitradurga Fort Entrance
Pathway to the top (There is another alternate way which is walkable)
Onake Obavvana Kindi
On the way to Hampi
Day 2 : Hampi Sightseeing - Badami
Day 2 plan was to explore the places in Hampi. No wonder, Hampi is one of the best places to visit in India due to its marvelous architectures. Many times we were wondering, if the ruins itself is so marvelous, imagine when it was in Glory how the city would be, this would be the best place in whole world during its glory. Just wondering how these Islamic rulers had thought to destroy such a beautiful creations in the world. Hampi is definitely a wonders of the world.
Rani's Bathing House
Octagonal Bath for Queen
Underground Temple-Prasanna Virupaksha Temple
Hemakuta Hill Temples
Our Gorgeos Beasts on the background of Hampi
Riverside Ruins
Stone Chariot - World Wonder
Ruins of Vittala Temple
Stepped Tank
Lakshmi Narasimha Temple
Day 3 : Badami - Pattadakkal - Aihole - Kudalasangama - Bijapur
We started early morning and first visited Badami cave temples. This was one of the great wonders and imagining how they would have constructed the temples carving the entire caves. The Temple on the lake was major attraction and it was a beauty in its own. After Badami, we visited Aihole and Pattadakkal which was great architectures, words cannot describe the carvings. Then we went to Kudala Sangama, had darshan of Lod Shiva and finally reached Bijapur in the evening.
On the way to Badami
Badami Cave Temples
Sri Bhootanaatha Temple
Shri Durga Temple - Aihole
Jain Temple - Pattadakkal
Galaganatha Temple - Pattadakkal
Me and Satisha - Pattadakkal Temple
Entrance of Kudala Sangama Town
Day 4 : Bijapur- Mantralaya
On this day we explored some places of Bijapur which was worth visiting. Some of the monuments we visited were astonishing and Bijapur is also worth place to visit.
Barakaman
Ibrahim Rauza
Golgumbaz
Kumara, Myself and Pradeepa @ Mantralaya
Cotton Fields - On the way back to Bangalore
Overall another wonderful ride !!
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