Shimoga road trip
Back from Shimoga road trip. Agenda of the trip was:
1) Participate in Dasara festival and Chandi Homa.
2) Visit Jog Falls.
3) See how Shimoga looks after 21 years.
It was an eventful trip. On the way, visited 'Amrutheshwara Temple' at Amruthapura. It is a beautiful temple of the 12th century built during Hoysala rule. On the 2nd day of the trip was the Chandi Homa. Coconut decoration using 2000 coconuts was a sight to watch.
On the third day, visited Jog Falls which is 103 Kms from Shimoga. Though water was less, it was a nice short visit to Asia's biggest water falls. In Shimoga, there is a palace of Shivappa Nayaka. This palace was a timber yard till a few years ago. Recently, Archeological Dept. is maintaining that premises neatly. There are also lots of sculptures stored here which belong to 10-15th century.
I also hunted the two houses we lived in 1987-1988 period. Even though I was happy in finding out those houses, I really felt sad to see them in a very poorly maintained state. Finally, after 21 years, I met our first Music Guru, Vid. Chandrashekara Gupta. My brother and I started our first official music lessons from him. We learnt under his guidance for a year after which we got transferred out of Shimoga. Since then, we had not met him, but had always remembered his lessons.
Pictures album here - Click here.
We stayed in my wife's great-great grand parents' house which is more than 75 years old. It was a wonderful experience to stay in an old house. Best experience is having a hot bath in that old bath room which has the olden-day water boiler. Water is boiled using coconut straws, wood, etc. The whole experience of sipping morning coffee with this boiler smell and with little bit of morning drizzle is what one can easily find in a place like Shimoga!
1) Participate in Dasara festival and Chandi Homa.
2) Visit Jog Falls.
3) See how Shimoga looks after 21 years.
It was an eventful trip. On the way, visited 'Amrutheshwara Temple' at Amruthapura. It is a beautiful temple of the 12th century built during Hoysala rule. On the 2nd day of the trip was the Chandi Homa. Coconut decoration using 2000 coconuts was a sight to watch.
On the third day, visited Jog Falls which is 103 Kms from Shimoga. Though water was less, it was a nice short visit to Asia's biggest water falls. In Shimoga, there is a palace of Shivappa Nayaka. This palace was a timber yard till a few years ago. Recently, Archeological Dept. is maintaining that premises neatly. There are also lots of sculptures stored here which belong to 10-15th century.
I also hunted the two houses we lived in 1987-1988 period. Even though I was happy in finding out those houses, I really felt sad to see them in a very poorly maintained state. Finally, after 21 years, I met our first Music Guru, Vid. Chandrashekara Gupta. My brother and I started our first official music lessons from him. We learnt under his guidance for a year after which we got transferred out of Shimoga. Since then, we had not met him, but had always remembered his lessons.
Pictures album here - Click here.
We stayed in my wife's great-great grand parents' house which is more than 75 years old. It was a wonderful experience to stay in an old house. Best experience is having a hot bath in that old bath room which has the olden-day water boiler. Water is boiled using coconut straws, wood, etc. The whole experience of sipping morning coffee with this boiler smell and with little bit of morning drizzle is what one can easily find in a place like Shimoga!
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