Shyam's Blog

Visited Belur and Halebidu with my good old friend, Tanu. Started from Bangalore at 5am. Route from Bangalore -Reach Tumkur road, take Toll road upto Nelamangala exit. Stay left to join Bangalore-Mangalore Highway. Reach Hassan via Kunigal, Channarayapattana. Take a deviation to Belur from Hassan. Belur is 30 minutes away from Hassan. Total distance from Bangalore - Approx 225 Kms. Drive was calm and smooth. We stopped at Cafe Coffee Day in between and then for breakfast 20 Kms before Belur. We reach our first destination by 9:30am (4.5 hours of total time). After visiting Belur, we headed towards Halebidu that is 30 minutes away. The tour guide walked us through the temple and its sculptures. Ruins of the palace was found couple of hundred meters away from Halebidu temple. Our next stop was a kilometer away from Halebidu temple at the Jain Basati and the Halebidu prototype. These places are not in the visitors' list, but worth visiting. The last place seen was Hulikere tha...

Silk board junction is synonymous to 'mess'. Off-late, I have been using the Outer Ring Road and can't imagine a solution to this huge traffic on ORR. The cab stays around that place for about 30 minutes. Once we cross that junction, traffic is smoother. Only solution is to drive early to office and return early to beat rush hour traffic.

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