Visit to Kaidala and Aralaguppe
It was the
same team that did the road trip in the year 2000. Then, we called ourselves ‘Santro
Team’. Now after 12 years, we did a
similar road trip with one person (Sumanth) less. We can call our current team,
‘DZire Team’. Destination was Kaidala and Aralaguppe.
We
started off from our houses as early as 6am. By the time we were in the
outskirts of the city, we started getting hungry. Without much hesitation, we
had a sumptuous breakfast at CTR, Malleswaram. One plate idli-vada and one dosa
kept us through the trip.
Kaidala
was out first stop. We reached there by 9:30am. The priest there, Sri.
Parthasarathi, gave us good information about the temple. The idol was
destroyed by a person few years ago (about 10 years ago) because of land
dispute. It was ‘re-assembled’ to perfection within a week, largely with the
help of a Sculptor, Sri. Jayannacharya
from Chikmagalur. Chennakeshava at Kaidala is a marvel. He is standing on the
lotus, on which is mounted Shiva-linga.
A brief
visit to Gulur Ganapathi temple told us that we should visit this temple after
Bali-paadyami. The big Gulur Ganesha will be made in clay and placed every year
for the next 3 months.
Aralaguppe
Chennakeshava Temple is situated in a remote place where very few people visit.
The temple carving on the outer walls are very intricate. This temple was built
in the 13th century and has
Chennakeshava in the central sanctorum.
Inside pillars and ceilings are also well carved too.
By
2:30pm, we had finished our list of places in our list. We headed back to
Bangalore and reached Adigas in Malleswaram at 4pm. It was a pleasant drive as
the weather was just good and the roads were great.
Pictures of our visit - here.
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