fUnDoo Laeeee!!!!!

One day trip ... FUn doo trip...

19th August, what a day!!! Harishaz engagement… and we had a reason to travel….to Hassan (approx 190Kms from Bangalore). Morning 5.45 I called up Gowda…and I was so surprised to see him late only by 15minutes..(No offence maga)…then he came at 6.05 to my place!!! We left to Shell petrol bunk neat Iskcon to see if Bharath was up in his new IKON.. He was there cursing me for the delay. Before meeting Bharath I had to pick up Kiran from Vijaynagar Bus depot. So with all picked we went to Niriz place at Basveshwarnagar.. After sipping tea with biscuits.. we left Bangalore at 7.10 A.M … Bharath was in the driver seat… First destiniation we reached Kunigal at 8.30 AM and we had hot "THATAE IDLIS" with vada!!! awesome taste. We left kunigal and reached the Marchonahally Dam which was 25Kms from Kunigal. The Dam has two fundoo automatic gates designed by Sir MV which operates without any source of power, by using some vaccum technology. Reservoir is loaded with birds like Painted Stork, Red Wattled Lap wing, White Browed Wacgtail, Black Cormorant, Pond Heron, Little Egret. We enjoyed some photo shoots and left for Hassan to attend Harishaz ngagement!!!

Marchonahally Dam

We reached Hassan at 11.30 and saw Harisha in full formals and exited about his future... 12.30-12.45 we had our meals!!! After the meals..with fully loaded stomach we left to Halebeedu which is 40Kms from Hassan. We were excited to see some beautiful sculptures carved under the patronage of Hoysala kings.

Halebeedu
There were many depictions from the epics Ramayana & Mahabaratha. We glanced through all of them. It was getting hot outside and we were sweating too, then we decided to leave Halebeedu and go to Jain Basdis which was .5Kms from Halebeedu. The place was so calm and there was no one around us except the guide. There was a monolithic statue of one of the theerthankaras "Parsvanatha". There were huge pillars which was carved in such a fashion as to reflect images different from each, like one would reflect a inverted image and in the other fingers would look like crab's claws in the reflection. We were quite amazed by the technology of 12th century AD. The place was green and it was silent!! We spent almost 1 Hr there and we moved to "Gorur Dam".

Jain Basdis

On the way we decided to go to "Pushpagiri Betta" which was located 5kms from Halebeedu.There was a Shiva temple atop this hill and to our interest there was a young Blackbuck in one of the shops!!!After seeing the beautiful landscapes from the hill top we drove to Gorur Dam. This Dam is around 30 Kms from Hassan and built across River Hemavathi. Before reaching Gorur Dam inbetween Belur and Hassan we stopped our car at Hagare infornt of a Shani temple. we generally stop in front of this temple when we pass by it - - -Significance: This temple was built by Niriz grandfather in the 60's. We had a worship and drove to Gorur dam!!

Gorur Dam

The walk to the dam from the parking area was more than a km!!! Once we reached the top we had a gusty wind blowing agains our face. The place is an absolute beauty. It was cold and the Sun was setting...awesome time to be there.. and the Jump was to show how happy we were.. (Niriz shot..).. Then we climbed down the Dam and decided to reach Bangalore. After eating churmuri on the way we loaded ourselves into the IKON and left for Bangalore...Now the time was around 7.30P.M.. We had to pass through 2 accidents scenes and it was 11.30 when we reached Bangalore... It was a days trip but the time we spent together was sooper..Thanx to all for the exciting ride..the moments will be cherished...Boys "FUNDOO LAEEE" :)

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