The art of travelling between Bangalore - Mangalore/Udupi

[dkamath]

Hi guys, many be off-topic posting. Here's how our car looked like after it returned to M'lore, after a brief stay at B'lore
With 5 people on board the Indica, i can vouch for the quite motorable condition along the route, with no underbody rub against the road. The only incident was that of a stray cow in the Shiradi ghat stretch, suddenly making up its mind to cross the road, and my friend couldn't avoid but hit it insipte of jamming on the brakes. Both cow and car fine after the minor impact

[deadguy25]

@kamath - good to know nothing happenned after the meeting with the cow .
The car I travelled in, had become almost brown.

[ad75]

hi team,

Im planning to go to manipal from bangalore in the 2nd week of aug. which will the best route ? what would be the distance & time required?

thanks in advance

[Lukeskywalker]

Originally Posted by ad75

hi team,

Im planning to go to manipal from bangalore in the 2nd week of aug. which will the best route ? what would be the distance & time required?

thanks in advance

I used this route and it will take you approximately 7 hrs of sedate driving.
his in my opinion is a very scenic route with less traffic as compared to the Shiradi ghat route.
Bangalore-Hassan-Belur-Mudigere-Charmady-Ujire-Belthangady-Karkala-Manipal
Total distance approx 440kms

[nithinnarayanan]

Originally Posted by Lukeskywalker

I used this route and it will take you approximately 7 hrs of sedate driving.
his in my opinion is a very scenic route with less traffic as compared to the Shiradi ghat route.
Bangalore-Hassan-Belur-Mudigere-Charmady-Ujire-Belthangady-Karkala-Manipal
Total distance approx 440kms

this would be the best route as you can avoid the mine trucks on the sakleshpur stretch.

[RajeshK]

Team, I need to travel to payyanur, Kerala next week. I am planning to take the Bangalore - Mangalore highway and take deviation at Uppinangadi (around 50km before Mangalore) to Puthur and then Kanjangad/Payyanur. Route is
Bangalore - CR Patna - Hassan - Sakleshpur - Uppinangadi - Puthur - Vittala - Cherukkala - Kanjangad - Payyanur. Can any body update the road condition atleast till Puthur? I will be travelling in night starting bangalore by 11pm in a Santro.

I remember travelling thru this route 2 years back and it was very good that time.

Thanks in advance
Rajesh

[ravibhat]

Try this below route since many people are complaining about Shiradi ghat (heavy lorries in the night and bad ghat section which creates traffic jam).

Bangalore - Mysore - Hunsur - Kushalnagar - Madikeri - Sulya - From here either go to Puthur - vittala - Cherukkala - Kanjangad - Payyanur or from Sulia itself you can find good road if exists to Kerala.

I am feeling you should try this route bangalore - mysore - hunsur - gonikoppal - virajpet - Kannur - Payyanur ? not sure about virajpet - Kannur - Payyanur also safety at night.

Regards,

Ravi.

[RajeshK]

Thanks a lot Ravi for the suggestion.

Originally Posted by ravibhat

Bangalore - Mysore - Hunsur - Kushalnagar - Madikeri - Sulya - From here either go to Puthur - vittala - Cherukkala - Kanjangad - Payyanur or from Sulia itself you can find good road if exists to Kerala.

The road from Kushalanagar to Madikeri is in a bad shape. If taking madikeri route, Madikeri - Bhagamandala - Panathur - Kanjangad - Payyanur is shorter than Sulya route. I got information that these roads are not good at all.

Originally Posted by ravibhat

I am feeling you should try this route bangalore - mysore - hunsur - gonikoppal - virajpet - Kannur - Payyanur ? not sure about virajpet - Kannur - Payyanur also safety at night.

Via gonikopal, we don't required to touch Virajpet. This is the shortest route with only 340km, but the problem is the Perumbadi - Makkutta sector is not at all driveable. 3 Months back I drove via this road, and took 2.30hrs to cover the 17kms stretch.

Considering the Shiradi Ghat condition and as you suggested I am avoiding Hasan route. So taking my usual route Mysore - Guldalpet - Sulthan Bathery - Manathawadi - Irritty - Payyanur which is 430Km.

Thanks
Rajesh

[ravibhat]

ok Thanks for clarifying with derails, issue with Shiradi ghat is its flooded with heavy trucks :( Next 2 years same thing will be continued i guess which is not good at all!

Lack understanding between political parties is the result of these bad highway status. I pray GOD when few people will learn from their mistake.

Ravi.

[nithinnarayanan]

Rajesh
The Kushalnagar Madikeri road is Ok but not great(the road had been patched last month) you can consider this route but I dont have the recent update on the Bhagamandala - Panathur road. the Madikeri Bagamandala road is good (I drove 3 weeks ago on this streatch)

Best suggestion would be the Mysore - Guldalpet - Sulthan Bathery - Manathawadi - Irritty - Payyanur road in case your driving in the night. But be careful not to get stuck at muthanga checkpost among the truks and the busses. Try reaching around 12~3am at this point to avoid the traffic.

Originally Posted by RajeshK

Thanks a lot Ravi for the suggestion.



The road from Kushalanagar to Madikeri is in a bad shape. If taking madikeri route, Madikeri - Bhagamandala - Panathur - Kanjangad - Payyanur is shorter than Sulya route. I got information that these roads are not good at all.



Via gonikopal, we don't required to touch Virajpet. This is the shortest route with only 340km, but the problem is the Perumbadi - Makkutta sector is not at all driveable. 3 Months back I drove via this road, and took 2.30hrs to cover the 17kms stretch.

Considering the Shiradi Ghat condition and as you suggested I am avoiding Hasan route. So taking my usual route Mysore - Guldalpet - Sulthan Bathery - Manathawadi - Irritty - Payyanur which is 430Km.

Thanks
Rajesh

[RajeshK]

Thanks Nitin..

Originally Posted by nithinnarayanan

Rajesh
The Kushalnagar Madikeri road is Ok but not great(the road had been patched last month) you can consider this route but I dont have the recent update on the Bhagamandala - Panathur road. the Madikeri Bagamandala road is good (I drove 3 weeks ago on this streatch)

The Bhagamandala - Panthur road is around 26km and is full dense forest. Its nice scenic drive in a day time specially in a sunny day during monsoon. I also don't hv recent update on this road condition.

Originally Posted by nithinnarayanan

Best suggestion would be the Mysore - Guldalpet - Sulthan Bathery - Manathawadi - Irritty - Payyanur road in case your driving in the night. .. Try reaching around 12~3am at this point to avoid the traffic.

Thanks...I will try to reach there before 2-3am. I may start from bangalore by around 11:30pm only.

All, sorry for highjacking this tread for a while, lets continue discussion on Bangalore - Mangalore route condition. I am also joining with all of you to pray to the Mining loads to have their blessings on this road.

Thanks
Rajesh

[java.bullet]

I am planning for a weekend trip to Mangalore (from Bangalore) on independence day. What is the condition of Shirdi ghat section road? Is it motorable? Is there any alternate route?

[Jay]

Shiradi Ghats is pretty Damaged but motorable. Bad patches here and there. The cemented part is fine though. Smooth roads and suddenly you'll find bad patches, This is as of 2 days back, Came through that route as i had been to Dharmasthala. By the Way, had been there in a swift, 5 people in the car.

[prabhusati]

Hi Jay,

How was the traffic on the Shiradi Ghat road? Especially after the supreme court banning iron ore mining in forest area?

[Jay]

Originally Posted by prabhusati

Hi Jay,

How was the traffic on the Shiradi Ghat road? Especially after the supreme court banning iron ore mining in forest area?

There was traffic but not much, most of the traffic was the trucks itself.