Bangalore-Shivanasamudram-Talkad and back

[snaronikar]

Date Travelled: 30.12.2007 (Sunday)

Members in Ford Ikon: Me, Wifey, one kid & baby.[/COLOR]

Fuel:HP normal which was tanked up the previous day (30 ltrs).

Tyrepressure: 32 psi (front & back)

Maps followed: No Maps.

Photographs: As below.

Route taken: Bangalore-Bidadi-Ramanagaram-Chennapatna-Maddur-Malavalli-Bharachukki-Gaganchukki-Talkad & back.

Total kms travelled: 332 (To & Fro)

Ac: 90% (Was switching ac on/off through out)

Driven by: Me. Driven steadily at 90 kmph as I was traveling with family.

Fuel left after the trip in tank: Approximately 7 ltrs

Mileage: 14.43 kmpl (Low as the roads had very bad stretches)

Now the Travelogue:Left Bangalore at 8.30 am in morning. Caught up with Mysore road as it is near to my house. No Traffic Jams anywhere. First stop at MTR on Mysore road near Channapatna. Spent about 45 mins as the hotel - too much of rush. Started again and you need to take a left deviation towards Malavalli for reaching Shivanasamudram. There are sign boards available. Reached Bharachukki (Near Dargah) at 11.45 am. As some members had put in this forum that the view from Dargah was better, stopped here just to have a look. But to my astonishment there were no falls and the all the water was dried up. Spent some time and proceeded to Bharachukki. The falls were not so glorious as I had assumed before I went there. But was OK. Did not go down near the falls as I had a kid and a baby. On the way back visited Madhya Ranga Temple and stopped at a place (near Bharachukki falls) for taking bath in Cauvery. This place was not crowded much and had a very few people. Took bath and enjoyed some time with my son in water. The time was around 2.00 pm. Started proceeding towards Gaganchukki. Had lunch on the way to gaganchukki (as I had packed the food).

Reached Gaganchukki at 3.30 pm. Here we could not watch the actual splendor of the water falls as the water level was low / the authorities were stopping the water at some dam. We could see the water falling only at 2 places. This was a big disappointment. Stayed there for some time. As we were not satisfied with the proceedings, thought of visiting Talkad also. The drive from Gaganchukki to Talkad was a big disappointment as the total distance was around 21 kms and the time we took was 1 ½ hrs. Horrible roads (Photos enclosed).

Reached Talkad at 5.30 pm. Hired a local guide (Fees: Rs.50/-) for showing the place in and around Talkad. First went to River, could not take a dip in the river as we were already late. But went in “Thyappa”. (Thyappa is a round shape boat made out of bamboo shoots). They will charge Rs.10/- per passenger. The water was not deep here. Was around 4~5ft deep. This place is covered with sand around (1800 acres of it). The sand is similar to what we find on beaches. Actually the guide told us that it was a curse of some Vijayanagara Dynasty Queen and due to this curse, the whole of 1800 acres is covered with sand. There are 4 temples in and around this place – Maraleshwara / Pathaleshwara / Keerthenarayanaswamy and Garbha Gudi. By the time we completed all this it was 6.45 pm. Time to start back home.

The ride from Talkad to Malavalli was horrible and I myself do not know how did I managed driving in these treacherous roads. I was moving slow around 25 kmph. But there were many vehicles passing (SUVs & TTs). Couple of times, on these roads the humps scrapped the bottom of my Ikon but luckily enough, it escaped unhurt. from Malavalli to Maddur (Mysore road) was OK though there were some bad stretches. Reached Mysore road around 9.05 pm. The drive back from Maddur to Bangalore was good. But the traffic was too much as it was a Sunday evening and all the people who ever had gone on this side was coming back into the city (I presume). Ultimately reached my house at 10.15 pm. I covered this stretch of 78 kms within 1 hr 10 mins.

Pataleshwara Temple:


Maruleshwara Temple:


Road to Talkad from Gangnchukki: Horrible & Treacherous




Gangachukki from Dargah (Wherz the water flowing ??) Haha. No water falls if viewed from Dargah


Gaganchukki from the view point: (No water falls except for two loctions)


Bharachukki: Ummm..OK

[PatchyBoy]

Nice write up. I did the drive to the same place on the same day. I guess the place you stopped for a dip in the Cauvery is the same place I stopped. Did you spot a Black Palio paked across the road in a coconut grove, with a family of 4 and a white dog? That was me..

Cheers,
Rajan

[snaronikar]

Hey, that's nice. I saw you guys. Only if we knew earlier...The world is so small

[HotChillyPepper]

This is why we need an official sticker for TBhpians. You wud have recognized with that very easily

Nice write up friend.. Hope I will do the same trip once I reach bangalore.