Mumbai Hubli Jogfalls Murudeshwar Kollur Sringeri Udupi Kolhapur Mumbai

pravdr · 14th March 2010, 22:32

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Originally Posted by pramod

Thats a lot of ghat roads u have covered. Nice detailed snaps.

Its a irony to see the rainy snaps in this hot summer days

thanks pramod it was my first foray into karnataka interiors.

i have many more to cover.

hope the pictures apply a soothing balm to the teambhpians seeking the solace of monsoons.

pg

ampere · 15th March 2010, 06:07

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Originally Posted by pravdr

nh 13 route is from karkala to tirthahalli

agumbe to tirthahalli is sh65

pg

Thanks. I did a Google maps and figured out. BTW the NH13 seems to a long road ~700Km from Solapur to Mangalore.

@HVK How heavy is it in terms of usage? Mostly I have heard Hampi going folks from Bangalore talking very bad about this NH. Does'nt it come under any NH program for betterment?

pravdr · 15th March 2010, 23:18

we woke up early as we ha to get darshan of ambabai kolhapurs presiding deity who is also my family deity.

visions of long unending queues made me nervous.

we went towards the temple which is congested part of kolhapur. we were directed towards a parking plot which was far away from the temple. for INR20 the parking lot attendant promised us a parking slot in vip parking actually it was free parking but i had to lose INR20 according to wish of goddess ambabai.

surprisingly the temple had scarce crowds and lo behold we directly walked into sanctum sanctorum!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was a little upset the earlier day as instead of staying at belgaum we drove down to kolhapur as folks wanted to have darshan.images of long queues kept haunting me and today was a divine intervention.

i realised that when your time for darshan has come it will happen just as in this case goddess ambabai had literally drawn us towards her doorstep so that we mortals could seek her divine blessings.

the temple made of black granite has tremendous positive energy emanating which you can appreciate when crowds are absent.

in a happy mood and with the prayer "kolhapurchi ambabai tu mala pav" we left kolhaputr to join nh4 on our return leg we drove continuously till the second food mall on the expressway.

thereafter the journey into mumbai was very smooth with very little traffic as we entered mumbai on sunday.

overall it was a magnificent first hand experience of magical monsoon of karnataka.what i thought great about karnataka as a state was great clean food less population and forests that still have and give you hope that conservation can succeed.

pravdr · 16th March 2010, 15:05

some more pics for parched souls due to fiery summer spell

pic 1 hotel panchvati at sirsi a place i liked immensely i want to know whether anyone has stayed here.

pic 2 steaming jog falls the mist creates an illusion of hot water being poured from natures kettle

pic 3 bridge over sharavathi river leading to jog falls

pic 4 sharavathi takes the plunge into the mist

pic 5 illusions galore in the mist laden sharavathi valley ghats on the way to gersoppa

pravdr · 21st March 2010, 22:37

pravdr · 21st March 2010, 22:41

YouTube - someshwar wildlife sanctuary

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuO4IIpcong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrfmnzUSyUE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woke4eErgAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I0bvnV-jsI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KYmodMc-lE

pravdr · 27th March 2010, 00:27

YouTube - nh4 in monsoons near hubli

Anandg · 27th March 2010, 04:17

Your videos, for a second, teleports us to fresh rainy days that Bangalore once enjoyed. Thanks to uncontrolled growth and missing trees, we are praying rain gods to arrive soon in Bangalore.

pravdr · 28th March 2010, 12:58

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Originally Posted by Anandg

Your videos, for a second, teleports us to fresh rainy days that Bangalore once enjoyed. Thanks to uncontrolled growth and missing trees, we are praying rain gods to arrive soon in Bangalore.

dear anandg thanks for comments on videos.
bengaluru is a favorite sdestination for mumbaikar like me.having visited it multiple times when grown up, i wish bengaluru of the old which i visited as a toddler comes back to us again.
the earlier description of the old world charm of bengaluru is given by my parents to me even today.
hopefully some places have still remained the same.

rgrds

pg

ampere · 28th March 2010, 14:24

Its now 41 during the day

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pravdr · 28th March 2010, 18:35

more videos of the trip

YouTube - good bad and the ugly of agumbe ghat

YouTube - someshwar wildlife sanctuary

YouTube - fishing activity at murudeshwar

YouTube - jadkal to vandse on the way to someshwar

YouTube - kollur mookambika wildlife sanctuary

YouTube - sirsi to jog falls

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoPQ2HyiSag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPRioEhdG5Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4UmexnnNE

pravdr · 28th March 2010, 18:42

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Originally Posted by ampere

Its now 41 during the day

.

and old timers say there were no fans in bengaluru till 1980s? true/false

new videos added

pg

motomaverick · 29th March 2010, 00:10

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Originally Posted by pravdr

and old timers say there were no fans in bengaluru till 1980s? true/false

new videos added

pg

Did you cover kollur to kundapura section?

pravdr · 29th March 2010, 15:08

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Originally Posted by motomaverick

Did you cover kollur to kundapura section?

no maverick

i went from kollur jadkal vandse someshwar agumbe to sringeri thats the route i followed it never comes to the coast.

i avoided nh17 due to monsoons

i did see a diversion going to the coast. i hope to make a trip down nh17 when in good condition.

any experiences you have of that particular section since you have a specific query?let me know.

regards

pg

lohithrao · 29th March 2010, 15:29

prav, nice travelogue... loved the pics. missing monsoon now

On Bangalore, well i guess we can just dream. it is over populated now....we are all witnessing the ill effect of the haphazard growth..

ampere dont tell me "41degree" thats sad....

15th March 2010, 23:18	#33
pravdr BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: thane Posts: 284 Thanked: 17 Times	kolhapur to mumbai we woke up early as we ha to get darshan of ambabai kolhapurs presiding deity who is also my family deity. visions of long unending queues made me nervous. we went towards the temple which is congested part of kolhapur. we were directed towards a parking plot which was far away from the temple. for INR20 the parking lot attendant promised us a parking slot in vip parking actually it was free parking but i had to lose INR20 according to wish of goddess ambabai. surprisingly the temple had scarce crowds and lo behold we directly walked into sanctum sanctorum!!!!!!!!!!!! i was a little upset the earlier day as instead of staying at belgaum we drove down to kolhapur as folks wanted to have darshan.images of long queues kept haunting me and today was a divine intervention. i realised that when your time for darshan has come it will happen just as in this case goddess ambabai had literally drawn us towards her doorstep so that we mortals could seek her divine blessings. the temple made of black granite has tremendous positive energy emanating which you can appreciate when crowds are absent. in a happy mood and with the prayer "kolhapurchi ambabai tu mala pav" we left kolhaputr to join nh4 on our return leg we drove continuously till the second food mall on the expressway. thereafter the journey into mumbai was very smooth with very little traffic as we entered mumbai on sunday. overall it was a magnificent first hand experience of magical monsoon of karnataka.what i thought great about karnataka as a state was great clean food less population and forests that still have and give you hope that conservation can succeed.
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pravdr BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: thane Posts: 284 Thanked: 17 Times	some amazing pics some more pics for parched souls due to fiery summer spell pic 1 hotel panchvati at sirsi a place i liked immensely i want to know whether anyone has stayed here. pic 2 steaming jog falls the mist creates an illusion of hot water being poured from natures kettle pic 3 bridge over sharavathi river leading to jog falls pic 4 sharavathi takes the plunge into the mist pic 5 illusions galore in the mist laden sharavathi valley ghats on the way to gersoppa Attached Thumbnails Last edited by pravdr : 16th March 2010 at 15:22.
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27th March 2010, 04:17	#38
Anandg BHPian Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Bangalore Posts: 324 Thanked: 47 Times	Your videos, for a second, teleports us to fresh rainy days that Bangalore once enjoyed. Thanks to uncontrolled growth and missing trees, we are praying rain gods to arrive soon in Bangalore.
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28th March 2010, 14:24	#40
ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,952 Thanked: 12,940 Times View My Garage	Its now 41 during the day .
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29th March 2010, 15:29	#45
lohithrao Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kudla/Mangaluru Posts: 3,204 Thanked: 225 Times View My Garage	prav, nice travelogue... loved the pics. missing monsoon now On Bangalore, well i guess we can just dream. it is over populated now....we are all witnessing the ill effect of the haphazard growth.. ampere dont tell me "41degree" thats sad....
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