As 2023 comes to end

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 Hi folks,

         Wish you all yet another New year that will give you courage and strength to deal with adversities that may lie ahead along with happiness, laughter  and health.  Wish you all more opportunities to travel and explore places around in coming years. 

             We ended our year with a short visit to Sringeri along with nearby amazing destinations. Instead of making this post long with details of each place, I decided to keep it light by posting more pictures of each place. I hope you all will feel lightness and happiness for sometime while waiting to receive 2024!! 


                     SRINGERI SHARADAMBA TEMPLE

              


            

   Delightful Homestay which was 20 kms from Sringeri temple was such a delight to spend time connecting with nature and simple life!! 

                 

             


                Siri Mane Waterfalls 


      

     

                  Harihara pura Shri Narasimha swamy temple


       Some 30 kms away from Siri Mane Waterfalls, this temple is an amazing and a must visit place and as it is not well known like Sringeri temple and Udupi Shri Krishna temple, the crowd was much less and so it was much more calm and peaceful. The surrounding architecture and Sharada Math buildings with huge Anjaneya statue make the place look big and expansive. One of the big attraction there is the museum or gallery of all forms of Ganeshas housed in a hall named ' Shri Prapanja Ganesha '


       

      

                    HALIBIDU TEMPLE!

         My longstanding wish to visit this architectural wonder was fulfilled this time!! This Shiva temple was restored many times, the recent one in the 20th century!! Just like Brihadeeswarar temple (it is also Shiva temple) in Thanjavur, this was/is a shooting location for classical dances for Indian films of yore!!

             


         Last but not the least, Yagachi dam in Attalgere area close to Halibidu temple. This is a fairly recent dam built in 2001 on Yagachi river.  

         



        We went with a family who has a 9 year old girl. She is a bright, mature girl who entertained us all through the trip. In the last, I asked her questions. Who is the Prime minister of India or Bharat? Pat came the reply!! 

     Who is the president of India? She blinked and couldn't answer that!! That says it all!! 


Deepa. 


         

Comments

  1. AnonymousDecember 31, 2023 at 6:45 PM

    Happy new year 2024.

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  2. RekhaJanuary 1, 2024 at 8:31 AM

    Beautiful post Deeps... Lovely captures too😍🙏🏼

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  3. JayaiyerJanuary 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM

    Keep up with yourtravel blogs .well done!

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    1. Deepa NagarajJanuary 2, 2024 at 1:47 PM

      Thanks mami...glad that you took your time off for reading this..

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