Day One 08/9/2013
Started 05300 from Home Prasad and my me on B'bird and Ravi and Karthik on Hunk. Planing has to reach Mudigere by 0900hrs and take breakfast at there. Around 0630 reached Puttur town and took diversion towards Uppinangadi, road condition was pretty good and there was no rain so easy to push the bike hard.
Started 05300 from Home Prasad and my me on B'bird and Ravi and Karthik on Hunk. Planing has to reach Mudigere by 0900hrs and take breakfast at there. Around 0630 reached Puttur town and took diversion towards Uppinangadi, road condition was pretty good and there was no rain so easy to push the bike hard.
Celebrating Harvest festival at Belthangady
Took a brake for breakfast at Uppindangadi and continued towards Kottigehara via Charmadi Ghat.
Karthik
Empty Road
Huge Tree found on Charmady Ghat section
Ice cold water
Fog every where
Water falls on Ghat
My Black bird
Annappa swamy Temple Jenukkal
Annappa swamy temple located in the middle of Cahrmady Ghat section almost all the tourist vehicles stops and prays for safe journey.
K.S.R.T.C
Kottigehara Town
Kottigehara located on top of the Charmady Ghat filled up fuel and continued the journey on straight roads going between paddy fields.
On the way
Motorcyclist towing a Bamboo
Secanary near Chikmagalur
Calf ran across the road
The mountains
Saint
Till Mudigere there is nothing special to see except sceanary because we already covered this route in our Belur and Halebidu Trip Around 1100 hrs reached Chikmagalur the land of coffee. As soon as entered the town a huge board welcomes you to the Land of coffee.
Welcome board
Inside the town roads were wide and moderate Sunday morning traffic. Our next destination was Mullayyanagir and there was no chance to get food over there so we decided to fill our stomachs and managed to get a good Hotel opposite to K.S R.T.C Stand.
Chikmagalur Town
Bonda Soup and Pulav
Our next destination was Mullayyanagiri which is located in the Chandra Dhrona Hill Ranges of Western ghat, with a height of 1930 Meters and it's a highest peak between Himalayas and Nilagiris. Total Distance between Chikmagalur and Mullayanagir is 22 Km.
While ascending the peak saw a direction board of Sithalayyana Mutt while returning visited the same.
Smooth tarmacked road breeze to ride
Direction board
Scenery while ascending the hill
From this junction on has to travel on 8km steep curvy road
Raviraj
Hariprasad
Bikers descending
Tourist vehicles climbing the hill
Here onward we have to climb the steps to reach top of the peak
Temple Gopuram
Idol
On top of the peak Stones are contains Iron ore which sticks my tank bag magnet
Packing up
Dog found at parking place
Sithalayyana Mutt
Cave at Sithalayyana Mutt
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