It is the nature there in udupi and on the way from Bangalore to udupi through shiradi/charmadi ghats that make it more wonderful.
This blog is more of the description of the nature en route to udupi through my eyes ;as i feel that it is a truly spectacular route and it has the power to slow down the time.
About four hours drive from Bangalore , once hassan is crossed starts the magical sakleshpur route via shiradi ghats .
It has unpredictable weather especially during July-august where it is foggy and rains for sometime just when you think 'oh such a gloomy weather' ; Sun just peeps out as though it wants to play hide and seek .Those water droplets which looks as though are lazily shaking itself off sleep because of the sunlight looks like small diamonds falling off the leaves are a fun to watch.
As you pass through the narrow curvy roads which look like serpent, fog suddenly clears up and unveils unending stretch of lush green hills , river which is all red because of soil and minerals gushing in great hurry making hissing sound and occasional small falls streaming down the hill.
If you observe closely definitely it will make you wonder how many thousands and thousands of shades of green are present in the leaves of trees shrubs and creepers it always makes me think as to how many tons of liters of paint would god have mixed up to make it ..(I defi give a damn to big bang i dont think even Lemaitre would have really believed that collision of protons can create this magical universe with due respect to my all time star Einstein).
How can one miss those colorful beauties, there are soo many butterflies dancing around those wild forest flowers with different colors patterns and shapes. If you think this is all the road offers picture abhi baki hai mere dost :-D.
Thanks to all the forest herbs and tulsi which is grown in abundance by the roadside the air inhaled is so pure that each volume of it inhaled makes you more alive and gives a cleansed feeling.There is music to ears as well from the river flow ,constant humming of insects, distant chattering of monkeys and occasional chirping of birds , Ah I know nothing that can beat stress than all these.(Probably this was the inspiration to many Kannada songs on the lines of "ellellu sangeethave..")
Two major temples are located on the way ; Dharmastala and Subramanya are hidden amidst the hills and surrounded by river Netravathi and kumaradhara respectively also makes one very spiritual , I suppose the calm nature and peaceful surrounding with cows straying around makes it more divine.
Then traveling about 4-5 hours from Dharmatala will take us to udupi Land of madhwacharya as i describe, where a walk of about 30 minutes from my native house will lead to "the Beaaach", It is really really fun to make sand castles(kappe goodu) and decorate it with kappe chippu(sea shells :P) and get scared and shriek when a live insect tries to come out of it and run fast towards the approaching wave .As the sun starts setting its a delight to see how Arabian sea gets all golden and shimmering and those golden waves crashing the beach.. And deep red and gold sky adds to the beauty , I always feel confused emotions at that time ,wonder why sunset always makes me eccentrically happy and sad at the same time , nevertheless it's a sight not to be missed.
It has always been a custom to walk back home scared ;looking for snakes before stepping(:P), in the narrow 'no tar' lane amidst plantations after sunset.
It is always fun to sleep in angala(Space outside house usually cleansed with cow dung) and look at those millions and millions of stars and look for constellations which somehow lose their lustre amidst thousands of street lights.
After few visits here and there when we start to get back to Bangalore, normally it will be post 7 and dark thus though the scenery which is seen in daylight is missed but if it is a moonlit night The tiny falls which is seen very frequently looks like it is milk which is flowing down, How can sleep not pull in if ee sundara beladingala/tunturu alli neera haadu song from amrutavarshini is pouring in my ears..If anyone feels this description an exaggeration i guess one should visit the place before coming to any conclusions :-).
This ends the trip but memories linger on...
About four hours drive from Bangalore , once hassan is crossed starts the magical sakleshpur route via shiradi ghats .
It has unpredictable weather especially during July-august where it is foggy and rains for sometime just when you think 'oh such a gloomy weather' ; Sun just peeps out as though it wants to play hide and seek .Those water droplets which looks as though are lazily shaking itself off sleep because of the sunlight looks like small diamonds falling off the leaves are a fun to watch.
As you pass through the narrow curvy roads which look like serpent, fog suddenly clears up and unveils unending stretch of lush green hills , river which is all red because of soil and minerals gushing in great hurry making hissing sound and occasional small falls streaming down the hill.
If you observe closely definitely it will make you wonder how many thousands and thousands of shades of green are present in the leaves of trees shrubs and creepers it always makes me think as to how many tons of liters of paint would god have mixed up to make it ..(I defi give a damn to big bang i dont think even Lemaitre would have really believed that collision of protons can create this magical universe with due respect to my all time star Einstein).
How can one miss those colorful beauties, there are soo many butterflies dancing around those wild forest flowers with different colors patterns and shapes. If you think this is all the road offers picture abhi baki hai mere dost :-D.
Thanks to all the forest herbs and tulsi which is grown in abundance by the roadside the air inhaled is so pure that each volume of it inhaled makes you more alive and gives a cleansed feeling.There is music to ears as well from the river flow ,constant humming of insects, distant chattering of monkeys and occasional chirping of birds , Ah I know nothing that can beat stress than all these.(Probably this was the inspiration to many Kannada songs on the lines of "ellellu sangeethave..")
Two major temples are located on the way ; Dharmastala and Subramanya are hidden amidst the hills and surrounded by river Netravathi and kumaradhara respectively also makes one very spiritual , I suppose the calm nature and peaceful surrounding with cows straying around makes it more divine.
Then traveling about 4-5 hours from Dharmatala will take us to udupi Land of madhwacharya as i describe, where a walk of about 30 minutes from my native house will lead to "the Beaaach", It is really really fun to make sand castles(kappe goodu) and decorate it with kappe chippu(sea shells :P) and get scared and shriek when a live insect tries to come out of it and run fast towards the approaching wave .As the sun starts setting its a delight to see how Arabian sea gets all golden and shimmering and those golden waves crashing the beach.. And deep red and gold sky adds to the beauty , I always feel confused emotions at that time ,wonder why sunset always makes me eccentrically happy and sad at the same time , nevertheless it's a sight not to be missed.
It has always been a custom to walk back home scared ;looking for snakes before stepping(:P), in the narrow 'no tar' lane amidst plantations after sunset.
It is always fun to sleep in angala(Space outside house usually cleansed with cow dung) and look at those millions and millions of stars and look for constellations which somehow lose their lustre amidst thousands of street lights.
After few visits here and there when we start to get back to Bangalore, normally it will be post 7 and dark thus though the scenery which is seen in daylight is missed but if it is a moonlit night The tiny falls which is seen very frequently looks like it is milk which is flowing down, How can sleep not pull in if ee sundara beladingala/tunturu alli neera haadu song from amrutavarshini is pouring in my ears..If anyone feels this description an exaggeration i guess one should visit the place before coming to any conclusions :-).
This ends the trip but memories linger on...
Posts
Shiradi and Charmadi and even Bisle ghats are some of the most wonderful places to drive through, forget about the infrastructure. The lush greenery that it offers, its worth having those back pains sometimes :-)
ReplyDeleteI have fallen in love with Sakleshpur as such,or more so with the region that starts from Sakleshpur and ending @ Nelyadi Cross on NH48. If one wants to really enjoy or get a better idea of these ghats minus the back pains etc; The Yeshavanthpur-Mangalore express is for you. There's one in the morning , and that's the best time to be there. Trust me, I have trekked about 25-30 km of this rail route, and there are very few things better than this :)
Thanks Mythri, for a wonderful post. As I told you earlier, you really have a flair for writing. try to blog more often da.