Route Plan: 250 KMs Total
Bangalore - Sri Kotilingeshwara Temple - Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple(Mulbagal) - Antara Gange - Bangalore.
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| Route Map |
We started from bangalore around 7 AM. We had breakfast at Nandi Grand and headed towards Kotilingeshwara Temple.
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| Nandi Grand |
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| Combo Breakfaast @ 99Rs |
Kotilingeshwara Temple:
The Kotilingeshwara Temple is situated in Kammasandra Village in Kolar district, Karnataka State, India. This Temple was constructed by Swamy Sambha Shiva Murthy who installed first Shiva Linga on 10 Oct 1980 who had a vision that one day one crore Shiva Linga would be installed by the fellow deities from various parts of the world. As of today, the temple hosts 90 lakh Shiva Lingas and also the tallest Shiva Linga in Asia [108 feet].
There are eleven small temples of various deities constructed within the premises of the Lord Kotilingeshwara temple. The first to be constructed is the Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu and Lord Maheshwara temple, followed by the main deity temple Lord Kotilingeshwara. The sequence of the other temples are Lord Venkataramani Swamy Temple, Goddess Annapoorneshwari Temple, Lord Panduranga Swamy Temple, Lord Panchamukha Ganapathy temple, Lord Rama, Lakshmana and Sita Temple, Lord Anjaneya Temple, Goddess Kannika Parameshwari Temple and finally Goddess Karumaari Amma Temple.
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| 108 feet Shiva Linga |
We had our lunch at temple and headed to Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple(Mulbagal), sadly the temple was closed by the time we reached there. So we then headed to Antara Gange.
Antara Gange:
Antara Gange is a mountain situated in the Shathashrunga mountain range in the southeastern portion of the Indian state of Karnataka. Antara Gange literally means "Ganges from deep" in Kannada. It is about two miles from the town of Kolar and seventy kilometers from Bangalore. Antara Gange is famous for the temple situated on the mountain. In the temple is a pond which gets a continuous flow of underground water from the mouth of a Basava. There is a steep, narrow path to the top of the mountain. The mountain consists of granite rocks and lot of caves around.
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| Antara Gange |
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| Caves of Antar Gange |
For the adventurous sports out there, this is one of the places to cross off your bucket list as the place is covered with lot of caves and a little hiking experience you get when you climb a top of the mountain.
After having some fair amount of fun, we started back to Bangalore by the evening.
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| ThunderStorm |
Overall a nice getaway from the busy schedule you are on either with a family or a bunch of friends.
With that being said, Have a great day :)
Its never good bye, its always c'ya later:)
EvilLord :->
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