Place: Hosaholalu temple & Markonahalli Dam
Distance: Round Trip of 350kms.
Directions: Bangalore > Magadi > Kunigal
> Markonahalli > Nagamangala > KR Pet > Hosaholalu >
Srirangapatna > Bangalore
Krew: Ashok (Momz) > Madhu (Barci) > Dileep (Koof/Isro)
> Karthik (Sippy)
Bikes:
Enfield > Pulsar
Previous Visit: Pavagada Fort Trek.
Budget: Rs 750/head
IN LESS THAN
50 WORDS:
This was fun ride actually to drop koof to Mysore. But
I kind of planned a small detour. This
was the same bunch which pulled of Wayanad in March 2017. Hosaholalu temple is
a mind blowing place if you’re into architecture. It is situated almost at the
mid-point between Hassan and Mysore.
INTRO &
PLAN:
As far as the planning goes, was lazily lying on the
bed watching some TV series, then parents came and asked me to show me
Hosaholalu temple on the net. After looking at the pictures, they looked at me
and said “go to these kind of places, not some haunted fort and all”. I gave a
wicked smile. Just then asked others if they are in for the weekend, when Koof
told he had to go to Mysore, I formulated a whole new plan. Ashok & Madhu
also confirmed their spots for the trip.
TIME: 20:00 (20/4/2017)
ASSEMBLE
& LEAVE:
Alright I was up by 04:30, my usual time of awakening
(ok wait before that 11PM, 1AM, 3AM too!) had a sip of coffee, did a few push
ups and sit ups and was all set go. I
called up others and woke them as well (I am going to hell, I know!). Okay, I
left my home and picked up koof, then we met Ashok and Madhu at Madhu’s place
and decided to leave Bangalore. Just then, Madhu suggested a breakfast near his
place – “Kaape Katte” and we caved in on some yummy yummy breakfast.
TIME: 08:00
RIDE 1:
(Bangalore – Magadi – Kunigal – Markonahalli Dam)
This was plain 100kms ride to this wonderful reservoir
on a completely new route. Off late wandering into the unknown had become a
hobby for me. So, yeah took the Magadi rode as Madhu suggested and the ride was
decent. Traffic yes, was there but hey, was a different route. One funny thing
that happened at the Nagarbhavi junction was :
Madhu – “hey lets take
Magadi road, it will go straight to Kunigal”
Sp – “ sure ha?”
Madhu – “Yes.”
Sp & Ashok – “ Are You sure?”
Madhu – “ yes goes in the same direction na?”
Sp, Ashok & Koof – “ ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE?”
Madhu – “ Barappa muchkond, normal route nalley
hogona” (Shut and come, lets go in normal route only, I don’t know)
Thing is we also knew it would join, but asking him
thrice to confuse him – priceless! :P
The route was decent and we covered good ground
inspite of the dense traffic to reach the Hassan road 8kms before kunigal. We
reached the Markonahlli dam and started searching for the kottu shop. People
started smiling us but gave us honest direction. But when everything was
closed, we decided to head into Yadiyur. And lo behold, at the entrance we were
welcomed by not one but 3 shops (all open! :P). Packing the needed, we reached
the sparkly Markonahalli dam.
TIME: 10:30
MARKONAHALLI
DAM:
The dam as usual had very less crowd. The waters had
clearly depleted to a great extent. Ashok as usual began his kick-ass jokes
session. Finding a neat place below a huge tree we settled in to float away for
the next hour or so.
After munching down on some of the snacks we had got
we went near the water to have a closer look. The sands was swampy just then
Madhu said “ this sippy noe? should be pushed into a thing like this kikikiki
(laughter)” Only thing he forgot was I right behind him and BAM, I pushed the
mighty Madhu into it. Well he tried to chase us holding a stick for the next
15mins but ran out of breath hehe! Then the epic skipping stones began for
another 10-15mins. Then we decided to leave Markonahalli.
TIME: 12:30
RIDE 2: (Markonahalli
– Belur Cross – KR Pete – Hosaholalu Temple)
After a nice session at Markonahalli, we decided to
ride via Belu cross. And the roads trust me were amazing. This was the same
route we had taken way back in 2011 when we had travelled to Melukote. Excellent
roads with good scenery throughout. As kept cruising ahead, a deer from nowhere
came running from the trees and took a huge leap over the road the disappeared
into the woods again. Madhu and me looked at each other and confirmed it had
just happen, no doubt about it. Asking the locals for directions we reached KR
pete by noon, when the sun was burning in all his glory. Hosaholalu temple is
just a few kilometres from here.
TIME: 14:00
HOSAHOLALU
TEMPLE – Sri Lakshminarayana Swamy Temple:
The temple is three shrine temple built in 1250 C.E.
The entire temple is constructed on a platform about 1m above the ground. At
the bottom it has 6 layers of decorative carvings narrating stories when read
in clockwise direction, very similar to that of Belur and Halebidu. Most of the
images carved represent Vishnu. For art lovers , this is the place you gotta
visit. A lush green grass surrounds the temple where one can sit and relax. We
sat the temple and actually slept for a while and then decided to move ahead as
our tummies had begun to grumble.
TIME: 14:45
RIDE 3:
(Hosaholalu – Srirangapatna – Ramnagara – Bangalore)
This was a good 170kms ride back home with a major
lunch stop in between. As we left the temple, we pulled over at a bakery in KR
pete to much on some puffs. After a light snack, we rode non stop towards
Mysore road. This was pretty harsh considering the time of the day and the damn
hot temperatures. Once we reached Mysore road we pulled over at a new dhaba for
some second round session and lunch.
TIME: 16:00
The lunch was pretty good and reasonable. After about
1.5hours we left the dhaba totally afloat. As promised we dropped Koof to the
Srirangapatna Bus stand where he could catch a bus to Mysore. We thanked him
for making it for the day as well. Then koof pointed towards Mysore and asked
us to head back safely, we all looked at each other and burst out laughing.
Asking him to confirm his safe reach to Mysore, we took off. The ride back was
a no non-sense ride, maintain a constant speed in between 75-85km/h, dodging
the slowly increasing traffic we made it back home.
TIME: 20:30
CONCLUSION:
“Funny kind of
trip, I must say. It was a smooth run and felt good unveiling another jewel of
a place! And hey, listen to your parents :P”
Until next time, Cia \m/
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