Nagara fort,Shimoga

Kamalashile temple
It was Aug 15th and we thought ofvisiting to Nagara fort in Shimoga. So one of my friend managed to list the people and invited me too. So I went along with them. We went to Kamalashile temple first. It was raining day and the previous day there was a flood in that place and even temple was flooded. After we had a darshan of goddess Brahmi durgaparameshwari we moved towards balebareghat,in between we stopped to see the balebare falls.


Balebare falls
Later we reached Chakra dam and it was really beautiful scene. It was pouring heavily when we reached there and the beauty of water flow was amazing.

Chakra dam
After that we went to see nagara fort. Which was one of the ancient fort and big one too. It was started raining when we reached there and we couldn't find shelters.

Nagara fort
We left the place after a while and headed back to udupi

Total distance:nearly 150kms
The route:Udupi-->Kamalashile-->Shimoga

Hogenekkal falls

Hogenekkal falls

This beautiful, quiet waterfall is 25 km from Dharmapuri and 180 km from Bangalore towards Salem. Here the Cauvery River enters the plains and the river dashing against the rocks is a great sight.
We need to depend on teppa(boat) to cross the river. When we went there was heavy rain fall and crossing the river by bridge was not possible. SO we need to depend on teppas. You will be in great surprise when boatman asks you 500 bucks for ride ;)


Teppa drive
Somehow we bargained and they agreed for lesser price..Its very difficult to bargain with them since they know that you came from so far and unless you see the falls you wont go back...Some kind of bussiness trick...Many of us doesn't know swimming..when we asked them they assured nothing will happen..but it was scary. This is another big waterfall on the Kaveri river after Shivanasamudra. So we were dropped to one place and there we played and had a nice bath..later we came to see the real water falls,Oh God !!! it was amazing. It was really beautiful and worth seeing in that season. You cant go near to the falls but you can just see and enjoy the beauty. After some time we came back and paid for the boat..


Falls


Different view of falls
You can get nice fishes in that place. They will fry the fishes and serve to you. and those are fresh fishes from sweet water and delicious too.

Fishes
Total distance:from B'lore nearly 183kms
The route:B'lore-->Hosur-->Salem-->Dharmapuri-->Hogenekkal