Avalabetta - Lepakshi Temple - Nandi Hills

Avalabetta

Avalabetta is a small hill station situated in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka state. It is situated approximately 100 kms from Bengaluru towards Chikkaballapura. Avalabetta is famous for the view from top of the hill and there is a Narasimha temple at the top of the hill.

It was time to go out with my college friends as it had been a long time (almost 2 years) and I planned for a day trip on Jan 26th (on our 57th Republic Day). Few of my friends came to my place on 25th night itself as it would be easy to start the early morning. We had planned to go by TT(Tempo Traveller) as there were more girls in our gang than guys.

January 25th 2016, we started from our place at sharp 4 AM and picked few friends from R.R Nagar and Vijayangar. It was 5 AM by the time we left Bangalore. We reached Devanahalli by 6.00 AM and we stopped there for a quick tea break as our driver wanted to take a break and reached the final destination (Avalabetta) by 7.15. It was cool and we were waiting for the Sun to come up as it was a cloudy cloudy day. We took pictures near the famous spot and started to the top of the hill to take few more snaps. Thanks to Anup and AK for the wonderful snaps.

One of our friend (Mallik) had flicked Navya's bag without anyone's knowledge which made us to be careful and active for the rest of the day. And off course we can’t forget Shreya (from the other gang which kept me in full josh). :P

We started from Avalabetta at 10.00 AM to have breakfast nearby as it was already late. We could hardly find hotels nearby, but we did not feel like having in those hotels.

Finally we could find one restaurant (Mayura - both Veg and Non Veg) just before the toll gate. We had Idli and Sambar and left towards Lepakshi Temple (AP Border) which is a historic place as well.

We reached Lepakshi Temple at 1.00 PM. The temple is surrounded by many pillars and the great Culpture. Back to Photo session for some time and had cucumbers for more than RS 100. It gave us some relief at that point of time.

We reached Kamat Upachar for Lunch at 4.00 PM. But as it was too late we ended up having Dosa, Bonda soup and tea/Coffee. We also thought of going to Nandi hills as it is on the way to Bangalore. But we were not sure whether we could make it before 6. And finally we went to Nandi Hills as well. But it was too crowded as it was a National Holiday. Some pics at Nandi hills and we headed towards Bangalore and reached back home by 9.00 PM.

Avalabetta is great and safe place to go out for a day trip. Please do carry some snacks and breakfast too if possible as it is hard to find some nice place for Breakfast.

It costs approximately around Rs 1000 per head including Food (breakfast and Lunch) also travelling expeses (Toll + Interstate Toll costs around 3350 for TT).

Finally a thanks to all my friends for the wonderful trip.

Snaps

Sunrise

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