Somnathpur and Talacad

Ever stared at sculptures for one full day? Or rather, taking photographs of them? And that too while visiting Bangalore!! Well, that is what I did on my first trip to Bangalore! How I ended up choosing a historical site instead of malls/shopping is still a mystery :) 

Me and my dear friend planned for this two-days trip - one day dedicated to Enrique Iglesias concert and other for Somnathpur and Talacad. Being our first trip as a women travellers, we weren’t quite sure whether it was safe for us to travel around Bangalore alone. So, we invited a friend to be our bodyguard (:P) and voila, problem solved!! It was because of him we were able to make it and I dedicate this post to him and my fellow Enrique fan :)

Breaking Dawn @ K. R. Puram Railway Station, Bangalore

The Journey - 

Somnathpur is around 140 km from Bangalore and 35 km from Mysore. Unfortunately there are no direct buses to this place from Bangalore, you have to go till Mandya from Bangalore and then catch another bus to Somnathpur. The best way to reach it is by a car; we took a car and started from our hotel around 9 AM after a not-so-great breakfast. We were forewarned about the weekend traffic in Bangalore and witnessed it first hand. By the time we reached outskirts of the city, it was well over 10:30 AM. Roads after this are really in a very good condition until you cross Mandya. Our car breezed past the state highway.

Once our car took a turn, we started seeing spectacular rural landscape of Karnataka. I just have one word to describe it. GREEN. Rice fields, sugarcane fields and god-only-knows what crop they have sown fields, huge trees on both sides of the road, the slight drizzling which made the muddy roads and trees wet enough to be beautiful, I can simply go on and on.

Frankly, we didn’t have enough time to stop our car and enjoy the view, for we were already running late.

The rain started to fall heavily and the mud roads started to become a nuisance. Wheels could get easily stuck in the clay. 

A lone tree in middle of a paddy field

I am splitting the details into two more smaller posts, so please click here to continue reading on Somnathpur and for Talacad here.