15 Days Ride: Bangalore – Mumbai – Rajasthan – Agra – Gwalior – Bangalore

City Crossed: Bangalore(Karnatka) -> Pune(Maharastra)) -> Navi Mumbai -> Vadodara(Gujarat) -> Ahmadabad -> Mount Abu(Rajasthan) -> Udaipur -> Chittaurgarh -> Jaipur -> Jodhpur -> Jaisalmer -> Bikaner -> Jaipur -> Agra(UP) -> Gwalior(MP) -> Jhansi(UP) -> Sagar(MP) -> Nagpur(Maharastra) -> Hyderabad(Andhra Pradesh) -> Banglaore(Karnatka)

State Crossed: Karnatka -> Maharastra -> Gujarat -> Rajasthan -> Uthra Pradesh -> Madhya Pradesh -> UP -> MP -> Maharastra -> Andhra Pradesh -> Karnatka

Day wise ride distance and route: (Day – Date – Km Started – Km End – Distance – Route)

Day1 -20DEC08- 000-710 -710km- Bangalore(marthalli) – Hubbli(KA) – Karar (100km before pune)

Day2 -21DEC08- 710-1250 -540km- Karar – Pune – Navi Mumbai – Valsad(Gujarat)

Day3 -22DEC08- 1219-1375 -156km- Valsad(GJ) – Valsad sigth seeing – Kheem(30km from surath)

Day4 -23DEC08- 1375-1861 -486km- Kheem – Vodadhra(baroda) – Ahmadabad – Himanthpure(GJ) – Mount Abu(RJ)

Day5 -24DEC08- 1862-2083 -221km- Mount Abu sigtseeing – Udaipur – Udaipur sigtseeing

Day6 -25DEC09- 2083-2445 -362km- Udaipur sigtseeing – Chittorgarh – Kishangarh(100km before Jaipur)

Day7 -26DEC08- 2445-2672 -227km- Kishangarh – Jaipur – Jaipur Sightseeing – Kishangarh

Day8 -27DEC08- 2672-3210 -538km- Kishangarh – Jodhpur – Pokaran – Jaislmer

Day9 -28DEC08- 3210-3268 -58km- Jaislmer sightseeting – Khudi – Jaislmer

Day10 -29DEC08- 3268-3788 -520km- Jaislmer – Bikaner – Sri Dungargarh(before Sikar)

Day11 -30DEC08- 3788-4315 -527km- Dungargarh – Sikar(RJ) – Agra(UP)

Day12 -31DEC08- 4315-4582 -267km- Agra – Taj Mahal – Jhansi(UP)

Day13 -01JAN09- 4582-5045 -463km- Jhansi(UP) – Sagar(MP) – Seoni(MP)

Day14 -02JAN09- 5041-5648 -607km- Seonie(MP) – Nagpur(MH) – Hyderbad(AP)(stopped before 30km)

Day15 -03JAN09- 5648-6292 -644km- Hyderbad(AP) – Bangalore(KA)

Total expense: Rs.19,716 (Rs.7,690 for Food & Stay + Rs.12,026 for Petrol & Oil) + Rs.10,000 Ride material with backup.

Ride participants: Udhaya Kumar.V & Jawahar in Royal Enfield Thunder Bird.

Ride duration with distance: 6292 Km covered in 15 days

Hotel stay:

Maharastra – we can find lot of roadside hotels to stay at night for Rs.200 to 400.

Gujarat – We can find excellent roadside hotels for Rs.200 to 300 itself.

Rajasthan – There is no roadside hotel to stay, so we should find near by town to stay at night. Generally in Rajasthan city hotel rates will start from Rs.700, don’t accept this fixed rate, you can very well reduce the rate based on season.

UP, MP, AP – We can find the hotel only in town to stay at night.

Road status:

Karnatka – Good road

Maharastra – Very good road, But NH7 under construction, So no road at NH7

Gujarat – Excellent road

Rajasthan – Very Good road

Uthra Pradesh – Good road near to Agra, but worst/no road in NH

Madhya Pradesh – worst/no road in NH.

Andhra Pradesh – NH7 under construction, So we can see lot of deviation.

Ride photos from Gujarath – Rajasthan – Agra:

Valsad, Gujarath: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/ValsadGujarath

Mount Abu, Rajasthan: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/MountAbuRajasthanIndia

Udaipur, Rajasthan: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/UdaipurRajasthanIndia

Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/ChittaurgarhRajasthanIndia

Jaipur, Rajasthan: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/JaipurRajasthanIndia

Jodhpur, Rajasthan: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/JodhpurRajasthan

Jaiselmer, Rajasthan: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/JaiselmerRajasthanIndia

Bikaner, Rajasthan: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/BikanerRajasthanIndia

Taj Mahal, UP: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/TajMahalUPIndia

On road: http://picasaweb.google.com/udhaya.v/OnRoadKarnatkaMaharastraGujaratRajasthanUPMPMaharastraAPKarnatka

Ride Log:

Day-1, 20DEC09, 04.00 AM, 0Km, started from Marthalli, Bangalore

07.30AM, 163Km, we took breakfast at Javangaonadahalli(Before chitradurga).

01.00PM, 416Km, stopped for lunch at HUBBLI.

07.00PM, 710km, we decided to stop riding and stay at Karar (100km before pune)

Day-2, 21DEC09, 06.30AM, 710Km started our ride towards Pune, Bombay to reach Ahamadabad.

10.00AM, We took breakfast at PUNE.

12.30PM, 963Km, Jawar bike silence bold was broken so we stopped before bombay & check with local mechanic, But he said he cant fix this So we decided to raid towards Gujarath & fix it in valsad Royal Enfield Service Center.

02.45PM, 1034Km, We reached NAVI MUMBAI and riding towards NH8(to reach Ahamadabad)

04.00PM, 1071Km, We entered in NH8 and stopped for lunch, We spend more time to cross Navi Mumbai, We try to find any bypass for this city, but we are not find anything.

09.00PM, 1250, We reached VALSAD(Gujarath) & decided to stay there because we need to fix our bike issue in Royal Enfield Service center. As per our plan we need to reach Ahamadabad, but it not happened.

Day-3, 22DEC08,09.15AM, 1219Km, We went to Service center & handover Jawhar bike to fix the issue, They said it will take full day to fix this issue. Even they don’t have bullet mechanic in this service center & they hired one person for this work.

11.00AM, 1219Km, Visited to Anand & Puriv house in Anand father car. Anand father came to service center and took us. We took very good Gujaraty food at anand house.

Visited to Anand & Purvi house at Valsad

01.00 PM, 1219km, Visited to Saibaba temple & Aithial Beach (Valsad beach)

02.00PM, 1219Km, Visited to Swamy Narayan Temple at valsad, its near by beach itself & we came back to service center.

Aithial Beach (Valsad beach), Gujarath

Swamy Narayan Temple at valsad, Gujarath

04.30PM, 1276Km, Jawar bullet was ready to ride, So we started our ride towards Ahmadabad.

07.00PM, 1375Km, We stopped at Kheem, Gujarath(30km from surath) and found one nice road side Lorry hotel(Royal Inn) to stay. We will find very good road side hotels at gujarath just for rs.250 per night.

Day 4, 23DEC08, 06.45AM, 1375Km, Started our ride towards Ahmadabad from Royal Inn.

08.45AM, 1458Km, We stopped for breakfast & we took Bujia(Gujarathi Breakfast).

10.00AM, 1507Km, We reached Vodadhra(Baroda). We have Express High way between Baroda to Ahmadabad, Local people telling its best express high way even comparing with Pune-Mumbai Express High Way. Any bikes not allowed any of the Express high way, So we riding in national high way itself. 105Km needs to go to reach Ahmadabad.

Camel used at Gujarath

12.00PM, 1609Km, We reached Ahmadabad & took Ahmadabad bypass(Delhi road) to reach Mount Abu(RJ).

02.00PM, 1700Km, Reached Himanthpure & took deviation from high way to reach this place. We completed our lunch, This is our last day at Gujarath & started to Mount Abu.

05.00PM, 1816Km, Great !! Finally we entered in Rajasthan at Palanpur. Always I realized one thing, if you cross any state at any place non of the police man or check post will stop you !! non of them will stop you at any state border, just keep riding.

05.45PM, 1835Km, We reached Abu road & talking to local people with coffee about mount. You can see Mount Abu from this place & needs to ride through Mount abu road. This is only one mountain in complete RJ, so its famous.

07.00PM, 1861Km, We reached top of the Abu Mount and found one hotel(Swasthik) to stay. You can see small town on this mount & its very cold place at RJ.

Day-5, 24DEC08, 09.00AM, 1862Km, Started from hotel for local sightseeing

09.30AM, 1864Km, We reached NAKKAL LAKE. I feel like standard, you will go to any mountain you can see some lake. Its very small lake top of this mountain & having boating also. Nice to spend your time at this place, you can see lot of tourist at this place.

NAKKAL LAKE, Abu Mount, Rajasthan

After we reached UNIVERSAL PEACE HALL & attended 20 mins session, which will explain about Goad, Universal, Activity, etc

After we went to DELWAR TEMPLE. Its very small and nice marble temple at this mountain

DELWAR TEMPLE, Abu Mount, Rajasthan

We started riding to see GURU SHIKHAR temple. This is placed at highest point of this mountain. We will get very good view from this temple.

Guru Shikhar temple, Mount Abu, Rajasthan

12.45PM, 1898Km, We went to ADHAR DEVI temple & decided to skip this because we need to walk.

01.45PM, 1899Km, We took lunch and started to Udaipur

05.30PM, 2067Km, Reached Udaipur and after searching several hotel we found one hotel for Rs.600. Today we riding in 4Lane road, its nice road but only problem its under construction. They are cutting hunderes of mountain to make this butiful 4 lane road.

07.00PM, Visited to SUKHADI CIRCLE within city itself, Its very small water fountain within city and you can found small boating also. Afte we went to FATEH SAGAR LAKE, we just romaing in the bike and nothing to do much. Yes offcourse this lake also having boating, any way nothing to do at night.

Day6, 25DEC09, 08.45AM, 2083Km, We started to city palace and on the we decided to see JAGADISH TEMPLE.

09.00AM,  2083Km, We reached JAGADISH TEMPLE, its very nice white marbale temple. We spend near 30min in the temple and decide to reach City Palace. Any its very neary by from this temple.

JAGADISH TEMPLE, Udaipur, Rajasthan

09.45AM, 2083Km, We reached “THE CITY PALACE” and we spend  more time inside this palace. We have wonderful city view from this palce & back side of this palace we can see PICHOLA LAKE. Even we can see two more palace middle of this Pichola Lake, which was converted as Taj hotels. We seen four palace which was converted as hotels. Nice to see this palace with lake.

The City Palace, Pichola Lake, Udaipur, Rajasthan:

11.30AM 2089Km, Came back to hotel and decide to ride Jaipur,  actually one of the lorry driver recommended to see this CHITTORGARCH Fort. That’s the reason we decided to ride in this route like Chittorgarch and Jaipur, Other wise we will ride to jodhpur & planned to see jaipur while coming back.

01.45PM, 2213Km, We reached CHITTORGARH town and took lunch, from this town we can able to see Chittorgarh fort. We came in excellent NH76 four Lane road, We took 1.30hrs to cross 125km.

03.30 PM, 2223Km, We spend some time at Chittorgarh fort & noting great to see this place other then one tower & old temples. So we started our ride towards JAIPUR.

08.00 PM, 2445Km, We stopped at KISHANGARH for night stay. This will comes 100km before jaipur. Its excellent four lane road between Chittorgarch to Kishangarh. so we hade very nice ride today.

Day-7, 26DEC09, 07.45AM, 2445Km, We started to JAIPUR from KISHANGARH.

09.45AM 2546Km, Reached JAIPUR and found Royal Enfield Service center to fix Jawahar bike issue. They need at lest half day to fix this issue, so we decided to go for local sightseeing in my bullet.

11.00AM, 2562Km, Beautiful pink city & every building looks in pink color only. Unfortunate this city having very badly traffic system & mostly people keep driving without following any rule(no traffic discipline).

We went to AMBER FORT and spend more time in this place, its really beautiful fort & you can see very good view from this mountain. Near by we seen two more fort, but we decide to skip those fort. After that we reached JALMAHAL, its small palace and located middle of water.

AMBER FORT, JAIPUR

We reached CITY PALACE, which is located within JAIPUR city itself. We spend some time inside the palace & watching old things. Nice to see

CITY PALACE, JAIPUR

We came back and reached HAWA MAHAL, its one of the famous Rajasthan identify. Generally I have impression this will be very big MAHAL and holding complete city. But not, Its small one. HAWA MAHAL architecture having several floors, so we can go floor by floor through steps. Wonderful science Implemented using wonderful Architecture. Excellent to see this !! We completed our sightseeing and decided to go back to service center. Now we started to JODHPUR, 335 km needs to go.

HAWA MAHAL, JAIPUR

04.00PM, 2572Km, We reached service center and Jawahar TB ready now. I have serviced my bullet, it means just changed Engine Oil noting more then this.

05.00 PM        Stopped for lunch at roadside hotel & done.

6.45PM, 2672Km, We stopped at KISHANGARH, where we stayed yesterday & we stayed in the same hotel.

Day8, 27DEC08, 08.15AM, 2672Km, We started our ride to JODHPUR, 240Km needs to go.

09.45AM, 2738Km, We took rajasthani breakfast with sweets.

01.30PM, 2926Km, We reached JODHPUR fort(MEHRANGARH FORT), Excellent architecture top of the mountain. I feel, first time I am seeing more design in fort in Rajasthan. One more Jodhpur palace also in this city, but we decided to skip the palace and ride to JAISLMER.

06.30PM, 3100Km, We reached POKARAN, still 110km needs to go to reach JAISLMER. This is completely two lane road(no divider). We decided to reach jaislmer and stay there itself.

08.30PM, 3210Km, We reached Jaisalmer & Its first very Cold ride in single road at night. Rates are very high in this city to stay because of tourism. Any way no other go.

Day-9, 28DEC09, 10.30AM, 3210Km, Started for sightseeing.

12.45PM, 3212Km, This city called “Golden City” because of all building colors. All the building looks in Golden color only. We reached JAISALMER FORT & we spend some time there & did some shopping near by.

JAISALMER FORT, Golden City

02.15PM, 3216KM, We started to KHUDI Desert.

04.00PM, 3268Km, We went to camel ride in desert & spend remaining time in desert itself. We seen more people waiting to see “Sun Set” from this desert. Nice to see sun set from this place.

07.00PM, We came back to hut where we needs to stay at night. Its near by desert itself.

Day-10, 29DEC09, 08.30AM, 3268Km, Started from Jaislmer to Bikaner.

02.00PM, 3569Km, Stopped for lunch before bikaner, still 85mk needs to go.

04.30PM, 3696Km, We reached Kanni Madha Temple. This temple filled by rate & you can see rate every ware keep moving and eating. Nice to see this temple with lot lot of rates, I have seen one of the discovery programs based on this temple about these rates. We decided to reach Taj Mahal(Agra) through JAIPUR route & started our ride.

Kanni Madha Temple(Rate Temple) at Bikaner

Kanni Madha Temple, Bikaner

08.00PM, 3788Km, We stopped at SRI DUNGARGARH(Before Sikar) & found one hotel to stay. Most of the time more problem to get roadside hotel in Rajasthan, there is no roadside hotel, only we need to reach any town to stay.

Day-11, 30DEC08, 08.45AM, 3788Km, We started from DUNGARGARH and riding towards Agra through JAIPUR.

12.00PM, 3999Km, We crossed SIKAR and stopped for lunch, Still 300km needs to go to reach Agra. We found Jawahar bike had some oil leakage in engine tube, We decided to stop at jaipur to fix this.

01.45PM, 4062Km, We reached same Royal Enfield Service center to fix oil leakage issue & fixed at free of cost.

02.45PM, 4062Km, We started our ride to Agra, Still 220km needs to go.

05.00PM, We are not able to see the road properly because of complete fog from 4.00pm itself

08.00PM, 4315Km, We reached Agra & Checked in hotel. Today we had very bad ride because of bad weather(Complete fog, not able to see road) & bad road.

Day-12, 31DEC08, 08.30AM, 4315Km, We reached Taj Mahal & filled by fog. First time we took paid guide to see this place in our complete tour.

Taj Mahal, Agra, UP

11.30AM, 4327Km, We completed our Tour & Needs come back to Bangalore now. Initially we planned to go to Delhi from there we will reach bangalore in Train, but we are not able to get train ticket. So we decided to ride back to bangalore.

07.00PM, 4582Km, Stopped at JHANSI(UP) and found hotel to stay. This hotel was decorated and ready for New Year celebration. But today we had very worst ride because of worst road so we are not in New Year celebration mood. We took good dinner & went for sleep.

Day13, 01JAN09, 08.00PM, 4582Km, We started our ride towards Nagpur, MH.

Narmada River, MP

01.00PM, 4799Km, We stopped before Sagar(MP) for lunch.

07.30PM, 5045Km, We stopped at SEONI(MP) for night stay. Very bad road at UP & MP in this National High way.

Day14, 02JAN09, 07.30AM, 5041Km, Started from SEONIE(MP) to HYDERABAD(AP).

09.45AM, 5188Km, We reached NAGPUR(MH) and took breakfast.

Near Nagpur, MH

08.00PM, 5648Km, Reached Hyderbad(Sopped before 30km) & find hotel to stay. NH7 under construction, So no road or bad road at Maharashtra.

ISKON temple at AP

Day15, 03JAN09, 07.00AM, 5648Km, Started to Bangalore.

08.00PM, 6292Km, Reached Bangalore.

My Bul 🙂

Udhaya Kumar.V

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Banglaore to Valparai, TN Ride

 

Bangalore,KA to Valpari,TN

13,14-Dec-2008

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Ride Participants from Silver Bullet Group:  from Bangalore(Udhaya, jsr, Jumbo & Jawahar) + from Trivandrum, Kerala(11 riders)

Road Map: Bangalore to Valparai, Tamil Nadu: Bangalore -> Krishnagiri -> Dharmapuri -> Toppur -> Bhavani -> Erode -> Tiruppur -> Pollachi -> Valparai (471 KM – Round trip – 930 km )

Total Km: 471 KM one way, 930 km round trip.

Duration/Date Time: Two day ride. We started on 13/Dec/08 6.15 AM & came back on 14/Dec/08 10.00 PM.

13/Dec/08: We started from Bangalore at 6.15 am, after 1 hrs ride my bike chain was broken, any way Jayan had chain lock backup and he fixed(Thanks lot to Jayan – Who is having mini mechanical shop in is bul always). We took breakfast at krishnakiri & started our ride, after lunch & some of the photo sessions we reached Valparai, Tamil Nadu at 7.00 PM. Great to meet more Trivandrum riders at night !! 

13/Dec/08: We started at 8.30 am, but after we stoped several placess while coming down from Valparai. Actually speaking we started our ride at 11.00 am. On the way we took lunch and reached Hosur for dinner. I reached my home at 10.00 pm.

Last six months I am thinking for this ride & finally it happens now. Great !!

 

Udhaya Kumar.V

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Banglaore to Wayanad, Kerala Ride

Banglaore to Wayanad, Kerala

20, 21-Sep-2008

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Ride Participants: Udhaya Kumar.V & Praveen.X.G.P in one Thunder Bird.

Road Map: Bangalore – Mysore – Nanjangund – Gundelpet(take right)–NH212 –> Sulthan Bathery –NH212– Kalpetta.

Road Status: Very Good Road, except Nanjangund to Gundelpet road.

Total Km: 300 KM one way, 850 km round trip.

Visited Places at Waynadu: 0.Muthanga Wild Life Sanctury(on they way to kalpetta)1.Kalpetta(stay) 2.Pookot Lake 3.View Point 4.Banasura Sagar Dam 5.Edakkal Caves 5.Sochi Para Waterfalls.

Other places to see(I am not seen):  1.Meenamutty Waterfalls 2.Kantahn Para Waterfalls 3.Chempra Peak 4.Kuruva Dweep

Duration/Date Time: Two day ride. I started on 20/Sep/08 5.15 AM & came back on 21/Sep/08 8.30 PM.

Petrol Bunk: You can find High way petrol bunks, Except Bandipore & Outside Waynad.

Stay/Food: We stayed at Hotel – Changdragiri Inn, Main Road, Kalpetta, Ph-04936 – 203049, 203050. We paid Rs.400 for Deluxe room. You can get very good hotel for less price. We can see lot of hotels at Kalpetta for food.

About  Ride & Place:

20-Sep-2008 05.15 AM: We started at marathalli, Banglore and reached kalpetta at 11.30 AM. We went through Bandipur forest. Its amazing ride. Before Sulthan Bathery we can see Muthanga Wild Life Sanctury, if you want you can go for Jeep safari at cost of Rs.250.

In the same day we visited to 1.Pookot Lake 2.View Point 3.Banasura Sagar Dam and came back to room. It was raining some time in this area.

21-Sep-2008 07.00 AM: We visited to 1.Edakkal Caves 2.Musium 3.Sochi Para Waterfalls. Today it was amazing ride in tea estate roads. I am not able to see any straight roads other then S U roads ..

Pookot Lake: Very small lake & you can go for boating.

View Point: it will give very good view in Kozhikode side.

Banasura Sagar Dam: Located about 15 km North West of Kalpetta, Banasura Dam is the largest earth Dam in India.

Edakkal Caves: Its in top of the mountain (4000km from sea level). Edakkal Caves are considered to be one of the earliest spots of human dwelling. The caves have been formed out of three huge rocks. You can see some of the stone age art, Tamil script and Pudha script in this caves.

Sochi Para Waterfalls: Its 40+ km from kalpetta.

 

Udhaya Kumar.V

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Bangalore to Pondicherry Ride

16, 17/Aug/2008,
Bangalore to Pondicherry.

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Ride Participants:  Thunder Bird – Kartik Ayyar + Pillion (Chandan), Thunder Bird – Udhaya Kumar.V, Thunder Bird –  Balaji + Pillion (Ragavandira), Bajaj Pulsur – Sachin Jambhulkar.

Road Map: Bangalore(Marathalli) 0Km – Silkboard–NH7–> Krishnagiri –NH660–> Thiruvannamalai–> Gingee–>Tindivanam –> Puducheri(330Km)

Road Status: NH7 – Very Good Road, NH66 – Good road and Very good ride experience with lot of curve.

Total Km: 330 KM one way, 696 km round trip.

Visited Places: Auroville Beach, Stone Beach, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Manakkula Vinayakar Temple, Sacred Heart Church.

Duration/Date Time: Two day ride. I started on 16/Aug/08 7.00 AM & came back on 17/Aug/08 7.00 PM.

Petrol Bunk: you can find High way petrol bunks.

Food: You can find good hotels at Thiruvannamalai, Gingee, Tindivanam.

About Place & Ride:

16/Aug/08 7.00 AM: we started from Bangalore and reached PY at 1.00 PM, after we reached we realized getting rooms is more difficult because of the week end, we browsed most of the hotels and finally we get into the room at 4.00PM. in the mean time we finished lunch also.

16/Aug/08 5.30 PM:  We went to Auroville beach and spend very good time, after we came back to stone Beach inside the city itself. We spend some hours in this beach, but I can see lot lot of people in this beach because of the week end. After  that we came back to room after completion of dinner.

17/Aug/08 8.00 AM: started from hotel and visited to Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Manakkula Vinayakar Temple, Sacred Heart Church and came back to room at 11.15 AM.

17/Aug/08 12.00 PM: We started our ride back to Bangalore & took lunch at Thiruvannamalai.

17/Aug/08 07.00 PM: Reached my home at Bangalore.

Not much place to see in Pondicherry, But its really GREAT experience riding in NH66.

Udhaya Kumar.V
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Bangalore to Lepaksh, AP Motorbike Ride

 Ride Photos: 09/Aug/2008, Bangalore, KA to Lepaksh, AP ride.

Visited Places: Nandi Bull  & Veerabhadra Temple at Lepaksh, Penukonda Fort.

Ride Participants: Udhaya Kumar.V & Praveen.X.G.P in one Thunder Bird.

Road Map: Bangalore(Marathalli) 0Km – Hebbal –NH7–> Yelenkha –> Devanahalli-> Chikabalapur (69km)->Bagephalli-> AP checkpost(122 Km)-> Take left to Lepakshi(140 Km).

Road Status: Good Road, under road construction so we can see lot of deviations.

Total km: 122 KM one way, 365 km round trip.

Duration/Date Time: One day ride note more then that. I started on 09/Aug/08 6.30 AM & Came back same day at 4.00 PM

Petrol Bunk: you can find High way petrol bunks.

Food: you can find good hotels at Chikabalapur, after that you wont find any hotels other then small shops. But you can find one road side dhaba.

About Visited Places:

Nandi Bull: The huge statue of Nandi Bull made of single granite stone is one of the main attraction of Lepakshi.

Veerabhadra Temple: One of the best example of Vijayanagar style of architecture, Veerabhadra Temple is bewitching in its architectural beauty. The magnificent temple complex portrays the historical and architectural excellence in its best colour.
 
Pillared Hall: The pillared hall of every temple complex of Lepakshi is object to watch pointedly. Famous for its painting on its ceiling, pillared halls of temple complex are treat for heritage loving tourists.

09/Aug/2008 06.30 AM: After long time I went for one warm-up ride, we started very yearly and keep riding in NH7 and no traffic. We completed breakfast after begaphalli in one of the road side Sagar hotel. We started ride and reached AP Checkpost in high way itself. You wont find any Name board at this place. You can see some small shops and some more truck. We took left from high way and riding 18 km to reachlepakshi, first we can see nandi at right side when you reach leapaksh. Still if you ride in the same road, you can see one arch in left side, its entrance for this temple. We reached lepaksh at 9.30 AM. Its very old and Vijayanagar style temple, we can visit one time.

09/Aug/2008 11.00 AM: We decided to go Penukonda Fort. So we came back to high way(NH7) and took left(towards hyderabad). We traveled 38 km and reached Penukonda. We spend more time to fine this port, even local people never heard about this fort. Finally we reached Penukonda Fort, But nothing to see. Its absolutely waste of time. We took lunch at Penukond itself. Its very small town, so we can find lot of hotels and sops.

09/Aug/2008 01.00 PM: We started our return journey to Bangalore. After spending some time in road side hotel, we reached Bangalore at 04.00 PM.

Good one day ride, no expense other then petrol.

By Udhaya Kumar.V
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Bangalore, Karnataka to Yercaud, Tamil Nadu Motor Bike Ride (525 KM round trip) from Silver Bullets Group

03/May/2008,
Bangalore to Yercaud Ride.

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Ride Participants: Udhaya Kumar.V & Kartik Ayyar in Thunder Bird from Silver Bullets Group.

Road Map: Bangalore(Silk Board) –NH7–> Krishnagiri –> Dharmapuri –> Salam –>Yercaud (245KM)

Total km: 525 km (round trip)

Road Status: Excellent high way, except Krishnagiri to Dharmapuri, because of high way construction.

Duration/Date Time: one and half days. we started on 03/May/08 6.20 AM at Silk Board & came back to Bangalore on 04/May/08 1.00 PM, after noon.

Petrol Bunk: Top of the mountain (Yercaud) also you can find petrol bunk. Yes off course you can find in high ways.

Hotel/Stay: We stayed in Star Holidays inc(Hill Resorts), opp Union Office, Salem Main Road, Yercaud, TN. (p) 04281-223337, 223338, starholidaysyercaud.com

Visited Places: Yercaud Lake, Kiliyur Falls, Shevaroyan Temple, Pagoda Point, Monfort School, Lady’s Seat

03/May/08 6.20 AM : Karthik, Udhaya & Jayan.S.R planed to ride, but jayan not feeling well, so myself and  karthik was started the ride. Its amazing road, we took breakfast at Krishnagiri and reached Yercaud at 10.30 AM. Its really wonderful ride with karthik.

We thought of dump our bags in some hotel room and spend some time in Yercaud, but we spend more time to get one single room & visited more then 10 hotels. Its season, so most of the hotels already full. Finally we got one deluxe room (990 rs per day) and dumped our bags and took rest.
No we decided to stay back in yercaud, So after noon we went for some sight seeing  Yercaud Lake, Kiliyur Falls, Shevaroyan Temple, Pagoda Point, Monfort School, Lady’s Seat. Its good place to see one time !! We came back to room at 6.00 PM itself.

04/May/08 7.30 AM : we started our return journey and completed breakfast at salam, we decided to ride slow and took one more break at Krishnagiri. We reached home at 1.00 pm afternoon.
Its nice ride !! Thanks lot to Karthik for this wonderful ride !!

Udhaya Kumar.V
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Motor Bike Ride – Bangalore to BR Hills (Biligiri Rangana Hills) & K Gudi(Kyathadevara Gudi)

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My Road Map: Bangalore(Marathalli) –SH17–> T.B.Circle (take left, after Madhur, 94km) — NH209–> Malavalli –> Sivanasamudram –> Kollegal –> Yellandur –> BR Hills(198 Km) –> K.Gudi(218km) –SH80–> Chamrajnagar(246km) –> Nanjangudu –> Mysore –SH17–> Bangalore

Total km: 486

Road Status: Kollegal to BR Hills(30+km) – Bad/mud Road, KGudi to Chamrajnagar – Bad forest road. Other then this good !!

Alternate Route(I am not went): Blore-Kanakpura-Malavalli-Kollegal-Yellandur-B.R.Hills -Kyathadevara Gudi

Date Time: I started on 13/Apr/08 6.00 AM & came back 13/Apr/08 7.00 PM

Ride Participants: Udhaya with Thunder Bird.

Petrol Bunks : no petrol bunk on BR Hills/K Gudi.

Food & Stay: BR Hills – I seen one hotel & small stall, but you can’t stay night.  K.Gudi – No hotel, No food, Nothing.

K Gudi Wilderness Camp: K Gudi Wilderness camp located in BR Hills. We need to book it advance in Bangalore. 2200 Per head package for 2 days (12 noon starts & ends next day 11.am. 1 – Jeep safari, 1- Elephant Ride, Food/tea/coffee, Camp fire). K Gudi Wilderness Camp Booking Addreess/Information: Jungle Lodges & Resorts Ltd, 2nd Floor, Shrungar Shopping complex, M G Road, Bangalore – 1, (p)-91-80-2559 7021/24/25, (e) info@junglelodges.com

Visited Places: Biligiri Rangana Temple Tope of the BR Hills(Biligiri Rangana Hills – 3500 ft above the sea level), BR Hills view point & K Gudi.

I am asking my friends to visit this place for long time, not happened, So I decided to visit to this place in my bike(Thunder Bird) itself.

13-Apr-08 6.00 AM I started morning and driving towards BR Hills in Bangalore-Mysore state high way. When I crossed Yelandur and entered in forest road, its really amazing place to ride ride ride.

I reached BR Hills temple(top of the hill) and spend some time, nothing to see in this place other then temple & view point. No activity in this place other then temple & view point. We can have some good time pass seeing greenish place.

After I started my ride to K Gudi to go for some safari, Once I reached K Gudi, then only I realized, safari only for booked people, not for public. Bad part in this place, no hotel, no tea stall, nothing to buy. But good forests for time pass.

I started my return journey from this place & decided to go through mysore, I traveld towards Chamrajnagar, its forest road, good place to ride & nice time. I took my very late lunch in Chamrajnagar and started to Bangalore.

One more wonderful week end !! Worth to ride in forest road !! Just keep riding in forest 🙂

Udhaya Kumar.V
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2Days Week end Motorcycle Ride to Kalhatty(Ooty), Tamil Nadu from Bangalore, Karnataka – Round trip 654KM

01/Mar/2008, Banglore 2 Kalhatty(Ooty). Click me to see all Photos

One more worth & exciting week end, always I will think I need to go for ride with some bullet group. Because most of the time I am riding alone. Finally my dream came true this week end. I came to know about Silver Bullets (www.silver-bullets.org) Royal Enfield motorcycle club through Jayan S R(jayansr.blogspot.com). Very good people.

Roadmap:

Ride 1: started the ride from BTM, Bangalore on 01/Mar/08 at 6.30 AM traveled in Bangalore – Mysore high way(SH17). Before reaching mysore city we took deviation and joined in Bandipure High way(NH212). (This road will go through Bandipure National Park and Mudumalai National Park) we traveled in the same road & reached Kalhatty(15 km before ooty) at 1.30 PM. Totally we took 7 hrs to cover 293km with 2 break.

Ride 2: In evening we went to ooty(21 km from Kalhatty). then we started 17 km ride from ooty to coonoor. we spend some time in coonoor and came back to Kalhatty at night 9.30 PM.

Ride 3: on 02/Mar/08 1:00 pm, we started our return journey to Bangalore from Kalhatty at 1.00 PM in the same way & reached banglore at 8.00 PM with two breaks. Totally our round trip comes 654km in 2days.

Where we stayed: Kalhatty Jungle Camp, Kalhatty – 645005, Nilgris, TN, Phone-94430 53800, 0423-2252200, 0423-2252330. if you have bike, this is really very good and cheap place to stay, We paid 700Rs per head for per day with accommodation, food, etc

Ride Participants: Jaayan, Jo, jumbo, Moshaii, GK & Udhaya

 

About our trip/Ride:

01/Mar/08 06:30 AM we(jaayan, Jo, jumbo & myself) started from BTM, Bangalore and reached Kalhatty at 01.30 PM. I really enjoyed this ride with group and following the proper signal. Its very good experience while riding in forest like Bandipure National Park & Mudumalai National park. We seen some of the animals (elephants, etc) while riding in this forest. (Moshaii & GK came to Kalhatty in evening).

01/Mar/08 05:00 PM we(jayan, Jo, Jumbo & myself) went to ooty/coonoor & came back to kalhatty at night. We visited the loco shed near coonoor railway station.

01/Mar/08 10:00 PM its fun time in camp(we had camp fire). We had wonderful entertainment for complete night because of GK. he is singing Malayalam songs for full night.

02/Mar/08 10:00 AM we went for trucking. Good exercise and seen very good bungalow top of the mountain.

02/Mar/08 01:00 PM we stared our ride back to Bangalore.

02/Mar/08 08:00 PM I reached my home, marathalli, banglaore.

Wonderful experience with Wonderful people !! Thanks to Jayan, Jo, jumbo, Moshaii & GK.

Udhaya Kumar,V. udhaya@udhaya.com

Visited to Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary in Bike

13-Jan-2008
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mysore District, Karnataka

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I have visited to Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mysore(District), Karnataka in my bike with my friend Praveen on 13-Jan-2008. round trip was 300km today. Its really good one day trip.

About: Ranganathittu covers an area of less than 1sq km, but the bird population density is very high. The most common birds in the sanctuary are painted storks, spoon bills, white ibises, egrets, herons and partridges. Most of the birds stay on tiny islands within the cuvery river, which you can approach by boat. You can see more crocodiles in this place.

Entry Fees: Rs 25 per/head, Rs 15 Bike.

Best time to visit: June to November (8:30 am to 6:00 pm), But local people telling, you can see birds between Jan to Jul.

Road Map from Bangalore: I have traveled in Bangalore-Mysore high way(SH-17) in bike. If you travel 135 km in mysore road from bangalore, you will reach Srirangapattna. Still you need to travel near 3 km in the same road after take Right(you will find small circle) & travel 1 and half KM, then take one more right and travel 1 km, You will reach Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary.

Nearby Place to See:

1.At Srirangapattna you can see Ranganathan Temple, Tippusultan Body Found Place.
2.at Srirangapattna, if you take left, you can see Tippusultan Summer house, Gumbaz, Sangamam (Cauvery, Lokapavani & Hemavathi).
3.If you travel 10 km from Srirangapattna in the same high way, you will reach Mysore. You can see place like Phillomina Church, Mysore Palace, Chamundeswari Temple, Nandi Temple, Brindhavan Garden, etc

Udhaya Kumar.V , Udhaya@Udhaya.com

Short Trip to Humpi, Karnataka

29/Dec/2007
Humpi, Karnataka

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We have visited to Hampi in half day. Generally it will take 2 days to cover complete Hampi, its huge , But I went for some other India Sudar work, So in remaining times we had the changes to visit Hampi.

Hampi is 350 kms from Bangalore. The town of Hospet, which is 13 km from Hampi. Hospet is linked by rail/bus from Bangalore. We have direct buses to Humpi itself.

Visited Places:

Tungabhadra Dam: 49-m-high and 2-km-long Tungabhadra Dam, 6 km from Hospet.

Vithala Temple: The Vithala temple is a World Heritage monument with fantastic sculptural work from the time of Vijayanagar Empire. It features 56 ‘Musical Pillars’, which reverberate when tapped and an ornate stone chariot in the temple courtyard with an image of Garuda.

Lotus Mahal: A delightful blend of Hindu and Muslim style of architecture, this palace features two-storeyed elegant pavilion situated in the ‘ladies’ section’ of the palace.

Queen’s Bath: A 15m square structure, Queen’s Bath is 1.8m deep, has stark exteriors and highly ornate interiors and by delicate and elegantly ornamented arched corridors and projecting balconies.

Elephants Stable:

Virupaksha Temple: Virupaksha Temple is dedicated to Virupaksha, a form of Lord Vishnu. The temple houses shrines of Lord Shiva and Goddesses Pampa and Bhuvaneswari. Parts of the temple is said to belong to 11th or 12th century.

History: During 1336-1565, Hampi was one of the gratifying capitals of powerful Vijayanagara Empire, stretched from Deccan Plateau up to the Peninsula. The empire comprised three states – Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh. The rulers of this dynasty were great lovers of art and architecture that can easily be traced in the widespread ruins of Hampi. Hindu kingdom of Vijaynagar and it is declared a World Heritage site.

Udhaya Kumar.V