karnataka tourism – Harrytinkers travelog

Nandi Station and Village

Posted on March 26, 2021 by harrytinkers

Nandi station

Ever thought of spending a day at Nandi hills, what we would suggest is to stay overnight and enjoy the sunrise next morning.

However today we would not be telling about Nandi Hills but a heritage place near Nandi Hills which is Nandi Station

We were extremely lucky to have witnessed a different side of Nandi hill. People generally go there to visit the gardens, enjoy the nature, sunrise and sunset.

There is a less explored place near Nandi hill which is the Nandi Station and is equally beautiful and unique as the hills. Before you start climbing the hills there is deviation towards the station and its at the foot of Nandi hills. Its pristine, secluded and beautiful

Nandi old railway station is almost 18 kms away from the Hills and it’s an isolated place. There are only very few trains which stops at this station. Recently this station has turned 105-year-old and it was built during British era in 1915.

This station was a part of Bengaluru and Chikballapur,light railway line which include four stations namely- Doddajala, Avathihalli, Nandi Halt and Devanahalli,

We also got to board the train which stops just for a minute in this station.

This station is recognised among the “Heritage stations of India”. The station has still preserved its colonial architecture and has been converted from light railways to broad gauge railway line now.

We happen to visit this beautiful place for our post wedding photo shoot. Lucky us. We would have never explored this place otherwise.

This place is completely uninhibited and is situated near the vineyards. Its surrounded with Eucalyptus trees and has a prominent banyan tree at the side entrance.

We also roamed about in the nearby village and it was super serene and beautiful.

Kokkare Bellur bird sanctuary

Posted on March 12, 2021March 17, 2021 by harrytinkers

When we were searching about offbeat places near Bangalore, quiet offbeat place is what we found.

Google said it’s a bird sanctuary and we were super excited after reading about the sightings of migratory birds starting from November. We decided to visit this place in December end.

If you are travelling from Bangalore its 110 kms away from the city and you have to take the Bangalore -Mysore highway. We started early morning in order to reach the sanctuary by 9 am. The roads are pretty wide and well maintained.
Only while leaving the city we experienced heavy traffic , otherwise it’s a very comfortable drive.

Kokkare belur bird sanctuary is situated in the town of Chennapatna ( city of Indian toys). It’s a densely populated village and as soon as we reached this place we found out that there is no specific area as bird sanctuary, its the whole village which is considered as a bird watching area.Basically you can roam around and if you are lucky you can spot pelicans and cranes in large numbers.

A villager told us that this year the birds haven’t visited yet and we were disappointed. So we decided to have a village tour and visit a nearby lake . there we spotted some birds.

Also during thie trip we found out a very beautiful place which exactly looks like the dear zindagi palm tree place in goa. We were really happy to have explored a village like this. Chennapatna is beautiful and unexplored.

Peaople like us who stay in crowded and polluted cities definitely find it peaceful in a lush green , densely populated village.

What we loved about this place are the roads , its very smooth to have long drive and super clean.

A village tour with fresh air , lush greenery all around, birds singing and beautiful roads to drive is what this bird sanctuary will offer.

bangalore, India

Devanahalli Fort

Posted on March 5, 2021 by harrytinkers

Devanahalli fort is 35 kms away from the main city of Bangalore. The was initially built with mud and later made with stone by Hyder Ali to its current preserved structure now. As its very close to the place where Tipu sultan was born, this site is considered to be heritage by Archeological survey of India.

Devanahalli earlier known as Devanadodda, was found by relative of Kempe Gowda (founder of Bangaluru). The fort is spread across 20 acres, well now it beholds smaill town.

Its sounds like a movie scene: when we look at the fort wall from outside, we would imagine how grand it would have been once upon a time. As soon as you cross the small fort opening, feels like a tunnel, you will witness a magnificent temple.

This city is full of temples one after another, now this should be renamed as city of temples. This town looks very ancient because of these temples like Venugopalaswamy temple , Siddalingeshwara temple and Sarovaranjaneya temple.