Madikeri

From Somawarpet we left for Madikeri through the winding, picturesque roads in the western ghats of Kodagu. We went down the hills and the climbed up. At a few places stopped to catch the beautiful sceneries.

This is a typical scenic beauty in Kodagu. rice fields surrounded by jungles, plantations, etc.

This is the house of advocate Sri P S Bopaiah.
The advocate’s house in Madikeri was a recent one. We stayed for a day there and then we proceeded further.

This is a bird's eye view of Madikeri town.
Another view with a temple in the middle and a small road peeping out.

Visit to Kodagu

After hectic working weeks and weeks I felt very much to take a good break. I took one in the second week of this Dec and headed towards Kodagu along with the better½. We planned to visit Somawarpet first and then to Madikeri; next, to South Kodagu.

Through Chennarayapattana would be the shorter distance. But the decision to go that way was, unfortunately, very bad; because the journey (I drove in my car) till Nelamangala nothing better than nightmare! Beyond that up to Chennarayapattana was tolerable. On asking the way at this place a young gentleman advised to take a roundabout route to Holénaraseepura. All along the drive I thanked him for the roads were really something like in a dream. [good experience in one journey: to start with a nightmare and continue to go in a nice sweet dream!:-) ]
But the drawback with our roads is, however good they are, the signboards. Either you don’t find them at all or they are place so unscientifically that it suits only the days when the automobiles were cruising at 30 kmph! I mean to say, if there comes a junction of crossroads, you’d find the signboard indicating the directions at the junction itself; not about a convenient distance of about a half to one km guiding you, “To go to Arakalagud take road to the right at the junction after a half (or one) km”.

Well, the dream-road didn’t last longer. Nevertheless, we reached Somawarpet and checked in at the house of Sri PS Bopaiah, an eminent advocate.

The weather in Somawarpet was pleasant – neither too cold for the winter of this hilly district; nor too warm.

The people of Kodagu love gardening. Not a square cm of the surrounding of the house is left without a flowering plant! I took a few photos of the garden around the house.


Ye! That’s the house and the flowering plants! Not much of the house you can see, right?
Well there is another beautiful house in Madikeri.

Kodagu

Recently I had been to Kodagu. this is the right time to visit Kodagu. No clouds, no rains. May be mist. the temperature may be low. from dusk to dawn it is cold... chill. Of course, it depends on which part of Kodagu you spend the night. If it is Madikeri, Bhagamandala or such hilly places, it is cold. Places like Virajpet, Somawarpet, etc are not too cold.
but if are not a teetotaller and not a veg, then you can warm up! :-)

While I was there I took a few photos.

The photo above is that of the Middle School of Kottoor. This school is about 150 year old. Kottoor is on the way to Talakaveri from Madikeri.

The photo on the right is a view of Brahmagiri range from where R Kaveri originates.

The photo on the top is the house of Podanolanda Ramesh Subbaiah. This house was built more than 30 years back. It is a very comfortable house. This house is opposite to the School.

No, no. It is not a Home stay. :-(

ಕೊಡಗು

ಇತ್ತೀಚಿಗೆ ನಾನು ಕೊಡಗಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿದ್ದೆ. ಕೊಡಗನ್ನು ನೋಡಬೇಕಾದ್ರೆ ಇದು ಸರಿಯಾದ ಸಮಯ. ಸಂಜೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮುಂಜಾವಿನ ನಡುವೆ ಚಳಿಯಿರಬಹುದು. ಆದ್ರೆ ಅದು ನೀವೆಲ್ಲಿರುತ್ತೀರೋ ಅದ್ರ ಮೇಲೆ ಅವಲಂಬಿಸಿರುತ್ತೆ. ಅಂದ್ರೆ, ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ, ಭಾಗಮಂಡಲ, ಮುಂತಾದ ಬೆಟ್ಟಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿದ್ರೆ ಚಳಿ ಜಾಸ್ತಿಯಿರುತ್ತೆ. ವಿರಾಜಪೇಟೆ,ಸೋಮವಾರಪೇಟೆ ಮೊದಲಾದೆಡೆ ಕಡಿಮೆ.

ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಫೋಟೋಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದೆ. ಹಾಕ್ತೀನಿ, ನೋಡೋಣ ಹೇಗಿವೆಂತ.

ಇಲ್ಲಿರೋ ಮನೆ ಮಡಿಕೇರಿಯಿಂದ ತಲಕಾವೇರಿಗೆ ಹೋಗೋ ದಾರಿಲ್ಲಿರೋ

P S ರಮೇಶ್ ಅವರದ್ದು. ಮೂವತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳಿಗಿಂತಲೂ ಹಿಂದೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿಸಿದ್ದು. ಅನುಕೂಲಕರವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮನೆಯ ಸುತ್ತು ಮುತ್ತಲೆಲ್ಲಾ ವಿವಿಧ ಹೂಗಿಡಗಳನ್ನು ಬೆಳೆಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.