Nijagal betta and Devarayana Durga...

Travelled to Nijagal betta and Devarayana durga this sunday. These places are off the Tumkur-Bangalore NH-4 highway. About 80 KM away from Bangalore south. Easiest access to this NH is through NICE roads and it's a treat to bike through this stretch of about 25KMs. 6 of us made it through with less amount of planning. ;)

We started off as early as we could and that was jus as the sun was rising with his bright orange shade...



It was too cold even with 2 t-shirts under my thick jacket! It took us almost 2 hours to reach the Nijagal foothills.



As you can see it is visible from the NH4 jus opposite a Reliance petrol bunk. We parked our bikes here as there was ample space due to the closed down bunk. Started our trek which is nothing difficult. The path is cleanly distinguishable once you cross the railway track running parallel to the NH.



Most of the monuments here are broken down and not maintained. There's nothing left on the peak other than a darga/temple. Locals flock this place with beliefs. I've seen a lot of chicken offered to deity here by the locals. Further climbing the stone give these amazing views from the top. The rock formations as so beautiful and there is a lot of gap inbetween these round huge rocks which act as caves. And it's a lot cooler with good breeze blowing on you.






We descended this hill as quickly as possible to visit another place called Devarayanadurga. This needed us to go back futher towards bangalore on NH 4 and take a left turn from dabaspete. The access is good as the roads are quite good accept for a kilometer's stretch. Curvy roads on the way up to the hillock. Half or more than half of the hill is motorable so this is not taxing on the legs ;) The view atop this hill is not as good as the Nijagal betta. But worth a visit once.



BTW, i need to mention the beeutiful sky that we had that day... as blue as it can get with white clouds scattered all over... :)