A Traveller's Diary - Kozhikode, Valayanad, Baypore & Lokanarkavu

Though, we (my mother and myself) had been to Kerala number of times, we had not visited the districts of Kozhikode and Kannur in North Kerala. We finally got the chance in August 2016. We reached Kozhikode (which was earlier known as Calicut) on 24 August 2016 at 5:30 AM by Mangalore Express. The train was late by one hour. We took a room in a nearby lodge and took rest for some time. We came out of the room at 7:30 AM after having our bath. 

We hired an auto and reached Thali temple at 7:40 AM. The temple is just one kilometer away from the railway station. This temple is very famous in Kozhikode. All the male devotees have to wear dhoti and remove their shirt and banian before entering the temple. As this is strictly followed in most of the temples in Kerala, I carried one dhoti with me. The temple was crowded as there were around five hundred people inside the temple. 

This temple has lot of deities, but the main deity is Lord Shiva. The walls of the temples are in the shape of Elephant belly with broad base and narrow neck at the end. It took around 10 minutes for darshan as there was a queue. After having our darshan, we went to see the remaining temples in the complex. There is a temple for Sri Krishna and it was crowded as the next day was going to be Krishnasthami. After having the darshan of Sri Krishna, we came out of the temple at around 8:30 AM. We went to a nearby hotel and had a cup of coffee. 

There is another temple dedicated to Lord Ganesha on the right side of Thali temple. Surprisingly, this temple was not constructed in Kerala style. There is a pond in front of this temple. There is a small temple for Subrahmanya also in the same complex. We came out at 9:30 AM after having our darshan of both the deities.  

Our next visit was Varakkal Devi temple which is 6 kms from that place. We boarded an auto and reached the temple at 10:00 AM. 
The temple is located on a small rock which is called West Hill and is very close to the Varakkal beach. There are 28 steps that lead to the temple. 

The deity in this temple is Goddess Durga who is worshiped as Varakkal Devi. It is a belief that Parashurama, who was the creator of Kerala, built 108 temples in Kerala for Goddess Durga. Varakkal Devi temple is considered to be the 108th one. 

There were hardly 10 people inside and we spent around 20 minutes in the temple. We boarded another auto and reached the railway station in 15 minutes. We had our breakfast in a restaurant and boarded the bus to go to Valayanad which is around 8 kms from there (towards Govindapuram).

There is another temple at Valayanad which is dedicated to Bhagavathi who is considered to be the family Goddess of the Zamorin kings who ruled Kozhikode in the 14th century. This temple is also located on a small hill and there are around 30 steps that take us to the temple.

The darshan was stopped for some time as there was a special puja going on at that time. The temple was opened in 15 minutes and we had the darshan of Bhagavathi. We stood in front of her for around 10 minutes as there were not more than 30 people inside the temple. We returned after spending 20 minutes in the temple.  

One of my colleagues in Hyderabad is from Kozhikode. She told me about the Baypore roadway two years back. Since then, it was in my mind to visit that place. When we planned our trip to the Northern part of Kerala, I included that also in my 'must see' list. 

After reaching Kozhikode, we boarded another bus and reached Baypore in 30 minutes. This place is 15 kms away from the town. The local people pronounce Baypore as Baypuray. The beach is 2 kms away from the bus stand and we hired an auto. The beach at Baypore is not so beautiful, but the main attraction there is the roadway which is almost one and a half kilometer into the sea. 

It is definitely not a bridge, though it is described as Baypore bridge in some websites. It is a roadway that was laid down with 15 feet width. We can walk directly into the sea from the beach. I have not heard of any such roadway in any part of the country. That's why it became a primary attraction and tourists (especially foreigners), who visit Kozhikode, include this road also a part of their itinary. However, someone in Kozhikode told me later that there had been another roadway constructed in Kozhikode beach which is similar to Baypore roadway.

There were a few fishermen who were trying their luck on the right side of the sea. On the left side, there is a small rock almost 500 meters away from this roadway which stopped the force of the sea to some extent.  Probably, it made the construction of the roadway easier. 

We wanted to walk for about half a kilometer initially as the end of the roadway looked very far. However, after walking on that roadway for sometime, we started enjoying it. Moreover, the weather was also very pleasant. There were a few rocks thrown at the end of the roadway, probably to protect the roadway from the tides in the sea. 

It was really amazing to get drenched by the tides after they hit the rocks. We spent longer than we planned as we both enjoyed our time over there. The view was simply superb when we looked back at the shore from there.

After spending more than one hour on that roadway, we finally decided to go back at 2:00 PM as we didn`t have our lunch yet. In all our trips, we mainly visit temples. It was one of the exiting times I had like the one I had in the desert near Jaisalmer in Rajasthan in 2009. Fortunately, there was no Tsunami when we were on the roadway, or else, you wouldn`t have been reading this now.

It took around 45 minutes to go back to Kozhikode. We had our lunch in a restaurant which is close to the railway station. After our lunch, we walked down to the station as our next plan was to visit Lokanarkavu temple, near Vadakara.

We boarded the Parasuram Express and reached Vadakara at 5:00 PM. We walked down to the bus stand at it is just half a kilometer away from the railway station. All the buses that go to Memunda stop at Lokanarkavu, which is 5 kms away from the town. We reached the place in 10 minutes. We hired an auto from the highway to go to the temple which is almost one kilometer away. It is again compulsory to wear dhoti before entering the temple.

The temple in Lokanarkavu was dedicated to Goddess Durga. The original name of this place was Lokamalayarkavu. Loka means world, Mala means mountain, Aara means river and Kavu means grove. There are two more temples for Shiva and Vishnu just beside the main temple. 

We returned after having a very good darshan of all these deities. This time we hired an auto directly to go to the railway station in Vadakara as we wanted to stay in Kannur for that night. However, as the next day was Krishnastami, there was a Shobha Yatra going on in Vadakara. There were hundreds of school children dressed up like Sri Krishna. It was like all the school children in Vadakara were involved in that. Thousands of people came on to the roads to watch the Yatra. As a result, our auto was stopped one kilometer away from the railway station. 

We got down and watched the Yatra for some time. The children were dancing and there were a few skits going on. As it looked the Yatra would continue for a few more hours and it was getting late for us, we started walking towards the railway station. We reached the station at 7:30 PM after having our evening tea in a restaurant close to the bus stand. We boarded the Netravati Express and reached Kannur by 8:45 PM. We had our dinner in a restaurant and took a room in a hotel close to the railway station and stayed in Kannur for that night.

A Traveller's Diary - Bidar, Rejintal, Jharasangam, Anantagiri, Bugga & Vikarabad

My mother's cousin lives in Bidar and she had been inviting us for a long time to come to her house. However, the trip was not materialized for a long time due to the reasons beyond our control. 

We made one attempt to go to Bider by bus in March 2013 (during Good Friday). After reaching Humnabad, which is 53 kms away from Bidar, we heard the sad demise of my cousin in an accident (who lived in Hyderabad and was just 32 then). We immediately returned back to Hyderabad from Humnabad.

We got the chance to go to Bidar after two years. We boarded the train to Sai Nagar (Shirdi) at 5:45 PM on 23 May 2015 (as the train was late) and reached Bidar at 9:00 PM. We hired an auto from the railway station and went to my aunt's house. We planned to see the important tourist attractions in and around Bidar on the next day.

24 May 2015

Bidar

We couldn`t wake up early in the morning as my mother and my aunt spent a lot of time talking with each other during the night as they met after a long time. By the time we came out of the house after having our breakfast, it was 10:00 AM. 

We wanted to go to Gurudwara first which is 4 kms away from my aunt's house. It is located exactly between the railway station and my aunt's house (In fact, we saw the arch on the road to Gurudwara in the previous night when we were going to my aunt's house from the railway station). We hired an auto and reached Gurudwara in less than 10 minutes.




The Gurudwara is very big in size and is painted in White colour like any other Gurudwaras. At the entrance (where we left our footwear), I covered my head with a scarf I brought with me as it is the custom that no man should enter the Gurudwara with bare head. All men who do not belong to Sikh community have to wear a piece of cloth on their heads before entering the Gurudwara. All women have to cover their heads either with dupatta of their chudidars or with pallu of their saries.

We had to walk for more than five minutes from the main gate to reach the actual building. The floor was not covered with anything and, as it was core summer, our feet burnt due to the heat. There were two stairways one to go up and the other one to come down. Only the stairway which is meant to come down was covered with carpet. The heat was even worse when we started taking steps to go up as the stairway was made of marble. So we went down quickly and took the other stairway (which was covered) to go upstairs.



There were almost 100 people praying inside the Gurudwara. A few people were sitting aside and singing religious songs. We also sat somewhere and prayed silently for 10 minutes. One volunteer gave us prasadam when we were coming out. He also advised us to go to the langar (kitchen cum dining hall) and have lunch as it was being served then. We said we had heavy breakfast and it was not our lunch time (it was just 10:30 AM then). But, the other devotees who overheard our conversation insisted us to have something as it was prasadam and should not be rejected.

We went to the dining hall where more than 50 people were having their lunch. A few people volunteered to serve rotis and sweet. We tasted one roti (which was served with mixed vegetable curry) and one sweet each. The person who sat beside me told that people from that community voluntarily do service in Gurudwaras during Sundays. When we came out, I noticed a few more volunteers who were washing the dishes.




It was almost 11:00 AM by the time we came out of Gurudwara. I have not removed the scarf from my head even after coming out as it was terribly hot out there. Our next visit was the famous Lakshmi Narasimha temple, located in a cave which is 5 kms away from the town. We again boarded an auto and reached the temple in 15 minutes.

The story behind Lord Narasimha being situated here is, after killing Hiranyakashpu, Narasimha proceeded to kill another demon named Jalasura, who was a staunch devotee of Lord Shiva. After he was killed by Lord Narasimha, Jalasura turned into water and started flowing from Lord's feet. Till this day, water keeps flowing from Lord’s feet and fills the cave. The devotees who want to have the darshan of Lakshmi Narasimha, have to go in water for 300 meters in the cave.

Unfortunately, the temple was under repairs at that time and, as a result, the people were not permitted to enter the cave. However, there is another idol of Lard Lakshmi Narasimha at the entrance of the cave. We had the darshan of Lakshmi Narasmha who is at the entrance along with other devotees.





We went out after spending almost 30 minutes there. A city bus was parked at the entrance of the temple and it was about to leave. We boarded that bus as my aunt said it would go to their colony. The bus was so similar to the Metro Express bus in Hyderabad. However, it has an additional feature of public address system (which is only in the air conditioned buses in Hyderabad). There was an announcement regarding the next stop along with the current stop. This facility is very useful to the people who are new to the town. We reached Bidar in 20 minutes and got down in our colony. My aunt's house is just 5 minutes walk from the bus stop. We skipped our lunch as we were already feeling heavy and took rest for some time.

We took rest till 6:00 PM as it was very hot out there. We came out at 6:30 PM and went to visit Papanasha Shiva temple which is one and a half kilometer away from our house. The temple is located in a place which looks like a small valley. We wanted to board an auto, but our aunt said the way to the temple would look so beautiful and we would miss the view if we go in auto. So we started walking down.

There is a newly constructed Sai Baba temple on the way to this temple. We went in and had the darshan of Sai Baba.




There were a few more small temples on the way and we visited all the temples. Finally, we reached the main temple at 7:30 PM. The main Lingam in the temple was believed to be installed by Lord Rama when he was on his way back to Ayodhya from Lanka. 

The original temple was lost and a new temple was built on the ruins. There is a large pond and it is known as Papanasha, meaning destroyer of sins. Hence many devotees have a holy dip in this pond. 

We returned after spending more than half an hour in the temple. We waited for 10 more minutes as there was no mode of transport available. Fortunately, one auto came after 10 minutes and we boarded it. We reached home at around 8:30 PM.

25 May 2015

Rejintal

We woke up early as we wanted to cover a few more temples on our way back to Hyderabad from Bidar. My aunt prepared breakfast for us, but we couldn`t do proper justice to that as it was just 7:00 AM. We took leave from our aunt and hired an auto to go to the bus station. Our first visit was Rejintal which is in Medak district in Telengana and is 18 kms from Bidar. We boarded a bus and got down at Rejintal at 8:15 AM. The temple is almost one kilometer away from the highway. As there were no transport facilities available, we went to the temple by walk.

The temple at Rejintal was dedicated to Sri Siddhi Vinayaka who was considered as Swayambhu here. The temple is more than 200 year old. We had the darshan of the Lord immediately as there was no crowd. The priest told us that it's the only temple in India with South facing Ganapati (There is another Varasiddhi Vinayaka temple in our colony in Malkajgiri, Hyderabad where the Lord is considered as Swayambhu and also faces South. So, I thought, there could be a few more temples with South facing Ganesha that might not be so famous).

We again walked back to the highway after spending around 30 minutes in the temple. There was a hotel on the other side of the highway. We crossed the highway and went in. As we had our breakfast in my aunt's house, my mother had a cup of coffee and I had a cup of tea there. The tea was very good, but my mother said the coffee was not so good.

We boarded another bus at 9:30 AM and reached Zaheerabad (which is around 30 kms from there) at 10:30 AM. Our next visit was Jharasangam in Medak district which is 15 kms away from Zaheerabad. As there were no frequent buses to Jharasangam, we hired an auto (after waiting for around half an hour for bus) and reached the temple at 11:30 AM .

Jharasangam

The temple at Jharasangam is dedicated to Lord Shiva who is considered as Kethaki Sangameshwara here. The Lingam here was said to be installed by Lord Brahma. There are a few temples in South India which are called Dakshina Kashi and it is one among them.

The temple was still open as it was Monday. There were more than a thousand devotees at that time. We had to stand in a queue for darshan for around 20 minutes. After our darshan, we went to the back side of the temple and there is a pond there. This pond is called as Amritha Kundam. There were a few devotees who were having their bath in the pond.

We came out and boarded the same auto and reached Zaheerabad at 1:00 PM. We had our lunch in a restaurant which is opposite to the bus station. Our next visit was Vikarabad which was around 50 kms away from there (towards Hyderabad). We boarded the bus at around 1:45 PM and reached Vikarabad at 3:30 PM. We immediately got another bus which was going to Tandur via Anantagiri.

Anantagiri

Anantagiri is located in Ranga Reddy district of Telangana and is just 6 kms away from Vikarabad. The temple here is dedicated to Lord Ananta Padmanabha and is located in the deep forest. It is considered as the only Ananta Padmanabha temple in Telangana. The bus stopped exactly in front of the temple at 4:00 PM.





There was not much crowed as the temple was just opened. We first had a pradakshina (parikrama) around the temple and visited all the small temples in that complex. Then we entered the main temple. The Lord here is in standing pose and not in sleeping pose like in most of the Ananta Padmanabha temples (another Ananta Padmanabha temple we visited where the Lord is in standing pose is at Perdur near Udupi, Karnataka).

There are rooms available in the same complex for the devotees to stay. There is a big Hanuman statue at the entrance.

We got our bus back to Vikarabad after a 10 minute wait. Our next visit was the famous Shiva temple in a small village called Bugga which is around 8 kms away from the town. The buses were not so frequent, so we hired an auto and reached the temple at round 5:00 PM. We asked the auto driver to drop us back in Vikarabad as there was no vehicle found.

The temple is just a few steps from the highway and was open at that time. We went in and had the darshan of Lord Shiva who is worshiped as Ramalingeshwara here. The Lingam here was said to be installed by Rama as he installed several Shiva Lingams throughout the way when he was going back to Ayodhya from Lanka. It was to get rid of the sin of killing Ravana who was a great devotee to Shiva. This temple has over 500 year old history.

We were just 15 minutes there as the auto driver was waiting for us. It was 5:45 PM by the time we reached Vikarabad. The driver dropped us in front of Raghavendra Tiffin Center and showed us the place where the bus to Hyderabad would stop. We went into the hotel and had our evening tea.

When we came out of the hotel, our auto driver was still there chitchatting with another driver. As my mother heard of a Balaji temple in Vikarabad, she asked the driver about the temple. He said it's just 2 kms away from that place. He also said he would take us to the temple and drop us back there. We boarded the auto and reached the Balaji temple in 5 minutes.

The temple was newly constructed and was very clean. Around 20 women were sitting in the temple and were singing bhajans. We had the darshan of Lord Venkateshwara and we stood in front of the shrine for more than 10 minutes. To the right of Balaji, there is Lord Ganesha and in the left, there is Goddess Padmavathi. 

We stayed for another 10 minutes in the temple as it was so calm and peaceful out there. The driver dropped us back and we got our bus back to Hyderabad in 5 minutes. It was the same bus that we boarded to go to Anantagiri from Vikarabad. The conductor said that it returned from Tandur. We got down at Mehadipatnam at 9:00 PM and reached our home by 9:45 PM.

A Traveller's Diary - Konchady, Kudupu, Polali, Moodabidri & Karkala

We (my mother and myself) missed out a few temples around Mangalore in our previous visit in June 2015 due to lack of time. Unexpectedly, we had another chance to go to Mangalore in August 2016. So, we wanted to stay there for one day to visit these temples this time.

26 August 2016

As we started to explore those temples from State Bank (the name of a place in Mangalore), we wanted to have our breakfast in Jain Restaurant. We had our lunch in this restaurant in our previous visit to Mangalore. As the lunch was very good, I had chosen this restaurant again. However, the waiter said only Chapati was available (at 9:00 AM). Though, it was not the ideal breakfast for us, we still wanted to have it as we had good time in this restaurant of late. But, the Chapati which was served with curry, was just ok. We didn`t even have coffee and came out at around 9:30 AM.

Konchady

Our first visit was Konchady (which is in the outskirts of Mangalore and can be considered as a part of Mangalore). We reached the temple at 10:00 AM. The temple is on the main road only and is dedicated to Lord Venkataramana. 

The are two main temples in the complex. One temple is for Lord Venkataramana and the other one is for Goddess Lakshmi. Both the shrines are so attractive as sculpted to perfection. There were around 20 devotees in the temple, but still it was so calm. We inquired a devotee about Kudupu, as it was our next visit. She advised us to go to a place called Nanthoor in Mangalore where the bus to Kudupu would come. We went to Nanthoor in 10 minutes and the bus to Kudupu was readily available. We boarded the bus and reached Kudupu in 20 minutes (which is 10 kms from there). 

Kudupu

The bus stopped exactly in front of the temple in Kudupu. We crossed the road and went in. The temple is much lower than the road level and we had to go 25 steps down to go to the temple. This temple is called Sree Shakti Kshetra. 

The Lord here is in the form of a snake. It's a giant snake with 5 heads. Also, there are small shrines of Ananta Padmanabha with Sridevi and Bhudevi on either sides. We stood in front of the Moolvirat for 10 minutes. 

Then we went to the back side of the temple where there were hundreds of idols of snakes. The priests conduct special pujas for Rahudosham and Kethudosham. When we went, a long harati was going on and we stayed there till the end. 

Our actual plan was to go to Mudabidri from there and then to go to Karkala and then to come back to Mangalore to board our train at 10:15 PM. As we had plenty of time, I inquired the priest about the other temples in that region. He told us to visit Polali where the temple for Sri Raja Rajeshwari exists. He said it was around 15 kms from there. As it was already 11:30 AM, I asked the priest whether the temple would be open by the time we reach. He said it would be open throughout the day as it was Friday. He also guided us how to go to the temple. We thanked him and came out. 

We crossed the road again and stood where we got down earlier. The bus came in 15 minutes. We boarded the bus and reached Polali in 30 minutes. The bus stopped close to the temple.

Polali

Prior to that day, we never heard the name of Polali though we travelled in that region earlier. We thought the temple would be a small one and not so famous. We still wanted to visit it as we had time on hand. To our utmost surprise, the temple in Polali is very big in size. There were around 5,000 devotees present at that time and there was a very long queue. The reason for the heavy crowd was it was the last Friday of the auspicious month of Sravana. We understood it would take some time in queue, so we had a cup of coffee in a hotel opposite to the temple. 

When we went into the temple, I realized that all the people seen in the queue had already had their darshan and stood in line for the 

Mahaprasadam (lunch) offered by the temple. It hardly took 10 minutes for darshan as there were only 500 people in the queue. The Goddess is a 12 feet idol and was made of black marble. She is very attractive and looked powerful too. We stood in front of the Goddess for more than 15 minutes as nobody asked us to move away. 

When we came out, the temple staff asked us to stand in the queue for Mahaprasadam. The queue was not as long as it was half an hour ago. There was rice, aloo curry, sambar, rasam and payasam in Mahaprasadam. After having our lunch we spent some more time in the temple and came back at 2:00 PM. We walked back to the point where the buses stop. There was one bus but it was going to Mangalore and we had to go to Moodabidri. The conductor said, there was no direct bus to Moodabidri from there. He also told us that there was a bus to Kateel in 10 minutes and asked us to board that bus and get down at Kaikamba from where we could get the bus to Moodabidri. (We visited the temple in Kateel dedicated to Goddess Durga Parameshwari, in our previous visit to that region). We thanked him and boarded the bus when it arrived. It took around 20 minutes to reach Kaikamba which is around 12 kms from there. We immediately got our next bus and reached Moodabidri at 3:30 PM. The distance between Kaikamba and Moodabidri is 17 kms.

Moodabidri

Moodabidri is famous for Jain temples and Mutts. Among all those, Chandranath temple is the most famous one. We boarded an auto from the bus-stand and reached the temple in 5 minutes. We went in after paying the entree fee of Rs.5/- per person.

The temple is very old but is well maintained. There was absolutely pin drop silence inside the temple. The idol of Chandranath was too smooth as it was made of white marble and was shining. Outside the temple, there was a 15 feet idol of Bahubali. It is the replica of Gomatheshwara in Sravanabelagola.  

We told the man who collected the entry fee that we had seen the statue of Bahubali not only in Sravanabelogala, but also in Dharmasthala. He said there were 5 such statues in Karnataka. One more statue is at Gomatheshwara Betta in Karkala. Out of the remaining two statues, one is located near Mysore and the other one is located 30 kms away from Moodabidri. As we were going to Karkala, we then decided to go to Gomatheshwara Betta also.


Karkala

Karkala is 17 kms away from Moodabidri and the bus to Karkala stops just a few steps away from the temple. We boarded the bus and reached Karkala in 30 minutes. We hired an auto and reached Gomatheshara Betta in 5 minutes.

The statue of Bahubali is located on a small hill (in Kannada, betta means hill) and there are 210 steps. It took around 20 minutes for us to go up. The statue of Bahubali is 52 feet tall and is sculpted like the other Bahubali statues we have seen. The priest here told us that it was erected in 1974 and is the latest among all the 5 Bahubali statues in Karnataka. 

There are two types of sects in Jainism. Swetambar (who wear white dress only) and Digambar (who wear nothing). They have 24 Thirthankars (like 10 Gurus of Sikhism). Vrishabhanath was the first Thirthankar, hence, he is also called Adinath. Mahaveer Jain was the 24th (last) Thirthankar. The statue of Bahubali represents Digambar Jains. Maha Mastaka Abhishekam is held once in 12 years to the statue held in Sravanabelogala (it is the tallest among all these five statues).

We came down after being there for more than 20 minutes and had our evening tea in a restaurant at the footsteps of the hill. Our next visit was Ananta Padmanabha temple and the owner of the restaurant said it could be reached by walk. We went to the temple on foot, but it would have been better had we hired an auto as the distance was around one kilometer.

We reached there at around 5:15 PM. The temple was open and there were hardly 10 people in the temple at that time. The Moolvirat is made of a 10 feet black stone and is in sleeping pose with Lord Brahma coming from his naval and Sridevi and Bhudevi at his feet. We were in front of the idol for more than 10 minutes. 

Our next plan was to visit Padu Tirupati and then to return to Mangalore. However, the priest said that temple would be opened only at 6:00 PM. As it was just 5:30 PM, I wanted to go to two more temples which were nearby. I saw these temples from the auto when we were going from the bus-stand to Gomatheshwara Betta. 

We walked down and reached the next temple which was just 200 meters away from there. The temple is dedicated to both Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna. In the sannithi also there was a shrine of Sri Krishna playing flute and there was a Shiva Linga also. The name of the temple is Visweshwara Venugopala temple. 

We came out after having our darshan. Within a distance of 100 meters, there is another temple dedicated to Goddess Durga who is worshiped as Mahamaya there. 

There is another temple in the same complex for Lord Hanuman. 

After having our darshan, we hired an auto and reached Padu Tirupati in 5 minutes. It is just one kilometer away from there.

In Kannada, Padu Tirupati means West Tirupati. The temple is dedicated to Balaji who is worshiped as Lord Venkataramana here. 

The temple was open and there were around 100 devotees there. 

Though, the temple is called Padu Tirupati, the Moolvirat in this temple is not like the one in Tirupati. In fact, the main idol is in this temple is exactly like the one in the Venkataramana temple at Katapady (near Udupi). The entire temple looked very beautiful as it has been renovated recently. 

There is one more temple for Lord Hanuman exactly opposite to this temple (just like the Bedi Hanuman temple in Tirupati). The height of the idol is about 25 feet and is very attractive.  

We hired an auto and came back to the bus-stand by 6:45 PM. We had another cup of tea in a restaurant which is located in a big complex beside the bus stand. We boarded the bus at 7:00 PM and reached Mangalore at 8:45 PM.