Mysore dussehra

idol being carried on top of elephant

mysore dussehra

dusshera celebrations in mysore are famous world over for its grandeur. its a 10 day festival which ends on the day of dusshera. on the 10th day idol of the goddess chamundi is taken all over the city on elephants. the procession starts from mysore palace and goes through all big roads of mysore. there are also a lot of cultural performances in this procession.

people trying to get inside the mysore palace

mysore palace

the procession starts at around 1:30 in the evening and goes through till sunset and you need to have pass to go inside the mysore palace.

cultural performances

all through these 10 days mysore palace is beautifully lit up at night, unlike normal days when mysore palace is lit up only on sundays.

guards

the weather in mysore is much hot compared to bangalore. there are 2 ways to reach mysore from bangalore. kanakpura road and mysore road. mysore road is really good and one can cover 140km stretch easily in 2 and half hours (provided you leave bangalore early morning to miss traffic near bhel).

places to see in and around mysore :- sri ranganathan temple, ranganthetu bird sanctuary , mysore palace, vrindavan gardens, chamundi temple, st. philomena's church and there are also a lot of small exibitions of pictures and ornaments from tipu's time

st. philomena's church

chamundi temple

hawa mahal

race course

ruins near sri ranganathan temple

checking the zoom of my cannon handycam

road to pearl valley

drive to pearl valley

called up sasi and asked him to get amit’s camera (konica minolata with 12x zoom) and it just happened that i had no work at office so decided to go to some place near to bangalore. i had heard about a place called pearl valley so googled for it and found that it is around 45kms from bangalore.

common sight in bangalore during this season

pearl valley is actually a resort at a place called muthyala maduvu. this place is around 45kms from marathalli(airport road). from marathalli you have to move on the road which goes to electronic city. after crossing electronic city, drive for another 8kms and you will reach a place called chandrapur. take a right turn from here to anekal town. it is around 10kms from the highway.

on the way to anekalhey! who is there

when in anekal just ask anybody about pearl valley (since this is the only place over there in which people outside the village have some interest) and they will be able to guide you through the small lanes. keep driving for a km through the town and you will find a turning on the right (it’s the second turning). the road is bad after this and pearl valley is around 3 km from this turn.

the place is really good if you are trying to run away from the madness of the city. there will be no noise at all and you will feel what being isolated means

i could even hear it -"the sound of electricity"

when i reached there, i was informed that resort was closed. as it was getting dark i didn’t even bother to check if it has stopped working. there is also a waterfall there but i couldn't check that out also.

sunset

twilight