Annual Ride 2019 - North Karnataka Circuit (19Dec2019 to 23Dec2019)

Rajendran V
Dec 23, 2019
2 min read

Updated: Mar 7, 2023

Every Year, we always plan one monsoon ride and then Annual Ride. This year we planned for the annual ride covering the Northern Karnataka Circuit. This was one of the best circuit focusing on marvelous Architectures. Karnataka always surprises us, be it with beauty of western ghats and Architecture marvels. This is one of the best circuit to cover.

Team : Myself, Pradeepa, Satisha and Kumara on Interceptors

Day 1 : Bangalore - Tumkur - Chitradurga - Hampi

Day 2 : Hampi Sightseeing - Badami

Day 3 : Badami - Pattadakkal - Aihole - Kudalasangama - Bijapur

Day 4 : Bijapur - Mantralaya

Day 5 : Mantralaya - Bangalore

Route Map Circuit

Day 1 : Bangalore - Tumkur - Chitradurga - Hampi.

It was a 5 days ride and this was the first longest ride for all of us in Interceptors. we were all excited and started early in morning at 6.00AM and we all had gathered near Nelamangala. We started towards Chitradurga which was our first destination.

Myself and Pradeepa @ Tumkur

Chitradurga Fort Entrance

Pathway to the top (There is another alternate way which is walkable)

Onake Obavvana Kindi

On the way to Hampi

Day 2 : Hampi Sightseeing - Badami

Day 2 plan was to explore the places in Hampi. No wonder, Hampi is one of the best places to visit in India due to its marvelous architectures. Many times we were wondering, if the ruins itself is so marvelous, imagine when it was in Glory how the city would be, this would be the best place in whole world during its glory. Just wondering how these Islamic rulers had thought to destroy such a beautiful creations in the world. Hampi is definitely a wonders of the world.

Rani's Bathing House

Octagonal Bath for Queen

Underground Temple-Prasanna Virupaksha Temple

Hemakuta Hill Temples

Our Gorgeos Beasts on the background of Hampi

Riverside Ruins

Stone Chariot - World Wonder

Ruins of Vittala Temple

Stepped Tank

Lakshmi Narasimha Temple

Day 3 : Badami - Pattadakkal - Aihole - Kudalasangama - Bijapur

We started early morning and first visited Badami cave temples. This was one of the great wonders and imagining how they would have constructed the temples carving the entire caves. The Temple on the lake was major attraction and it was a beauty in its own. After Badami, we visited Aihole and Pattadakkal which was great architectures, words cannot describe the carvings. Then we went to Kudala Sangama, had darshan of Lod Shiva and finally reached Bijapur in the evening.

On the way to Badami

Badami Cave Temples

Sri Bhootanaatha Temple

Shri Durga Temple - Aihole

Jain Temple - Pattadakkal

Galaganatha Temple - Pattadakkal

Me and Satisha - Pattadakkal Temple

Entrance of Kudala Sangama Town

Day 4 : Bijapur- Mantralaya

On this day we explored some places of Bijapur which was worth visiting. Some of the monuments we visited were astonishing and Bijapur is also worth place to visit.