Eid Mubark ! Yes 26th the Ramzan day, myself and Bharath my husband decided to take a drive to gudibande fort in Chikkaballapur district .The journey was around 1 hr 45 minutes about 90 kms from our home.We left home around 8.30 AM, an hour late than the decided time.It's ok,lets move.After about 45 minutes our stomach was craving for food hence we stopped at Nandini hotel for lip smacking breakfast.From there we headed to Gudibande with the GPS on.We could reach there by 10.30 AM.
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| The rock fort |
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| The start |
Byre Gowda, a local chieftain of Gudibande built this magnificent fort during the 17th century around 400 years ago. The fort is a paradise for trekkers and nature lovers. Gudibande fort is a multi-level fort said to be built based on the one in Madhugiri. It has an amazing example for water harvesting system, as one can witness various small pools for the storage.The fort has temples, caves and many secret passages, so that during any emergency the soldiers could save themselves by heading through the secret passages. The temples are carved from the huge boulders and rocks.On top of the fort is a Shiva temple.
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Somewhere during the climb
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| Water Source on the top |
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| Shiva Temple |
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| Relaxing |
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| We |
It was not a hard climb though .Enjoying the breeze with pics around was cool.But there were no one around and quite scary too ! We managed to climb within half an hour.The wind was in it's maximum acceleration.Literally it could carry both of us.The temple was closed unfortunately.Fine, we explored around the hill top with some pics.
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Butterflies
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| Zinnia plant |
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| Jumping pic |
Bharath was so very much interested in taking few plants with red flowers in it (Mom confirmed it as zinnia).As and when we started to decent, there were lots of beautiful butterflies.My camera was quite happy to have clicked them.It was quite a hot day.We were back to the base by 12.30 PM.I had also planned for Avalabetta but got to know that climbing to the cliff was banned due to some accident recently.We headed back to Bangalore buying Chakkota(pomelo) , Jambul or Jamun fruit and jackfruit on the way.Reached home at 2 PM after having lunch in the mess near our home.It was quite a tiring but satisfying day :)
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