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Caught Special pictures from our Avanibetta Trip we did in January 2025.

All of them were captured using my mobile Samsung S23.

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Avanibetta Trip

We made this day trip to Avanibetta, to visit Ramalingeshwara Temple at the ground level and Sita Devi temple that is located at about 110 KM from Bangalore. About 25 KM after Kolar, and about 8 KM before Mulbagal, we take a right turn, to drive about 7 KM to reach Avani.

In the onward direction starting at about 7:15 am on 4Jan25, we took this route here after stopping 40 min., at Paakashala Hoskote at 8:30 am for breakfast, and the adjoining Kadamba Nursery for buying plants, and reached Avanibetta at 10:15 am. 

Completed visiting the Kalyani next to the temple and then the Shri Ramalingeshwara Temple itself by 11:15 am, and then started the trek to Bettada Melina Shri Seeta Devi Temple at 11:25 am, and reached the temple at the top by 12:35 pm after stopping at multiple viewing spots and temples and structures on the way up. Started at about 12:45 pm and reached ground at 1:30 pm.

On the return direction, we took this route after stopping at 1:50 pm at Woody's Dasarahalli, between Mulbagal and Kolar, for lunch and reached back by 4:45 pm.

Scroll to see more pictures below; and also our Verdict about the whole trip.. at the end of this below.

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Caught Special pictures from our Gopinatham Mystery Trails Trip we did in January 2025.

Captured using my mobile Samsung S23 or by my DSLR Canon EOS 700D.

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Gopinatham Mystery Trails Jungle Lodges, Sivasamudram, Trip

Stopped for a night at Shivanasamudra, staying at  KSTDC's Hotel Mayura Bharachukki, again, and made this two nights and two days trip to stay at Gopinatham Mystery Trails Jungle Lodges. 

In the onward direction we took this route here around 3:15pm on 10Jan25 Fri., via Mysore Expressway, stopping at the New Maddur Tiffanys, to reach Shivanasamudra, after stopping at two very old temples, Madhyaranga Shri Ranganathaswamy Temple, and Shri Prasanna Meenakshi & Someshwara Temple, just a 2KM before the hotel. On the next morning around 11 am we took the route here via Kollegala and MM Hills (quite a few hairpin bends) to reach Gopinatham Mystery Trails, Jungle Lodges Resort at about 2:15pm. And while returning, we took this route here starting at about 10:30 am on 13Jan25 Mon., via Mettur, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri Byepass, and Hosur, to reach Bangalore at about 4:15 pm, after stopping for lunch at Sai Sangeet (Palayampudur before Dharmapuri) for lunch at about 1pm.

We had the opportunity to click a lot of pictures of Birds, Butterflies, Flowers, Fruits, Animals, Insects, Nature, and so on, throughout our trip, at the Hotel also, and at all the spots we visited.

Scroll to see more pictures below; and also our Verdict about the whole trip.. at the end of this below.