Sapta Kshetra Darshan : Day 3

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Day 3

Sringeri Sharadhamabhal Temple

Tungabadhra River

                         

In the morning, after dipping our feet and prochanam with water from Tunga river, we visited the Sharadhambhal temple. The beauty of the temple has to be experienced in the light of the day. After finishing our prayers, we proceeded to kollur mookambika temple.  It was again a tough road trip through the ghat roads. We stopped at a small hotel in agumbe for breakfast. It was surprisingly good as considering the location and how it appeared on the outside. Can't anything about other items on the menu, but idly / coffee/ tea was good.

Kollur Mookambiga Temple

We reached kollur just before the closing time and managed to get a good darshan and we proceeded from kollur to murudeshwar.

Murudeshwara 

View from 18th Floor

We had lunch in kamat cafe. It was decent. We wanted to explore the beaches, but it was very dirty with the debris and waste from fishing boats. Also small fishing boats blocked one side of the beach and the other side was very dirty, so we skipped the frolicking in the beach from the itinerary and proceeded to the temple which opened again around 3.30 pm. After having darshan we went up the elevator on the temple tower. The view from the 18th floor was beautiful, with the majestic shiva idol on the back drop of beautiful beach.

We passed through Maravanthe and it is a sight to behold, with the sea on one side and a river on the other side of the road.

We proceeded to Annegudde vinayaka temple near udupi and there is also an ayyappa and durga temple nearby. It was a peaceful place and very simple and elegant. 

Maravanthe

We reached udupi and checked in to Admar mutt guest houses and again, the rooms were very nicely maintained and very reasonable. It was the best we had in this trip. We had dinner in the Woodlands hotel right opposite to the guest house.