Monday 4 July 2011

Sapta Kshetra Darshan : Day 4


Bangalore - Kukke Subramanya - Dharmasthala - Horanadu - Sringeri - Kollur - Murudeshwar - Udupi – Kateel - Mangalore - Bangalore

Day 4

Krishna Mutt

Malpe Beach
After a wonderful darshan of lord Krishna in the Krishna mutt temple, we visited the Chandramouliswarar temple and Anantha Padmanabha swamy temples nearby.  We stopped over briefly at Malpe Beach in Udupi before proceeding to Kateel - Durga Parameshwari temple.  
Durga Parameshwari Temple

The temple is situated in the middle of river Nandhini. We could hear the roar of the river gushing all around us. After our darshan we went to have prasadam. We didn’t like the way the dining hall was maintained. We weren't in the first batch to be served. Instead of disposing the plantain leaves in which the meals was served for the first batch, they were heaped in a corner which was causing a bad smell and the dining area floor had small potholes on which the rasam and sambar served in the previous batch had collected. We left without eating in the temple and had lunch in a hotel near the bus stand called soundharya palace. It was decent.      

Kateel
River Nadhini Gushing around the temple

We proceeded to Mangalore and caught the train to Bangalore from there. While starting out on this trip we had a lot of apprehensions, considering that it’s the monsoon season and we were traveling with small children as well as elderly people. However, with god’s blessings we completed the trip without any mishaps and the memories are still warming my  heart whenever I think back on this trip.

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