Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta

Himavad Gopalaswamy sits in a temple atop an eponymous hill adjoining the hallowed Bandipura National Park. The forest begins where the temple walls end and it is not uncommon to sight an elephant or herds of herbivores on the nearby hills and valleys.

Gopalaswamy on account of his popularity and for the reason that he sits in such a pristine environment, draws people in multitudes...crowds gather here by bus-loads on weekends and decorate the grasslands around the temple with colourful plastics :(

The next time you see plastic there, Pick it up!!!!

Sunflower farms line up the way to Gopalaswamy Betta...



Elephant herd on the way... A very common sight here.

A simple entrance to a beautiful temple

It looked much better than this though:D


A trail to an adjoining hill ... People are supposed to take permission and then go up this track. But suppositions are suppositions and you can still see "devotees" roaming freely there with their plastics:(

This was how the temple looked in the Film Slr days:D

1 comment:

AA said...

Very Nice photographs. It was quite nostalgic to see your snaps,perhaps I had traveled around the same time of the year.

Great Shots once again!!