Day 4: Bekal-Coorg

In Short
  • Maadhur Vinayagar Temple
    • Travel Time: 2 hours from bekal resort(KBC).
    • Time spent:15 minutes.
  • Anantha Padbanabaswamy temple:
    • Travel time: 20 to 25 minutes from Madhur Vingayagar Temple.
    • Time spent: It does not take much time to get the blessings of Lord Padbanabaswamy. If you like to have darshan of Babiya , the veg crocodile, then you have to wait till 12:30 Pm.
  • Chandragiri fort: Visit it only if you want to cover the entire bekal sight seeing places. The Fort has similar views from watch tower. This fort doesn’t have many travellers. So, it may be difficult to locate the spot.
    • Travel time:
    • Time Spent: 10 to 15 minutes.

We started from the hotel by 9 am after having our breakfast and left for hosdurg fort.It was not maintained at all and they are just tall walls now.

Madhur Vinayagar:

Reached  Madhur Vinayagar temple by 10:45 am, the sanadhis were closed and we did not have proper view of the dieties there. The architechture of the garbagraha looked different like a 3 tier fat cone. This temple is one among the famous five ganapathi and shiva temples. We were back to the car by 11:05.
1. The Temple Entrance 2. Temple Tank

Anantha Padbanabaswamy Temple, Kasargod

Next spot was the most exciting and interesting one. It is the anantha padbanabaswsmy temple, Kasaragod.
We reached the temple by 11:30.
1. Anantha Padbanabaswamy Temple Entrance 2. The Temple In The Middle Of The Pond

This temple has a  very famous story behind. The story goes like, one of lord vishnu's devotte was performing his thavam or penance here. Lord vishnu in the form of a little boy disturbed him continuously and in one stage the saint got annoyed and pushed the little boy into the pond. The litte boy disappeared into a cave in the pond after which the saint heard a voice calling him inside the cave. The saint realised that it was lord Krishna who has come in the form of little boy and walked through the cave which lead him to the Trivandrum Anatha Padbanabaswamy temple moolasthanam. The cave is still present in the pond and it is locked.
There is another cave in the pond where a pure vegetarian crocodile lives. This crocodile feeds only on the neivaidhyam (not even the fishes in the pond). It is believed to protect the temple and the treasures. It is the only  crocodile that lives in the tank and believed to be in the same tank for years and years. We were lucky to get the darshan of the crocodile. Usually the crocodile comes out of the cave to have the neivaidhyam but it was crowded then, so the crocodile did not come out of its cave.  We went and peeped inside the cave to get its darshan.
1. The Cave where the crocodile Babiya rests 3. The way we got the darshan of babiya 2. The locked cave, which leads to Trivandrum Anantha Padbanabaswamy temple

We finally returned to the car by  12:45.

Chandragiri Fort:

We had our lunch and proceeded to Chandragiri fort where we were the only visitor. It was not maintained at all and doesn't even look like a tourist spot An elderly man guided us to get a view from the watch tower. We did not spend much time here.
1. Steps To Climb The Fort 2. A View 
From The Fort
We returned to the car by 2:10 and completed our bekal siteseeing after which we moved towards Coorg for our night stay.
Hassan-Coorg-Bekal Home                                                                                                        Day 5


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