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Two ornated stone elephants welcome you to the Temple campus. As this temple is not visited by many tourists, parking the vehicle won’t be an issue, even though there is no dedicated parking slot. Proceed another 300 meters in the road and this beautiful temple greets you with the first sight of its ancient charm. You need to take a left diversion on NH73 as soon as you cross Javagal lake while approaching the town from Banavara. Javagal is very close to towns like Hassana(45 km) and Halebeedu(12 km). Now a small village of Javagal was once famous for its commercial activities, during the reign of a Hoysala King named Vira Someshwara. Even though Srinath was brought up in Mysore, his family roots trace back to this sleepy village. Javagal is very much famous because of its association with the famous former fast bowler Javagal Srinath. The exact reason for planning this route to reach Chikkamagaluru was the Lakshmi Narasimha Temple of Javagal. Having a quick breakfast at Hotel Amrita Darshini, Tiptur, we headed towards Chikkamagaluru via Banavara.
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By the sunrise, you can be in a totally new place to explore. You can quickly get away from the suffocating hustle. Starting early for the trip from a buzzing town like Bengaluru has its own benefits.
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We couldn’t resist the urge and instantly planned a weekend trip to Chikkamagaluru. He strongly recommends some beautiful interior places around Chikkamagaluru. It was monsoon and one of our friends was just back from the Chikkamagaluru trip. If you have read our Basaralu temple post you would have already witnessed one of such beauty. Historians believe that there are more than 100 such beautiful temples built by Hoysalas around the southern part of Karnataka. If you are a history buff and love art, you wouldn’t have missed visiting Belur and Halebeedu when in Karnataka.