One Day Trip from Bangalore to Ramanagara

             I took a week break after very hectic work schedule for more than 6 months. It was busy school season for my son who is studying 11th CBSE, my wife and i don't want to disturb his school. We decided not to make advanced plan, rather decided to go out with an adhoc travel plan each day. This is how we started our Bangalore to Ramanagara plan on Friday - 18/Oct. 

           10AM:  It was a cloudy morning; we left after breakfast at 10AM from Bangalore. We took nice road (we always enjoy the drive) with Mysore Road exit, connected to Mysore express highway to reach Ramangara ; about 45 KMs in total, took about 2 hours to reach Ramanagara.  I wasn't aware that Mysore express highway toll charges flat 170 Rs. irrespective of what exit you take. I strongly recommend, not to take Mysore Express Highway rather service road is equally good to save 170 Rs. 

          12:30 PM:  After reaching Ramanagara (also famous called Sholay shooting place) , this place is surrounded by beautiful hills with big rocks. We directly went to Ramadevara Betta a famous hill area. This is off the highway before going to Ramanagara Town. After the highway, it was a bit narrow road, after paying parking/entrance ticket you can drive further inside until you reach a final point where we parked our car and started walking. It was a long walk roughly 2KMs with more than 300 steps. Me and My wife never experienced trekking, initially we thought it was difficult to trek, but we thoroughly enjoyed trekking, we not only reached the Sriram template, but we went further high till the top of the mountain. The trekking for quite adventures with scenic beauty. Climb on the vantage points near the temple to see the panoramic views of the place dotted by huge boulders where Sholay was shot.

                         

                    2:30 PM: We returned back, had a decent veg lunch at one of the restaurants next to high way. Post lunch we went to "Big banyan tree" or "dodda alada Mara" as it is known in Kannada. It is the second largest Banyan tree in the country. The road we took from Ramanagara to Big Banyan Tree was quite scenic surrounded by may farming fields. strongly suggest take good map route to try this scenic drive from Ramanagara to Big Banyan Tree. After we reached big banyan tree, we parked our car next to the park without any fee. We spent decent 1 hour taking pictures with aerial roots of big banyan tree. 

                5PM Return to Bangalore 

Took Reference pictures from : traveltwosome.com