The Trip

        Hi it has been a while since I went on this trip, yet it is the one which I reminisce about. It was a weekend and we had planned to go on a tour. We started early in the morning and there was a drive for around two hours. We reached Somnathpur Temple; though it is small it has a lot of beautiful carvings. I was amazed by the elegance of the builder and the Hoysala architecture. The archeologist there was apprising the tourist, by analyzing the inscriptions about the Hoysala commander of 1268 CE who had built the temple to evince his glory. I wondered maybe everyone should do something like this!

Somnathpur Temple

Talakad

 Latter we left to a place called Talakad; it is a town on the left bank of the Kaveri river, a spot where the river makes a sharp bend. Though it is a river, the water in this place seemed to be at standstill. The place is a scenic beauty. We played there for some time and left to another place called Shivanasamudra. It was a water fall on the same Kaveri river, the very same water that was at Talakad was in its prime glory at this place. It is a roaring falls; The water looked like milk gushing out of the black rocks. I was looking at the falls and the forest cover around it. This very setup has been on the face of earth for a long time. Long before the humans and long before the dinosaurs, its beauty cannot be matched by any manmade structures.

Shivanasamudra Falls

         I looked all around the place there was no inscription as to who made it. The entire setup of the river along with its falls, source and beds has outlived everyone, yet its maker has not left any inscription. I wonder why? Maybe, he has left us as his inscription to marvel and wonder at his work!