This is my first visit covering all the major places in the west coast of Karnataka.
I had covered Gokarna,Kollur,Udupi,Sringeri,Dharmasthala,Guruvayur(6 places)
Note : I covering all the temples in these places make sure to carry a set of Dothi,why b'caz while entering to all these palces u have to enter without the Shirt and Baniyan(for gents),Saree/chudidhar(for female).
Sambar and Rasam is common free meals by the temple .carry ur bottle of water with u every where in the temple and also at free meals.
Check the devasthanam web-sites while visiting
As i said this is my first trip to west coast we mainly concentrated on the visiting of holy places only may the beaches r near by to enjoy.
I am from Andhra started my journey from Vijayawada on Monday by Amaravathi Express.
The below gives the summarized map.
Day 1: Depature from Vijayawada at 6:55 pm and reached Hubli by 9:45
I started my journey at 6:45am towards Kollur First came to Gokarna to Bydoor a small village.From bydoor immediately i got aa private mini bus took me to Kollur temple in an hour.Kept my luggage in the clock room in the bus stand gone to dharshan 12:00pm[temple closes at 1:30pm and agin opens at 6pm]. Had a peaceful dharshan had the meals in temple.
Back to busstand by 2pm. Took bus to Udupi had number of private services to udupi and mangalore also. Started by 2pm and reached Udupi by 5pm.Udupi temple is near by the bus stand walkable,took room in the Githamadir for the night halt.Had the dharshan in the evening watch out the radh yatra in the every evening very color full and eye feast to every devotee. Had my dinner in the temple.
Day3 : Depature to Sringeri in the early morning by completing my breakfast from Private bus stand.As the route is tricky and ghat u can fing only the mini buses..By 10am i am at the temple.I kept my luggage in the clock room at busstand.Went for the dharshan of Sarawathi devi.Great experience in the temple ample of time stay in the temple.
Here you can also have the dharshan of Guruji at 10:30,5:30pm,8:30pm if available in the mutt.
If u want to stay in the sringeri for a night there are 7-8 guest houses of the devasthanam.
I had my lunch in the temple[timings 12:15-2:30,7:15-8:30].
There after i started my journery towards Dharmasthala ,getting direct buses is difficult so that peferd for the break journeys.Sringeri to Bajagoli to Bethangudi to Dharmasthala.From Bethangudi we can have the KSRTC buses for every 1min.
Stayed for the night,had the dharshan in the night had the dinner in the temple.No need to worrk for the accommodation,there are guest houses near to the temple follow the sign boards.
Day 4 : Timings :3am-2pm,7pm-8:30pm.Early in the morning temple opens in in the Dharmasthala at 3am but the abhisekam starts at 8:30 and up 11.Buy the seva ticket[Rs100,250,400,800] and also have the prasadam at the stall inside the temple itself.
** Here is the tricky plan if u want to have,since u already had the dharshan in the night then skip in the morning and starts travel to Subramanya temple that is 55km from Dharmasthala.
Since we had to reach Mangalore to catch train in the evening i need some rest that's the reason i had not travelled to Subramanyan[Timings :5:30 to1:30,3:30pm to 8pm].
Since the train for to leave to Guruvayur is at 6:30pm,malbar exp i left Dharmasthala at 2pm,an 2hr journey made to reach the station by 4:15pm.For reaching mangalore central station board State bank bus.Took the curd rice for the night slept very early by 7:30pm since the train reaches to Thrisur by 2:00am in the early morning.
Day 5: By 2:30 am i reached Thrisur from there Guruyaur is still 30km by road. Ur choice bus stand is near by out side the gate of Railway station[200mts]. But i choose for the taxi Rs600.Droped me at the devasthanam kousthubam guest house.Since the day i reached was the muhurthanm day for the marriage,all the rooms have been full and in the private guest houses the rooms had been booked for the next 2 days.Finally i got a room near the temple for Rs800 that to check out time is at 4:00pm.
Had an 30min break then had my brush,bath gone to dharshan of Lord Krishna.Wear Dothi,remove shirt.Had my dharshan twice in the day. Visited Purithumkota[an devasthanam elelphant place]nearly 68 elephants can be seen .
Interestingly while taking the snaps of the elephants some of them stop eating,some of them turn to other side untill u stand before them.
U can have the lunch in the temple.Donot forget to buy the jaggery Payasam and milk payasam in the temple available in 500ml,1lt bottles and ur which.
Had my bath in the evening and reached to the railway station that is near by from my room as well as from temple.Got into the Guruyaur - thrisur passenger at 5pm.
My train Nizamuddin s/f is at 8:20pm from Thrisur to leave to Vijaywada.
This is my entire West coast journey in the 2014 year
The cost for my entire trip including the train tickets is Rs4500.If u r travelling with ur family of 3/4 it may be Rs2000 per person.
First in my trip i have not included in visiting the Sringeri there after i though and included ,that too according to the dharsan i can have at kollur .Since i got the dharsan at kollur mookambika by afternoon before temple closes it made to cover Sringeri in the next day.Since i got the connecting buses without any delay i covered all the palces without any hesitating.
I had covered Gokarna,Kollur,Udupi,Sringeri,Dharmasthala,Guruvayur(6 places)
Note : I covering all the temples in these places make sure to carry a set of Dothi,why b'caz while entering to all these palces u have to enter without the Shirt and Baniyan(for gents),Saree/chudidhar(for female).
Sambar and Rasam is common free meals by the temple .carry ur bottle of water with u every where in the temple and also at free meals.
Check the devasthanam web-sites while visiting
As i said this is my first trip to west coast we mainly concentrated on the visiting of holy places only may the beaches r near by to enjoy.
I am from Andhra started my journey from Vijayawada on Monday by Amaravathi Express.
The below gives the summarized map.
since we r carrying our own breakfast we completed in the train itself.Reached to the Old bus stand 2 km from station . There after as inquired there is no direct bus from hubli to gokarna,then i got in to the Karwar/kumta bus that passes thru Ankola to get down there.As my bus started at 10:30 i reached Ankola by 1:30pm,there after to travel 20 km to reach Gokarana.I got the connected bus immediately and reached Gokarana by 2:30pm.
Got into the Sasthri Guest house near by to the bus stand. Very few and countable rest houses r in this village.
There by had my food that i m carrying. Took bath in the Arabian sea had gone to sparsha dharshan(remove shirt). Only the top of the linga can be touch and feel by u.For every 30 years the entire linga is shown to the people. Free meals for the night by temple[Halwa,sambar,butter milk,curry].
Day 2 : Temple open at 5:00am gone for Abhisekam early in the morning.There at the counter u can look out the Abhisekam seva list and the price.Pay the money and carry the receipt and the articles give by the priest. Had ur Abhisekam peacfully since no crowd.
Back to busstand by 2pm. Took bus to Udupi had number of private services to udupi and mangalore also. Started by 2pm and reached Udupi by 5pm.Udupi temple is near by the bus stand walkable,took room in the Githamadir for the night halt.Had the dharshan in the evening watch out the radh yatra in the every evening very color full and eye feast to every devotee. Had my dinner in the temple.
Day3 : Depature to Sringeri in the early morning by completing my breakfast from Private bus stand.As the route is tricky and ghat u can fing only the mini buses..By 10am i am at the temple.I kept my luggage in the clock room at busstand.Went for the dharshan of Sarawathi devi.Great experience in the temple ample of time stay in the temple.
Here you can also have the dharshan of Guruji at 10:30,5:30pm,8:30pm if available in the mutt.
If u want to stay in the sringeri for a night there are 7-8 guest houses of the devasthanam.
I had my lunch in the temple[timings 12:15-2:30,7:15-8:30].
There after i started my journery towards Dharmasthala ,getting direct buses is difficult so that peferd for the break journeys.Sringeri to Bajagoli to Bethangudi to Dharmasthala.From Bethangudi we can have the KSRTC buses for every 1min.
Stayed for the night,had the dharshan in the night had the dinner in the temple.No need to worrk for the accommodation,there are guest houses near to the temple follow the sign boards.
Day 4 : Timings :3am-2pm,7pm-8:30pm.Early in the morning temple opens in in the Dharmasthala at 3am but the abhisekam starts at 8:30 and up 11.Buy the seva ticket[Rs100,250,400,800] and also have the prasadam at the stall inside the temple itself.
** Here is the tricky plan if u want to have,since u already had the dharshan in the night then skip in the morning and starts travel to Subramanya temple that is 55km from Dharmasthala.
Since we had to reach Mangalore to catch train in the evening i need some rest that's the reason i had not travelled to Subramanyan[Timings :5:30 to1:30,3:30pm to 8pm].
Since the train for to leave to Guruvayur is at 6:30pm,malbar exp i left Dharmasthala at 2pm,an 2hr journey made to reach the station by 4:15pm.For reaching mangalore central station board State bank bus.Took the curd rice for the night slept very early by 7:30pm since the train reaches to Thrisur by 2:00am in the early morning.
Day 5: By 2:30 am i reached Thrisur from there Guruyaur is still 30km by road. Ur choice bus stand is near by out side the gate of Railway station[200mts]. But i choose for the taxi Rs600.Droped me at the devasthanam kousthubam guest house.Since the day i reached was the muhurthanm day for the marriage,all the rooms have been full and in the private guest houses the rooms had been booked for the next 2 days.Finally i got a room near the temple for Rs800 that to check out time is at 4:00pm.
Had an 30min break then had my brush,bath gone to dharshan of Lord Krishna.Wear Dothi,remove shirt.Had my dharshan twice in the day. Visited Purithumkota[an devasthanam elelphant place]nearly 68 elephants can be seen .
Interestingly while taking the snaps of the elephants some of them stop eating,some of them turn to other side untill u stand before them.
U can have the lunch in the temple.Donot forget to buy the jaggery Payasam and milk payasam in the temple available in 500ml,1lt bottles and ur which.
Had my bath in the evening and reached to the railway station that is near by from my room as well as from temple.Got into the Guruyaur - thrisur passenger at 5pm.
My train Nizamuddin s/f is at 8:20pm from Thrisur to leave to Vijaywada.
This is my entire West coast journey in the 2014 year
The cost for my entire trip including the train tickets is Rs4500.If u r travelling with ur family of 3/4 it may be Rs2000 per person.
First in my trip i have not included in visiting the Sringeri there after i though and included ,that too according to the dharsan i can have at kollur .Since i got the dharsan at kollur mookambika by afternoon before temple closes it made to cover Sringeri in the next day.Since i got the connecting buses without any delay i covered all the palces without any hesitating.
PLAN UR SELF HAVE AN NICE AN PEACE FULL DHARSHAN.
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