Places impact you for a variety of reasons. And the same place impacts different people in different ways. This is especially true when it comes to spiritual experiences, where every single person’s experience is unique. And personally, every spiritual experience is unique, the same person can have different deeply spiritual experiences at different places, at different times. This thought has emerged because of my own experiences over the years, but especially so this year, with different and unique experiences at various places I have visited recently. I began this year with a visit to Baroda (Vadodara) with friends. It was meant to be a relaxed trip, a touristy trip, with our sons. We enjoyed ourselves to the hilt, but the highlight of that trip was a visit to the Lakulisha temple at Pavagadh. It was the iconography of the temple that I connected with, and I spent a few hours simply lost in the details of the figures carved around the temple. There was an indefinable connect with
Having had our fill of the Bhadra Reservoir, it was time to see the Tunga River in all her glory.
While trying to pass the time at Shimoga, we headed to Gajanur Dam on the Tunga. Photography was prohibited within the Dam premises, but once we were out, we were free to click away!
Gajanur Dam is located 12 Km from Shimoga.
While trying to pass the time at Shimoga, we headed to Gajanur Dam on the Tunga. Photography was prohibited within the Dam premises, but once we were out, we were free to click away!
Gajanur Dam is located 12 Km from Shimoga.
I haven't been there but here's a trivia: Rajkumar and his sons made a Kannada movie on Gajanur. They are from that part :)
ReplyDelete@sneo- rajkumar is from gajnur which is in chamarajnagar district of Karnataka.,near Tamilnadu border..
DeleteBut this gajnur is in shimoga district.. this is different place,but have common name!!....
There s elephant camp nearby this gajnur dam.. its must place to visit.. its within 15km from this place..
...... Dr.A
Nice to see you here again, Sneha..
DeleteThanks Dr. A. I had no idea there were two gajanurs!
DeleteLooks like a nice place. Never visited it though even though i have passed by or stayed at Shimoga so many times.
ReplyDeleteYes, it is, Sankara, and honestly, if we hadnt time to kill, I wouldnt have visited either :D
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