Bc ride Bangalore- Chennai - Pondichery- Coimbature - Bangalore
Started the ride around 9am from Bangalore, the peak hour traffic have an hard time for the first one hour to exit City, as crossed Hosur the roads were free, not excited as my previous trips on the route as it's the 9th time am taking the same route Bangalore Chennai, but this time it was fitting monsoon season the roads and surroundings usually used to have a dry or brown look, this time it was covered with lush green in color for to rains. As usual rode non stop to destination madras cricket club 5hrs the same time would be consumed in Bangalore City if you had to travel from one corner to the other during rain.
First week was put up in MCC.
After work in evenings Dharmendra (room partner) and me used to walk to marina beach which appx a kilometer from the cricket stadium, I was saddened at the plight of the beach it is completely strewn by plastics.
Pondichery,
It's my second visit but not on beast, as three of us were there we took swift from an local friend,we started of in morning by 4am actual plan was to visit Mahabalipuram and return, we reached Mahabalipuram by 5am, as it was still dark we made an change of plans and headed to Pondichery, we reached there by 6.20am, helping the small fishermen to pull their boats ashore with their catches, we were there till 8am and returned to Chennai. Later during second week visited Besantnagar beach which is also littered by plastics, last time I visited Besantnagar beach it was cleaner than marina now both have become the same due to commercial establishments and no proper disposal system. There was a relief during Thiruvanmayoor beach this was opposite was the previous two, with zero litter in the beach, hope this remains the same in coming years.
Coimbature.
Left Chennai by 4pm the city has expanded very big, even after 40km of travel from center you are still in city limits. As I was nearing Ulundurpet the thick clouds were opening up, had to stop for the photo of the clouds, as I entered the dark clouds, my next 3hrs till Salem was in heavy rain with strong winds which slowed down my speed. Luckily happen to come across an local bullet guy who knew the roads well, and tailed him for some distance, after an fuel stop in Salem continued towards Salem with light rain and thunder, I was able to reach Coimbature club by 10pm, thanks to my rugged phone which withstood the rains and newly got Bluetooth headset that helped in Voice navigation and answering phone calls automatically. After two weeks of getting baked in sun had a good relief in Coimbature with rains and pleasant weather even though my stay in Coimbature was short.
Adi yogi,
Mr KR Ramesh accompanying me for this trip this was his first time on a two wheeler without helmet and a rain coat, he had experience of an blue whale game from his words about his visit to Adi Yogi.Adiyogi Shiva is located at the Isha Yoga complex which houses the Dhyanalinga in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu at the foothills of Velliangiri Mountains.The height of the statue, 112 feet, symbolizes the 112 possibilities to attain to moksha (liberation) that are mentioned in yogic culture. Sadhguru also said that the height represents the 112 chakras in the human system. Adi yogi statue, it's an magnificent work of Lord Shiva done by human two sides surrounded by Velliangiri mountain, at the same time it's disheartening to tell what I heard from locals during interaction, that this statue and esha foundation has come up in elephant corridor where the huge patch of forest was destroyed and displacing the elephant habitat. There were many vacant lands I front close to highway yet they chose which is 8km inside from highway. Man made wonder its an must visit if visiting Coimbature.
Mardhamalai
Temple of Lord Murugan on a small hill 600ft, temple built by Devar, it can be accessed by road and steps, it's appx 15km from Coimbature en route you can spot Bharthiyar University its a huge campus just below the hill where the govt is planning to have a firing range in the University. From the hill top one can have clear view of Coimbature city.
Perur Pateeswarar Temple This ancient temple was built by the Chozha King Karikala Chozhan it has thin pillars, with roof painting and quotes in Tamil language, the gopurams and halls, famous of which is, 'Kanaka Sabha', the one with the golden statue of Lord Nataraja. The pillars have carvings of the various manifestations of Shiva and the ceiling has a series of stone chains the walls are coated with vinyl where it gets an glossy golden color look different from other heritage temples.
Return Coimbature to Bangalore.
Around 4.30pm started my return with light drizzle and an malfunctioning headlight button, unfortunately had to use pass light as my main light during the entire return of 358km, thanks to Enfield, no story ends without an adventure with the bike.
Bike,
Thunderbird 500
