Follow him wherever him may go,
And near him, I always will be
For nothing can keep me away,
him is my destiny.
this was going through my mind as i heard snatches of "jhalak dikhlaja" while headed towards savanadurga on a balmy ganesh chaturthi.
you can approach sav-d from mysore road, turning off at ramnagram or the more direct way on magadi road. having tried both, i reccomend magadi road- undisturbed and serene. a treat if you're on a bike. or gunrally wandering around in a hemlet.
("ossifer, ossifer, she's calling it a hemlet!")
be that as it may.
sav-d is one of those looming monolithic rocks that karnataka does so well.
there's two rocks, karigudda - black hill
and biligudda- white hill, harder to climb and less frequented.
nandi at the top.
the walk up is steep but easy. so as you walk or clamber, you feel rather mountain goatlike. but if you sit on the slope, you start to slide down gently.
since it's a bare rock face, there are helpful arrows painted onto the rock. at the top though, the arrow painter had a bit of an incident. a set of arrows gently perambulates round a hollowed rock-formation. it circuitously leads you to a spot where several beer bottles have been smashed. the arrows then lead on towards a picture of hanuman on a rock, surrounded by dense undergrowth and a path that leads nowhere. hanuman has been garlanded and someone has helpfully stuck a plastic bag onto his hand.
"colombo duty free?" asked AC quizzically.
yes, quite.
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