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One killed in landslide at Amboli falls

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:19:19 +0000

Bad news at Amboli is coming, yesterday afternoon a small landslide happened at the main water falls at Amboli in which one person was killed and 4 others injured.

The deceased identified as Vishwantah Konnur of Ramdurg aged 21 was bathing when a few stones tumbled on him and he was injured along with a few others.

He was admitted to the local hospital where he was advised to to be taken to Belgaum civil hospital.

Siddeshwar temple Kanbargi

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:14:37 +0000

About 10 kms from the city centre lies Kanbargi (after Auto Nagar) and on atop a hill is a shrine “Siddheshwar Temple”. From the name it is the temple of Lord Shiva built in some sort of cave in the middle of a small hill.

Temple

As seen from KHB layout

Map mentioning the temple route at KHB layout

The place is accessible by road till the end from where one has to climb about 50 steps to go to the top. The place is quite pleasent and beautification works are going on like a garden, a small area with slides etc.

Stairs towards the temple. To climb up use the one on the Right

Entrance to the main shrine

The main shrine

Hall of the shrine is like a cave

View of the Belgaum city from the top

Park

How to go there:

Go to Auto Nagar – Tata power Plant

Take a right next to Tata power plant and go straight

Then later go through a smal street and then take a Left and reach the Karnataka housing board layout.

Go straight you will find a board follow it

Distance: About 10 kms from Chenamma circle

How to go: own vehicle

All Photos: UkMaD

JNMC Musical fountain open on Sat and Sun

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:48:39 +0000

The KLE’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College (JNMC) Musical fountains will be reopened for public.

The musical fountains at the JNMC campus will be open for public on Saturdays and Sundays from 7pm to 8.30pm.

This could be treat for the kids and elders as well, it is holiday time and one can entertain one self here.

Shangrila Jungle Village takes you back to nature

admin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:31:05 +0000

Nothing fills up the senses like a night in the forest, a forest that is a hive of activity and colour all year round. Listen to the birds singing their enchanting morning and evening songs, hear the gentle flow of the nearby river, watch and take in the full beauty of the fabulous sunsets (and dawns for the early risers). Breathe in the refreshing forest air filled with rich scents from the exotic plant life.

Let your imagination go wild as you leave behind urban life and travel deep into God’s most beautiful creation, Nature!

Shangri-la Jungle Village is nestled deep into the forests of Uttar Kannada. It is strategically located in a close vicinity to the Anshi National Park, the Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary and the Karnataka-Goa border.

An opportunity to experience and be a part of the wilderness. A feeling of by being watched by several pairs of eyes from the creatures lurking deep within the forest.

Create some fond memories to live with for the rest of your lives on this, once-in-a-lifetime dream tour you will want to do again and again. A trip guaranteed to leave an everlasting impression on your heart and mind.

There are a number of possibilities once you arrive at the Shangri-la Jungle Village. Being cleverly located near many exciting tourist spots, a number of brief excursions can be made from this place.

The hotel has strategic partnerships with hotels and resorts in this area allows us to help one design an eco-friendly, economic, exciting tour through Goa, Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Anshi National Park, Dudhsagar Falls and Karwar.

30 beautiful, clean and cozy cottages with comfortable attached bath, in the very heart of the jungle

» Fine dining from the very chefs that have become celebrities on the beaches of Goa

» Elephant ride, play area, amphitheater and barbecue topped with abundant refreshing wild breeze

» All travelers are insured in and around the premises

How to reach:

Shangri-la Jungle Village is approachable only by road from Belgaum, Goa and Londa. We can help you book a taxi from either of these stops. If you plan to drive yourself, please zoom the map on right for the location.

Reservations:
By Phone

Please use the numbers on the right to make telephonic reservations. Belgaum: +91 94 481 12010
By Email

Send an email to sales@shangrilajunglevillage.com for booking through email.

Shangri-la Jungle Village

RS No. 12/B, Karambal

Post Anamod, Pincode: 581 453

Taluka: Joida, District: Karwar

Karnataka, India

Phone: 08383-251110 http://www.shangrilajunglevillage.com/

Disclaimer: I got all information from its website. No personal experience of being there.

Military Mahadev being renovated first look

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:20:18 +0000

Belgaum’s most famous holy, picnic and childrens play park Military Mahadev is being renovated.

And AAB gets you the FIRST look of the Mahadev Temple after its temple domb from the outside has been newly made and renovated with a lot of carving very similar to that of temples in south India. The same will also be painted later.

The new Look sort of Dravidian Architecture

Old simple Look now has been changed.

Some more changes are also planned to done to the present garden areas and the same will beautified.

All Photos: Team AAB.

Rajhuns Gad Yellur Gad the pride of Ancient Belgaum

admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:03:12 +0000

By Sujay Nimbalkar – Special Correspondent

Rajhunsgad is surrounded by greenery of farms and fields with rice as a major crop. Yellurgad (Yellur Fort) located within the vicinity of Belgaum Taluka, on hillock with a breathtaking view.It is situated nearly 2,500 ft (762 m) above sea level. According to sources, this Fort dates back to history many centuries ago among different kingdom and its rulers including the Yadavas, Hoysalas, Bahamani, Adilshahi, Peshwas-Marathas.

The fort on top of hill is visible from almost all areas of Belgaum. It is also believed that there existed a secret tunnel from the Belgaum fort upto Rajhunsgad during the ancient period. In this fort, a beautiful Temple of ‘Lord Shiva’ is situated where most of the people staying in and around the villages of this fort visit and pray every Monday. There is Well of sweet water on top of this hill. It is infact an admirable archeology of the past architects and rulers. An awesome view of Belgaum City can be had from this fort.

How to reach:

One can reach Rajhunsgad village on the foot of this hill via- Desur village or from Yellur & Sulga and then climb the fort on kutcha road. Experienced riders can reach upto the entrance of the fort on top on Motorcycles but this path (kutcha road) is too steep for motorcycles. However, this is an excellent place for Trekking.

On an interaction with Sri.Siddharth Hiremath (Poojari) of this Shiva temple in the fort told us that, This Fort in spite of having a rich historic relevance is always neglected by administration. The temple’s maintenance cost is mainly borne by the people of surrounding villages of Rajhunsgad, Sulga, and Yellur etc.

Though MPs, MLAs and a couple of Ministers along with the administration authorities have visited this ancient fort and have assured for its development as a tourist place, the assurance tends to remain on paper as usual. Moreover, miscreants try to damage the sanctity of the fort including the temple’s premises by dirtying the surroundings etc. People of Belgaum should take note of this fact and come forward to help in preserving the structure of our Belgaum having rich historic relevance.

Photos: Mr.Sujay, Mr. Ravi Vakkund & Mr. Ashok Sankannavar

Belgaum Fort loosing its grandeur

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:40:55 +0000

Not all cities have the pleasure of having a fort in their city. Belgaumites have been very lucky to be the capital of a kingdom in the past.

The Belgaum fort built in 13 century (Originally built by the Ratta dynasty, later fortified by Yakub Ali Khan of the Bijapur Sultanate) was well known for its unique building structure and its huge moat surrounding the fort, which made it inaccessible to the enemies. The Belgaum fort served as a bulwark against the attacks of invading armies. It steadfastly held fort as Belgaum played host to a multitude of dynasties, from the Rattas, the Vijayanagar emperors, Bijapur Sultans, Marathas and finally the British. During the freedom movement of India, Mahatma Gandhi was imprisoned here. The Belgaum fort is also an embodiment of the legacy of religious tolerance in Belgaum.

The inside of the Fort area now does not much resemble to how it was then but is clean and the MLIRC has taken great care of a major part. Ram Krishna mission Ashrama and the Kamal Basti are places one should visit. There are a few govt. offices as well; the inner parts are avid but who will take care of the outer walls.

See the photos they are self-explanatory, the weeds grown from top to bottom on all sides and the moat filled with mud over the years in some areas never looks like a moat any more.

The archaeological survey of India is looking after the Kamal Basti but no one is caring about the fort walls. If this condition continues in no time, the whole wall will collapse and fort will have no walls to protect itself.

The worst part no one in the city is raising this issue of protection of historic monuments. The city at this moment is only speaking about the Rs.100 crore special grant and its implementation for development works, but we should also learn to preserve our history for our next generation, or a time will come when our children will ask where is the Fort dad,” I saw on Wikipedia or AAB, Belgaum had a fort?” Then we will tell them, once there were huge walls surrounding the fort, there was moat and so on.

We need to preserve history for the next generation.

Read details about Belgaum fort as described by Mrs GUTHRIE

Kote Kere a mini amusement park

admin — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:59:57 +0000

Children & old ones as well in Belgaum always used to envy people in the metros and other cities that Belgaum has nothing where one can go and relax in the evening. When guests come to Belgaum and they ask, “What’s there to see in Belgaum” the host is in a fix.

Now you need to be, Kote Kere, the Belgaum Lake, which is now being managed by Darshan Udyog Samuha for over sometime, has renovated the entire lake and installed many games and amusement rides for children apart from the famous Boating in the lake.

Recently amusement rides and equipments worth Rs.60 lakhs have been put in place for Belgaumites.

There is a family train, Jumping Ballon, Cortex, Disco Coaster, Happy ride, Dragon ride, Boating, Cricket Zone and gaming console. It also has various food stalls from Chinese, Bhel puri, ice cream to Pav bhaji.

There are benches on the side where one can sit and relax seeing the beautiful lake. If someone special is besides you, then ‘Sone pe Suhaga’. The Kids can have a wonderful time taking all the rides and enjoying themselves. Elders can have a boat ride in a family boat or the peddle couple boats.

Still improvements are begin done with lights etc. the play area open in the evening and the boating in the latter half of the morning.

There are no entry fees as of now and you will have to shell out Rs.10 to Rs.15 per ride or game.

People getting cars, will need to park it opposite the old Vandana Palace road next to the road and there are no parking facilities as such. There are two entrances one next to Kasbekar Metgud Clinic and the other is from the road leading to MalMaruti on the opposite side. Two whellers can be parked at the Kasbekar Metgud Clinic side and a couple of cars can be parked if the others have parked well.

A note while taking kids out there, please apply anti mosquito cream as there are many mosquitoes around and they are huge in numbers and size.

In short, Kote Kere is a perfect place for a relaxed evening with the kids happily playing.

Kamala Narayana Temple at Degaon

admin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:48:13 +0000

Degaon is 5 kms from Kittur, 10 km from Halasi and 24 km from Bailhongal.

It is famous for Kadamba style Kamala Narayana temple, place with rich archeological find. Name of the place might have originated from its temple complex Devagrama meaning a village of God.

Kamala Narayana Temple was built by the Kadamba queen, Kamaladevi in the 12th century. The sculptures are breathtakingly beautiful. Lions and floral motifs vie with dancing girls for attention.

The temple is rectangular in shape and consists of three cells with the pillared hall running from North to South in front of the shrines on the west side. Each of these shrines is divided into two parts, Garbhagriha and Sukhanasi. The frames of the doorways of the Sukhanasi are carved with creepers. The pieced stone windows which surround the doorways are ‘more ornamental than in any other Kadamba temple. The Garbhagihas have, as in other Kadamba temples, the dedicatory block with the image of Gaja-Lakshmi.

The first cell contains the image of Narayana.

The second cell has the icon of Lakshmi-Narayana with Lakshmi seated on the lap of Vishnu. Garuda and Maruti are standing on either side of this image.

The third cell bears the image of Kamala with two attendants on either side.

The walls of the temple are adorned with niche having plasters surmounted by terraced pyramidal towers in the Kadamba style crowned with a Kalasha. The ceiling has pendant lotuses, all of them artistic pieces of workmanship remarkable for richness of ornamentation and elaboration of details.

Source: Wikipedia
Link: Vijay Itagi

Big B Amitabh on his song scene in Asoga

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:31:52 +0000

Big B Amitabh Bachchan on his 67^th birthday shared legendary stories and trivia about his trips to various locations in India for his shoots over the years.

A village named Asoga on the banks of river Malaprabha’s very attractive tourist place famous for its temple. This temple was built during the Kadamba kings in the mediveal period. Important sequences from the 70s hit movie ‘Abhimaan’ (featuring Amithabh Bacchan and Jaya bhaduri) were shot near the river Malprabha at Asoga. The entire song ‘Nadiya kinare’ has been shot there.

Nadiya kinaare, Abhimaan – Belgaum This film was very special for Jaya and me because we had produced it. Hrishida was our godfather. SD Burmansaab gave the music and the time we spent with him during the music sittings was unforgettable. The way he’d sing, we failed to bring the essence into our recordings. I always felt that there was some kami somewhere, he would sing so beautifully. The song was shot in a village near Belgaum. Hrishida wanted a village environment with a small temple, a river, a sacred pond with its water capable of uniting two people in love. We found such a pond. Back then, Jaya and I weren’t married. It was a very special time for both of us. Jaya had long, ankle-length hair then.

Source: Bangalore Mirror

Watch the Nadiya Kinare Video

See complete movie Abhiman