BELUR TRIP  14TH TO 17TH OCTOBER 2021 (6)

16-11-2021

We drove to Hotel Trupti near Chennakeshava temple for breakfast. The previous evening we had gone in for dinner when we heard the owner and his employees talking in Tulu. Tulu is one of the languages spoken in certain parts of  coastal Karnataka. In our district, Udupi, it is a dominant language. The owner, Vijay Rai, told us he was from Puttur, my maternal grandparents’ home town. My parents too lived there for almost thirty years. He told us he had run a canteen in one of the hostels of our university in Manipal. We felt at home 😊.

After a good breakfast we returned to our hotel. By 9.30 we were at the dam across river Yagachi. One of the officials, was kind enough to let us walk a short distance on the dam. Water was being let out of the three gates. We looked at it and thought a person would be cut to ribbons if they happened to fall there😊. It was interesting to see many bee hives on the railings.

From there we went to the backwaters of the  dam where water sports was organized for tourists. Aravind was happy to go  jet-skiing.  One of the life guards rode pillion, helping him to navigate the scooter. He loved the experience.

Our next destination was  Veera Narayana temple in Belavadi. On the way we saw ginger fields. We came upon sheep grazing  close to the road.

We stopped to take a photo because we don’t see much of them in our place. As I was snapping, a person came by. He said he was the deputy commissioner of the district. Rearing sheep was his hobby. He also talked about some person in Udupi who had thousands of sheep. We did not know about it. Belatedly I asked if it was okay for me to take a photo 😊. He told me to take as many as we wanted. My husband enjoyed driving on the quiet roads.  We passed a bullock cart. It had rubber tyres instead of the traditional wheels made of wood and iron. My husband remembered his childhood when bullock carts were the main means of transport.

We came upon many banyan trees along the way; their roots are beautiful. The phrase, ‘far from the madding crowd’ kept coming to mind as we drove along these quiet roads. 😊

Tulu language – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulu_language

Yagachi River – Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yagachi_River

By Lakshmi Bhat

I am a person who believes there is not enough darkness in the world to extinguish the light of a small candle. We live in a small place in South India. I love reading, blogging, stitching, traveling, photography, listening to people and many other things which make life so very nice and interesting. Blogging is a fun experience, it has brought me into contact with people in different parts of the world and it is good to read about their everyday life. In spite of the differences there is a sameness which is fascinating. I have learnt and am learning something everyday. I have learnt to write haikus. I enjoy combining the thought and the number of syllables. I have always read books and I was happy to write short fiction. I had thought I would not be able to do so. Stream of Consciousness and photo challenges are fun too. Yes, there is so much in life that is sad and that hurts us. Many a time I wonder why life is so unfair to so many. We all have problems in life but the problems of many seems unbearable. This makes me feel so helpless. It is not possible to help everyone but we can do our bit, we can do something to help some in whatever way we can. Due to the pandemic I could not go to the Home for the mentally challenged for two years. I had been going there since 2011. I have started going again. I was happy that some members remembered me :) All of them are an important part of my life. There have been many challenges in life and we have faced them with a positive approach. Our grandson and granddaughter have made our lives richer.

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