Thursday, January 6, 2011

Shimoga

The city of Shimoga (State: Karnataka) is located at a distance of 274 kms from Bangalore. The city is well connected by road and rail links. The city has its own historical importance.

It has been part of various dynasties since 3rd century such as Mauryans, Kadambas, Chalukyas, Hoysalas, Rashtrakutas and the Vijayanagara rulers till late 17th century. There are several places of historical importance in and around the city. There are a quiet lot of natural beautiful places around the city.

Places of interest in the city are:


55 comments:

  1. Beautiful photos and what incredible history.

    Darryl and Ruth : )

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  2. Seeing your blog Rajesh, is like seeing India...

    Great Job.

    Happy New Year.
    Shail

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  3. Lovely collage.;) I like to se the little palm tree in the top picture, these trees are so exotic in my perception.;)
    xoxo

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  4. I heard about this place close to Jog falls. Nice info + shots!

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  5. Wonderful place to visit . just love this place........

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  6. Indeed divine and beautiful !!!

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  7. Anonymous00:26

    breathtakingly beautiful..

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  8. Happy Sky Watch Friday
    Great collection of photos from your travels, fascinating to hear the history of the region.

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  9. Wonderful skies and I love your collage of beautiful photos, Rajesh! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

    Sylvia

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  10. This place looks so interesting and beautiful. The architectures are amazing.

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  11. I love the skies in the two righthand shots, Rajesh. Beautiful.
    -- K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  12. We're still enjoying our tour of India. Boom & Gary of The Vermilon River, Canada.

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  13. Anonymous02:58

    the church on the upper right hand looks like a catholic/christian church. have you featured christian/catholic churches in the past?

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  14. This looks like a beautiful and interesting place to visit.

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  15. I always like learning about your ancient land. Happy Skywatching!

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  16. Buon anno 2011.
    Che sia portatore di pace, serenità e tranquillità economica !
    Buona serata e buon anno :)
    Myriam

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  17. What a beautiful place! Great shots.

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  18. Wow your place is really very diverse. Love these shots!
    Winter sky

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  19. Wonderful architecture as always. Historic places of the past that leaves us amazed in the present, of such beauty and charm.

    It looks so peaceful and calm. Hope these breathtaking buildings and historic places can be maintained in its best for the future generation.

    Happy Skywatch.

    Hope you have a nice day.

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  20. A lovely series of shots, it sounds like a fascinating place!

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  21. Always wanted to go there. Have heard so much! Perhaps some day! Hopefully!

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  22. great ph0tos and a best place to visit

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  23. Beautiful shots! Happy sky watching.

    Liz @ A Simple Life

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  24. A fine collage of this beautiful, historic site.

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  25. The Church and the temple both look great!

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  26. Fascinating to read, especially for someone interested in history as «Louis» is.

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  27. Anonymous11:47

    Impressive! Love the warm skies too.

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  28. nice shots

    Happy SWF

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  29. Beautiful photos, Rajesh! Thanks for sharing these lovely buildings in India.

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  30. Hi Rajesh! Hope you entered 2011 in great shape!!
    Fabulous places you drive us to...

    Blogtrotter Two is visiting the third largest artificial lake in the world (by volume). Enjoy and have a superb weekend!

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  31. the river looks scary .. it might overflow anytime... are you far from here? thanks for dropping by..

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  32. Delightful collage of sights! The structure bottom left is intriguing!

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  33. Lovely written and wonderful shots!!

    Have a wonderful weekend
    Enjoy :-)

    Kareltje & Betsie =^.^=
    Anya

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  34. Beautiful collage :-)

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  35. You've created a very beautiful mosaic for this post. I hope you'll show more of the interesting places in Shimoga.

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  36. That city has been around since the 3rd century? Wow! What a history it must have. And I see there's a Catholic cathedral...very interesting.

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  37. Interesting sculptures on the left bottom building!
    January 12th my son is coming to India, because he has a friend in China who's from India -sure hope he'll have a camera with him -it looks such a diverse country! (and wish I was there to paint!)

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  38. Cool collection of pics....

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  39. Very nice




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  40. Very fine collage, Rajesh!
    Happy weekend

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  41. happy new year rajesh!!!!
    shimoga..hmm i have heard about it, vaguely.....through your post got to know much much more...

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  42. Wonderful skies and I love your collage of beautiful photos, Rajesh!

    have a good weekend

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  43. Good to know about another city in Karnataka.
    Do you have some images inside the ASI Museum

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  44. Thank you for sharing this...I'd never get to see it without your informative mosaics. You are quite the ambassador!

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  45. Wonderful. It was especially interesting to see the cathedral and the temple in the mosaic. Well done!

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  46. Terrific shots, such gorgeous buildings you always share :) These are so interesting!

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  47. Thank you, we shall explore more of this place.

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  48. Very interesting. And a lovely mosaic.

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  49. This looks like a fascinating place to visit, Rajesh. Thanks for sharing it on Mosaic Monday.

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  50. So much to see, the buildings are so majestic! I enjoy the places you've taken us!

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  51. So much history there. Thanks for sharing with us.
    Rosie

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  52. Good information. But adding the accommodation and mode of travel will be even more helpful.
    Regards,
    Sahana

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  53. Thank You all. In future posts. I will consider adding mode of transport as well.

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