Gem of 4 Hours - Ramadevara Betta - Sholay Hills

The enthusiasm was completely dried..not even a single drop of it....

Just turned aside there found enough of energy spread across..

but question raised "how reach it out?", when we stranded with our hands folded..like...

Then came the inspiration..when sheep's and goat's can..why we can not..

With the thought in the mind..energy in the limbs...we were at the bottom of the cliff in no time..after starting from the Mysore road point at 7.30 on a Sunday morning

The weather was cool..wind blowing from all the directions..it proved to be perfect setting for a Sunday early morning small trek in the outskirts of Bengaluru. As I was regular for this place from the 1990's..but it posed different faces every time I step in to this small place of heaven nearer to busy bustling urban life.

The first blessings came in the form of Lord Hanuman, the priest narrated the significance of this place.  As Kaakasura (The Demon Crow) disturbed, and troubled Seetha Maatha, The Lord Rama decided to settle the score with Kakasura. But realising the might of Rama's Arrow, he apologized,  pleaded mercy..the kind hearted Rama blessed him, and in turn Kakasura promised the lord Rama that, he and his generation will never step in to this Hillock Rama Giri.  But due to the effect of Kaliyuga, the here and there we can see crow now.  But nevertheless mythology in any form is interesting.

Next stop of Lord Shiva, and then finally Lord Rama's blessings just evaporated our tiredness (was there any?) or ignited the lamp of enthusiasm to a greater extent.

We found few love blinders trying to celebrate birthday in the windy atmosphere.  Probably it is time to realise  that love blows the wind of emotion..and at the same time..love should be covered with care.  They tried hard to light the candle mounted on a cake..(since they asked us for the match box, we knew about the celebration!!!!)... but the wind was the winner all the way!!!...don't know what they did later... 

for a change..prashanth dropped his regular DSLR..and brought shoot at sight camera..and he was happy clicking all the way.  We made a good fun of that as well.

We reached the top of the cliff...raining clouds hovering around...wind at  its best pace...it provided a stunning landscape as far eyes can zoom in.  After a marathon photo session....comfortably reached our drawing room by 14.00 Hours in the noon.

An economical trip, where my sarathi TVS Victor was brimming with confidence, and energy level....where he drank about three liters of fuel, and also few calories for me, ended peacefully providing a perfect energy filled path for the week ahead.

A Drive To Sholay Hills - 28th April 2012

Some mails enthralls you, some mails irritates, and some mails make you ponder over the things what is going wrong...one such mail just shaken my strong confidence.  

My strong confidence said "Sri, am missing you!!!!"

Was thinking how to shrug off, and recharge the batteries, suddenly a bolt from the blue thought came in, even in my all time favorite movie "Sholay", Thaakur (played by Sanjeev Kumar...what a performance!!!), was in this kind of dilemma.  So he hired two samurai's to get rid of Gabbar Singh.  So this thought came in, and  messaged my trusted Samurai Sandeep, who didn't take a second to say "yes" (so far he never said "No"), and called "Girish", he wanted to drown in my friendly "ships" from a long time, he too obliged to my request.

What else could be the best place, so ventured in to Ramadevara Betta aka Sholay Hill in the wee hours of cool & "warm" Saturday 28th April 2012. 

We zipped on the Mysore road, and safely reached the foothills.  We were surprised to see a gate almost a kilometer before the main entrance.  After the query, it was found that, in and around the hills was declared as a forest reserve for Vultures, so the restriction would be soon on the early morning hawkers to catch the glimpse of the hill.

Giri-Preeti the new pair, started counting the steps, missing the count, and some how managed to get the count (hope it is correct!!! :-)).  Sandeep and myself on the freezing the frames spree.  We went on, the hills kept some breathtaking landscapes for us.  

I recollected all the sweet memories we spent during our education time.  There was no burden over the  shoulders, nor that am great and you are not kind of attitude, this made us to trigger the joyous moments during those days, where in we roamed past most of the tall hillocks in the Ramanagar belt.  The days will never come..but the memories will walk with us like a shadow all the way.

The outing was good enough to bring me back in to the stream of confidence. The love and affection of the new pair made me feel that love exists every where, and the height of the heart is important not the physical height. Both were complimenting each other word by word. This couple's understanding is just awesome, and I wish all the great times ahead in their life.  

We comfortably reached Bengaluru by 10.30 after a small pit stop near the Bidadi to savour the famous Tatte Idli, which proved to be hit with a great taste to fill the stomach.

Finally when I back to home, my mantra to happy life,  my confidence with a placard saying "we should have the heart to understand but not the wallet" was waiting in my home.