Are you a Resident of Hyderabad? Do you want to visit Goa for the long weekend by your own vehicle (Bike/ Car)? If you have a scooter then also you can manage to go by your vehicle. But just remember you have to take 15 minutes to break for every on average of 80km (depending on the capacity of the scooter). So, let's plan our Goa trip for a long weekend.
Here I am considering my vehicle as Honda Activa (125cc Scooter) and I am planning to leave from Jubilee Bus station.
Sthala Purana of Gokarna
Gokarna is a small temple town on the western coast of India in the Kumta taluk of Uttara Kannada district of the state of Karnataka. The main temple and deity are Lord Shiva, who is also known as Mahabaleshwara. This temple houses what is believed to be the original image of Lord Shiva's linga (Atmalinga).
The earliest history of the city is in Treta Yuga, Ravana (Demon/Asura King of Lanka) reaches Kailasa and performed rigorous penance to get the "Atma Linga" from Lord Shiva, as Ravana's mother expressed a keen desire to worship the Atmalinga of Lord Shiva.[5][6] After a long penance, Shiva gave the Atma linga to Ravana as a boon and instructs Ravana to carry it home by walk, that he should never place it on the earth even for a short while failing which the linga would get eternally embedded at the place where he broke his commands.
Lord Maha Vishnu learned that Ravana will become all-powerful by worshipping the 'Atma Linga' and menace to the world and Ravana's conviction that nobody could defeat him, once he acquired the very power of Shiva. Maha Vishnu devised a plan to install the linga somewhere and as he thought that Lord Ganapati was alone capable of doing it, he along with all the gods pleased Ganapati to execute the plan. Lord Ganapati accepts and reaches Gokarna as a Brahmin boy.
As Ravana was nearing Gokarna, Maha Vishnu who had known well that Ravana was punctual in performing his periodical rites (Sandyavandhana), hides sun with his Sudarshana Chakra (Wheel). Thinking that it was time to perform the evening rites, Ravana finds a Brahmin boy and asked him to hold the Atmalinga in his hand till he came back after finishing the rites. Ganapati agreed to hold the linga on one condition that he would do so till he would be able to bear the weight of linga and that thereafter he would call Ravana three times and if failed to come to him by then he would place the linga on the earth.
Ganapati calls Ravana three times when he was performing his rites and places the linga on the earth and he vanished. The Atmalinga at once got firmly entrenched in the earth. Ravana learned that he had been tricked by the Gods. The depressed demon king Ravana was deeply agitated and tried to pull up the linga, but the linga did not budge a little. It resulted in his throwing the coverings of the Linga to Dhareshwara, Gunavanteshwara, Murudeshwara, and Shejjeshwar temples. Ravana was unable to lift the linga from the ground again and called the Shiva linga as Mahabala, one with great strength, and ever since, the linga illustrious as Mahabaleshwara. Shiva learned all these from Vayu Deva, the god of wind, and came on to Earth with Goddess Parvathi Devi and his train of Gods, he visited these five places and worshipped the linga which had now taken five forms. He acknowledged that these five places would be his "Pancha Kshetras"
Let us plan our tour to Gokarna and Murudeshwar.
Day 0:
18:00 - Jubilee Bus station is our starting point
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20:00 - Take a dinner and fuel break at Mahbubnagar.
20:30 - Leave Mahabubnagar.
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22:00 - Reach Raichur. Take a night halt at Raichur. Here you can get hotels from Rs. 600 - 2000. Please remember, if you are planning to take a night halt at any place, please book your accommodation a minimum of 2 hours before you reach your destination.
Day 1:
4:00 - Leave from Raichur.
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5:30 - Reach Sindhanur. Have a fuel and coffee break at Sindhanur.
5:45 - Leave Sindhanur
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7:30 - Reach Hospet. Have breakfast and a fuel break at Hospet.
8:00 - Leave Hospet.
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9:30 - Reach Harihar. Have a fuel and coffee break at Harihar.
9:45 - Leave Harihar.
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11:15 - Reach Shiralakoppa. Have a fuel and hydration break at Shiralakoppa.
11:30 - Leave Shiralakoppa.
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13:00 - Reach Jog falls. Have lunch at Jog falls and visit the beauty of falls.
Jog Falls is created by the Sharavati dropping 253 m (830 ft), making it the third-highest waterfall in India after the Nohkalikai Falls with a drop of 335 m (1100 ft) in Meghalaya and Dudhsagar Waterfalls with a drop of 310 m (1017 ft) in Goa.
15:00 - Leave Jog falls.
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17:00 - Reach Bhatkal beach. Have snacks at the beach and enjoy some time on the beach.
17:30 - Leave from Bhatkal beach.
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18:00 - Reach Murdeswar. Check into your hotel and fresh up.
18:30 - Visit Murudeswar temple for light and sound show. Then go to the Murudeswar beach. Spend some time. Have dinner and take a rest.
This temple is built on the Kanduka Hill which is surrounded on three sides by the waters of the Arabian Sea. It is dedicated to Sri Lokankara, and a 20-storied gopura is constructed at the temple. The temple authorities have installed a lift that provides a breath-taking view of the 123-feet Sri Shiva idol from the top of the Raja gopura. There is also a Rameshwara linga at the bottom of the hill, where devotees can do seva themselves. A Shaneswar temple has been built next to the idol of Sri Akshayaguna. Two life-size elephants in concrete stand guard at the steps leading to it. The entire temple and temple complex, including the 237.5-feet-tall Raja Gopura.
Rajagopuram @ Murudeshwar
A huge towering statue of Lord Shiva, visible from great distances, is present in the temple complex. It is the second tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world. The statue is 123 feet (37 m) in height
Shiva statue @ Statue park, Murudeshwar temple.
Day 2:
Wake up and visit the temple.
6:00 - Leave Murudeswar.
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7:00 - Reach Shri Mahalasa Narayani Temple. Have breakfast.
7:40 - Leave to Nirvana beach resort.
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8:00 - Reach Nirvana beach resort. Check into your hotel and head to Aghanashini.
8:30 - Leave to Gokarna
9:30 - Reach Bhadrakali temple. Visit Bhadrakali temple, Mahabaleswar temple, Maha Ganapathi temple, and Shiva Cave.
11:30 - Park your vehicle near the Bhadrakali temple. Take an auto to Belekan Beach.
12:00 - Start your beach trek.
Trek distance 1km.
12:30 - You will reach Paradise beach. Have lunch fun at Paradise beach.
13:00 - Start trek towards Halfmoon beach.
Trek distance 1km.
14:00 - Have food and fun at Half-moon beach.
14:30 - Leave from half-moon beach.
Trek distance 1km.
15:00 - Reach Om beach. Have fun activities on Om beach.
16:30 - Reach Namaste cafe. Have some snacks.
17:00 - Leave to Kundle beach.
Trek distance 3km.
18:00 - Reach Kundle beach. Have some snacks at Kundle beach and have fun at Kundle beach.
19:00- Take an auto and come to Bhadrakali Temple.
19:15 - Leave from Bhadrakali Temple to your resort at Nirvana beach.
Route - Gokarna - Hiregutti - Kumta - Nirvana Beach.
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20:30 - You will reach back to your resort. After dinner has a long walk along the beach.
7:00 - Leave from your resort.
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8:00 - Reach Mirjan fort. Have breakfast and visit Mirjan fort.
Mirjan Fort (Tu hi re/Urike Chilaka/Uyire Uyire song fort from Bombay movie (1995))
9:00 - Leave from Mirjan fort.
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10:00 - Reach Vibhuti falls.
11:00 - Leave from Vibhuti falls.
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11:30 - Yana Caves.
12:30 - Leave from Yana caves
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13:30 - Reach Sirsi and have lunch at Sirsi. Take it as a fuel break.
14:00 - Leave from Sirsi
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15:00 - Reach Haveri for a break.
15:15 - Leave Haveri
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17:30 - Reach Koppal for a break.
17:45 - Leave Koppal.
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19:45 - Halt at Sindhanur for a dinner break.
20:15 - Leave Sindhanur.
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22:15 - Reach Raichur. Take a hotel and stay at Raichur for a night halt.
Day 4:
4:00 - Leave Raichur.
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6:00 - Reach Mahabubnagar. Have a tea break.
6:15 - Leave from Mahabubnagar
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8:30 - Reach Jubilee bus station with a breakfast break for 30 minutes on your way (most probably at Kothur)
Things to Pack
A Rucksack, Jerry can for extra petrol, portable stove with butane gas cylinder, Raincoat, Sunscreen (SPF 50), Yoga mat, a tool kit, air pump.
Things to Remember
This plan is for the people going by Honda Activa (125cc).
Don't drink while you are driving.
During driving make yourself hydrated as much as possible.
So nice good information
ReplyDeleteCan you plan this trip in Public Transport. Of course, I know the difficulty in this Corona Time but the after the transport facility restores, the plan may be useful.
ReplyDeletePlease follow the below link to visit Gokarna by public transport. As Visakhaptnam is almost the last point of Andhra Pradesh, we have planned the trip by taking Visakhapatanam into consideration. If you want me to plan your trip from your source station, you can always welcome to give an update in the comments section. Please Subscribe to my page for further updates.
DeleteLink for the trip by public transport from Visakhapatnam: https://travelwithmanju.blogspot.com/2020/09/gokarna-murudeshwar-and-udupi-in-4-days.html