Long Weekend Getaway: Part 9: Shivamogga and Bhadravathi
And here is the concluding edition of that weekend trip: the final leg of Shivamogga and Bhadravathi , continuing on from the last edition of Keladi and Ikkeri: http://kshanaprabhaa.blogspot.in/2013/12/long-weekend-getaway-part-8-keladi-and.html We left the historical town of Keladi and reached Shivamogga by noon, and had our lunch and set out to visit St. Thomas Church, which was supposedly the second largest Church in India. But we realized after speaking to the local folks that there was indeed a St. Thomas Church in Shivamogga, and the second largest Church in India was also present in the city, but they were two different churches. The huge Cathedral was in fact the Sacred Heart Church , right at the heart of the city, constructed in early 1990s. The architecture is extremely beautiful for such a new building, and would attract any visitor from a distance. The symmetry and the solitude one gets inside is inexplicable. After this, we made our way to the...