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A Trip to Adi Badri and Sarasvati Udgam Sthal, Haryana

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A detailed write up will follow, but here are some pictures from Adi Badri, Haryana, from a visit in October 2018. This place is home to ancient Badrinath Vishnu and Kedarnath Shiva temples, as well as the place believed to be the birth place of River Sarasvati . Some clicks of the picturesque Adi Badri Pond : The green-filled path leading to Sarasvati Udgam Sthal : Sarasvati trickles through and falls on the Shiva Linga placed  here: The Somb River , a tributary of Yamuna that flows through Adi Badri, is believed to trace the same course as the River Sarasvati of the Vedic times: Beautiful crape jasmine (ಕನ್ನಡ: ನಂದಿಬಟ್ಟಲು) flowering at the feet of Sarasvati river birth: Initial steps to climb to the Adi Kedarnath Temple : And the last few steps to the temple: The main temple of Adi Kedarnath : The Gaushala maintained at Adi Kedarnath Temple premises: Adi Badrinath Temple  and it's steps as seen f...

Some pictures from the recent weekend trips...

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Shrine of the Yadatore Arkeshwara Temple , near Krishnarajanagara Kaveri beginning to fill up the Chunchanakatte Falls as rains slash southern Karnataka Old Lakshmi Narasimha Temple shines amid calm nature at Akkihebbalu Flowers in the garden of the Akkihebbalu Lakshmi Narasimha Temple 57 foot monolith of Bahubali atop the Vindhyagiri Hill at Shravanabelagola , as seen from far away Kalyani at the Malekal Tirupati , Arasikere The majestic Amaragiri Hill of Malekal Tirupati Greenery in the inner premises of the Malekal Tirupati Srinivasa Temple An abandoned old stole sculpture at Haratanahalli, Arasikere Young goats get ready to lock horns at Haratanahalli Blue tailed bee-eater at Kondavagilu, Arasikere Another bird (?) enjoys the calmness around the coconut farms at Kondavagilu Greenery at Muttatti Forests Indian Macaque Family at Muttatti Calm and clean Kaveri...

Photos from another trip around Maisuru / Mysore

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