{"id":274,"date":"2016-07-10T08:20:18","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T08:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muthu.co\/?p=274"},"modified":"2021-01-02T14:05:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T14:05:49","slug":"road-trip-to-ranganthittu-bird-sanctuary-from-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/write.muthu.co\/road-trip-to-ranganthittu-bird-sanctuary-from-bangalore\/","title":{"rendered":"Road trip to Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary from Bangalore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for a day out of Bangalore to a more quite and beautiful place among the birds. Head over to Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary located 135 Km from Bangalore which is a home of more than 170 species\u00a0of birds. Bird life includes the little cormorant, large cormorand, darter, white ibis, spoonbill, open-billed stork, painted stork, egret, heron, river term, great stone plover, kingfisher, Indian cliff swallow, and the lesser whistling teal. There are many more species too but these are the most prominant.\u00a0You will need a good DSLR to capture these beautiful birds because your mobile phones no matter how powerful cannot capture the real beauty\u00a0of this ecosystem. Take a Binocular also if you can.<\/p>\n

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Painted Stork flock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Open billed Stork<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Our Journey<\/strong><\/h2>\n

We were 5, so took a car and left around 5 A.M in the morning from Silk Board. It was a surprise the roads were still busy but we got on to the Nice Ring road within 15 mins and then it was just a smooth ride throughout. Our initial plan was to visit the Sanctuary and come back but the route map had a different plan for us. As you can see in the map – Ramnagar, Channapatna and Mandya are all on the same road, so we decided to stop by and visit a few interesting places at these cities.<\/p>\n

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We reached our first stop within an hour. Ramnagar is the place where the famous movie “Sholay” was shot, mentioned in the movie as “Ramghad”. The hill on which\u00a0Hema Malini danced and Gabbar Singh had his Den is all here but we realized that we need at least half day to explore the hill so we moved on to our next destination\u00a0Channapatna, famous for toys.<\/p>\n

We reached Channapatna at around\u00a07:00 AM and found that most toy shops were\u00a0closed. Nothing else seemed interesting to see in Channapatna as per Google so we moved on.\u00a0Within a few KMs from Channapatna we stopped at\u00a0a\u00a0South Indian restaurant for breakfast. Masala Dosa and Filter coffee and we were done. Right next\u00a0to the restaurant was a Toy shop and visiting that shop was equal to visiting Channapatna itself.<\/p>\n

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Next up was\u00a0Mandya. On the way was\u00a0Heritage Winery<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0factory. We could not resist but stop by but unfortunately we\u00a0were too early for this place, it was 7:30 at that time and\u00a0the winery\u00a0opens at 9:00 AM. The owner was outside and he said we can take a look inside.\u00a0It\u00a0seemed like a team outing spot and had\u00a0basketball court, bar room, wine store, park and stay rooms. The place is beautifully designed and is surrounded by 100s of acres of green farm lands. The fresh air and the strong smell of grape wine from the factory is sure to make\u00a0you fall in love with this place. I still can’t get over the memory of that strong smell of wine while I am writing this blog. We even wished we had a device to somehow capture that smell and be able to experience it back in Bangalore. The vineyard next to the factory had young plants and were yet to show any ripe grapes. We\u00a0played basketball, clicked some pictures and were\u00a0back on road.<\/p>\n

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Heritage Winery Inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Playground inside Heritage Winery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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vineyard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We reached \u00a0Shivanasamudra, Mandya Dist. around 10:30 AM, land of the\u00a0famous Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple dedicated to God Ranganatha, a manifestation\u00a0of Lord Vishnu. An inscription at the temple reveals it was built in 984 A.D by the Hoysala kings. It has a beautiful architecture which is sure to surprise you it was made by humans 1000 years back.<\/p>\n

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Ranganathaswamy Temple, Shivanasamudra, Mandya Dist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If its too crowded I advice you take a peak at the lord and come out as soon as possible or else you would end up wasting your whole day in\u00a0the queue. The Guide Map outside the temple shows a few places around this temple of historical significance.<\/p>\n

\"Map<\/a>You may decide to visit some or all of them, they are close-by and at walkable distances. We decided to see Colonel Bailey’s dungeon. Nothing interesting about it except that its\u00a0located\u00a0next to cauvery river. You can chill here for some time sitting on top of the wall, look at the river, take some selfies and admire the\u00a0railway bridge next to it.<\/p>\n

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Chilling at the Dungeon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Chilling<\/a>
Chilling at the Dungeon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next up was\u00a0the Ranganthittu Bird Sanctuary, our real destination. Its not far from this temple\u00a0and hardly took us 30 mins. The entry ticket costed 60 Rs. per head. The park was well maintained, clean and well organized. You can park your car and walk into the sanctuary.\u00a0Its\u00a0surrounded by many species of\u00a0trees especially the tall bamboo grass. You would get a feel of walking into a forest, it was cool and silent. No one seemed to worry about\u00a0us getting close to the\u00a0river so we spent some time sitting next to it.<\/p>\n

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You can see thousands of birds flying around,\u00a0screeching and making noises on their huge nests. The scenery around is filled with\u00a0thick forest. A good DSLR camera is a must if you are a photography lover and would like to capture these birds in their natural habitat.<\/p>\n

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The boating experience takes you very close to the crocodiles chilling on top of rocks. At one time we got too close to the crocodile scaring the hell out of us. The boat man was quick enough to row us away and save us from the powerful jaws of this beast.<\/p>\n

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The beast from far<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Crocodile<\/a>
The beast from near\u00a0staring at us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While on boat you can watch the birds from very close, they didn’t seem to care about humans coming so close to them. The birds were\u00a0infinite in number and the aerodynamics of these flying birds is an amazing treat to the eyes. We spent around two hours in there and\u00a0around 30 minutes sitting next to a pond full of Lotus plants watching dragonflies, fishes, frogs and kingfishers hunting.<\/p>\n

\"Sitting<\/a> \"bird8\"<\/a>It was 1:30 PM and we were hungry. We headed to the cafeteria, the menu looked good\u00a0but one of our friends\u00a0suggested the famous RR biryani house in Mysore for lunch which was just\u00a015 Kms away from our current location. We got into the car and drove to Mysore. This was probably the first time that day I encountered Bangalore like traffic again, mysore is pretty dense. We reached our spot RRbiryani restaurant\u00a0in another 30 mins which was right in front of the Mysore Palace, it was crowded, we waited a bit to get a table for 5. We had biryani and Meals. Your stomach won’t be disappointed\u00a0I promise! After the lunch at around 3:30 we were back on road to Bangalore.\u00a0Thanks to the evening traffic, we reached Bangalore at 7:00 P.M.<\/p>\n

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