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Expedition Ramohalli

Posted by Jerry on 0:12 - July 5, 2007

Ramohalli is a small village off the Bangalore-Mysore road and its the home to the oldest banyan tree in Asia.

A knee-jerk plan at 2 in the noon, last Sunday, found me and my roomies riding our way to Ramohalli. I already told what the place is famous for. Many sites all tell about the main attraction, kindly help yourself with all the details. But i never found a good site giving the exact road map to the place. So here it is in my own words, trust me its accurate.(Bus info)

Route/Road Details : If you are coming from the Bangalore side, after approx 5kms after Kengeri, you will find the Rajarajeshwari Dental College to your right side. Take a right to the road next to the college, keep going straight for about 6kms approx. You will find the tree for sure, you cant miss a 4 acre banyan tree. If you still have doubt, just stop by and ask “Ramohalli???”, any decent person is sure to guide you.

You wont believe that the tree is spread over 4 acres on seeing it. You will definitely spot the small temple in the center and your couples sitting everywhere. And ya, dont miss the UB Group’s goods shelter, as you take the turn from the main road to the road leading to Ramohalli.

We were a bunch of 5 guys, what are we supposed to do in the beauty and serenity of the area? Just roamed around eating the salted mangoes we bought. Loads of snaps, with guys going to the extend of posing as though in meditation, imitating Buddha’s enlightenment (we call each other Frauds in that matter). Through the branches we notice a hill far away. I went and asked a hawker if there is a way up the hill, he didnt understand hindi nor did none of us understand kannada(why dont they learn malayalam???). He intern asked us in sign language “are we looking for a booze?” Out we go!!!

On our bikes and by just pure intuition, took the road just behind the tree and drove the way up through a rocky road, till the point where we could not take out bikes any further. Parked the bikes and made the rest of the way up hill on foot. The view from the top was really amazing. If any one has seen the movie Swadesh, remember the view of a water body between two hills, it was a miniature version of that. We spent about an hour on top of the hill just enjoying the view and clicking more snaps.

The Foto Album – Expedition Ramohalli

6 Responses to “Expedition Ramohalli”

  1. Law of Attraction

    Law of Attraction

  2. Beattles said

    good work..team

  3. Abhi said

    Dabba malayalam fellow. Why the f..k u want hawkers to learn your language. You dont have the capacity to learn kannada?? Idiots , you are polluting karnataka by diluting kannada population.

  4. kumar said

    Can’t Abhi understand the simple joke of mallus. He should keep in mind that he is an Indian and should understand these simple jokes. A Kannada fanatic. F**k him.

  5. SANDY said

    I fully agree with KUMAR.

    Mr ABHI.
    1st if all it was a humorous joke.
    2nd dont diff ppl by region, dont u think u r indian first when the world sees u. they dont see u as kannadiga.
    3. i also learnt kannada, not bcoz of fellows like u bcoz its a india langg and i love it.

    4.By ur theoy all the kannadigas sud be thrown aways from rest of india nad dumped in to karnataka.

    5. U r an F******g AS*** HO**********

    think abt it, u ll regret ur comments.

    Thank you

  6. Kula said

    Dude u missed the Manchanabele dam there!!!!

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