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DAY 1
We drove the Audi A4 connected 20th Aug 24. We reached Hampi via Tumkur, Sira, Hiriyur, Hospet without immoderate issues oregon large traffic.
Bangalore-Hampi-Pandarpur Route Map
We passed by a veg edifice named Naivedyam. About 30 kms to Hampi, you volition find Ramdev Dhaba. We stopped by astatine Ramdev Dhaba wherever we could somewhat bid immoderate customized blistery food. The spot lacks ambience but makes up for it with its blistery food. Roads wide are large from Bangalore to Hampi. Distance from Bangalore to Hampi is astir 330 kms which we could screen successful sub 6 hours.
We rested astatine the resort. Staff were precise affable astatine the resort, and we felt welcomed. The ambience was awesome and aft uncovering the covered car slot for our Audi, we relaxed successful the room. As per our intended plan, Hampi was much of a stopover. Since we had been to Hampi respective times, we drove done till the Vittala temple, visited the Narasimha statue area, drove towards Kamalapur, saw the astir overflowing lake, clicked pics, etc. We did not bash the accustomed circuit astatine Hampi this time.
Badavilinga
Narasimha
Kamalapur Lake
DAY 2
The adjacent time morning, we near Hampi astatine 6 americium and drove towards Pandarpur. Distance to Pandarpur from Hampi is 330 kms. We stopped for meal astatine Vijayapura. Roads till Zalki are besides great.
At Zalki, the crook to the Left was to beryllium taken and roads present are not that great. It is besides a 2-way road. For astir 200 metres, the roads are successful atrocious condition. It is simply a authorities highway. We passed by beauteous sunflower fields and stopped to click pictures. Traffic was rather light. CM was to sojourn Almatti Dam and till the dam area, the cops ensured each postulation was smooth!
Sunflower Fields
As soon arsenic you adjacent the temple premises and caput towards the car parking lot, you volition beryllium stopped and asked to wage the section gram panchayat fee. The aforesaid interest besides doubles arsenic the car parking fee, nearby. We parked astatine Gajanan Maharaj Parking Lot wherever a fewer 100 cars tin beryllium accommodated. You tin either permission your footwear and mobiles successful the car oregon instrumentality them with you and deposit them adjacent the temple entrance. Like past time, we hired an car idiosyncratic who took america to the temple, and we agreed to conscionable up station darshan for the driblet disconnected to the car parking slot. We paid 250/- this clip for this service.
We had prebooked our Pandarpur darshan tickets astatine http://117.247.89.131/QMS1/BookingMaster.aspx.
Pls usage your machine for this booking. Also, I recovered that this is not a unafraid website. We proceeded, nonetheless. The UI is not precise affable and intuitive. You tin get the bent of it aft a fewer attempts.
FREE Booking tin beryllium done lone 2 oregon 3 days anterior to the day of darshan astatine the temple. Keep a passport size photograph handy, to beryllium uploaded. A abstracted booking has to beryllium done for each idiosyncratic travelling. You tin take the slot and we chose 2 p.m. slot keeping successful caput the clip taken for driving, parking, refreshing, etc. You person to PRINT the summons and transportation it with you. Closer to your slot time, you person to proceed to Sant Tukaram Bhavan, precise adjacent to the main temple, wherever the bureau unit volition affix their seal validating your booking people out. The car operator helped america with the mandatory validating of our prebooked darshan people outs. Fluency successful Marathi helps easiness the process. There is besides a prasadam organisation hallway successful this bhavan which we skipped.
We recovered the pre-booking for darshan to beryllium of immense worth and would highly urge this process.
There is simply a escaped footwear basal adjacent the entrance. Mobile phones are not permitted wrong the temple. You tin permission it astatine the car oregon deposit the aforesaid astatine the Govt authorised mobile store locker country for a tiny fee. Each mobile is charged Rs.5/-. Both the footwear stand, and the locker country are astir 20 metres from each other, and anyone tin usher you towards these. The wide facilities are bully and good streamlined. You tin past proceed to acquisition garlands for the Lord and upon showing the stamped Pre booking ticket, adjacent to the govt authorized mobile locker counter, you volition beryllium fto into the abstracted pre-booked queue. Here you person to surrender your booking signifier to the idiosyncratic letting you in. You volition proceed to ascent a fewer stairs, locomotion past immoderate narrow, barricaded areas and aft accidental 10 minutes, you volition past travel parallel to the regular queue. After a fewer minutes, some these queues merge. We were told that the wide queue was long, and devotees stood successful enactment for implicit 3 hours to scope the constituent wherever we merged with them. From present on, the queue merged queue takes little clip and you person astir 50 metres to the Lords darshan. You are allowed to interaction the feet of the Lord for precise fewer seconds and past you are shepherded out.
Next darshan is that of Rukmini Devi precise adjacent and present too, you are allowed to interaction the feet of the Devi for a fewer seconds.
Cops each astir guarantee bid and quiet.
We completed the blessed darshan and headed extracurricular the temple. You are greeted by vendors selling everything from miniature figurines of Lord Vittala and Rukmini Devi to nutrient to beverages. There is besides the temple prasadam outlet wherever you tin acquisition the temple prasadam laddu.
We proceeded towards the Car parking batch aft reaching the car operator who arrived successful astir 15 minutes time. The thrust backmost to Hampi was creaseless with a fewer breaks. We rested the nighttime astatine the edifice astatine Hampi.
DAY 3
The adjacent time afternoon, aft a delicious luncheon astatine the resort, we drove backmost to Bangalore, recalling fondly the blessed Darshan of Lord Vittala and different highlights of the roadworthy trip.
A4 connected the Highway
