On the top of Nandi Hills...

Everything happened suddenly on a Saturday night (or Sunday morning). After a small party me and my friends were chit chatting on the terrace. The clock was showing 1 am. All of a sudden my friend suggested getting ready for a short trip. Any way the idea is good. Next problem was a convenient place. After a short ponder we end up in Nandi hills. We started our spree in three bikes. That was the thrill of the journey. The speedometer needle was dancing between 100 and 120 kmph in highways. After a short span of time we reached the foot of Nandi hills.

It’s true that we all were riding a bit relentless. But we enjoyed a lot. We pit stopped a while for tea. After a refreshing tea we got revived and moved on. The hilly roads were beautiful. We enjoyed each moment riding through curves and bends. It was a cool morning. All our expectations went in air coz there was no fog on the hills, still we continued riding.

We took the pass and entered the park. Hill is full of lush green trees. We started climbing up, gave me a feel of trekking inside a deep forest. The step seems endless. All of us became tired after some time. We found a nice place to rest. We took some photos and again climbed up. We found numerous monkeys on the top of hill. We started walking and explored a cave in a strange place(I believe that is Escape route). We spend some time there and continued walking. We went to the view point and were amazed. The view from the top was stunning. Roads appeared like lines drawn and buildings were much smaller than a match box.



All of us were feeling damn hungry and started searching for a restaurant. Thank god! At last we found one. We had nice meals watching the beauty of plains from the top. After food we started walking again and went to the Nandi temple. Nandi hills were Tippu Sulthan’s summer fort. Nandi hills are also called Nandidrug. There is a secret way built here meant for the kings to escape whenever an unexpected war is declared. This is called Secret escape route.
We then moved to the most interesting part of the place, Tipu’s drop. I was so excited to see that place were Tippu used to throw his condemned prisoners to death. It was a breath taking view from the top. Seeing Tipu’s drop I understood the theory of Tipu’s drop. I Was scared even just looking from the top and just imagine the feelings of prisoners.

There are so many attractions in Nandi hills. As we were in hurry to go back to Bangalore, we skipped everything and started descending. There is Nehru nilaya and Gandhi house on the top were Nehru and Mahatma used to stay. Also there is Bramhasramam were Ramakrishna Paramahamsa meditated. There should be something new to see next time when I visit this hill station, right? So I have no regrets this time.
Dear Nandi hills, See you soon….