Honnavar - One of the Beautiful Towns

Honnavar is truely honnina vara ( gift of gold ). Honnavar is one of the most beautiful, peaceful and lovable cities . Having been born and brought up at Honnavar I have many cherished memories about this place.

The cool breeze at Apsarkonda , the mesmerizing nature's beauty visible from Apsarkonda,then the railway bridge on the Sharavati river , they are all just superb. I can never forget the time spent by me and my friends at these wonderful places. The beauty and nature of Honnavar is depicted by the silent Sharavati river, the small Islands dispersed here and there on the river, and the Western ghats around its periphery . The railway tunnel at Ramthirth , is very scary , long and quite very dark. Ramthirth is also a very good place to go for morning walk and take natural shower under Ramthirth and Lakshmanthirth.

Honnavar is a city of temples. There are lot of famous and beautiful temples in and around Honnavar. The Karikanparmeswari temple , the jungles in and around this temple are very soothly. The Idagunji, Murdeshwar and Gokarna temples are among the most well known.Yana which is just a stone throw away from Honnavar is great place for trekking. Even the highest fall in India The Jog is not too far, its about 2 to 3 hours drive from Honnavar. The picture above gives the view of river Sharavati from Gersoppa ghats.

More than anything the life in Honnavar is very cool and calm. Most of the residents of Honnavar are well educated and are very friendly. Actually I find people at Honnavar more happier than in Bangalore but the surprising thing is that most of the people at Honnavar want to come to Bangalore or some other big city or for that matter some other very rich nations like USA. I think this is how life is :) .

Sometimes as city grows it looses many of its naturally beautiful things and many artificial things come up . Lakes, forests, are replaced by buildings and then people create artificial water lakes to compensate for lost actual lakes. In one sense am very happy that Honnavar has not lost these naturally beautiful places.

However am going to Honnavar tomorrow , so a good break after 6 long months :)