On Saturday 10 th of Novemver 2007 we have gone to Biligiri Rangana Betta ( BR Hills) with my friends Kytha , and Ravi ,…other friends who are supposed come, escaped but trip did not cancel..
We decided to go to BR Hills via T Narasipur – Yalandur , we left mandya around 11 Am and we reached BR Hills at 4 PM its about 120 Km from Mandya.
Few things about BR Hills
The Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple wildlife sanctuary (BRT), is a little gem of astonishing bio-diversity. It spreads over an area of 540 Sq. km and is located between 110 43I and 120 08I N latitudes and 770 01I and 770 15I East longitude. Located at the eastern most edge of the Western ghats, BRT is considered as biogeographic bridge between the Western and the Eastern ghats. The hills are in the Yelandur taluk of Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. The hills are contiguous with the Satyamangalam range southwards, in the Erode district of Tamil Nadu. The area is 90 km from Mysore and 180 km from Bangalore. It is connected by road, one from Yelandur and the other via Chamarajanagar. The hills are located at the easternmost edge of the Western Ghats and support diverse flora and fauna in view of the various habitat types supported. A wildlife sanctuary of 322.4 km² was created around the temple on 27 June 1974, and enlarged to 539.52 km² on 14 January 1987. The sanctuary derives its name “Biligiri” either from the white rock face that constitutes the major hill crowned with the temple of Lord Rangaswamy, or from the white mist and the silver clouds that cover these lofty hills for a greater of the year. BRT has an amazing diversity of vegetation types such as scrub, dry and moist deciduous, evergreen, sholas and high-altitude grasslands. This diversity of forest types supports a rich variety of fauna, avi-fauna, insects and butterflies. BRT is also known for its many endemic species of plants including valuable medicinal ones. BR Hills constitute a live link between the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats facilitating an active exchange of gene pools between them. Thus this sanctuary serves as an important biological bridge for the biota of the entire Deccan plateau. BR hills along with the Male-Madeshwara (MM Hills) range are a distinctly unusual mountain range running north-south amidst the plains of Bangalore-(~900 m) Mysore-(~600m) and Krishnagiri-(~450 m) surfaces. The peaks of these lofty ranges rise as high as 1800 m (BR hills 1400 to 1800 m; MM Hills 1000 to 1200 m). The highest hill is Kattari Betta, at 1800 MSL. Biogeographically, BRT sanctuary is very uniquely located. Between 11° and 12° N along its north-south running chain. Western Ghats projects itself in a north-easterly direction and meets the splintered hills of the Eastern Ghats at 78° E. This unique extension of Western Ghats constitutes a live bridge between the Eastern and Western Ghats with the sanctuary located almost in the middle of this bridge. Thus, the biota of BRT sanctuary can be expected to be predominantly of Western Ghats in nature with significant proportion of eastern elements as well.
For more details visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biligirirangan_Hills
After visiting temple we went in search of Lodge,..then we saw board aboout Jungle Resort Lodge in K.Gudi its about 20 Kms from BR Hills,.
We decided to go there but after traveling few Km my friends are afraid to move forward, because the forest is very dense and we not seeing any vehicle form long time in that road. So we turned back and while coming we saw A school Vivekananda Residential Insitution
I need to talk about this institute , this was headed by Dr. Sudharshan and its giving educations to tribal childrens ,..
When we are searching room there we found one person who is from Mandya working as teacher there ,..and He helped a lot in all the way ,.. his name is Sundaresh..
At last we got a room there ,..we drink coffe in Sundaresh house and wathched Etv news in dish Tv ,the speciality of news is ..Mr Yediurappa was about to become CM,..after a long fight…
We had dinner in Biligiri dharshin and came back to room ,..i was roaming in ground till mid night,. ,..
And morning we wake up and went inside jungle ,..we went to K Gudi but could not able to see any animals but we saw one old Temple “Kyatheswara” in K Gudi ,..and my friend kyatha is very happy that he found his Family gods Temple,..He said a story about there ancestors who have moved from Chamraj nagar to bangalore ,..The story is very intresting “ Once the Palegara of that place wanted to marry a girl in this village it seems and the elders did not agree to that,..and they shifted from Chanmraj nagar to Mandya in the night ,..leaving all there properties in that village and while coming they got a lake in between and they prayed god that if they reach safely they will name For helder son as “Kyathe gowda” and for younger son “Boregowda” and still you can see these familys in the place of Shivalli,Panakanalli,villages..near Mandya “
After K Gudi we saw .the view point which is really a fantastic place ,..we can see nice picture of mountains view from there…
While coming we came via Kollegal – mallavalli – Mandya
BR Hills was a nice place for treckking,..Bird watching,.If you plan to go there plan for at least 2 days…
