Thursday, December 17, 2020

Our travel to the western Karnataka beach town Udupi

We are spending a week in the winter of 2020 in and around Udupi. We look forward to the sight-seeing of numerous beaches and temples. We are deliberately omitting Malpe Beach and Saint Mary’s Island, as we had covered these during our Mangalore trip. We found them to too touristy. The tentative itinerary of ours looks like what shows in the map below. The red markers represent temples and the blue ones represent beaches.


Itinerary

Day 1

We start by visiting Kapu ⛱ beach including the lighthouse and Mattu ⛱ beach by driving southwards (Udupi 2 on the map above). We also cover Prajaka Kshetra post the beaches.

Day 2

On the second day, we shall drive south-eastwards (Udupi 1 on the map above) and visit temples. The famed Krishna Mutt will be on our list. During our previous trip to Mangalore, we missed seeing the deity over there, as it was late. We will be visiting Chandramoulishwar Temple and Sri Brahmi Durga Parameshwari Temple

Day 3

On the third day, we will take it easy with the sight-seeing, enjoy the resort and see nearby places like Delta ⛱ beach.

Day 4

On the fourth day, we shall drive northwards (Udupi 3 on the map above) and visit Anegudde Vinayaka Temple and Kodi⛱ Beach. We would like to visit Murudeshwar as well to the see one of the highest Shiva statue.

Day 5 is still unplanned. We might become intrepid and visit Jog Falls.