A VISIT TO NANDI HILLS, PART- 3.

     .........Contd from part 2.


          We spent a lot of time  in  the court yard of the temple, exploring the various photographic possiblities.
     

           The main entrance of the temple.

      Our team: from left- Praveen, Yadunandan, Anand, Padmanabha, Shreenivas  and Pavamana.

      A walk  in the Garden area:-

          The famous Nehru guest house. For some reason, I did not feel to shoot from the front portion.

          It was time for Sunset and we  reached the sloped area of the Hills, took one or two shots in general and waited for the grand event.

 The Tippu drop.

The road, by which we arrived  here.

Line of barricades lead our view point as the people move alongside. The Red colours in the picture strike out against the Blue of the ambiance.

  Although  it is facing South, colours and hues of the Sunset skies looked interesting to me and I responded.

          It was end of the day and we started back home.

A VISIT TO NANDI HILLS, PART- 2.

          The  preparations were going on for annual chariot festival.  Cleaning and decorating works were on brisk pace.  This raised me doubts about the condition of the Pond.  So, I stayed back for a while, to shoot  further.
            

          The  Dome on one of the entrances is in a ruined state, reminding me of the same at Hampi.  This gate  leads to the the Holy Pond.

The small arches and artworks on the wall of  the Pond. Seen in the bg is the Nandidurga.

          My doubt was correct. The pond was ready for cleaning with Wooden structures erected into it. This made me lose  interest  and I took fewer shots of the Pond.

The dried tree branches  and the  semi-ruined structure seem to be in the same league -crying for some attention.

          It was over here and we moved towards the Hills. 

          The weather on the top of the Hill was cool, even in summer. The vegetation was also  much Greener in comparison with  the same below.

The pathway to the Hotel has a beautiful green arch, which happened to be my first shot.

  

The Pattern set by the Sky walk seen at the bottom of the photo, is followed by the line of trees and even the colours of the Sky.

The restaurant, framed.

The open space in front of the Nandi temple.

The Sky walk.

Yellowish green leaves contrast with the bright blue of the Sky.

Apart from the ease of viewpoint, this structure looked interesting  to me and I responded.

The garden at the backyard of the restaurant.

The line of barricades leads our viewpoint to the hill  and balances the composition.

A vertical composition may support the tall stance of this structure.

        

            These are the views from the Skywalk:-

          There is a pathway  at the side of the restaurant, which we did not explore. But recorded the scene.

          
        After this, we moved to the backside of the temple.

Before leaving the place, one shot of the Lavender flowers to soothe our souls.

Backside gate of the temple.

Yellow poised against the strong Blue.

The Gate shot from inside, framed.

The temple inner area. Barricades were erected for the oncoming fest.

          to be contd.....