It was the Month of August & My Journey begins from Delhi to Bangalore by a 3 hours flight :) After an overnight stay in the city I took a A Class Mercedes by Zoom Car :) I started 6 AM in the morning & enjoyed a speedy ride on National Highway 48 i.e. Bangalore- Mangalore National Highway. Road was awesome so I reached just in 2 hours to my destination.
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| Bangalore- Mangalore Highway. |
Shravanabelagola (Bahubali Ji) which is located near
Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka and
is 180 km from the city of Bangalore.
The
58-feet tall
monolithic statue of Gommateshvara is located on Vindyagiri Hill. It is
considered to be the world's largest monolithic stone statue (also
named in 7 wonders of India).
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| Lord Bahubali(Shravanabelagola) |
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| monolithic statue of Gommateshvara |
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| Atishay's Action |
Little History
On August 5, 2007, the statue at
Shravanabelagola was voted by the readers of Times of India (an English Daily) as the first of the Times of India's list of seven Wonders of India.
Every twelve years, thousands of devotees congregate here to perform the Mahamastakabhisheka, a spectacular ceremony in which the statue is covered with milk, curds, ghee, saffron and gold coins. The next Mahamastakabhisheka will now be held in 2018.
