AFTER GETTING SUPER DUPER BORED AT VEERBHADRA SWAMY’S LEPAKSHI VILLAGE, I TOOK A CAB TO GOKARNA, STAYED FOR TWO DAYS AT THE NATURE INN RESORT. THE ATMOSPHERE WAS VERY VERY HUMID STILL I HAD A KARNATAK’S LOCAL RED WINE BRAND ” LANGOOR ” IN THE EVENING.

GOKARNNA’S TEMPLE IS BETTER THAN MANY TEMPLES AND PILGRIMS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH TO THE INSTALLED/ BROKEN AATMA LINGA BROUGHT BY RAAVANA ASURA FROM LORD SHIVA.

I TOUCHED THE STONES CREVICES TO FEEL THE GRAINS AND FIND THE TYPE OF ROCK, ACCORDING TO ME IT WAS SEDIMENTRY METAMORPHOSED, WHICH CAN BE A WRONG JUDGEMENT THOUGH. AFTER ROAMING AROUND ALL THE BEACHES OF GOKARNA, I LEFT FOR GOA TO SEE A CLEAR WATER BEACH, DIDNOT FIND A ONE, AFTER STAYING ONE NIGHT IN ROCKIT CAFE & 4 DAYS IN SAROVAR PORTICO, I WENT BACK TO MURUDESHWAR WHERE I STAYED FOR FOUR DAYS IN BEACH HOUSE, IN THE WAY FROM GOA TO MURUDESHWAR, I MANAGED TO SEE THE YANA CAVES, THE BHAIRAVESHWAR TEMPLE.

WHILE IN MURUDESHWAR, I WENT TO ALL THOSE PLACES WHERE REMNANTS OF AATMA LINGA WERE THROWN BY ANGRY AND MAHABALASHALI RAAVAN ASURA VIZ SEETESHWAR, DHARESHWAR, GUNVANTESHWAR AND THE MURUDESHWAR.

WENT TO APSARAKONDA WATERFALLS WHERE AN UGRA NARASIMHA SWAMY TEMPLE WAS PRESENT.

HAD A BOAT RIDE AT SHARAWATI RIVER, SAW THE MANGROVES ON A WOODEN BRIDGE, WAS NOT ABLE TO VISIT THE NETRAVATI ISLAND AS IT WAS CLOSED BUT ABOUT TO OPEN THOSE DAYS.

SHARAWATI BACKWATERS HAS AN IMMENSE POTENTIAL TO DRAG TOURISTS AND FOSTER TOURISM.