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Biligundlu: Destination Beyond Hogenakkal

Travellers:  Edwin(me), Althaf, Rajesh, Sathis, Venkat. Target  Destination: Biligundlu. Mode of transport : Two Wheelers - Althaf's Pulsar, Rajesh's Shine, Venkat's Glamour. Time Duration : one day. Proceeding Route: K rishnagiri -Kaveripatinam - Palakode - Pennagaram - Hogenakkal -  Biligundlu. (105 km) Receding:  Hogenakkal - Pennagaram -Dharmapuri - Krishnagiri.(115 km) It was 5 day holidays for Diwali 2014 at the end of the holidays on Sunday we made a trip to Biligundlu. Actually the destination initially we fixed was one and we explored another fine destination. The first fixed destination was Rasimanal but we ventured to Biligundlu.  Rasimanal is the place on the banks of river Cauvery. I came to know about this place,  couple of years back on daily newspaper regarding the erection of hydroelectric power stations between Krishnaraja Sagar(KRS) dam and Mettur dam. The proposed place to construct the power plant is Sivasam...

Dabbaguli- A blissful trip on the river banks of Cauvery.

Travellers : Edwin(me), Althaf, Nishanth, Babu, Rajesh, Sathish, Arun. target  destination: Dabbaguli Mode of transport : Nishanth's tata sumo. time duration : One day. route:  Krishnagiri- Shoolagiri- Uddanapalli -Kelamangalam- Denkanikottai- Anchetty- H unasanahalli(Karnataka)- B helpatti- Manchukondapalli- Dabbaguli (target). distance: 140*2kms(to & fro) approx- 300+kms. On late night one year ago while surfing on the internet, I found a place called " Dabbaguli ". When I was  indeed in finding this place, I found a lot of info about  this place. On collecting this info  Dabbaguli  became a dream destination for me to explore. One year went due to some circumstances I couldn't make my way to Dabbaguli. But the dream came true on Independence Day because it is a 3 day holiday (Fri, sat, sun). All fine, the dates are finalized with my friends, the study about the place and preparation had been done in...