A journey to my Place.....

( A journey to my place)

Well!!! :) I am posting today an article on my place… Where I born n brought up... and The place which is so close to my heart….

THIRTHAHALLI…. THIRTHA means HOLYWATER and HALLI means VILLAGE….. It lies on the bank of the river Tunga.. There is a historic story behind the name HOLLYWATER and also about the place. Before I tel more about my place I like to share that story which I heard from my parents and teachers.. And this story is not a friction or something, There are rich archaelogical evidencesses still there which we can consider as a proof for the story.

The story is like this..

According to a Hindu legend, the sage Parashurama using an axe, chopped off his mother Renuka's head on the orders of his father, the great sage Jamadagni. Later, Parashurama tried to wash the blood stains off the axe by dipping it in various rivers. Despite of his best efforts, a sesame-sized blood stain remained on his axe. and It was washed away only when he dipped his axe in the Tunga river which flows in Thirthahalli. This place is now called as Parashurama Thirtha(or RamaThirtha) and is the origin of the name Thirthahalli (halli means village in the native Kannada language). Near RamaThirtha, there is a stone monument ( mantapa in the native Kannada language )called Rama Mantapa. This legend has made Thirthahalli a holy place for Hindus with a belief that a dip in the river Tunga here will cure one of all sins....

RAMA MANTAPA and RAMA THEERTHA

(The stone monument is RAMAMANTAPA and the small place where a small rope is hanging is RAMATHEERTHA)

Like this there are many placesses like BHIMANAKATTE, MRAGAVADHE in Thirthahalli which hav there own stories with archeological evidencesses and proofs.

( A view of thrithahalli town)

Tirthahalli, a small town which comes in Shimoga District, Karnataka State of India.Beautiful landscapes of Tirthahalli is typicaly called "Malenadu" - an area with ever-green-forests of the (Sahyadri) Mountain range (Western Ghats).and (Agumbe) - a village in Tirthahalli, is on the western edge of Deccan Plateau and receives highest rain-fall in South-India. River (Tunga - life source of Shimoga district - flows in her full majesty in the midst of thick forest known for sandal wood.River (Sharavati springs up at (Ambutirtha) in Tirthahalli taluk, and walks gently towards west and before joining the Arabian Sea, she forms the famous Jog Falls which also houses a major hydro-electric plant of Karnataka.

The Nearby route marks to reach Thirthahalli..

Thirthahalli is at a distance of about 62 km from the district headquarters, Shimoga. From Shimoga, one has to take the National Highway NH-13 (Thirthahalli road) to reach Thirthahalli. From Bangalore, one has to take the National Highway NH-206 to reach Shimoga and then take the above mentioned route. The total distance from Bangalore to Thirthahalli is 332 km. From Mangalore, one can take NH-13 to reach Thirthahalli. The distance from Mangalore to Thirthahalli is around 146 km.. From Udupi railway station 86 km to Thirthahalli. There are numerous Privet-buses and govt-busses from Udupi to Thirthahalli and from shimoga to thirthahalli Nearest railway station is in shimoga. And the nearest airport in Manglore..which is Mangalore International Airport.

Well!!! this is not the end of this article This is jus the intruduction:).. still i hav to share about the beautifull placesses in and around of thirthahalli.. I ll post that in my next article ...:)