Mes Secrets Inconnus

Today we embarked on a small town called SriRangapatana. This historic town has got the reputation of being Tipu Sultan's hideout during the British rule.

We packed the little one and visited this small village in Srirangapatana called Ganjam. Ganjam is famous for - Nimishamba Temple, Sangama & Gosya Ghatta along with the Gumbaz and Daria Daulat.

We first visited the Nimishamba temple. Its on the banks of the Cauvery river. Legend has that this deity has the power to grant wishes to her worshippers in a matter of a minutes. In kannada "nimisha" means "minute".  This power of the deity has many people visiting. Unfortunately photography is prohibited here. You can reach Nimishamba - In case you are traveling to Mysore from Bangalore, you will need to take a left in the Srirangapatna circle. A couple of kms drive and then you will enter a village called Ganjam. You can ask any one there. The people are friendly :-) Just check out the below pic of Nimishamba on the banks of cauvery river

Our next stop, was the Sangama, where there is a confluence of 3 rivers. People come here for a variety  of reasons - for performing the last rites, as a picnic , for a holy dip etc. The entrance fee for cars here is 20 bucks, but sadly the state of this place is very bad. It's not maintained properly and also very very dirty. You can avoid the place, unless you are sure you need to be there for the holy dip of course.

We then moved to Gosya gatta. This is neat place simply because there are many movie shootings that have taken place here. There is Kashi Viswanatha temple here along the banks of the river. Its very beautiful and serene.

After this we went to Sri Ranganatha swamy temple in Srirangapatna to wind up the day. All in all, new day of the new year was spent visiting temples :-)