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| SAVENDURGA |
Savandurga is formed by two hills known locally as Karigudda (black hill) and Biligudda (white hill). The earliest record of the name of the hill is from 1340 AD by Hoysala Ballala III from Madabalu where it is called Savandi. Another view is that the name is originated from Samantadurgaattributed to a Samantharaya, a governor under Ahchutaraya at Magadi.
Savandurga is a hill 33 km west of Bangalore (Karnataka, India) off the Magadi road , in India. The hill is famous for a temple and is also awarded to be first among the largest monolith hills in the world. The hill rises to 1226 m above mean sea level and forms a part of the Deccan plateau. It consists of peninsular gneiss, granites, basic dykes and laterites. The Arkavathi river passes nearby through the Thippagondanahalli reservoir and on towards Manchanabele dam.
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| Guys and Gals on attempt |
Savendurga is tough and dangerous monolith I ever encountered and had near death time on climb to this peak. I was lucky that day.
Took me an year to recover and finally planned a safer route to go to the top. Accompanied by group of bachelors and newly wed couples I started my climb to the peak.
My previous stint to the peak made me give briefing to newbies , totally new to the bolder. After about 10minutes of demonstration We started our climb to peak.
Start was slow due to heat and steepness of peak.
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| managing the climb |
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| Little babies resting out there in hot sun. |
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| About to reach the first fort wall |
We took frequent breaks and often showed reluctance to proceed. Ladies showed initial reluctance while bachelors were up to showing off their might. With over 4-5 breaks we finally managed to get past initial fort wall.
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| Tiring climb |
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| Resting on second Fort wall |
Savendurga has nearly 4 fort walls to cross and each wall give scenic view of magadi village.
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| Lake on near top of savendurga |
With near top to savendurga, there is small reservoir formed due to rainwater collection. It took us immense energy and time to reach at this point.
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| Ruins on top |
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| Hanuman temple en route to Top |
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| Another ruins on top |
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| Nandi on top |
After small snacks on top we finally started our decend. It was tough to get down then to climb. we took more time to reach down than top.
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| Getting down |
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| oh boy its tough |
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Final Group from left to right
Utkarsha, Kau, Manish , Siddesh, Guru, Bhagyesh and Niketa |
After the climb down we visited the base of savendurga and quenched our thirst with chilled cola :)
