Last year, we had travelled in the tourist bus (KSTDC) to visit the world famous Shravanabelagola Jain temple in Karnataka State. We left at about 7.15 a.m. and reached at 11.15 a.m. after travelling about 160kms away from Bangalore.  The volvo bus was convenient and we had no problem.

Shravanabelagola is famous for the gigantic statue of Bahubali, who is also known as Lord Gometeswara. The statue was sculpted with the leadership of Chavundaraya , in 978 to 993 A.D, when he came here with his guru in search of peace, towards the end of his life.

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14 Feb 09

When the bus arrived at Dharmasthala at 7 am this morning, it was two hours behind schedule. Not that the delay mattered to me because I had a full day to see this famous town of pilgrimage; but it left me a bad impression of private bus services. For once I had booked on a private bus instead of the usual KSRTC. The bus left Bangalore much later than I had imagined. It stopped for an hour near Majestic for loading goods. It developed a technical fault along the way. When the driver ignored it, ever other impatient vehicle on the road was overtaking the bus. Finally, at about 5 am, the driver and the conductor decided to replace the wheel. Nursing a slight neckache, I was half asleep. It seemed like ages before we started moving again.
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