Mudukthore talkad

I along with four of my college friends planned to attend my classmate’s marriage. The ceremony was to be held in mudukthore near maddur and I dint wanted to go alone.We met at the Bangalore bus stand and caught a bus to maddur at around 630am. Since we met after a long time, we dint realize the clock tick 830 till the conductor of the bus shouted “maddur bantu saar”.

We got a transit bus to malavalli. From there we caught a private bus to poovalli. That was the bumpiest experience I had ever had in recent times. By the time we reached poovalli, it was 930. We boarded another bus heading towards talkad and got down at mudukthore. After a brief meeting with the groom, we went to visit the mudukthore Easwara temple. The 600 steps led to the temple.

Mudukthore Maillikarjuna temple 

Even though the time was 1100 and it was mid summer, the temple premises was ornated with cool breeze. The scenic view of cauvery was nice.

We went back to marriage hall after getting down from the temple. After spending some more time there, we bid adieu and went near the Mudukthore River. The bright sunshine imparted a silver tinge to the farthest end of the water.

We planned to go to talkad, which is 8 kms from mudukthore. Talkad is one of the unique places in Karnataka. The place is completely sand covered with river flowing just besides it almost entire year. 

Legend says that a queen alamelamma was tortured by Mysore kings. When the guards went to capture her, after killing her husband she reached the place of talkad. Here’s where she threw her jewelleries in water and cursed-

ತಲಕಾಡು  ಮಾರುಳಾಗಲಿ,

ಮಾಲಂಗಿ  ಮದುವಾಗಲಿ,

ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಸರಿಗೆ ಮಕಲ್ಲಾಗದಿರಲಿ.

This meant

Let talkad become filled with sands

Let malangi river be filled with whirlpools

And let the Mysore kings have no offsprings.

All of which are true till date. So no challenging the validity 

sand and water at talkad

 

We caught a car heading towards talkad at 12noon and got down at the entrance to our destination. With the sun raging, we started to walk towards the Malangi River. We kept on moving for more than half an hour, enjoying the village life.  

We finally reached the river fully exhausted. After re-energizing ourselves with some tender coconut, we went for a ride in teppa – the round coracle boat . It was total fun. I liked the part of ride, where the boat is swirled in circles. We enjoyed some more time in water and we went on the sand trail amidst the cashew and eucalyptus trees. We saw the 3 temples which were among the panchalingeshwaras.

Eashwara temple

pathaleshwara temple

After a long walk back to the talkad entrance, we caught a bus to malavalli. From there we were lucky to get a direct bus to Bangalore.

we had a memorable day- visiting mudukthore, attending friend’s marriage, going to talkad, meeting friends after a real long time- an experience to experience :)