Last week, we had travelled to Bekal, Karnataka for vacation. From Chennai, we flew down to Mangalore, from there it was about 90 minutes by road to Bekal. We stayed in the newly opened Taj Bekal resort, it’s a beautiful property, surrounded on three sides by water – the Arabian Sea, Backwater and a lake.
Open Verandah in front of each cottageSwingWell furnished roomsPool in every cottageCottages are built on Bali’s architecturePrivate beachCoconut trees line the propertyLots of open areaRestaurant serves tasty dosas – Udupi styleBackwater canalRafting inside the waterways in the resortWaterways in the resortArchery classesWaves – Arabian Sea
Fort outer wall – well preservedBekal fort – manicured gardenBekal fort watch towerVenkatarangan in Bekal fortBekal fort’s outer walls are tallBekal fort – beach shore viewTourists viewing from the fortFishing on the sea water’s belowFishing village and the boats thereFort walls has view portsTunnel in front of the fort
Nearby, there is an ashram belonging to Swami Nithyananda Ashram. There are caves in the ashram where swami’s are said to have stayed and mediated towards almighty. We were told there is a tunnel from the ashram that runs to places along the west coast of India.
On our return back to Mangalore, we went to Udupi for a darshan. On our way there we toured around Manipal town and had darshan at Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Lake Temple.
Manipal DC officeAnantha Padmanabha Swamy Lake TempleTemple in the centre of a lake
