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Devarayana durga Entrance Devarayan Durga ( ದೇವರಾಯನ  ದುರ್ಗಾ) - A nice and easy get away from Bangalore... Dated : 25th Jul 2010 It was an unplanned trip decided on Saturday night. Distance from my place : To and Fro total of 160 KMS (I stay in girinagar) Tumkur Road  Route : Girinagar -> Hanumanthnagar - Chamarajpet -> Good shed road -> Rajajinagar -> Bhashyam circle -> Chord Road -> Yashwanthpur -> Peenya -> Tumkur Road -> Nelamangala -> Dabaspet and Deviation towards D Durga Return  Journey : D Durga -> Dabaspet ->Nelamangala (Tumkur Road) -> NICE Road towards Link Road (Hosakerehalli) -> Girinagar Deviation to D Durga Taking NICE road is a big plus. So, return journey was much better. TIP : Try to avoid taking that chord road. Its a big mess. After you cross the  NICE road bridge, the roads towards nelamangala is very good. They are building toll gates and might open shortly. ...

As you all know, Kodaikanal is the King of Hill Stations.  If you love driving, you would enjoy driving in those ghats (not so dangerous curves if you are thinking !!). You don’t need a powerful car to drive in this ghat section unlike ooty’s nilgiris.  Here is my briefing : 1) We started from bangalore on 3rd July 2010 at 6 AM with 4 of us me, my wife and my in-laws. Road is just amazing and you can maintain an average speed of 70KMPH through out. (On road you can drive steadily 110KMPH without any problem) 2) Filled petrol at HP petrol pump (near Shri Krishna Inn , Shoolagiri) as pertrol is 2 Rs cheaper compared to bangalore. 3) Breakfast not at A2B (Adyar Anand Bhavan) as most of us do. I didn’t like that hotel because it is always crowded and service is pathetic. While travelling to chennai, i found out a decent place at krishnagiri where you can get very good food and it won’t be too crowded. The hotel name is Hotel Sri Saravana Bavan [ I didn’t misspell ...