M and me went on a short bike ride to Devarabetta on sunday.
Devarabetta is a small rocky outcrop on the southern edge of the Bannerghatta forest. We left early enough, and around 7 am we were at Harohalli ,where we take a left turn . This leads to Thalli (and Rangaswamy betta as well ) .
The road surface is bad in the beginning, but the scenery more than makes up for it. The Rangaswamy range of (low) hills continues along this road , and apart from the fields, there is plenty of scrub jungle all around. Being close to harvest season, there was plenty of Ragi (and other crops I don't know ) on the roads, so that vehicle movement would thresh it.
Around 10.30 am we reached Thalli and found the road to Devarabetta a few kms away. The forest around the temple is thankfully untouched, we have rarely spotted garbage on all our visits here.
Just below the main rock dome of the temple, there is rather large waterhole. Usually there is a lot of elephant dung around, as well as some rather large footmarks only those pachyderms are capable of. Unfortunately, we have yet to see any of them when we have visited. So we watched the bee eaters flit around while we haggled over the quality of Bingo chips .
The road from there till Hosur road is an absolute beauty. Despite it being a sunny day, there are so many trees on this road that is fun to ride. Great place for cycling too, as it doesn’t have many switchbacks.
Harohalli (kanakapura road) – Thalli – Devarabetta – Anekal –
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