Drive to DD Hills
It was a long weekend and we have planned for a 4days trip and we are forced to cancel the same due to heavy rains and floods in our planned destination. So somehow we have finished 3 days with some long pending personal works and the last day we have decided to travel though it is raining still. We have decided for a quick one day trip to Devarayanadurga Near Tumkur. We have started around 8 AM from home and with couple of breaks and missing the route, road blocks, Break fast breaks we reached there by 12PM. Here is the tripoto link of this trip: https://www.tripoto.com/trip/post-monsoon-drive-to-dd-hills-devarayana-durga-hills-5ed5072a0d49c The place is also known as Karigiri which means elephant hill in Kannada. When the Devarayanadurga hill is seen from the east side it resembles an elephant. Hence the name Karigiri (Kari-elephant, giri-hill). The hillock got its name Devarayanadurga after it was captured by Mysore king Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar in 1...