19 Dec 2014

Panchapalli dam – A little known place near Bengaluru

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25 October 2014
It is one of those Sundays where I had nothing to do. I remembered an article in a forum about a reservoir near Bengaluru. I had forgotten the name as I had seen the article long back, but it was not hard to find it out in the net. My family was not too enthused with the name of the place as they never heard of it before. Anyway, it was better to try out something than spending time in Bengaluru.

 

Backwater of Panchapalli dam

 

We first went to Hosur and had our lunch at Meenakshi Bhavan. I had been to that hotel before and found the place decent and cost-efficient. My family also felt the same now. After lunch, we headed towards Denkanikottai. Crossing Hosur took a long time than I expected.

 

Road leading to the dam

 

I had been to Denkanikottai before. That was during my visit to Spider valley. But it was long back.

 

At Denkanikottai, the Bettraya Swamy Temple looked great from outside. Since our focus was Panchapalli dam, we did not spend much time there. The narrow roads welcomed us after Denkanikottai. After about 10-15 km the landscape changed a bit as mountains started appearing. We were driving down on the ghat section when the lake appeared!!

 

Denkanikottai Temple

 

Panchapalli dam waters seen from the road

 

The reservoir was not full but had a decent amount of water. We parked at the entrance of the dam. There was no restriction, and people were freely allowed to walk on the dam. As we walked on the dam, rain played hide and seek act.

 

The dam

 

Nestled in between the mountains, Panchapalli dam is a nice place for a day visit. November-December is the best time as Tamilnadu gets rain during that period.

 

 

 

While returning, we stopped at a Temple where the statue of Policemen accompanied Gods!! I had seen this in many places in Tamilnadu but have no idea about the presence of police statues!! Strange things!!

 

 

On the return journey, we also bypassed much of the Hosur town to reach Anekal directly. In that way, we could also avoid a toll both on NH-7!!

 

Tanu posing for photograph

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