Sunday, May 24, 2009

Kukkarahalli Lake

I spent today’s evening with Rupa at the Kukkarahalli lake, here in Mysore. To those of you who don’t know, Kukkarahalli lake is one of the most beautiful lake in Mysore. Kuvempu, the great poet of Karnataka was known to come here for a walk. The lake comes under the jurisdiction of University of Mysore. Rupa stays nearby to the lake and enjoys the privilege to visit it more often than me. Here are some snaps of the lake.








We walked along the perimeter of the lake gossiping and enjoying the cool breeze. You can always find few health conscious people on jog along the lake. There were few others who sat and enjoyed the serene surrounding. Sometime ago a crocodile used to inhibit the lake and people who went fishing used to be cautious, don’t know if it is still there and I didn’t spot it today. At one point in time, Mysore used to be famous for lakes. Thanks to the urbanization today there are only few of them left and Kukkarahalli lake is one of the beautiful among the existing ones. This lake happens to be the perfect place to spend your lazy evenings. If you happen to visit to Mysore make sure to spend a evening here. That’s all for now.

4 comments:

Rupa said...

Where's that single tree pic you took?

Had a nice time that evening :)

Praveen VS said...

I have fond memories of morning walk at this lake. So I recommnend it for morning walk also :)

Sadhana said...

The perimeter of the lake is 4km.. The last 1km is stretch is really awesome! :) Goto the lake on a misty early morning! You wont be able to make out it is a lake. The water will be covered by the mist.. :-) But ya very nice place :)

Poornima Prabhu said...

@ Rupa: I took the snap with the tree in the corner which i have uploaded here... we shall go once again what say? :)

@ Praveen: we stayed near that area for 3 yrs and used to visit the lake every sunday... i miss it now :(

@ Sady: Thanks for the info sady.. Will visit the lake in the morning once...