Top Things to do & Places to Visit in Nandi Hills

Nandi Hills Paragliding

Paragliding

Get your own wings and fly high up in the sky as all your ‘bizzare’ childhood dreams come true. Wind rustling through, heavenly weather, glorious view of those majestic hills and picturesque valleys- Nandi hills should be your next stop to lure your adventure loving heart. Away from the hustle and bustle of your dead, dull boring life, fly till your heart skips a beat. Experience paragliding like never before, this beautiful destination with it’s own historical essence makes you feel high as you soar up and up and up! Come and lose yourself as you float at about 4500 km above sea level with the most splendid view ever. As fascinating as it seems to just go with it, one needs a training of at least two to three days or maybe a week depending on the type of course. A free flying, buoyant glider launched by foot lets you take off with you seated below a fabric wing. Sail across for 10 to 40 minutes and get hangover you can never get rid of, something that makes you come back here over and over again to let go of all the stress and anxiety, the need to get down on the ground vanishes the moment you breakthrough the shackles of life.

Cycling in Nandi Hills

Sports

For all you cycling enthusiasts out there, get ready and gear up to cycle across this historical place far away from being enslaved by the hands of the clock. Get out of the ‘vicious cycle’ of your city life and ‘cycle’ back to your thrilling childhood dream.Feel free once again as the breeze tickles you,taking you beyond all your worries. Have an amazing getaway making sparks fly through the mighty mountains and exquisite farms and woodlands. This picture perfect, matchless experience will leave you refreshed and gratified. Nandi hills offers you an alluring and a slightly difficult terrain at the same time.Cycling across the beautiful but challenging trail is one of its kind experience. You can start by hiring the bikes available there, preferably the ‘gear’ ones as the uphill path doesn't go easy on you, but as they say, the captivating view from the top is worth all the effort. Start before sunrise and cycle through the magic hour of wake when the city slowly rises up while you start your adventure by going up those heroic mountains in the misty warm morning.

Tipu's Drop

Sight Seeing

During the reign of tipu sultan and in the making of all the antique beautiful places. Tipu’s drop is a beautiful steep cliff lying 600 m above the ground, from amazing weather making you feel free to the breathtaking view of the city and locks of the hill ranges. Tipu's drop gives you a feeling of infinity with the view beyond everything else and a magnificent temple, Yoga Nandeeshwara temple. The tipu drop has a different kind of 'fun' associated with it. The number of suicides and accidents have an ever growing history here. Starting from when the prisoners were merciless dropped to death to the no of Suicides and accidents till date, this cliff has an aura that makes your jaw drop. A frightening feeling in the air around you definitely leaves a mark with the rustling of leaves and the cold breeze. Nevertheless, the horticulture department now has officials making the hills safer for the numerous tourists for whom nandi hills proves to be an enchanting escape. An ornamental stretch of about 5.5 ft high will be built soon

Nandi Hill Caves

Cave

Apart from the best getaway from the tiring city life, nandi hills has a lot to offer. Peace, tranquility, solace, a trip to nandi hills is all you need to get that exhausting city life to back off for a while. Come here and experience the joy of studying the sociological and religious aspects of India. The historical stories here have a trace of the cholas and the hoysalas. Nandi hills caves located near Brahmashram have an altogether distinct blissful aura, wanting you to stay there forever. Brahmashram, the perfect place to experience the mythological side of karnatka. The essence being the beautiful shiva temple inside and the meditation place of sage ramakrishna paramahamsa, who worshipped goddess kali. Give your getaway a different kind of touch by exploring the phenomenal architecture of the temples and the live through the era of those majestic rulers and yogis by peacefully meditating or introspecting quietly, finding the meaning of ‘life’.

Tipu Fort

Monument

Absolutely captivating nandi hills with the view, weather and the temple already leave us awestruck, but the main attraction of the hills being tipu's fort has a lot of stories hidden to be unfolded by us. The moments spent there become even more alluring with every passing second in the summer resort of the great ruler. From the gateway to the passages, now dusty and crooked, make way to the end of the fort with a sense and warmness of how and when it was built and how it still stands impregnable. Setting our foot in the fort acts like a portkey taking you straight to the era of the mighty ruler. The walls of the fort come to life with the engraving of beautiful paintings and flaunting the splendid architecture, doing justice to the name Tashk- e jannat meaning “Heaven’s Envy”. Standing proudly at about 4800 ft above the sea level, the fort is nirvana for nature and archaeological lovers.Get to explore the kings’ secret escape route or how they enjoyed their summer just relaxing.If you are at all interested in having a peaceful getaway filled with adventure, nandi hills should be on the top of your list.

Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple

Temple

Located in the foothills of Nandi hills lies a beautifully integrated historical temple leaving you awe struck with its architecture and beauty. Built by Bana Queen Ratnavati in the 9 th century, the original temple has a history that will make your getaway trip complete in every sense. The magnificent and captivatingly large building is home to not just one temple but three,the Arunachaleshwara, the Uma Maheshwara and the Bhoga Nandeeshwara, each one having made a beautiful contribution to the story of this place and Lord Shiva’s life. Serving through the rule of over 5 dynasties, the changes and modifications done have left it to be one of the oldest majestic with a strong ancient vibe around it. The temple divinely comes to life in the festive season with the light of about 100000 lamps lit thrice every year. Starting from the ganga dynasty to cholas, hoysalas, pallavas and the vijayanagara kings. The temple has been solely devoted to Shiva and Parvati for the past 13 centuries, depicting the childhood, the youth and the final stage of shiva’s life, these 3 temples still stand with the same majestic and royal pride.

Amrita Sarovar

Sight Seeing

While nandi hills leave you satisfied with nature doing its work in making it a perfect getaway from the weary city life, you can't afford to not pay the ‘ lake of nectar’ a visit. Sparkling water in moonlight, lake in between the historical structures, amrita sarovar is an amazing tourist attraction and a must visit for people exploring nandi hills. Formed by the perennial springs, the ‘lake of ambrosia’ is a major source of water there with being filled throughout the year. Come sit here at night, with moonlight beautifully plays with water at night and feel eccentric sitting next to the alluring source of water surrounded by the ancient historical vibe of the buildings around it.What else do you need to end your trip to the magnificent nandi hills except this peaceful visit!