Cool Saturday

I was bouncing with joy when I reached home last friday ready to face the weekend.
My joy doubled when Venkat gave me a surprise about our trip to Sravana Belagola, Belur and Halibidu.Dad,Mom and myself were charged up and started doing all arrangements for the trip.
We started our trip on Saturday morning 5.30am. We reached Sravana Belagola at around 8.30am. Sravanabelagola means 'The monk on the top of the hill'. They had the facility of carrying old people so my mom took advantage of that. Dad, Venkat and myself started our trecking to the top of the hill through 614 steps. We saw the huge statue of Lord Mahavir. It is said to be the worlds tallest free standing statue with a height of 58 foot and 8 inches. Though I felt bit odd to see such a huge naked statue, when viewed from artistic feel its a real master piece.
Its really amazing to visualize the way they could have constructed such a structure some 10 centuries before when there were no high fi equipments to help them in their activities. People were doing poojas and abhishekas to lord. After an hour we started coming down the 614 steps. It was fun for me as you get a feel which you cant explain when u descend fast through the steps :) The four persons who were carrying mom in the doly(name for the chariot in which they carry a person) were so fast and their concentration and control were superb.
Then we had a good breakfast and then started off to Belur.....