Antara Gange — Attraction in Karnataka

Antara Gange (also known as Anthargange) is a mountain situated in the Shathashrunga mountain range in the southeastern portion of the Indian state of Karnataka, Kolar district. Antara Gange literally means "Ganges from deep" in Kannada. It is about two miles from the town of Kolar and seventy kilometers from Bangalore. Antara Gange is famous for Sri Kashi Vishweshwara temple, also known as Kashi of South. The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. In the temple is a pond which gets a continuous flow of underground water from the mouth of a Basava (stone bull). It is believed that drinking water from the pond cleanse one from many diseases. Antara Gange temple Way to Antar Gange caves is a steep and narrow path behind the temple to top of the mountain. (Now, the entry to the caves is restricted) The caves are 3-4 km from the temple. There are seven villages on this mountain, including Therhalli. The mountain consists of granite rocks and lot of caves around. Trekking in and around caves is popular here.

But if you want to do trekking here you need to book it before came to here and it costs 350 to 500 per person. I don't know why they charges for trekking. Nature is for everyone but those people not allow you to go up to the hills without pay.

From Kolar Bus stand to Antaragange is just 2 to 3 Km distance but if you want to go buy Auto you need to pay 150 Rs or 30Rs per person.

In Antaragange Hills you can see so many monkeys. There will be more chances that monkeys will attack the people. So visitors need to be more careful and Don't behave like monkey...

An awesome 1 day trek and beautiful scenery which is about 60 kms from central Bangalore. There is a Temple that you can visit or else, you can go trekking. Trekking needs to be registered by booking online. Sometimes if you are lucky, you can get entry by paying the guards and guides at the entrance of the trekking. It’s better to reach the place as early as possible. Start your trek at 5:30 or 6 so that you can finish most of the climbing region before sunrise. It has amazing views and caves. There are 2 caves that the guides will take you to. One is a cave with long distance trek. Say 200 mts. The other one is difficult where you may have to loose your bags as you will have to crawl and remove your footwear as the ground has water flowing. The place has nice views for photographs and video shooting. You get food at the beginning of the trek, at the entrance of the temple gate. The place has a huge crowd of monkeys so, beware of your belongings getting stolen. If you visit the temple there is a person to take care of your footwear from monkeys stealing them. You have enough parking space for both 2 and 4 wheelers so, you don’t have to worry about parking. Food is available at the top of the trek with some cucumbers and tender coconut. If you wish to have food before the trek, there are multiple small shops that will help you with good food. Overall it’s a best one day visiting place...

Date of Visit: 02 June 2019 Parking: Available, Paid (20 INR) Enjoyed whole drive from Bangalore to Anthar Gange. We took a rout from Chikka Tirupati road that was quite, peaceful, green and less polluted. Reached by 10pm. This is small to moderate trek and it can be visited throughout the year, even in peak summer as there are nice trees throughout path. Ample space for parking and a washroom nearby is available. The overall area is nicely developed for tourists however not maintained. The garbage is spread all across parking area by monkeys. The initial trek is has stairs and very easy with family or kids. After stairs are over there is nice temple of Lord Shiva and a small pond of where a stream of water is coming continuously mysteriously, hence it is called Kashi of South or Anthar Gange (River originating from within). This temple surround is very peaceful, full of monkeys (were not that aggressive) and full of positive vibes. Onward journey towards caves is without stair and through stones. Few local kids were proposing to escort as guides and we took one of them as the rout to caves has no proper direction arrow mentioned it is good to have a local guy. We finished trekking from temple to caves within one hour. Spent some time chilling in rocks and trees with a music. You will get two shops for water and snacks even after...