Avathi Lake — Attraction in Karnataka

Imagine a landscape with hills in the background, a calm and shimmery lake, muddy trails to walk along the banks of the lake, a small temple of a local deity, and the fields of seasonal flora. A bed of orange marigold looks like the hills in the background and the lake in the foreground will take you to a dream. You need to pinch yourself to feel it for real. The source of a stream is unknown, but there is a surreal stream flowing from the hills meeting the lake. Get the inner child out of it and soak yourself up in the stream.

Though there is no way you can go closer to Avathi Lake, a boat ride will give the feel of these dreamy surroundings. You end up either taking a lot of photographs or just immersing in this natural lush green rustic...

This is just like another lake that you would find when you are going on a long drive on the countryside. The fact that is different about this lake is that it is a place which is not that well known yet. This is what makes this Lake special at the moment. It's calm and serene out with fields on one end mountains on the other. There are variety of birds that can be spotted here around the lake, busy and patiently waiting to hunt their prey, the fishes. They sell fresh fish here as well and there's supposedly boating that can be done here. Unfortunately we could only see the boat but not the boat man. Though this might not be a popular place to visit (yet), there's a lot of thrash already lying on the banks of the lake, which is very...

have been here so many times, used to be a peaceful lake and hill.

it has been destroyed. There are fish fry stalls and boating - which has attracted people who want to drink. Which is not the issue, but then they throw their garbage, smash their bottles.

we were a group of women who climbed the hill and were trying to relax, but we're harassed and yelled at by a group of men..when ignored, they walked all the way to us, followed us around, yelling and smashing bottles. Since I understand Kannada, I know what the obscenities were. They also filmed us, and when I filmed them back, screamed at me to stop. Here's the hero, if anyone...