Weekend Trip: Kollur Mookambika Temple

Last week my sister had come to Mangalore for a vacation and we decided to visit Kollur Mookambika Temple which is located 135 Km (approx) from Mangalore at foot of the Western Ghats. We started our journey from Mangalore around 7:30, although we planned to start early. The road stretch from Mangalore to Suratkal was really in bad shape with four laning work in progress. Apart from this there is another 2-3 Km stretch near Kundapura which is in pathetic condition. After a 2.5 hour drive we reached Kollur by 10:00am.

We visited the temple directly and had all the Pooja at the temple. There was pretty good rush in the temple as it was a Sunday. By 11:30 am, we came out of the temple and headed to a restaurant for breakfast, we didnt have anything in the morning. By 12:00pm we started our return journey to Mangalore.

Few stretches on the N17 are in bad shape, except for that NH17 is a good to drive

Finally we reached Mangalore back by 14:30 hours and had our lunch. We returned home by 15:00 and to a deep sleep after a 5 hour drive.

Trip Details:

Total Distance Covered: 270 Km (Up & Down)

Total Travel Time: 5 hours Road Condition: Bad on few stretches in Suratkal and Kundapura (as of Oct 2008).

Other Facts: Beware of bus drives of Express busses, they tend to come to wrong side without any warning especially when you are driving a small car.

Traffic on road: Medium, low in the morning.

Road: NH 17 (Edapally to Panvel)