Day trip from Bangalore to Avani

Avani is small village in Kolar district around 95 kms from Bangalore. We did day trip from Bangalore to Kotilingeshwara and from there to Avani twice and each time I fell in love with this place.

Avani has Ramlingeshwara temple complex which is of archaeological and mythological importance. As per mythology this place is birth place of Luv-Kush. Though I have heard of two more places around India with similar references to Sita's stay in Valmiki Ashram and birth of Luv-Kush.

Avani temple complex has temples dedicated to Ram, Sita, Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughna and even to Vali and Sugriv.

One can also visit the small hill next to temple complex which is said to have temple dedicated to Sita, though both the times we could not make it to top of hill due to various reasons.

When planning for visit to Avani make sure you are not heading on a hot sunny day or afternoon time as the whole complex is made in stone and it becomes quite challenging to move from one temple to other walking on the hot floor, specially if you are visiting with elderly family members.

Also this is moderate village and may not find eateries so prefer to carry food and water stocks.

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