Private Day Trip to Lepakshi from Bangalore
Bengaluru, India
Trip Type: Private Day Trips
Duration: 13 hours
This day trip from Bangalore will allow you to ride a Royal Enfield motorcycle or travel in a private car to Lepakshi, a village that showcases some of India's best architecture. You will visit India's largest monolith statue of Nandi, see the Veerabhadra temple, and appreciate Lepakshi style paintings on the temple walls. Your day trip includes breakfast, lunch and a private tour guide.
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This day trip from Bangalore will allow you to ride a Royal Enfield motorcycle or travel in a private car to Lepakshi, a village that showcases some of India's best architecture. You will visit India's largest monolith statue of Nandi, see the Veerabhadra temple, and appreciate Lepakshi style paintings on the temple walls. Your day trip includes breakfast, lunch and a private tour guide.Your tour departs from Bangalore at 6:30am. After orientation, we will take Bellary road and go past the Airport towards Lepakshi. We will briefly stop for breakfast and the journey from Bangalore to Lepakshi would take around 2.5 hours.
As we enter the ancient town, India’s largest Nandi Bull statue beckons us at Lepakshi. Made from a single granite block, this statue stands 15 feet tall and 27 feet long. The statue is bejeweled with garlands, bell chain, earrings and other jewelry.
A lunch break follows before our visit to the the famed Virabhadra temple.
We explore this 16th century masterpiece of Vijaynagara style of architecture. First in line is the section called Mukha Mandapa, which served as the venue for dance and other cultural activities. We then visit the Artha Mandapa where the King did his worship and where the Garbha Griha houses the deity. What follows is a unique wedding hall made from grey sandstone with 38 carved monolithic pillars.
Lepakshi is also famous for its magnificent and unique style of paintings. Guests get to look at the exquisite collection of paintings on the walls of the temple. The paintings of Lepakshi follow a unique style with elegant line-work set against an orange-red background. The rich textile patterns, detailed hairstyles of people and exquisite jewelry depicted in the paintings leave quite an impression.
Your guide will also narrate some stories of the legends around the temple. One of the most interesting stories is about why the King ordered the eyes of Virupanna, the builder of this temple, to be plucked away.
By 4pm, we leave Lepakshi and head back to Bangalore. The tour ends when we return to Bangalore by evening.
As we enter the ancient town, India’s largest Nandi Bull statue beckons us at Lepakshi. Made from a single granite block, this statue stands 15 feet tall and 27 feet long. The statue is bejeweled with garlands, bell chain, earrings and other jewelry.
A lunch break follows before our visit to the the famed Virabhadra temple.
We explore this 16th century masterpiece of Vijaynagara style of architecture. First in line is the section called Mukha Mandapa, which served as the venue for dance and other cultural activities. We then visit the Artha Mandapa where the King did his worship and where the Garbha Griha houses the deity. What follows is a unique wedding hall made from grey sandstone with 38 carved monolithic pillars.
Lepakshi is also famous for its magnificent and unique style of paintings. Guests get to look at the exquisite collection of paintings on the walls of the temple. The paintings of Lepakshi follow a unique style with elegant line-work set against an orange-red background. The rich textile patterns, detailed hairstyles of people and exquisite jewelry depicted in the paintings leave quite an impression.
Your guide will also narrate some stories of the legends around the temple. One of the most interesting stories is about why the King ordered the eyes of Virupanna, the builder of this temple, to be plucked away.
By 4pm, we leave Lepakshi and head back to Bangalore. The tour ends when we return to Bangalore by evening.
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