Eight long years I was listening about this place, Kamalshile, and fans of this place were increasing every year. It started from my Tai, a.k.a. Ashwini Madam in the Art of Living community. This year I made my mind to visit Kamalshile , a remote place in Karnataka near Udipi town, to enjoy the nature, the river, heavy rains, dense forests, water falls, the famous Kamalshile cave and most important Swami Suryapad, a.k.a. Chhaya Anna.

I booked two tickets for me and Sonia from Pune to Kamalshile for a bus which has sleeping coach. It wasn’t a Volvo, but I thought to give it a try over a sitting only Volvo. We boarded the bus by 6:30pm from Pune and reached Kundapura by 7am in the morning. Another group from Mumbai (Shahapur) joined us at Kundapura and we all hired a bus to reach Kamalshile from there. It was an hour journey from there. Read the rest of this entry →