Trek to madhugiri

On Saturday morning I decided to go somewhere near Bangalore and started to madhugiri ..it's solo trek to Asia's second largest monolithic hill.there is fort built on the hill.
How to reach
Madhugiri is easliy accessible by bus from Bangalore.

There are buses available to this Place from ksrtc bus stand.you can also take bus from yeswantpur metro if you like to avoid traffic.it takes around 3 hrs from Bangalore.i started by 11 am and reached madhugiri in tumkur district by 2 30 pm.A short walk from Busstand one can reach fort entrance surrounded by big wall. Hikers are asked to give our address and contact details to police security there..last time to come back down is 6 pm.

The fort
There were three layers of fort on the hill ..there were steep steps with rail support till two layers.at second layers steps are  carved in rocks itself

there is place where there is gap on railing and you have to take support of Cable.this is considered riskiest.A tired body will liability while crossing this place.

Trek complexity is moderate.. climate was very hot that my shirt got soaked..even rupees notes in pocket got wet.
Strangers help

Two others were trekking along with me.one was atheletic who taking many risks and jumping in dangerous areas of mountain.another had moderare fitness like me 😀.we helped each other crossing 90 percentage of trek path.i would  see great views of madhugiri towns on  front side,hills around till long distances on left side ,huge lake surrounded by hills in right side.

Water...

we ran out of water as  drinking h2o a lot due to hot weather..we decided to come down since thirsty before reaching summit.goverment must create a water resources on top otherwise it's difficult for people who come here..while coming back I had a slip in a wet slippery rock. fortunately railings saved  me.. I realised there would be challenges in easier places 

Alertness is key for successful trekker...

After coming down I drank a bottle of ice water  and couple of bananas which was my lunch..I ventured into madhugiri to visit mallikarjuna temple ..Then I checked my maps for good restaurants around the place.Annapoorna hotel was around half a km from temple..I  ate  fried rice my first meals by 5 pm..I walked back to bus stand to catch bus to Bangalore by 6 pm