CHETAN KRISHNASWAMY writes: The Kukkarahalli Kere in Mysore stirs the soul.
Unfailingly, every evening, the calm waters lunge flirtatiously towards a flamboyant sun performing a visual jugalbandi enthralling the walkers around the bund.
Prof Shivaram Malavalli—an illustrious Mysorean and a venerable friend—has over the months captured the Kukkarahalli’s mystique through his mobile phone.
Last week, I ran into him during one of my rare visits to the lake.
Prof Shivaram, brother of Kumar Malavalli, maintains that every day is a new day at KK and its moods are varied.
To quote R.K. Narayan, another Kukkarahalli lover:
“Sometimes, I went back to the Kukkarahalli tank in the late afternoon, when the evening sun touched the rippling water-surface to produce uncanny lighting effects, and the western sky presented a gorgeous display of colours and cloud formations at sunset. Even today, I would assert, after having visited many parts of the world, that nowhere can you witness such masterpiece sunsets as in Mysore. I would sit on a bench on the tank and watch the sun’s performance, the gradual fading of the colours in the sky, and the emergence of the first single star at dusk.”
View Prof Shivaram’s Facebook album: Kukkarahalli Lake
Also read: Ugadi sunrise over Kukkarahalli Lake
The photograph is very beautiful and my father used to say when he was a student in Mysore, he spent many evenings taking walks near this kere with his close friends.
Beautiful indeed!
The light effects are almost unearthly. Surreal.
The ShivYogi has a third eye!
Awesome photos-difficult to believe that they are captured from a Mobile camera. tks for the treat of KK-the Pride of Mysoreans!
Awesome Photo. Let us hope nammooru mysore remain as our old mysore and not get sucked into development with all the malls, traffic jams and pollutions. I just wish and pray Mysore remains jinxed as ever for all new industries and factories. Let them go the way of vikranth tyres and Kirloskar.
Feet of the Master!
Without being vicious we can afford to say may be Hassan needs these new factories. According to a blogger, there exists a world-class road between Mysore-Holenarispur-Hassan!
Forget sunsets, checkout what happens after the sun sets. It is a voyeur’s paradise.
Sun Son!
In that case, “Kavi kanadhhannu, Ravi Kumar kanda!”
Thanks Chetan….for making the beauty called KK world famous………Let this result in a movement to preserve this beuty for the coming generations….so that many cintinued to get inspired!
One very beautiful spot in this glorious city.
the headline should correctly read, “where ELSE can you view such masterpiece sunsets?”