How a Simple Idea Enriched Our Road Trip to Belur

The Independence Day weekend in 2017 was an exceptionally long weekend, and I was looking for options to take a road trip with my friends. I didn't want to waste this precious time sitting at home doing nothing. Though we did not take much time to decide upon the destination, we did argue about the mode of travel. I wanted to go by car, and some of my friends were fine with going on a train or a bus. Nevertheless, no one wanted to take out the car because of various complications of sharing and contributing to expenses. We finally settled down on taking a Car Rental in Bangalore without Driver, which turned out to be an excellent idea altogether.

To take a road trip to Belur, we took a Tata Safari on rent, and I must say it was thrilling driving it. Belur is located only 220 kilometers from Bangalore, which takes almost four hours to cover. The Chennakesava Temple is the main attraction of the district along with several other historical attractions. Although my friends and I are not very fond of visiting temples, it is an excellent way to spend time. Talking about the history of various places, we can have a healthy discussion about things and venues.  

An interesting fact that we got to know about Chennakesava Temple, which is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, is that the temple was constructed in a vast span of 103 years. Several scenes from Upanishads, Mahabharata, and Ramayana are depicted on the walls of the temple. Everything on the walls and the campus of the temple was so charming that we could not help but appreciate the marvel of the architects of that time. The step well, Pushkarni, for example, is also a place where we sat for a long time and chatted with each other. The use of ivory and sandalwood in the entire temple left us spellbound. 

India is replete with architectural wonders, but we hardly care to visit them, forget to appreciate them. After visiting just the Chennakesava Temple, I realized that I needed to visit many more such places and know more about them. And if I have the company of friends to those locations, nothing like it to make the trips even more enjoyable. 

No doubt that it is quite expensive to Rent Cars in Bangalore, but what use is the money if we cannot put it to the best use. We all are earning a decent income from our respective jobs and businesses, so we can afford to pay slightly higher for a service rather than have arguments about whose car we will use for our road trips. Relationships are always more important than money, and just taking a Self-Drive Car Rental Bangalore taught us that we could enjoy even more when no single person is responsible for the car. The vehicle was our mutual responsibility, and we all shared the expenses as well as the driving duties perfectly well, though it never seemed like an obligation at all.