a short drive to narayanakere

the last weekend of 2012... the weather, pleasant with clouds and a slight drizzle. drove towards chikkatirupati to visit the ranganatha temple, 2 kms shy of chikkatirupati and on your right... on the way back, GL found a narrow tarred road with a sign-board announcing 'narayankere'... hoping to see a kere(a lake), drove a few kms only to reach a village by that name... one that doesn't have a lake but plenty-a turkeys strutting around, bitter-gourd and ridge-gourd fields and eucalyptus plantations... and a lot of flowering plants around.