Tuesday, June 06, 2017

Staying at Sathyamangalam Guesthouse

Following Kodiveri Dam, we halt at Sathyamangal for the night stay. My cousin had booked at the Sathyamangalam guest house for us and it lies on the bank of Bhavani River. It was over 6 pm when we reached the guesthouse and the staffs were awaiting for us, and they took care of our need well. Actually there isn’t a need for them, because things were fine on their own and the couple of rooms were spacious with one air conditioned. I was surprised to see a ramp facility at the entrance of the house, which claims 5 steps.

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I really enjoyed staying at this guesthouse, though it is a very old house and tiled roof, the interiors are renovated for moderate suite and its natural environment of river and trees around turned to be my favourite. When we arrived, found number of birds (mostly herons) perching on and off the branches of the trees while making the river its hunting pool, there was noise of birds amid the silence. At morning I got to listening different sound of birds and clear picture of things around.

Orange Lily...
Orange lily, showing stamens with pollen-covered anthers shot at the courtyard of the guesthouse.
The night spent comfort and cool under the AC and the weather wasn’t bad like the day time and it’s less hot because of the wind. But we experienced abundance mosquitoes outside the room and though they come and sit large on our skin doesn’t bite surprisingly! But one or two does. The dinner and breakfast was bought from the restaurant nearby and I really liked the ven pongal and idly as morning tiffin.  Once finished the morning activities I was out with my camera to take photos around.

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The guesthouse is built facing the river and there’s a separate stair (but locked by gate) to get down to the river and I really liked the architecture of this house with wide portico and corridors on both sides. The courtyard is simply beautiful with flower pots, plants and trees giving a nice green environment to the house. The guesthouse belong to the highways was maintained well and their provision of ramp proves their concern for unable people and the couple of staffs were friendly and shareable.

Bhavani River @ Sathyamangalam IMG_5202

From the guesthouse we could see the activities on the bridge across the river that connects Mysore road. And beyond that a steeple rose between the trees. The water flow in the Bhavani River is very less and this’s the water that overflows as waterfalls in Kodiveri dam. We moved out of the guesthouse after the breakfast and drove towards Athikadavu on the foothills of Nilgiris. 

9 comments:

Gosia said...

your architecture is really interesting and unique, Thanks for nice comments on my blog. Nice to see you Gosia from Poland

Lady Fi said...

What a lovely guesthouse!

Devilish Angel said...

Looks like a lovely place to stay. Living with nature :)

Twilight Man said...

That house is a good retreat with thoughtful a ramp for your convenience.
I would love to stay there for a weekend getaway.

Destination Infinity said...

I've been to Sathy town once when I was in CBE. But haven't been to the forest. Would like to visit there once.

Destination Infinity

eileeninmd said...

Hello, the guesthouse looks very pretty. I love the view of the river. Happy Wednesday, enjoy your day!

Christine said...

Looks like a very restful place to come for a holiday. Lovely photo of the orange lily.

Anonymous said...

So beautiful, Jeevan! I have those lillies growing in my yard right now too.

Elsie

Rajesh said...

Great place to stay. Looks very quite.