Hesaraghatta, a man-made reservoir, from the pre-independence era, is now unfortunately a dry lake bed. But it still remains an ecological hot spot. Steps to revive have been attempted, but it’s been a lake in decline for many decades, and would require significant investment of resources to bring it back to its former glory. According to its wiki entry, people wind surfed at this lake. I can only imagine how awesome that would have been!
This was my first photowalk of 2012. And it’s been a while since my last, as is evident from my lack of posts on this site and other photoblogs. There are numerous blogs explaining how to get there, so I won’t go into that. It’s fairly easy to reach the place, and the roads are pretty good. When we (Sumeet & me) reached there, it was still dark. We waited for a bit for till it became brighter, and took a walk on the tank bund. The fog was dense and it was chilly. Thirty minutes later, the sun was out, but the fog still blanketed the entire area. We drove out towards the grasslands area. It’s picturesque to say the least, even though it was all dry.
We drove through this area for about an hour. There wasn’t much activity so we headed back towards the lake area. By now, the biting early morning cold had given way to warm sunshine. We went towards the north side of the lake area and followed the road and paths created by numerous cars and SUVs that frequent the area. The bird activity had now picked up. I had quite a few lifers given that I’m still a noob at this. Here are some of the decent pictures I managed to get.
Entire set on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/teknicsand/sets/72157628983108757/
