Day 1 - Humcha - Jain Pilgrimage centre

Sri Parshvanath Bhagwan in black color, seated in a semi-lotus posture (Padmasana posture) and of height 120 cms in a shrine in the village of Humbaj Humcha : 54 kms from Shimoga city.

The main attraction of Humcha is the Padmavathi Amma's temple. The Ma Padmavati's temple is very rich and splendid. The idol of Padmavatidevi is very miraculous and expressive.The like of it is not found elsewhere. It is believed that the mere sight of Ma Padmavatidevi fulfils the wishes of the worshippers. Darshan of Ma Padmavati gave us both a great feeling....We are lucky to be blessed by Ma Padmavati's blessings as it is said that a couple blessed by Ma Padmavati never gets seperated and the love and bond between them grows more and more strong with time...

Picture of Jain temple at Humcha - We reached at night so this is the temple entrance view at night...It is better to visit the temple during day time as the road to Humcha is surrounded by dense growth of trees (more gives a look of forest) on both sides.

Humbaj (better known as Humcha or Hamchawadi) is famous for being home to an ancient temple of Goddess Padmavati, and to the Humbaj Matha (seminary/monastery), an important institution of the Jain community.

From Bangalore via Shimoga this shrine is 340Kms away.

By 9:30 we were back to Hotel Jewel rock in Shimoga...

Our trip to Humcha and Jog falls

In oct/ nov 06, we went to Humcha - a Jain Pilgrimage centre and the world famous Jog Falls. We started on 30th morning from Bangalore. Weather was just great as is visible from the pic also. The clouds were covering the whole sky, no where the sun was peeping out.

We had our breakfast cum lunch at Kamat Upachar on Tumkur road. We reached Shimoga at around 4 p.m. Shimoga is located about 274 Km. from Bangalore. You need to take Tumkur road(NH 4) from Bangalore and turn left to NH 206 in Tumkur, drive via Shimoga and Sagar towns to reach Jog falls.. Shimoga is a good city to break for some refreshments/staying.

Only good hotel at Shimoga is Hotel Jewel Rock - (pic above). We booked the hotel for 3 days. Our stay at the hotel was quite comfortable. Both South/north Indian food is available here. Even the charges were decent - one day A/C room charge Rs 800/-. What less than this can you expect !!! After getting refreshed we started for Humcha on 30th itself at around 5:30 p.m.