KIKKERI Brahmeshwara shrine
We had no plans to explore beyond HosaHolalu as we had no clue what to search for and where. Besides, the grandeur of the HH edifice had left us satiated.....or so we thought. Just before we left, the ASI man who had guided us around it urged us to visit Kikkeri , which , he said, had an older and equally marvelous temple less than 15 kms. away on the Channarayapatna road ! His words ignited our curiosity and off we went, excited at the prospect of discovering another gem. Kikkeri turned out to be bigger than a village, smaller than a town and with a bustling crowd of busy looking locals who gave three different directions when asked about " the temple". One trader ,nodding wisely, insisted what we were looking for was Kikkeramma temple ." Temple in kikkeri " would obviously mean the one dedicated to the guardian deity. But kikkeramma sounded very un-hoysala so we just sailed on for a block and enquired again. A gent in an ox cart questioned ,...