I had visited the car museum in Dharmasthala many times, they have moved most of cars here and added few more.
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Weekend drive near Bangalore
Was a lazy weekend and decided to go for quick drive. Checked through google maps and short listed two places-ancient Hoysala temple at Nagamangala and Payana Car museum. Destinations made for a nice circuit.
Started at 8 AM from home, was expecting traffic, however since this was weekend just after new year and we were moving against traffic, made quick progress. Stopped at Krishna Keshava for breakfast. Neat place, food is average though. Post breakfast started our drive towards Hoysala temple at Nagamangala. While the Bangalore-Mangalore highway was usual affair, Bellur cross to Nagamangala was fantastic single carriage way. Very less traffic and roads are wide too. Reached destination by 1130. Temple architecture is similar to Belur/Halebidu, made a quick visit and started our leisurely drive to Payana museum. We were contemplating to visit Mysore for lunch however on the way we saw this restaurant called Thotada Mane. A farm house converted to a clean restaurant with decent food. The restaurant is amidst sugarcane field and nice weather made for a happy meal.
Soumya Keshava Temple at Nagamangala
A nice lake enroute to Museum
@Thotada Mane
In less than 30 minutes we reached Payana car museum. There are many reviews of this place in the forum hence not going to cover in detail. I had visited the car museum in Dharmasthala many times, they have moved most of cars here and added few more. This is setup quite well, though could have added more details and history about the cars(there are QR codes if one wants to know more about the model though). There is a small Manjusha museum too , the artifacts are arranged well. Being weekend, was a bit crowded. Entry fee is nominal 50Rs for adults and free for kids under 12. Parking is free as well. There is a big restaurant run by Hari Govindas inside the campus. We left museum by about 430PM, took the Mysore-Bangalore expressway and reached home by 730PM. Total distance covered was about 340KM. We took city road hoping to visit Ballal residency for dinner however kids were asleep and decided to skip.
There are quite a few nice cars in the museum, sharing picture of three cars that I liked the most
American Muscle- Chevy Impala
Jaguar XJ, beautiful car
The Mercedes Benz
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