The Church at Shettihalli
“How about the church at Shettihalli?” my husband pinged me. I pondered over this a bit. “Are you sure? I thought you didn’t care much for churches.” “Well, this one looks different. Take a look.” He sent across a link. A church? What made my husband think of visiting one? I thought while waiting for the page to load. A few seconds later I found myself looking at a half-submerged church, or rather, the ruins of it. I confess at that moment I was not too impressed. “Umm, ok” I typed back to my husband. Nothing much to lose, I told myself secretly. We were planning a getaway for my birthday and since the baby was still too young to travel very long distances, I had picked Belur and Halebidu, some 220 km from Bangalore. The husband had sullenly agreed to it. Historical monuments and sites were not exactly his cup of tea. But he couldn’t have refused my birthday wish, could he? So an itinerary was drawn up where we decided to visit Gorur Dam and the church at Shettih...