Every year during her workshop in Bellur Rita Keller take students to some historic places giving a break to yoga regimen for a change. For last two consecutive years we visited Melukote with her. Melukote is on Mysore road around 200 kilometers from Bellur which is probably a 4 hour road journey if started early avoiding Bengaluru traffic. It is one of the ancient towns in Karnataka with great religious importance. Melukote is a sacred place for Hindus and also an important place for Guruji and his family. A very ancient Library and Sanskrit college, the Raya Gopuram, Cheluvanarayana Temple, Pushkarini, Yoga Narasimha temple etc. are some of the highlights of the place. We reached the library and Sanskrit college in around 11 A.M. I will now try to guide you through images what you can find in Melukote. This is the first sight that come across you the moment you enter the Vedavedanta Bodhini Sanskrit college. A huge monolithic rock behind the college. Since we w