Picture of Chembukal Rock (Udyavar's Mount Everest)

With a huge wall built of stones on the top, Udyavar's Chembukal Rock (so called Udyavar's Mount Everest by school children) looks totally different.   This picture was taken 3 months ago.

Chembukall Rock

For the young students of "Hindu Primary School" and "St. Francis Xavier's School" this rock is nothing less than "Mount Everest". This rock has silently seen thousands of students playing in its vicinities since years. Many of us must have grown watching this rocky hill almost everyday during our school days.

"Chembukal Rock" (ಚೆಂಬುಕಲ್ or ಶಂಬುಕಲ್ as locally called) is an important landscape in Udyavar. There is a temple on the top of the rock and a "Nandi" idol (ನಂಧಿ ವಿಗ್ರಹ) aside. There is a pond on the rear side of this rock.

Elders sitting and relaxing, enjoying the evening breeze while children play in the playing area is a regular scene for the people who pass-by this rocky hill.

Picture by : Studio Shanthala, Udyavara