This is how the Rosary Church stands when the Hemavathy Reservoir is empty.

On the way to the backwaters. Banana plantation in the midst of Eucalyptus trees !!!

My Father-in-law Ramakrishnaiah, Agricultural Officer, tries to explain.

First view of the Rosary church. Almost 90% submerged in the reservoir.

As we near the Rosary Church...

Srinivas Byadigere, Chandrashekar, Ramakrishnaiah

We hired a Theppa to reach nearer ...

Almost there ...

Srinivas Byadigere on the high walls of the church..
Srinivas & my brother-in-law, Ranganath Ramakrishnaiah on the walls of the church.

The Theppa boy...

Roaming around the watery church street ...

Mini Thames river bridge :-)

Ranganath Ramakrishnaiah on the Theppa on the way back ..




The last glimpse of the submerged rosary church ruins from the Theppa

A far view of the almost submerged Rosary church




A view from the hemavathy river bridge.