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Route Taken: Bangalore-Bagepalli-Kadiri-Pulivendula-Muddanur-Jammalamadugu-Gandikota-Jammalamadugu-Kolimigundla-Belum Caves-Tadipatri-Ananthpur-Dharmavaram-Bangalore. Bangalore-Bagepalli-Gorantla-Kadiri: Good roads till Kodur(IIRC), where you deviate off teh four Lane Highway. From there till Pulivendula, its lonely country roads with decent Tarmac, but at some sections the roads become too narrow for even two SUVs to pass comfortably. Kadiri-Pulivendula-Muddanur: Two lane empty roads throughout, Quality of the roads ranges from Above average to good. Muddanur-Gandikota: Need not enter Jammalamadugu to get to Gandikota. Roads are average from Muddanur to Gandikota. Gandikota-Jammalamadugu-Kolimigundla-Belum Caves: We were not allowed to enter Jammalamadugu due to some political unrest. we had seen the news which said about some violence there. So we had to take am off road Detour of about 10Kms, riding on the river bed and connect to Tadipatri road, some distance before Dalmia Cement Factory. This route is NOT RECOMMENDED FOR 2WD and vehicles with low GC. The roads from there are good enough. Belum Cave-Tadipatri-Ananthpur: Horrible sense of traffic combined with bad roads. Slow moving tractors running parallel to each other carrying the stones from the Quarry. Also the Birla cement factory truck traffic add to the Mess. Smaller stone slabs, which might have fallen from the Tractors stay uncleared and pose a danger for road users. Trucks come straight out of the Quarry without any indications. Added to it dangerous cross winds. Ananthpur-Bangalore: a Sail to say the least.