I recommend some history my dear friend.
Go to Belur/Halebidu and take a guide and explore the sexy sexy architecture there...
You can easily go in a train to Hassan and book a cab from there... Cab will be 2-3k i think. But buses should also be available.
And if you want to eat there just go to Itihakala restaurant near halebidu. Excellent food. You will see what an amazing architecture we built and how some ahole islam rulers destroyed it and the cunning english looted some of them.. Despite all of it, that architecture still looks epic.