Chikmagalur district
Chikmagalur district, officially Chikkamagaluru district is an administrative district in the Malnad subregion of Karnataka, India.
Chikmagalur district, officially Chikkamagaluru district is an administrative district in the Malnad subregion of Karnataka, India. It was called Kadur (Cuddoor) district till 1947. Coffee was first cultivated in India in Chikmagalur. The hills of Chikmagalur are parts of the Western Ghats and the source of Tunga and Bhadra rivers. Mullayanagiri, the highest peak in Karnataka is located in the district. The area is well known for the Sringeri Mutt that houses the Dakshina Peeta established by Adi Shankaracharya.
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Worth seeing in and around Chikmagalur district
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chikmagalur ) is a diocese located in the city of Chikmagalur in the ecclesiastical province of Bangalore in India.
600 m · diocese of the Catholic Church in India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Amrutapura Temple in the village of Amrutapura, 67 km north of Chikmagalur. Balehonnur. Veera Narayana Temple is a well-known temple in Belavadi village approximately 30 km from Chikmagalur. Shree Kshetra Horanadu Annapooraneshwari Temple (Buses not frequent from Chikmaglur. Regular buses available from Bangalore & Hassan via Mudigere).
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Things to do
Camp and jungle safari at Bhadra Tiger Reserve,. Trekking at Kudremukh National park, Kemmannagundi, Ballalrayanadurga fort. Numerous waterfalls during rainy season
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Getting to Chikmagalur district
- Airports
- Mangaluru (IXE), 104 km · Kannur (CNN), 158 km · Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 210 km
- Stations
- Chikkamagaluru railway station, 2.7 km
- Mangaluru → Chikmagalur district109 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · ₹990–1,240
- Kannur → Chikmagalur district167 km · quickest by road, 5h 8m · ₹1,770–2,220
- Bengaluru → Chikmagalur district201 km · quickest by road, 3h 54m · ₹1,530–1,910
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chikmagalur district
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chikmagalur district. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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