The whole district
Places to visit in Chikmagalur
Every peak, trek, waterfall, temple and lake we would send a friend to — with the honest detail on how hard it is, how long it takes and when to go. Start with the map: which taluk a place is in decides whether it fits your day.
Boundaries traced from the district's own talukwise map — Nayvik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. It predates the creation of Kalasa and Ajjampura taluks, so those are shown with the taluks they were carved out of.
Nine taluks
Start with where, not what
54 places across the district, and the distance between them is the thing that decides your trip. Pick a taluk to see what is in it — the hills and the treks, the temples, the waterfalls, and what is worth eating while you are there.
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Every place in the guide, filterable by what it is, which taluk it is in and how hard the walking gets.
13 of 54 places
TempleSringeri Sharadamba Temple
The seat of the Sharada Peetham on the Tunga
TempleVidyashankara Temple, Sringeri
Fourteenth-century Vijayanagara stone, with twelve zodiac pillars that catch the sun month by month.
Hariharapura Sharada Peetham
A Shankaracharya foundation on the Tunga that almost no visitor to Sringeri ever hears about.
TempleHoranadu Annapoorneshwari Temple
The goddess of food, who feeds every visitor
TempleKalasa & Kalaseshwara Temple
A Shiva shrine below Kudremukh
TempleAmruteshvara Temple, Amruthapura
Hoysala stone carving on the northern plains
Rambhapuri Peetha, Balehonnur
The oldest of the five Veerashaiva Panchapeethas, on the bank of the Bhadra.
Rishyashringa Temple, Kigga
The rain-bringer's shrine, ten kilometres above Sringeri in the rainforest.
TempleKodandarama Temple, Hiremagalur
The town temple where Sita stands on Rama's right — an arrangement you will not find elsewhere.
TempleVeeranarayana Temple, Belavadi
A rare three-shrine Hoysala temple
Kopada Veerabhadra Temple, Koppa
The temple the town is named for, in the middle of areca country.
Mallikarjuna Temple, Yagati
A quiet Shaiva temple in the dry east, where almost no visitor from the hills ever gets to.
Sarva Siddhi Ganapathi Temple, Samse
A Ganapathi shrine standing in the middle of a tea estate, ten kilometres from Kalasa.