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Chikmagalur, India.
Chikmagalur is the headquarters of the coffee district of the same name in Karnataka, India.
Water snow flat in a shade coffee plantation in Chikmagalur. Dorsal view
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Chikmagalūr

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About Chikmagalūr

Chikmagalūr is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Belūr, 20km from Chennakeshava Temple, Belur.

Chikmagalūr is in Karnataka, India, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Belūr, about 20 km away.

Chikmagalur district, officially Chikkamagaluru district (IPA: [t͡ʃikːɐmɐɡɐɭuːru]) 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

Read more 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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Within an hour or so of Chikmagalūr: Chennakeshava Temple, Belur (20 km), Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu (27 km).

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Chikmagalūr is in Karnataka, India, about 20 km from Belūr.

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Quick Information

Population
121,484
Continent
Asia
Country
India
Region
Karnataka
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata
Coordinates
13.3223, 75.7740

Emergency & Services

Essential numbers in India

Police
100
Ambulance
102
Fire
101
All emergencies
112
Driving side
left
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Worth the detour from Chikmagalūr

2 notable places within an hour's drive.

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Chennakeshava Temple, Belur

A Hoysala temple on the Yagachi River, built over three generations from 1117 CE, famous for its 42 madanika bracket figures and lathe-turned stone pillars. Still an active place of worship.

20 km · about 25 min drive

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Hoysaleswara Temple, Halebidu

A 12th-century Hoysala temple in soapstone, its exterior wrapped in continuous friezes of elephants, horsemen and mythological scenes carved in extraordinarily fine relief.

27 km · about 30 min drive

Driving roads near Chikmagalūr

  • 77 kmAgumbe GhatA steep 14-hairpin ghat road through one of the wettest rainforests in India, famed for its sunset viewpoint over the Arabian Sea plains. Agumbe is nicknamed the Cherrapunji of the South.

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