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Karnataka – One State with Many Worlds

The historical and quintessential state of Karnataka is one of the major tourist destinations in India. Karnataka’s geographical diversity ensures one state with many worlds that includes ageless monuments, lush green forests, heritage sites, spectacular waterfalls, temples, adventure sports, hill stations, vibrant art and colorful culture.

The culture loving travelers here can’t miss the well-known UNESCO world heritage sites Hampi and Pattadkal along with Mysore Dasara festivals and places that are amalgamation of modernity and ancient charm.

What is Karnataka famous for?

While the geographical location of Karnataka gives it a unique spot in India’s travel map, state is also famous for many cultural heritages and diversities.

As the state is one with having richest history, it is not easy to summarize everything about Karnataka . But here is the quick glimpse:

Art and Music

• Famous dance forms: Yakshagana, Bengaluru Karaga, Kolaata, Huli Kunita, Kola (Boota), Bharatanatyam with Shiva Kavya (including ragale) and Daasa Sahitya, Dollu Kunita.
• Carnatic music: Karnataka Music is the baby of Kannada Bhakti Movement. This is still popular across Southern India and to some extent in Maharashtra.
• Folk songs: Ragale Sahitya is very unique to Kannada language. This is quite popular among the Bharathanatyam dance. Folk Songs including Geegi Pada, Kamsale, Yakshagana are unique to the state.

Food and Cuisines

• Jovar roti: North Karnataka’s jovar roti is quite unique.
• Ragi Mudde in combination with one of Upsaar or Bassaar or Chicken Curry is a unique food in the Southern Karnataka.
• Mysore Masale Doseh is unique style prepared in the old Mysore regions. Uddina vadeh, Masale Vadeh are unique.
• Karavali food: Coming to the Costal region, one should not miss Fish curry, Goli Bajji, Udupi meal Mangalore Bonda and Coconut Chutney.
• Filter coffee: Chikkamagaluru Coffee and Coorg Coffee. MYSORE Filter Coffee.
• Mysore Silk Sarees, Ilakal Saree are quite popular.
• The traditional dress in Coorg is very unique in India.

Architecture

• The unique style of Hoysala Architecture in Beluru and Halebeedu should not be missed.
• The musical stones in Hampi and Whispering Gallery in Golgumbaz in Bajapur are very unique.
• Group of temples in Badami and Aihole are the World Heritage Centres.
• Sravana Belagola Gommateshwara is the tallest monolithic statue in the world, carved out of a single block of granite. 

Popular travel destinations

25% of the bio diversity of India is in the state of Karnataka. State is divided into 3 geographical regions:

• Coastal Karnataka: Famous for beaches, sea food etc
• Malnad Karnakata: Famous temples, greenery and beautiful Western ghat region
• Bayaluseeme: Famous for diverse cultures and traditions and popular industries.

Famous pilgrimage places

Dharmastala Manjunatha which is known for its world class service for catering devotees.

Kukke Subramanya which is very well known temple for Dhosha Parihaara.

Katilu Durgaparameshwari, Kolluru Mookambika, Murdeshwara, Gokarna (Atmalinga), Udupi Srikrishna, Chamundi Hills in Mysore, Siddeshwara Temple of Bijapur, Ane gudda Ganapa, Sringeri Sharada Peeta, Horanaadu Annapurneshwari, Lakshmeshwara temple, Yadiyuru Siddalingeshwara, Bijapur Siddeshwara, Soundatti Yellamma (Renuka) who was the mother of Parashurama, Sikh Gurudwara in Bidar.

Karnataka’s unique contributions

• Karnataka historically brought many firsts in India. They include
• Industrialization of Mysore Kingdom by Mysore Kings (Mysore Sandal Soap, Mysore Agarbatti, HAL for which Mysore was a stake holder).
• Own legislative building construction within Short period after the independence.
• Successful implementation of irrigation projects.
• Center of IT/BT revolution in India.
• Coining of the Word ‘Akashavani’.
• Abolition of caste System was a unique movement of the 12th century. The caste system is hardly discussed in Karnataka.
• Reintroduction of 10000 years old Gamakas to Music system was first done by Kannada Gamaka Parishat.
• First Indian language software was developed in Kannada (Baraha Kannada Software).

Kannada literature

Karnataka is called the land of Poets and Sages. Kannada is the language with the highest collection of literature in India.

• It has won 8 Gnanpeet awards (second highest) and 67 Sahitya academy awards (Highest in India).
• SL Byrappa’s literature holds the record for the record number of copies sold for any Indian language.
• Daasa Sahitya, Vachana Sahitya, Tripadis of Sarvajgna are some of the sacred literatures.

Kannada, the language of religion

• There are more than 22000 Vachanas which are sacred texts of Lingayats. This makes Kannada as one of language of Religion in the world.
• Other such languages being Sanskrit (Vedic Texts) , Arabic (Kurhan), Persian (Zorastrian Texts), Hebrew (Bible), Pali(Buddhist Texts), Prakrit (Jainism Texts).

Popular Trekking Destinations in Karnataka

Savandurga Perched at an elevation of 1226 metres, Savandurga is one of the most amazing trekking places to visit in Karnataka. It is well-known among the trekkers for posing a trail that will test your spirits and delight you with the stunning views from the top

Tadiandamol   It is famed as the second highest peak in Karnataka and offers a stunning retreat for nature admirers. Adventure seekers here can look forward to an enthralling trekking experience which is beginner friendly and presents the magnificent views of the surroundings.

Kodachadri Mesmerising your soul with lush green forests and waterfalls, Kodachadri peak is one of the most sought after trekking trails in Karnataka. It is perched at an elevation of 1,343 meters and offers a medium level trail for the trekkers.

Mullayanagiri Located at an elevation of 1930 meters above sea level, Mullyanagri is famed for offering a picturesque landscape for the trekkers. The trail here stretches for 4 km which is a delight for adventure lovers. Other thrilling activities to be enjoyed here are mountain biking and road biking.

Kumara Parvatha A serene delight for all nature lovers, Kumara Parvatha offers the blissful views of Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary. At a height of 1712 meters, it is the third tallest peak of Karnataka and offers an enthralling trekking experience for two days.

Kudremukh  This is a famous 22 kilometre trek which lets you enjoy the scenic beauty of Western Ghats. It is a moderate level trek and fascinates all the trekkers with the glorious views of emerald hills, waterfalls and misty clouds.

GI tags for Karnataka

Karnataka is credited highest GI tags among Indian states which are indicative of them being famous around the globe. A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g., a town, region, or country). Some of the popular ones mentioned below:

• Mysore Silk
• Mysore Agarbathi
• Mysore Sandalwood Oil
• Mysore Sandal soap
• Kasuti Embroidery
• Mysore Traditional Paintings
• Ganjifa cards of Mysore
• Bydagi Chilli
• Mysore Malligae
• Udupi Malligae
• Hadagali Malligae
• Ilkal Sarees
• Molakalmuru Sarees
• Coorg Green Cardamom
• Coorg Orange
• Monsooned Malabar Arabica Coffee
• Mysore Betel leaf
• Nanjanagud Banana
• Channapatna Toys & Dolls
• Malabar Pepper
• Navalgund durries
• Devanahalli Pomello
• Appemidi Mango
• Kamalapur Red Banana
• Sandur Lambani Embroidery
• Udupi Mattu Gulla Brinjal

Karnataka’s Popular Tourist Places and Attractions

Karnataka has 31 districts and each has unique geographical and cultural specialty.

Bagalkot – Kudalsangama temple – Badami caves and temple – Ilkal sarees

Vijayapura ( Bijapura) – Lord Shiva statue in Shivagiri is world’s fourth tallest. – Gol Gumbaz – Alamatti dam

Gadag – Magadi bird sanctuary – Trikuteshwara Temple – Nargunda fort

Uttara Kannada – Temple in Gokarna – Shiva statue Murudeshwara – Atomic power station Karwar – Yana hill – Water falls (Gersoppa, Unchalli etc) – Dandeli Abhayaranya (forest)

Bangalore Rural – Silk city Doddaballapura – International airport Devanhalli

Chitradurga – Chitradurga fort – Vanivilasa Sagara dam

Kolar – Kolar gold field – Land of milk, silk and gold

Shivamogga – Jog Falls – Hydro electric power station – Linganamukki dam – Historical temples

Bellary – Bellary Fort, a historic fort. – Bommghatta temple – Timmalapura Sri Krishna temple

Vijayanagara – Hampi UNESCO world heritage center – Tungabhadra dam biggest in Karnataka – Archaeological sites like Budhihal, Sanganakallu, Tekkalakote and Kupgal. – Sanganakallu is spread on area of 1000 acres.

Kalaburagi – Sharana Basaveshwara Temple, – One of the Sufi city – Khwaja Banda Nawaz Dargah, – Ladle Mashak and Buddha Vihar

Raichur – Raichur fort – Ramagadde island – Koormagadde

Chamarajanagar – Biligiri Rangana betta BR hills. – Gopalswamy hill – Silk treasury Kollegala.

Dakshina Kannada – Manjunathswamy temple at Dharmasthala – Mangalore harbour – Beaches in Mangalore – Kukke Subhrahmanya temple. – Education hub

Kodagu – Beautiful hill station – Birthplace of Kaveri – Spice garden – Nagarahole national park

Mysuru – Cultural capital of the state – Palace city – Karanji lake – One of the cleanest city in India

Belagavi – 2nd administrative office of Karnataka. – Belagavi, Gokak Karadantu – Belagavi Kunda – Gokak falls

Dharwad – Karnataka university, Education hub – Dharwad peda

Haveri – Siddeshwara temple – Byadagi red chilli – Hukkeri and other math

Bangalore Urban – Capital of the state – IT / BT hub – Garden city – Historical temples – Vidhan Soudha

Chikkaballapur – Nandi Hills

Davanagere – Davanagere benne dosa – Sulekere, (Shanti sagara) it is Asia’s 2nd largest lake

Ramanagara – India’s only Vulture sanctuary situated in Ramadevarbetta. – Silk capital of Karnataka – Town of toys, Channapattana

Tumakuru – Education kingdom – City of Triveda Dasoha – Siddaganga math – Devarayan durga

Bidar – Narasimha Jhira Cave Temple. – Bahamani Tombs. – Papanash Shiva Temple.

Koppal – Kanaka giri a hill of God – It is temple land – Mahadeva temple – Koppal fort – Gangavati is Rice bowl of Karnataka

Yadgir – Venugopal swami temple Surapur – Cement manufacturing factory – Textile and leather factories

Chikkamagaluru – Coffee kingdom – Tourist Paradise with beautiful western ghats – One of the richest district

Hassan – Historical places like Beluru and Halebeedu – Shravanabelagola Bahubali statue – Beautiful Sakaleshpura hill station

Mandya – KRS dam – Land of Sugar – Rangantittu bird sanctuary – Shivanasamudra, first hydroelectric power station in Asia.

Udupi – Shree Krishna temple – St. Mary’s Island. – Malpe Beach – Paradise for food lovers.

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Karnataka Tourism: ನೀವು ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಲೇ ಬೇಕಾದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ 15 ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿವೆ!

Karnataka tourist places: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕವಾಗಿ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ರಚನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ, ಇದರ ವಿಶೇಷತೆಯು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರನ್ನು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ..

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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಭೌಗೋಳಿಕತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಭೂದೃಶ್ಯವು ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯ, ಮನಮೋಹಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಹೆಗ್ಗುರುತುಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೂಕ್ತ ತಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟಗಳು, ಡೆಕ್ಕನ್ ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಭೂಮಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕರಾವಳಿಯ ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ವಿವಿಧ ಕಾಡುಗಳು, ಕಡಲತೀರಗಳು, ಜಲಪಾತಗಳು, ಕಾಫಿ ತೋಟಗಳು, ಸರೋವರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕೊಡುಗೆಗಳಿಗೆ ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕವಾಗಿ ಮಹತ್ವದ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ರಚನೆಗಳನ್ನು ರಾಜ್ಯವು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ ಇದರ ವಿಶೇಷತೆಯು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರನ್ನು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ 15 ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ: 1)ಬಂಡೀಪುರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನ – ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಾಮರಸ್ಯ ಬಂಡೀಪುರ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನವು, ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿಗಳ ಜೊತೆ ಕಾಡಿನ ದೃಶ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಶಬ್ದಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮಗ್ನರಾಗಲು ಬಯಸುವ ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಪ್ರಿಯರಿಗೆ ಪರಿಪೂರ್ಣ ತಾಣ. ಟೈಗರ್ ರಿಸರ್ವ್ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನದ ಪಕ್ಷಿಧಾಮವನ್ನು ಮರೆಯಬೇಡಿ. ಇದು ಒಂದು ದಿನದ ಪಿಕ್ನಿಕ್ಗೆ ಸೂಕ್ತವಾದ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ನೀವು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಗುರುತಿಸಬಹುದಾದ ಕೆಲವು ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿಗಳು ಆನೆಗಳು, ಜಿಂಕೆಗಳು, ಮತ್ತು ಹುಲ್ಲೆಗಳು.ಈ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆ ಮೈಸೂರು ರೈಲ್ವೆ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 80 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 220 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಬಂಡೀಪುರ (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

2)ಕೂರ್ಗ್- ಮೋಹಿಸುವ ಸೆರೆಯಾಳು ಕೂರ್ಗ್ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ, ಕಡಿಮೆ ಜನದಟ್ಟಣೆಯ ಗಿರಿಧಾಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದರ ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ಸೊಂಪಾದ ಹಸಿರು ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಇಮ್ಮಡಿಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಬೇಸಿಗೆ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಕ್ತವಾದ ಸ್ಥಳ. ಕೂರ್ಗ್‌ ಕಾಫಿ ತೋಟಗಳು, ಜಲಪಾತಗಳು, ಹಸಿರು ಪರ್ವತಗಳಿಂದ ಕಂಗೊಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆ ಎಂದರೆ ಟಿಬೆಟಿಯನ್ ಮಠ. ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರು ಕಾಫಿ ಎಸ್ಟೇಟ್ಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ನದಿಯ ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಮತ್ತು ಪರ್ವತದ ರಮಣೀಯ ಹಾದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಚಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಆಯ್ಕೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಯಾವುದೇ ರೀತಿಯ ಶಾಪಿಂಗ್ ಅಗತ್ಯಗಳಿಗಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆ ಇದೆ. ಕೂರ್ಗ್ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ರೈಲು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 106 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ 250 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಕೊಡಗು (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

3)ಹಂಪಿ – ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದ ಅದ್ಭುತ ಯುನೆಸ್ಕೋ ಘೋಷಿಸಿದಂತೆ ಹಂಪಿ ವಿಶ್ವದ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ತಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ ತೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಈ ಸ್ಥಳವು ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಬಂಡೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಕೆತ್ತನೆಗಳು ಹಳೆಯ ಯುಗದ ಕುಶಲಕರ್ಮಿಗಳ ಕೌಶಲ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಪಾಂಡಿತ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಪುರಾವೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಉತ್ಸಾಹಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೂಕ್ತವಾದ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಂಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಂತಹ 500 ಭವ್ಯವಾದ ರಚನೆಗಳು ಇವೆ, ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದೂ ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಹುಬ್ಬಿ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ಹಂಪಿಗೆ ಹತ್ತಿರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ, ಸುಮಾರು 74 ಕಿ.ಮೀ.

ಹಂಪಿ (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

4)ಮೈಸೂರು – ಮೋಡಿ ನಗರ ಮೈಸೂರು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹಳೆಯ ನಗರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಎರಡನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ನಗರವಾಗಿದೆ. ತನ್ನ ಹಳೆಯ ಮೋಡಿಯನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಲ್ಲಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾದ ಕೆಲವೇ ಕೆಲವು ನಗರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮೈಸೂರು ಕೂಡ ಒಂದು. ಮೈಸೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಅರಮನೆಗಳು, ವಸ್ತು ಸಂಗ್ರಹಾಲಯಗಳು, ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪಾರಂಪರಿಕ ರಚನೆಗಳು ಇವೆ. ಆಕರ್ಷಣೀಯ ಬೃಂದಾವನ್ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನಗಳು ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ಮೈಸೂರಿನಿಂದ 184 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಮೈಸೂರು. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

5)ಶಿವನಸಮುದ್ರ ಜಲಪಾತ – ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಕೋಪ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರೀತಿಯ ಸಂಕೇತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಮಂಡ್ಯ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಶಿವನಸಮುದ್ರ ಜಲಪಾತವು ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಮಳೆಗಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲು ಒಂದು ಅದ್ಭುತ ದೃಶ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ವಿಭಜಿತ ಪತನವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಗಗನಚುಕ್ಕಿ ಮತ್ತು ಭರಚುಕಕ್ಕಿ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುವ ತೊರೆಗಳು ಒಂದಕ್ಕೊಂದು ಸಮಾನಾಂತರವಾಗಿ ಚಲಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ಕಮರಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಆಳವಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಈಜುವುದನ್ನು ಅನುಮತಿಸಲಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಆದರೆ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರು ನೀರಿನ ಬಲ ಕಡಿಮೆ ಇರುವ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ನಾನವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಬಹುದು. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ಸುಮಾರು 175 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಮತ್ತು ಮೈಸೂರು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ಶಿವನಸಮುದ್ರ ಜಲಪಾತದಿಂದ 80 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಶಿವನಸಮುದ್ರ. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

6)ಗೋಕರ್ಣ-ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯ ತಾಣ ಗೋಕರ್ಣ, ಈ ಸಣ್ಣ ಮತ್ತು ಕಡಿಮೆ ಜನಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಪಟ್ಟಣವು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಇದರ ಶಾಂತಿಯುತ ವಾತಾವರಣದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರ ‘ಹೋಗಬೇಕಾದ’ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರನ್ನು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುವ ಕಡಲತೀರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದೆ. ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಮಹಾಬಲೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡದಿದ್ದರೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಅಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಗೋಕರ್ಣದಲ್ಲಿನ ಕೆಲವು ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಕಡಲತೀರಗಲಿವೆ. ಕುಡ್ಲೆ ಬೀಚ್, ಓಂ ಬೀಚ್ ಮತ್ತು ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ಬೀಚ್. ಈ ಯಾವುದೇ ಕಡಲತೀರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ ಮರಳು ಮತ್ತು ರೋಮಾಂಚಕ ನೀರಿನ ಕ್ರೀಡೆಗಳನ್ನು ಆನಂದಿಸಬಹುದು. ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ವಾಸ್ಕೋ ಡಾ ಗಾಮಾ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 150 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾರ್ವಾರ್ ರೈಲು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ 60 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ

ಗೋಕರ್ಣ. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

7)ಬೇಲೂರು ಮತ್ತು ಹಳೇಬೀಡು – ದೇವಾಲಯ ಪಟ್ಟಣಗಳು ಯಾಗಚಿ ನದಿಯ ತೀರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಬೇಲೂರು, ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಹಿಂದಿನ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇದು ಅದ್ಭುತವಾದ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ ಮತ್ತು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ರಚಿಸಲಾದ ಶಿಲ್ಪಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ವಿವಿಧ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಬೃಹತ್ ಸ್ತಂಭಗಳು, ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣವಾದ ಕೆತ್ತನೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಜೀವನ ಗಾತ್ರದ ಶಿಲ್ಪಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ಬೇಲೂರಿನಿಂದ 170 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಮತ್ತು ಹಾಸನ ಸುಮಾರು 25 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಹಳೇಬೀಡು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ರಾಜ ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಣಿ ಶಾಂತಲಾ ದೇವಿಯನ್ನು ಗೌರವಿಸಲು ಮುಖ್ಯ ದೇವಾಲಯವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ದೇವಾಲಯದಿಂದ, ಎದುರು ಬದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡು ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳ ಎರಡು ಎತ್ತುಗಳಂತೆ ಮತ್ತು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಣೇಶ ಆಕೃತಿಯಂತೆ ಕಾಣುವ ಬೆರಗುಗೊಳಿಸುವ ನೋಟವಿದೆ. ಈ ಸ್ಥಳವು ಮೊಘಲ್ ರಾಜವಂಶದಿಂದ ಹಾಳಾಯಿತು ಮತ್ತು ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ “ಹಾಲೆಬಿಡು” ಎಂಬ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಪಡೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದೆ, ಅಂದರೇ ನಗರವು ಹಾಳಾಗಿದೆ ಇಂದರ್ಥ. ಈ ಸ್ಥಳವು ಬೇಲೂರಿನಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 6 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಮತ್ತು ಹಾಸನದಿಂದ 30 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಬೇಲೂರು – ಹಳೇಬೀಡು. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

8)ಜೋಗ್ ಫಾಲ್ಸ್- ನಯನಮನೋಹರವಾದ ಜಲಪಾತ ನೆಲದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 850 ಅಡಿಗಳಷ್ಟು ಬೀಳುವ ಜೋಗ್ ಫಾಲ್ಸ್ ಭಾರತದ ಎರಡನೇ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಜಲಪಾತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯೊಂದರ ಅದ್ಭುತ ನೋಟವನ್ನು ಆನಂದಿಸಲು ವ್ಯೂ ಪಾಯಿಂಟ್‌ಗೆ ಹೋಗಲು ಮೆಟ್ಟ್ಲುಗಳಿವೆ. ಸಾಗರ್ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತದಿಂದ 28 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಹುಬ್ಲಿ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು 130 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತ. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

9)ದಾಂಡೇಲಿ – ಮೋಜಿನ ತಾಣ ಕಳೆದ ಕೆಲವು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ದಾಂಡೇಲಿ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣವಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆಯುವ ಮಟ್ಟಕ್ಕೆ ತಲುಪಿದೆ. ಚಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಸೂಕ್ತವಾದ ಗುಡ್ಡಗಾಡು ಪ್ರದೇಶ, ಹೇರಳವಾಗಿರುವ ಹಸಿರು ಕಾಡುಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿಗಳಿಂದಾಗಿ ಇದು ರೋಮಾಂಚಕ ತಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ದಾಂಡೇಲಿಯ ಕಾಳಿ ನದಿ ದೋಣಿ ವಿಹಾರ ಮತ್ತು ಕಯಾಕಿಂಗ್ ಅವಕಾಶಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಹುಬ್ಬಳ್ಳಿ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ದಾಂಡೇಲಿಯಿಂದ 55 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ದಾಂಡೇಲಿ. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

10)ನಂದಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟ-ಸೌಂದರ್ಯದ ಉತ್ತುಂಗವನ್ನು ತಲುಪಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನ ಪೂರ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ಇರುವ ನಂದಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳು ತನ್ನ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರಿಗೆ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ತುದಿಗಳ ನೋಟಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಸರೋವರಗಳು, ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳ ರಮಣೀಯ ನೋಟವನ್ನೂ ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಯೆಂದರೆ ತಂಪಾದ ಮತ್ತು ಮಂಜಿನ ವಾತಾವರಣ, ಇದು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರನ್ನು ನಗರಗಳ ಏಕತಾನತೆ ಮತ್ತು ಶಬ್ದದಿಂದ ದೂರವಿರಿಸಿ ಹೊಸ ಜಗತ್ತಿಗೆ ಕರೆದೊಯ್ಯುತ್ತದೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ನಂದಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಿಂದ ಒಂದು ಗಂಟೆ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ನಂದಿ ಬೆಟ್ಟ. . (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

11)ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ ಕೋಟೆ – ಒಂದು ಬಲವರ್ಧಿತ ಕೋಟೆ ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ ಪಟ್ಟಣದಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಲೆಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ಈ ಮಹಾನ್ ಸ್ಮಾರಕವು ಪುರಾತತ್ವ ಅದ್ಭುತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಕೋಟೆಯು ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ಅಸ್ತಿತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಅಪಾರ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಮೌಲ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಈ ಕೋಟೆಯ ಸುತ್ತಲಿನ ಭೂದೃಶ್ಯವು ಎತ್ತರದ ಬೆಟ್ಟದಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಖರವು ಕಣಿವೆಯ ನೋಟವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಸ್ಥಳ ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ ರೈಲು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 200 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ದೂರವಿದೆ.

ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ ಕಜೋಟೆ. . (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

12)ಬಿಜಾಪುರ – ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ಧಾಮ ಬಿಜಾಪುರದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಮಸೀದಿಗಳು, ಅರಮನೆಗಳು, ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಆನಂದಿಸಬಹುದು. ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಾಜ್, ಬಿಜಾಪುರ ಕೋಟೆ ಮತ್ತು ಗಗನ್ ಮಹಲ್ ಇಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಕೆಲವು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ರಚನೆಗಳು. ಬಿಜಾಪುರವು ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವು ಸುಮಾರು 160 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

ಬಿಜಾಪುರ ಗೋಳಗುಮ್ಮಟ. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

13)ಚಿಕ್ಮಗಲೂರ್- ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಗೆ ಕೊರತೆಯಿಲ್ಲ ಚಿಕ್ಮಗಲೂರ್ ಬಹಳ ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಗಿರಿಧಾಮವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ನೋಡಲು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ರೋಮಾಂಚಕಾರಿ ಸಂಗತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಭವ್ಯವಾದ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟದ ಬೆಟ್ಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ಚಾರಣ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಲೂರಿನ ವಿವಿಧ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಯ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳು ಕುದ್ರೆಮುಖ ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಅಭಯಾರಣ್ಯ, ಹಸಿರು ಮುಲ್ಲಾಯನಗರಿ ಚಹಾ ತೋಟಗಳು, ಹೆಬ್ಬೆ ಜಲಪಾತ, ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಬಾಬಾ ಬುಡಾನ್ ಗಿರಿ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು, ಭದ್ರಾ ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನ ಮತ್ತು ಇನ್ನೂ ಅನೇಕ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಗಳು. ಚಿಕ್ಮಗಲೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದ ಕಾರ್ಯಗಳ ವ್ಯಾಪಕ ಆಯ್ಕೆ ಇದೆ. ಸರೋವರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಯಾಕಿಂಗ್‌ಗೆ ಹೋಗಬಹುದು ಅಥವಾ ಜಲ ಕ್ರೀಡೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು. ಭದ್ರಾ ಅಭಯಾರಣ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿನ ಟೈಗರ್ ರಿಸರ್ವ್ ಅನ್ನು ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸಲು ಸಫಾರಿ ಸವಾರಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಬಹುದು ಅಥವಾ ಹಚ್ಚ ಹಸಿರಿನ ಚಹಾ ತೋಟಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಚಾರಣಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗಬಹುದು. ಚಿಕ್ಮಗಲೂರು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ ರಸ್ತೆಯ ಮೂಲಕ ಸುಮಾರು 4 ಗಂಟೆಗಳಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು. (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

14)ಉಡುಪಿ – ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ರುಚಿ ಅರಬ್ಬಿ ಸಮುದ್ರ ಮತ್ತು ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟಗಳ ನಡುವೆ ಮರಳುಗಾರಿಕೆ ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಸಮೀಪದ ಉಡುಪಿ ಪಟ್ಟಣವು ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಆಹಾರ ಎಂಬ 2 ವಿಷಯಗಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ಉಡುಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸುಂದರ ಮತ್ತು ಬೃಹತ್ ಶ್ರೀ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನವು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತದ ಭಕ್ತರನ್ನು ಆಕರ್ಷಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ 100 ವರ್ಷಗಳಷ್ಟು ಹಳೆಯದಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ನಂಬಲಾದ ಶಿವ ದೇವಾಲಯವೂ ಇದೆ. ವಿಶಿಷ್ಟವಾದ ಉಡುಪಿ ಪರಿಮಳವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ರುಚಿಕರವಾದ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತದ ಆಹಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ “ಉಡುಪಿ ಪಾಕಪದ್ಧತಿ” ಆಹಾರ ಅಭಿಜ್ಞರಲ್ಲಿ ಮನೆಯ ಹೆಸರಾಗಿದೆ. ಉಡುಪಿ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣದಿಂದ 60 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇದು ತನ್ನದೇ ಆದ ರೈಲ್ವೆ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವಾದ ಉಡುಪಿ ರೈಲು ನಿಲ್ದಾಣವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ.

ಉಡುಪಿ . (ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

15) ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ – ಪವಿತ್ರ ಸ್ಥಳ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡುವ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾರತದ ತೀರ್ಥಯಾತ್ರೆಯ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಮಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ ಸುಮಾರು 162 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಿಂದ 497 ಕಿ.ಮೀ ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರನು ಶಿವನ ವಾಸಸ್ಥಾನ. ಈ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಪಟ್ಟಣವು ವಿಶ್ವದ ಎರಡನೇ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಶಿವ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ (123 ಅಡಿ) ಮತ್ತು ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಗೋಪುರ (249 ಅಡಿ) ಗೆ ಹೆಸರುವಾಸಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಮೂರು ಬದಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸಮುದ್ರವು ಕಂದುಕಾ ಗಿರಿ ಎಂಬ ಸಣ್ಣ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಮೇಲಿರುವ ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತುವರೆದಿದೆ. ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತವನ್ನು ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸಲು ಇದು ಉತ್ತಮ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ. ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಲು ಉತ್ತಮ ಸಮಯವೆಂದರೆ ನವೆಂಬರ್ ನಿಂದ ಫೆಬ್ರವರಿ.

ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ.(ಚಿತ್ರಕೃಪೆ: ಕೆಎಸ್​ಟಿಡಿಸಿ ವೆಬ್​ಸೈಟ್​)

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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣಗಳು | Historical Places Of Karnataka In Kannada

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣಗಳು Historical Places Of Karnataka In Kannada Karnatakada Aitihasika Tanagalu In Kannnada

Historical Places Of Karnataka In Kannada

ಈ ಲೇಖನಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಾವು ನಿಮಗೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ನೀವು ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಲವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಲು ಬಯಸಿದರೆ ನೀವು ನಮ್ಮ ಲೇಖನವನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಓದಬಹುದು ಹಾಗೂ ಇದರಲ್ಲಿನ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಬಹುದು.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣಗಳು

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯವು ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ನಗರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಕೆಲವು ಅದ್ಭುತವಾದ ಭೂರೂಪಗಳು, ಸಸ್ಯಗಳು, ಪ್ರಾಣಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಭಾವಶಾಲಿ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪರಂಪರೆಗೆ ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ರಾಜಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದ ಮತ್ತು ಭವ್ಯವಾದ ರಾಜವಂಶಗಳಿಗೆ ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿದೆ ಅವರು ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಪೀಳಿಗೆಗೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನಂಬಲಾಗದಷ್ಟು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪುರಾತತ್ತ್ವ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಸಂಪತ್ತನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯವು ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಶಿಲಾಯುಗದ ಯುಗದಿಂದ ಜನವಸತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿತ್ತು, ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ರಾಜ್ಯವು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಪ್ರಿಯರಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತದ ಇತರ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತಮ ಪರಿಶೋಧನೆಯ ಅನುಭವವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯವು ನಂದ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ, ಮೌರ್ಯ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ, ಶಾತವಾಹನ, ಕದಂಬ, ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಗಂಗ, ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯ, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕೂಟ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ, ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಚೋಳರಿಂದ ಆಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಅವರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಗೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಾದ ಕೋಟೆಗಳು, ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು, ಅರಮನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಬಹುದು.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳು

ಹಂಪಿಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ ನದಿಯ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ದಡದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಒಂದು ಸ್ಮಾರಕ ನಗರವಾಗಿದೆ ಇದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಂಪಿಯು ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಹೊಸಪೇಟೆ ಬಳಿ ಇದೆ. ಹಂಪಿ ನಗರವು ತನ್ನ ಅವಶೇಷಗಳಿಗೆ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ ಇದರಿಂದಾಗಿ ಇದು ಯುನೆಸ್ಕೋ ವಿಶ್ವ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ತಾಣದ ಸ್ಥಾನಮಾನವನ್ನು ಸಹ ಪಡೆದುಕೊಂಡಿದೆ. ಇತಿಹಾಸಕಾರರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಈ ನಗರವನ್ನು ಕ್ರಿ.ಶ 1336 ಮತ್ತು ಕ್ರಿ.ಶ 1570 ರ ನಡುವೆ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ರಾಜವಂಶದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ದೊರೆ ಕೃಷ್ಣದೇವರಾಯನ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಂಪಿಯ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವನ್ನು ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು. ಹಂಪಿ ಇಂದು ಅವಶೇಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೂ ಇದು ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದ ಸಂಕೇತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಮತ್ತು ದೊಡ್ಡದಾಗಿ ಕೆತ್ತಿದ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಪ್ರಪಂಚದಾದ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ 500 ಪುರಾತನ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು, ಸುಂದರವಾದ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು, ಗದ್ದಲದ ಬೀದಿ ಮಾರುಕಟ್ಟೆಗಳು, ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಅನೇಕ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳು ಹಂಪಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಇವೆ.

2. ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಕೋಟೆ 

ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಕೋಟೆಯನ್ನು 13 ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಯರಾಯರು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದರು. ಇದು ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ನಗರದ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಮತ್ತು ಇತಿಹಾಸದ ವಿವಿಧ ಅಂಶಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬೆರೆತಿರುವ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಕೋಟೆಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಇತಿಹಾಸವನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿಬಿಂಬಿಸುವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ತಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಕೋಟೆಯು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಈ ಕೋಟೆಯ ಪ್ರವೇಶದ್ವಾರದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಣಪತಿ ಮತ್ತು ದುರ್ಗಾ ದೇವಿಯ ಎರಡು ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿವೆ.

ಇದಲ್ಲದೇ ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಕೋಟೆಯ ಆವರಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ 108 ಜೈನ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು 101 ಶಿವ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಇದ್ದವು ಎಂದು ನಂಬಲಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಈ ಕೆಲವು ರಚನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದ ಕಲ್ಲುಗಳನ್ನು ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಜೈನ ಮತ್ತು ಶಿವ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಲ್ಲದೆ, ಕೋಟೆಯೊಳಗೆ ಜಾಮಿಯಾ ಮಸೀದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಸಫಾ ಮಸೀದಿ ಎಂಬ ಎರಡು ಮಸೀದಿಗಳಿವೆ. ಈ ಮಸೀದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮೊಘಲ್ ಮತ್ತು ಡೆಕ್ಕನಿ ಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮಿನಾರ್‌ಗಳು, ಗುಮ್ಮಟಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಮಾನುಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಈ ಕೋಟೆಯು ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಪ್ರಿಯರು ಮತ್ತು ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ ಪ್ರಿಯರಿಗೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣವಾಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

3. ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆ

ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಮೈಸೂರು ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಒಂದು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಕಟ್ಟಡವಾಗಿದೆ ಇದನ್ನು ಅಂಬಾ ವಿಲಾಸ ಅರಮನೆ ಎಂದೂ ಸಹ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆಯು ರಾಜಮನೆತನದ ಅರಮನೆಯಾಗಿತ್ತು ಮತ್ತು ಇಂದಿಗೂ ಈ ಅರಮನೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಅವರ ಹಕ್ಕು ಇದೆ. ಇಂಡೋ-ಸಾರ್ಸೆನಿಕ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದೂ ಇಸ್ಲಾಮಿಕ್ ಮತ್ತು ಗೋಥಿಕ್ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದ ಶೈಲಿಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಅರಮನೆಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಅರಮನೆಯು ದೊಡ್ಡ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನದಿಂದ ಆವೃತವಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಹಳೆಯ ಕೋಟೆಯೊಳಗೆ ಮೂರು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಟ್ಟಡಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆಯು ಭಾರತದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಆಕರ್ಷಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ, ಇದು ಖಂಡಿತವಾಗಿಯೂ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ.

4 . ಬೀದರ್ ಕೋಟೆ

ಬೀದರ್ ಕೋಟೆಯು ಬೀದರ್ ನ ಪ್ರಸ್ಥಭೂಮಿಯ ಅಂಚಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಇದು ಒಂದು. ಬೀದರ್ ಕೋಟೆಯನ್ನು 1428 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಹ್ಮದ್ ಷಾ ಬಹಮನಿ ಅವರು ಕೆಂಪು ಲ್ಯಾಟರೈಟ್ ಕಲ್ಲಿನಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದರು. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಈ ಭವ್ಯವಾದ ಕೋಟೆಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಪುರಾತನ ಕಾಲದ ಅನೇಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು ಈ ಕೋಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿವೆ, ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖವಾದವುಗಳೆಂದರೆ ಬಣ್ಣದ ಮಹಲ್, ತಖ್ತ್ ಮಹಲ್, ಜಾಮಿ ಮಸೀದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಹದಿನಾರು ಸ್ತಂಭಗಳ ಮಸೀದಿ. ಕೋಟೆಯ ಅಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ವೈಶಿಷ್ಟ್ಯವೆಂದರೆ ಕರೀಜ್ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುವ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ನೀರು ಸರಬರಾಜಿನ ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆ.

5. ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳದ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಮೇಲಿರುವ ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರನ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯು 57 ಅಡಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದು ವಿಶ್ವದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಎತ್ತರದ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡಲಾದ ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯನ್ನು 10 ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಂಗ ರಾಜವಂಶದ ರಾಜ ರಾಜಮಲ್ಲನ ಜನರಲ್ ಚಾಮುಂಡರಾಯ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ. ಈ ಬೃಹತ್ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತಿಯಿಂದಾಗಿ, ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳವನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಜೈನ ಯಾತ್ರಾಸ್ಥಳವೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

6. ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಜ್

ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಜ್ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಬೇಕಾದ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ಮಾರಕವಾಗಿದೆ. ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಜ್ ಮೊಹಮ್ಮದ್ ಆದಿಲ್ ಶಾ, ಅವರ ಗೆಳತಿ ರಂಭಾ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಅಂತಿಮ ವಿಶ್ರಾಂತಿ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳ ಗುಂಬಜ್ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೊಹಮ್ಮದ್ ಆದಿಲ್ ಷಾ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ ಕಥೆಯನ್ನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಇದನ್ನು ಬಿಜಾಪುರದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣವೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಜ್ ಇಸ್ಲಾಮಿಕ್ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದ ಒಂದು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಉದಾಹರಣೆಯಾಗಿದೆ, ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಡೆಕ್ಕನ್ ಪ್ರದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದನ್ನು ಕಾಬೂಲ್‌ನ ಫ್ರೆಂಚ್ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪಿ ಯಾಕುತ್ ಉಫ್ ದಾಬುಲ್ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

ಗೋಲ್ ಗುಂಬಜ್‌ನ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಕಾರ್ಯವು 1626 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಯಿತು ಮತ್ತು 1656 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಂಡಿತು ಮತ್ತು ಅದರ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣಕ್ಕೆ 30 ವರ್ಷಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿತು ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಬಹುದು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಈ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕವು ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಇಸ್ಲಾಮಿಕ್ ಅಥವಾ ಪರ್ಷಿಯನ್ ಶೈಲಿಯ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದ ಅಂಶಗಳಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿದೆ.

8. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅರಮನೆ

ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅರಮನೆಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಆಧುನಿಕ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಇದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡುವ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಒಡೆಯರ್ ರಾಜವಂಶದಿಂದ 1944 ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅರಮನೆಯು ಭವ್ಯವಾದ ಮರದ ಕೆತ್ತನೆಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಟ್ಯೂಡರ್ ಶೈಲಿಯ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದಿಂದ ಅಲಂಕರಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ. ರಾಜಾ ಚಾಮರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ಒಡೆಯರ್ ಅವರು ಲಂಡನ್‌ನ ವಿಂಡ್ಸರ್ ಕ್ಯಾಸಲ್‌ನಿಂದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅರಮನೆಯನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲು ಪ್ರೇರೇಪಿಸಿದರು ಎಂದು ನಂಬಲಾಗಿದೆ. ವಾಸ್ತವವಾಗಿ ಈ ಅರಮನೆಯು ಆಧುನಿಕ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಮತ್ತು ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅರಮನೆಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ವಿವಿಧ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳು, ರಾಕ್ ಶೋಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಮದುವೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಸ್ಥಳಾವಕಾಶವನ್ನು ಒದಗಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ಅರಮನೆಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡುವುದರಿಂದ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಶಕ್ತಿಶಾಲಿ ರಾಜವಂಶದ ವೈಭವವನ್ನು ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸುವ ಅವಕಾಶವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.

9. ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಾಲಯ 

ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ದೊರೆಗಳು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಾಲಯವು ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿನ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ನಾಲ್ಕು ಅವತಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ವಿಜಯನಾರಾಯಣನಿಗೆ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತವಾದ ಭವ್ಯವಾದ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ದೇವಾಲಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಾಲಯದ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವು ಕ್ರಿ.ಶ.1116 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಯಿತು ಮತ್ತು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ದಾಖಲೆಗಳ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಇದರ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಪೂರ್ಣಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಸುಮಾರು 103 ವರ್ಷಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿತು. ತಲಕಾಡಿನ ಮಹಾ ಯುದ್ಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಚೋಳರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೊಯ್ಸಳರ ವಿಜಯದ ನೆನಪಿಗಾಗಿ ಈ ದೇವಾಲಯವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ನಂಬಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಮಹಾನ್ ಗುರು ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಾನುಜಾಚಾರ್ಯರ ಪ್ರಭಾವದಿಂದ ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ ವೈಷ್ಣವ ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದಾಗ ಇದನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ ಎಂದು ಕೆಲವರು ನಂಬುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಚೆನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಾಲಯವು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಪುರಾತನ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿರುವ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ದೇವಾಲಯವಾಗಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಈ ದೇವಾಲಯವು ಮುಖ್ಯ ದೇವಾಲಯದ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಅನೇಕ ಸಣ್ಣ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು, ಮಂಟಪಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಇತರ ರಚನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ.

10. ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ

ಹಲಸೂರು ಹೊರವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯವು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪುರಾತನ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಿಂದೂ ದೇವರಾದ ಶಿವನಿಗೆ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತವಾಗಿರುವ ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯವು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹಳೆಯ ದೇವಾಲಯವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದು ಸುಮಾರು 1000 ವರ್ಷಗಳಷ್ಟು ಹಳೆಯದು ಎಂದು ನಂಬಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಪಟ್ಟಿ ಮಾಡಲಾದ ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯವು ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿರಿಯ ಕೆಂಪೇಗೌಡ ರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪುನರುಜ್ಜೀವನಗೊಂಡಿತು. ದೇವಾಲಯದ ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ಗಮನಾರ್ಹವಾದ ಶಿಲ್ಪಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಂಬಗಳು, ಗೋಪುರಗಳು, ಮಂಟಪ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಅನೇಕ ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ಸಹ ಕಾಣಬಹುದು. ಸೋಮೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನವು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅಂತಹ ಒಂದು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ, ಇದು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿಗರು, ಭಕ್ತರು ಹಾಗೂ ಇತಿಹಾಸ ಪ್ರೇಮಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕಲಾ ಪ್ರೇಮಿಗಳ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆ ಮತ್ತು ನಂಬಿಕೆಯ ಕೇಂದ್ರವಾಗಿ ಉಳಿದಿದೆ.

11. ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಗುಹೆಗಳು

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಗುಹೆಗಳು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಗುಹೆಗಳನ್ನು 6 ರಿಂದ 8 ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ಅವಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಲ್ಲವ ರಾಜವಂಶದ ಅರಸರು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದರು. ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಗುಹೆಯು ವಿಷ್ಣುವಿಗೆ ಸಮರ್ಪಿತವಾದ ದೇವಾಲಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಗುಹೆಗಳಿವೆ ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರು ಹಿಂದೂ ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿವೆ ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು ಜೈನ ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದೆ. ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯ ರಾಜವಂಶದ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುವ ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಗುಹೆಗಳನ್ನು ದ್ರಾವಿಡ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದ ಸಾರಾಂಶವೆಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಪ್ರಸ್ತುತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದೆಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ನೀವು ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಲು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳನ್ನು ಹುಡುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೆ ನೀವು ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಗುಹೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಬೇಕು.

12 . ಪಟ್ಟದಕಲ್ಲು

ಪಟ್ಟದಕಲ್ಲು ಯುನೆಸ್ಕೋ ವಿಶ್ವ ಪರಂಪರೆಯ ತಾಣಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪಟ್ಟಿಮಾಡಲಾದ ವಿವಿಧ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳ ಸಮೂಹವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಪುರಾತತ್ತ್ವ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಪ್ರಾಮುಖ್ಯತೆಗೆ ಹೆಸರುವಾಸಿಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಇತಿಹಾಸಕಾರರ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ಪಟ್ಟದಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳು 7 ಮತ್ತು 8 ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯ ರಾಜವಂಶದ ಅಡಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟವು. ಪಟ್ಟದಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂಬತ್ತು ಹಿಂದೂ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಒಂದು ಜೈನ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಸೇರಿವೆ. ಈ ಪುರಾತನ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಕೇಂದ್ರಬಿಂದು ವಿರೂಪಾಕ್ಷ ದೇವಾಲಯವಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಇದನ್ನು 740 ರಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಣಿ ಲೋಕಮಹಾದೇವಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದಳು. ಪಟ್ಟದಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಪ್ರತಿಯೊಂದು ದೇವಾಲಯವು ಅದರ ಕೆತ್ತನೆಗಳು, ಶಿಲ್ಪಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಆಕಾರಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಆಹ್ಲಾದಕರ ಸಾಕ್ಷಿ ಅನುಭವವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ, ಇದು ಅಸಾಧಾರಣ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ತಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ.

13. ರಾಜ ಸಮಾಧಿ 

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ರಾಜರ ಸಮಾಧಿಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಗಿರಿಧಾಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ ಕೂರ್ಗ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ರಾಜ ಸಮಾಧಿಯನ್ನು 1820 ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾಯಿತು ಈ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಮಾರಕವು ಪ್ರಮುಖವಾದ ಇಂಡೋ-ಸಾರ್ಸೆನಿಕ್ ಶೈಲಿಯ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪವನ್ನು ಚಿತ್ರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ ಮತ್ತು ರಾಜಮನೆತನದ ಕೊಡವರ ಮರ್ತ್ಯ ಅವಶೇಷಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಸಮಾಧಿಯ ಒಳಗೆ ರಾಜನು ಶಿವನನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಕಾಣಬಹುದು, ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ರಾಜನು ಹಿಂದೂ ಧರ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದವನು. ರಾಜನ ಸಮಾಧಿಯ ಸಮೀಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಬ್ಬರು ಕೆಚ್ಚೆದೆಯ ರಾಜ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸಮಾಧಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗಿದೆ, ಅವರು ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ಜೊತೆ ಹೋರಾಡಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಾಣವನ್ನು ತ್ಯಾಗ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎಂದು ಹೇಳಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.

1. ಅಂಬಾ ವಿಲಾಸ ಅರಮನೆ ಎಂದು ಯಾವುದನ್ನು ಕೆರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ?

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2. ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳ ದ ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯು ಎಷ್ಟು ಅಡಿ ಎತ್ತರವಿದೆ

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3. ಬೀದರ್‌ ಕೋಟೆಯನ್ನು ಯಾರು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದರು?

ಬೀದರ್ ಕೋಟೆಯನ್ನು 1428 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅಹ್ಮದ್ ಷಾ ಬಹಮನಿ ಅವರು ಕೆಂಪು ಲ್ಯಾಟರೈಟ್ ಕಲ್ಲಿನಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದರು.

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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಈ ಲೇಖನದಲ್ಲಿಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಲಾಗಿದೆ ಇದು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿದ್ದು ಇದರ ಸದುಪಯೋಗವನ್ನು ವೀಕ್ಷಕರು ಪಡೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳು

ಇದು ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ನೊಳಂಬರ ಕಾಲದ ಭೋಗ ನಂದೀಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಮಹಾತ್ಮಾ ಗಾಂಧಿಜಿ ಭೇಟಿ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದರು . ಅವರು ತಂಗಿದ್ದ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ ಗಾಂಧಿ ನಿಲಯ ಎನ್ನುವರು .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಿಂಗಹ್ಯಾಮ್‌ನಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಿತವಾದ ಓಕ್‌ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ ಕಟ್ಟಡವಿದೆ .

Tourist Places in Karnataka in Kannada

ಇದು ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಅರಸರ ಮೊದಲನೇ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ

ಇದು ಕೊಪ್ಪಳ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ರಂಗನಾಥ ದೇವಾಲಯ , ಗಗನ ಮಹಲ್ , ಅಂಜನಾ ಪರ್ವತವಿದೆ .

ಹನುಮಂತನಿಗೆ ಜನ್ಮ ನೀಡಿದ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ .

Places to Visit in Karnataka

ಕೊಡಗು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ರಾಜೀವಗಾಂಧಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನ ಇದೆ .

ಆನೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪಳಗಿಸುವ ಕೇಂದ್ರವಿದೆ .

ಕಪಿಲಾ ನದಿ ದಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲಿದೆ .

ಮೈಸೂರಿನಿಂದ 23 ಕಿ.ಮೀ.ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ನಂಜುಂಡೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯವಿದೆ .

ಮಂಡ್ಯ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಸಿನ ಪ್ರಪ್ರಥಮ ಧ್ವಜ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ ನಡೆದ ಸ್ಥಳ

ಇದರ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಸ್ಥಾನವನ್ನು ಟಿ.ಸಿದ್ಧಲಿಂಗಯ್ಯ ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು .

ಇದು ವಿಜಯಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ನದಿಗೆ ಆಣೆಕಟ್ಟನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಲಾಗಿದೆ .

ಈ ಆಣೆಕಟ್ಟಿನ ಜಲಾಶಯಕ್ಕೆ ಲಾಲಬಹದ್ದೂರ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರೀ ಸಾಗರ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ಗೋಕಾಕ್ ಜಲಪಾತ

ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗೋಕಾಕ್ ಪಟ್ಟಣದ ಬಳಿ ಇದೆ .

ಈ ಜಲಪಾತ 178 ಅಡಿಗಳ ಎತ್ತರದಿಂದ ಧುಮುಕುತ್ತದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ನಯಾಗರ ಜಲಪಾತಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಲಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ .

ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳ

ಗಂಗರ ಕಾಲದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದ್ದು

ಇದು ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ 58 ಅಡಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ ಮೂರ್ತಿ ಇದೆ .

TOP 10 Tourist Places In Karnataka

ಮೌರ್ಯ ದೊರೆ ಚಂದ್ರಗುಪ್ತ ಮೌರ್ಯ ಜೈನಮುನಿ ಭದ್ರಬಾಹುವಿನೊಂದಿಗೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದು ಸಲ್ಲೇಖನ ವೃತ ಕೈಗೊಂಡ ಎಂಬ ಉಲ್ಲೇಖವಿದೆ .

ಈ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಚಾವುಂಡರಾಯನು ಅರಿಷ್ಠ ನೇಮಿಯಿಂದ ಕೆತ್ತಿಸಿದನು .

ಇದು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಸಾಗರ ತಾಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಗೇರುಸೊಪ್ಪ ಜಲಪಾತವೆಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ .

ಶರಾವತಿ ನದಿಯ 253 ಮೀಟರ್ ಎತ್ತರದಿಂದ ಧುಮ್ಮಿಕ್ಕಿ ಈ ಜಲಪಾತವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದೆ . ರಾಜಾ , ರಾಣಿ , ರೋರರ್ , ರಾಕೆಟ್ ಎಂಬ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಭಾಗಗಳಾಗಿ ಧುಮುಕುತ್ತವೆ .

ಇದು ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕಿತ್ತೂರು ಮನೆತನದ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ

ರಾಣಿಚೆನ್ನಮ್ಮ ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷರ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಹೋರಾಟ ಮಾಡಿದಳು .

ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕೆಳದಿ ಮನೆತನದ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು .

ಇದು ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಗಂಗರ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು .

ಮಹಾತ್ಮಾಗಾಂಧಿ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ ನಡೆಯಿತು .

ಈ ಸಮ್ಮೇಳನ 1924 ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯಿತು .

ರಕ್ಕಸತಂಗಡಗಿ

ವಿಜಯಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಮುದ್ದೇಬಿಹಾಳ ತಾಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಈ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ತಾಳಿಕೋಟಿ ಯುದ್ಧ ನಡೆಯಿತು .

ಇದು ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಬೇಲೂರು ತಾಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕನ್ನಡದ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಶಾಸನ ಲಭ್ಯವಾದ ಸ್ಥಳ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ವೀರಭದ್ರೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯದ ಎದುರಿಗೆ ಹಡಿ ಶಾಸನ ಕಂಡು ಬರುತ್ತದೆ .

ಹಲ್ಮಡಿ ಶಾಸನವು ಪೂರ್ವದ ಹಳಗನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ವಿಜಯಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಇಂಡಿ ತಾಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕೂಟರ ಕಾಲದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ವಿದ್ಯಾಕೇಂದ್ರವಾಗಿದೆ . ಹಲಗಲಿ

ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಮುಧೋಳ ತಾಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಇದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ

ನಾಡಪ್ರಭು ಮಾಗಡಿ ಕೆಂಪೇಗೌಡರಿಂದ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಲಾಲ್‌ಭಾಗ್ , ಕಬ್ಬನ್‌ಪಾರ್ಕ್ , ವಿಧಾನಸೌಧ ಇದೆ .

ಟಿಪ್ಪುಸುಲ್ತಾನ ಬೇಸಿಗೆ ಅರಮನೆ ಇದೆ .

ಇದು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ನೇತ್ರಾವತಿ ನದಿಯ ದಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲಿದೆ .

ಇದು ಮೊದಲು ಕುಡುಮ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು .

ಮಂಜುನಾಥ ದೇವಾಲಯವಿದೆ . * ಮಂಜೂಸಾ ವಸ್ತುಸಂಗ್ರಹಾಲಯವಿದೆ .

ಶಿವನ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ , ಚಂದ್ರನಾಥ ಜೈನ ಬಸದಿ , ಗೊಮ್ಮಟೇಶ್ವರ ವಿಗ್ರಹಗಳಿವೆ .

ಬಹುಮನಿ ಅರಸರ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು .

ಬಂದೇನವಾಜ್ ದರ್ಗಾ , ಶರಣಬಸಪ್ಪ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ , ಬೌದ್ಧ ವಿಹಾರಗಳಿವೆ .

ಇದು ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತದ ಚಿರಾಪುಂಜಿ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತರಮಣೀಯ ದೃಶ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಕಾಳಿಂಗಸರ್ಪಗಳ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಎನ್ನುವರು .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾರತದ ಏಕೈಕ ಹರಿಧ್ವರ್ಣವನ ಸಂಶೋಧನಾ ಕೇಂದ್ರವಿದೆ .

ಇದು ಕೊಡಗು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದು .

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಹುಲಿ , ಚಿರತೆ , ಕಾಡಾನೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಅಭಯಾರಣ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಕೇಶವ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ಕಾಲದ ದೇವಾಲಯವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನವಿದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ರಾಜೀವಗಾಂಧಿ ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಪಾರ್ಕ್ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವರು .

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ಇದನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಎನ್ನುವರು .

ಚಾಮುಂಡೇಶ್ವರಿ ದೇವಿಯಿಂದ ಸಂಹಾರವಾದ ಮಹಿಷಾಸುರನಿಂದ ಈ ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಮೈಸೂರು ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರು ಬಂದಿದೆ .

ತಮಿಳು ಗ್ರಂಥಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಎರು ವೈನಾಡು ಎಂದು ಮೈಸೂರಿಗೆ ಕರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ .

ಮೈಸೂರು ಜಗತ್ತಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ಅರಮನೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ .

ಮೈಸೂರು ಬಳಿ ವಿಶ್ವವಿಖ್ಯಾತಿಯ ಕೃಷ್ಣರಾಜಸಾಗರ ಆಣೆಕಟ್ಟು ಇದೆ.

ಗದಗ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರ ಕಾಲದ ಕಾಶಿ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಕಂಡು ಬರುತ್ತದೆ .

karnataka pramuka pravasi kendragalu

ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಭಾರತದ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳ ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲೆಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ದುರ್ಗಾ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಕಂಡು ಬರುತ್ತದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಶಾಸನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆರ್ಯಪುರವೆಂದು ಉಲ್ಲೇಖವಿದೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ರವಿಕೀರ್ತಿ ಕೆತ್ತಿಸಿದ ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದ ಐಹೊಳೆ ಶಾಸನವಿದೆ .

Best Places to Visit in Karnataka

ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರ ಮಹಾದೇವ ದೇವಾಲಯವಿದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳ ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ಮದರಸ ವಿದ್ಯಾಕೇಂದ್ರವಿದೆ .

ನಾನಕ ಝರಾ ಗುರುದ್ವಾರವಿದೆ .

ನರಸಿಂಹ ದೇವಾಲಯವಿದೆ .

ಶಂಕರಾಚಾರ್ಯರು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದ ಶಾರದಾ ಪೀಠವಿದೆ .

ವಿದ್ಯಾಶಂಕರ ದೇವಾಲಯವಿದೆ .

ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಋಗ್ವದ ಪೀಠ ಎಂತಲೂ ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ಇದು ತುಂಗಾ ನದಿಯ ದಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲಿದೆ .

ಶ್ರೀರಂಗಪಟ್ಟಣ

ಮೈಸೂರು ನಗರದಿಂದ 18 ಕಿ.ಮೀ. ದೂರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕಾವೇರಿ ನದಿಯ ದಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಈ ನಗರವಿದೆ .

ಶ್ರೀ ರಂಗನಾಥ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಟಿಪ್ಪು ಸುಲ್ತಾನ್ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ ಶ್ರೀರಂಗಪಟ್ಟಣದಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಇದು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಪಕ್ಷಿಧಾಮವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಇದು ಕಾವೇರಿನದಿಯ ದಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲಿದೆ .

ಇದು ಹಾಸನ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೆ . 900

ಇದು ಕ್ರಿ.ಶ. 1117 ರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣವಾಗಿದ್ದು , 2017 ಕ್ಕೆ 9 ವರ್ಷ ಪೂರೈಸಿದೆ .

ಹೊಯ್ಸಳರ ಕಾಲದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪ ಕೇಂದ್ರಗಳು

ಶ್ರೀ ಚನ್ನಕೇಶವ ದೇವಾಲಯವನ್ನು ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದನು .

ಕುವೆಂಪು ‘ ಕಲೆ ಬಲೆ ” ಎಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ . ದರಿಯಾ ದೌಲತ್

ಚಿದಾನಂದಮೂರ್ತಿಯವರು ಎಂದಿದ್ದಾರೆ . ‘ ಕಲೆಯ ತೀರ್ಥಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ ‘

ಇದು ಕದಂಬರ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ .

ಇದು ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ವರದಾ ನದಿಯ ಎಡದಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲಿದೆ .

ಶಾಸನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದೆ ವನವಾಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮಹಾಭಾರತದಲ್ಲಿ ವೈಜಯಂತಿಪುರ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗಿದೆ

ಮಧುಕೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಪಂಪ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರತಿವರ್ಷ ಬನವಾಸಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರದಾನ ಮಾಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ .

ಈ ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಅಶೋಕನು ಬೌದ್ಧ ಧರ್ಮದ ಪ್ರಚಾರಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ರಕ್ಷಿತನನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಿದನು . ಆ ಮೂಡಬಿದರೆ

ಇಲ್ಲಿ 1000 ಕಂಬಗಳ ಬಸದಿ ಇದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಜೈನರ ಕಾಶಿ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ತುಳುವಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬೇದ್ರ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವರು .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ 18 ಜೈನರ ಬಸಿದಿಗಳಿವೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ 8 ನೇ ತೀರ್ಥಂಕರನಾದ ಚಂದ್ರನಾಥರ ಪಂಚ ಲೋಹದ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಪೂಜಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಬ್ರಿಟಿಷರ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿತ್ತಾಲದುರ್ಗ್ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು .

ಇದು ಏಳು ಸುತ್ತಿನ ಕೋಟೆ ಹೊಂದಿದ ನಗರ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಓಬವ್ವನ ಕಿಂಡಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಹೊಂದಿದೆ .

ಸಂಪಿಗೆ ಸಿದ್ಧೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯ , ಸುಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯ ದೇವಾಲಯ , ಉಚ್ಚಂಗೆಮ್ಮನ ದೇವಾಲಯ ಇದೆ .

ಇದು ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ.ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ದಂಡೆಯ ಮೇಲಿದೆ .

ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಆಗಿತ್ತು .

ಕಡಲೇಕಾಳು ಗಣೇಶ , ಸಾಸಿವೆಕಾಳು ಗಣೇಶ , ವಿರೂಪಾಕ್ಷ ದೇವಾಲಯ , ಹಜಾರ ರಾಮಸ್ವಾಮಿ ದೇವಾಲಯ , ಕೃಷ್ಣಸ್ವಾಮಿ ದೇವಾಲಯ , ಗಜಶಾಲೆ , ಕಮಲ ಮಹಲ್ , ಮಹಾನವಮಿ ದಿಬ್ಬ ಇವುಗಳು ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಣೀಯ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಾಗಿವೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಮೊದಲು ಕಿಷ್ಕಂದೆ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು .

ಇದು 1986 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಯುನೆಸ್ಕೋ ವಿಶ್ವಪರಂಪರೆ ಪಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿದೆ .

ಇದು ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು .

ಇದನ್ನು ವಾತಾಪಿ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುವರು .

ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಗುಹಾಂತರ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿವೆ .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಪ್ಪೆ ಅರಭಟ್ಟನ ಶಾಸನ ಕಾಣಬಹುದು .

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾದ ಬನಶಂಕರಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನವಿದೆ .

ವಿದುರಾಶ್ವತ್ಥ

ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗೌರಿಬಿದನೂರ ತಾಲೂಕಿನಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಈ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಧ್ವಜ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ ನಡೆಯಿತು .

ಇದನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಜಲಿಯನವಾಲಾಬಾಗ್ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ಇದು ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿದೆ .

ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ ಮತ್ತು ಮಲಪ್ರಭಾ ನದಿಗಳು ಕೂಡುವ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ .

ಬಸವೇಶ್ವರರ ಐಕ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಳ ,

ಅಂತರರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಬಸವ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಕೇಂದ್ರ

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪ್ಪಿನ ಸತ್ಯಾಗ್ರಹ ನಡೆದಿದೆ .

ಇದರ ನಾಯಕತ್ವ ಎಂ.ಪಿ.ನಾಡಕರ್ಣಿಯವರು ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದರು .

ಕೆಳದಿ ಅರಸರ ಎರಡನೇ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು .

ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ಅಘೋರೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿವೆ .

ಭಾರತಬಿಟ್ಟು ತೊಲಗಿ ಚಳುವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ ಘೋಷಣೆ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ಪ್ರಥಮ ಗ್ರಾಮ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳು ಪ್ರಬಂಧ

ಕನಕದಾಸರ ಆರಾಧ್ಯ ದೈವವಾದ ಆದಿಕೇಶವನ ನೆಲವಿದು

ಕನಕದಾಸರ ಸಮಾಧಿ ಇದೆ .

ದ್ವಾರ ಸಮುದ್ರ

ಇದು ಹೊಯ್ಸಳರ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಯ್ಸಳೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯವಿದೆ .

ಇದನ್ನು ಈಗ ಹಳೆಬೀಡು ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ .

ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳು

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ಉಡುಪಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳು

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ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡುವವರಿಗೆ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ, ಇತಿಹಾಸ, ಬೀಚ್, ಆದ್ಯಾತ್ಮಿಕದ ಮಿಶ್ರಣ ಸಿಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡಲೇಬೇಕಾದ ಹತ್ತು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ತಾಣಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಾವು ಈ ಲೇಖನದಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇವೆ.

1. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಭಾರತದ ಐಟಿ ಉದ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೆ ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿರುವ, ವೇಗವಾಗಿ ಬೆಳೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಸಮೃದ್ಧ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಮಗೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಯುವ ಉದ್ಯಮಿಗಳು ಸಿಗಬಹುದು. ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನು ನೋಡಲು ಕಾರಣವೆಂದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಗ್ರೀನರಿ, ಬಿಲ್ಡಿಂಗ್ ಮತ್ತು ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನಗಳು. ಆದರೂ ಈ ದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಟ್ರಾಫಿಕ್ ಜಾಮ್ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಯಾಗಿದೆ.

ಭಾರತದ ಉತ್ತಮ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಂಪೆ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಹಂಪೆ ವಿಜಯನಗರ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಕ್ಯಾಪಿಟಲ್ ನಗರವಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಅವಶೇಷಗಳು, ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ, ಸ್ಮಾರಕ, ದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಂಡೆಗಳು ಸಿಗುತ್ತವೆ. 14ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಅವಶೇಷಗಳು ಇಲ್ಲಿ 14 ಕಿಲೋಮೀಟರ್ ಒಳಗೆ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ 500ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಸ್ಮಾರಕಗಳಿದ್ದು, ಪ್ರಾಚೀನ ಸ್ಥಳದ ಶಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

3. ಬಾದಾಮಿ, ಐಹೊಳೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪಟ್ಟದಕಲ್ಲು.

ಹಂಪಿಗೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿದಾಗ ಬಾದಾಮಿ , ಐಹೊಳೆ ಮತ್ತು ಪಟ್ಟದಕಲ್ಲಿಗೂ ಅಡ್ಡ ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವುದು ಯೋಗ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಲ್ಕರಿಂದ ಎಂಟನೇ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದ್ದ ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯರ ಯುಗದ ಸ್ಮಾರಕ, ದೇವಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಅವಶೇಷಗಳು ಸಮೃದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ಚಾಲುಕ್ಯ ಶೈಲಿಯ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪವು ಐಹೊಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. ಈಗ ಇಲ್ಲಿ 125 ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿವೆ. ಭಾರತದ ಗುಹೆಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಾದಾಮಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ.

4. ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ ಕೋಟೆ.

ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗದ ಕೋಟೆಯನ್ನು 15 ಮತ್ತು 16ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದ ನಡುವೆ ಪಾಳೇಗಾರ ನಾಯಕರು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ನಂತರ ಇದನ್ನು ನಾಯಕರನ್ನು ಸೋಲಿಸಿದ ಹೈದರ್ ಆಲಿ ವಿಸ್ತರಿಸಿದನು. ಈ ಕೋಟೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕೋಟೆಯಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಗ್ರೆನೇಡ್ ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಮೇಲೆ ಇದೆ. 19 ಗೇಟ್ ವೇ, 35 ರಹಸ್ಯ ಪ್ರವೇಶದ್ವಾರಗಳು, 4 ಅಗೋಚರ ಹಾದಿಗಳು, 2000 ಕಾವಲು ಗೋಪುರಗಳು, ಮೇಲಿನ ಕೋಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹದಿನೆಂಟು ದೇವಾಲಯ ಮತ್ತು ಕೆಳಗಿನ ಕೋಟೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ದೇವಾಲಯವಿದೆ.

ಮೈಸೂರು ರಾಜಮನೆತನದ ಪರಂಪರೆಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ನಗರದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಆಕರ್ಷಣೆ ಎಂದರೆ ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆ . ಇನ್ನು ಮೈಸೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ಆಸಕ್ತಿದಾಯಕ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ಮತ್ತು ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿವೆ. ಮೈಸೂರು ಜೂ ಭಾರತದ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಮೃಗಾಲಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧ, ಮೈಸೂರು ಪಾಕಿಗೆ ಮೈಸೂರು ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ.

6. ನಾಗರಹೊಳೆ.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ನಾಗರಹೊಳೆ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಆನೆಗಳ ಸ್ವಾಭಾವಿಕ ಜೀವನ ನೋಡಲು ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ತಾಣವಾಗಿದೆ. ನಾಗರಹೊಳೆ ಹಾಳಾಗದ ಅರಣ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದ್ದು, ಪ್ರಶಾಂತ ಕಾಡು, ಹೊಳೆ, ಸರೋವರಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದೆ. ನಾಗರಹೊಳೆಯನ್ನು ಜೀಪ್ ಸವಾರಿ ಮೂಲಕ ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸಬಹುದು.

7. ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು.

ದೇಶೀಯ ಪ್ರವಾಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯವಾಗಿರುವ ತಾಣ ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು . ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಘಟ್ಟದ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿರುವ ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಕಾಫಿ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾದ ಮುಳ್ಳಯ್ಯನಗಿರಿ ಶಿಖರವು ಇಲ್ಲೇ ಇದೆ. ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಾ ಜಲಪಾತ, ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಅಭಯಾರಣ್ಯಗಳಿವೆ.

ಯಗಚಿ ನದಿಯ ದಡದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಬೇಲೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದ ಅನೇಕ ಅದ್ಭುತ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳಿವೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ವಾಸ್ತುಶಿಲ್ಪದ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಉದಾಹರಣೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಚೋಳರ ಮೇಲೆ ಹೊಯ್ಸಳರ ವಿಜಯದ ನೆನಪಿಗಾಗಿ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲಾದ ಮುಖ್ಯ ದೇವಾಲಯವು 103 ವರ್ಷ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಲು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡಿತ್ತು. 14ನೇ ಶತಮಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬೇಲೂರನ್ನು ಮೊಘಲರು ಆಕ್ರಮಣ ಮಾಡಿದ ಕಾರಣ, ಹೊಯ್ಸಳ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯು ಹಳೇಬೀಡಿಗೆ ಸ್ಥಳಾಂತರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು.

9. ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳ.

ಜೈನ ಧರ್ಮದ ಬಾಹುಬಲಿಯ ಐದು ಅತ್ಯುನ್ನತ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ನೆಲೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಶ್ರವಣಬೆಳಗೊಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಇರುವ ಬಾಹುಬಲಿಯ ಮೂರ್ತಿಯು, ಒಂದೇ ಬಂಡೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆತ್ತಿದ ಏಕಶಿಲೆಯ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಮೇಲಿರುವ ಈ ಸ್ಥಳಕ್ಕೆ 600ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಮೆಟ್ಟಿಲುಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಬರಿಗಾಲಿನ ಏರಿಕೆಯ ಅಗತ್ಯವಿದೆ. ಪ್ರತಿಮೆಯ ಬುಡದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಸುವ ಸಮಾರಂಭ ಮತ್ತು ಆಚರಣೆಗಳು ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿದೆ.

10. ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ.

ವಿಶ್ವದ ಎರಡನೇ ಅತಿ ಎತ್ತರದ ಶಿವನ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕರಾವಳಿಯ ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರದಲ್ಲಿದೆ . ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯದ ಗೋಪುರವು 249ಅಡಿ ಎತ್ತರವಿದ್ದು, ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಎತ್ತರದ ಗೋಪುರವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರೇ, ಈ ಪ್ರವಾಸ ಲೇಖನದ ಮೇಲಿನ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯವನ್ನು ಕಮೆಂಟ್ ಬಾಕ್ಸ್‌ನಲ್ಲಿ ತಿಳಿಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ಈ ಲೇಖನವನ್ನು ಶೇರ್ ಮಾಡಿ ಸಹಕರಿಸಿ.

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ಈ ಪ್ರಬಂಧದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದು ನಾವು ನಿಮಗೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ನೀಡಿದ್ದೇವೆ. ಈ ಪ್ರಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಓದುವುದರಿಂದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇನಷ್ಟು ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ತಿಳಿದುಕೊಳ್ಳಬಹುದು.

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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ಭಾರತದ ಸುಂದರವಾದ ಮತ್ತು ವಿಶಾಲವಾದ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇದು ಕೃಷಿ ಮತ್ತು ಉತ್ಪನ್ನಗಳಿಗೆ ಬಹಳ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ. ಭಾರತದ ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯವು ಕೃಷಿ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಜನರ ಆದಾಯ ಕೃಷಿ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಎಂಬ ಪದವೇ ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಎಂದರ್ಥ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಜವಾಗಿಯೂ ಇದು ಒಂದು ದೊಡ್ಡ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಎಲ್ಲ ಸೌಲಭ್ಯಗಳು ಲಭ್ಯವಿವೆ.

ವಿಷಯ ವಿಸ್ತಾರ:

ಭಾರತದ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ, ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಪರಂಪರೆಯು ಇದನ್ನು ವಿಭಿನ್ನ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಪೂರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಹೆಸರು ಮೈಸೂರು ಎಂದಾಗಿತ್ತು. ಆದರೆ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಹೆಸರಿಸಿದ ನಂತರ, 1973 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಅದರ ಹೆಸರನ್ನು ಮೈಸೂರಿನಿಂದ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಎಂದು ಮರು ನಾಮಕರಣ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು.. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು 1 ನವೆಂಬರ್ 1956 ರಂದು ಭಾರತದ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಯಿತು.  ಬೆಂಗಳೂರನ್ನು ರಾಜಧಾನಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಯಿತು.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅಧಿಕೃತ ಭಾಷೆ ಕನ್ನಡ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಬಹುತೇಕರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಮಾತ್ರ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ಅನೇಕ ಜನರು ಉರ್ದು, ತಮಿಳು, ತೆಲುಗು, ಹಿಂದಿ ಮತ್ತು ಇಂಗ್ಲಿಷ್ ಭಾಷೆಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಜಾನಪದ ನೃತ್ಯಗಳೆಂದರೆ ‘ಯಕ್ಷಗಾನ’ ಮತ್ತು ‘ಡೊಳ್ಳು ಕುಣಿತ’, ಇವುಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯುವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಥವಾ ಮದುವೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಹಳ ಸಡಗರದಿಂದ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಈ ನೃತ್ಯವು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ನೃತ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಆಹಾರವು ತುಂಬಾ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ, ಇಲ್ಲಿ ದೋಸೆ, ಇಡ್ಲಿ, ಸಾಂಬಾರ್, ಅನ್ನವನ್ನು ಸಹ ತಿನ್ನಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಮತ್ತು ಮೊಸರು, ತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ, ಹುಣಸೆಹಣ್ಣು ಮತ್ತು ಟೊಮೆಟೊವನ್ನು ಬೆರೆಸಿ ಆಹಾರವನ್ನು ಸೇವಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಇದು ತುಂಬಾ ರುಚಿಕರವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.

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ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಪ್ರವಾಸಿ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳಿವೆ. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು, ಹಂಪಿ, ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ, ಮೈಸೂರು ಅರಮನೆ, ಲಾಲ್‌ಬಾಗ್ ಸಸ್ಯೋದ್ಯಾನ, ಬನ್ನೇರುಘಟ್ಟ ಜೈವಿಕ ಉದ್ಯಾನವನ, ಶ್ರೀ ವಿರೂಪಾಕ್ಷ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅರಮನೆ ಪ್ರಮುಖವಾಗಿವೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯವು ಪಶ್ಚಿಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಅರಬ್ಬೀ ಸಮುದ್ರ, ವಾಯುವ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಗೋವಾ, ಉತ್ತರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ, ಪೂರ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಂಧ್ರಪ್ರದೇಶ, ಆಗ್ನೇಯದಲ್ಲಿ ತಮಿಳುನಾಡು ಮತ್ತು ದಕ್ಷಿಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೇರಳದಿಂದ ಸುತ್ತುವರಿದಿದೆ.

 ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ಭಾರತದ ಆರನೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಕಾವೇರಿ, ತುಂಗಭದ್ರಾ, ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ, ಮಲಪ್ರಭ ಮತ್ತು ಶರಾವತಿ ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ದೊಡ್ಡ ನದಿಗಳು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನೇಕ ಪರ್ವತಗಳಿವೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ ಮತ್ತು ಎತ್ತರದ ಶಿಖರವೆಂದರೆ ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಮುಳ್ಳಯನ್ ಗಿರಿ ಪರ್ವತ.

ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯವನ್ನು ಭೌಗೋಳಿಕವಾಗಿ ನಾಲ್ಕು ಭಾಗಗಳಾಗಿ ವಿಂಗಡಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. 

• ಮೊದಲನೆಯದು ಕರಾವಳಿ ಪ್ರದೇಶ,
• ಎರಡನೆಯದು ಮಲೆನಾಡು
• ಮೂರನೆಯದು ಉತ್ತರ ಬಯಲು
• ನಾಲ್ಕನೆಯದು ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಬಯಲು. 

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ವೇಷಭೂಷಣ ರೇಷ್ಮೆ ಸೀರೆ ಮತ್ತು ಧೋತಿ, ಇದು ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಗುರುತಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮಾರು 70 ಪ್ರತಿಶತ ಜನರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಭಾಷೆಯನ್ನು ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಅನೇಕ ಚಿಂತಕರು, ದಾರ್ಶನಿಕರು, ಕುಂಬಾರರು, ಕವಿಗಳು, ಬರಹಗಾರರು, ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ, ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ, ಋಷಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಸಮಾಜ ಸುಧಾರಕರ ನಾಡು. ಈ ನೆಲದಿಂದ ಅನೇಕ ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟಿಗರು ಹುಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಆನೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದಲೇ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಆನೆಗಳು ಹೇರಳವಾಗಿ ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತವೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಆನೆ, ಕುರಿ, ಮೇಕೆ ಮತ್ತು ಹಸು, ಎಮ್ಮೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳನ್ನು ಸಾಕಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪಕ್ಷಿ ನೀಲಕಂಠ.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ರಾಜ್ಯ ವೃಕ್ಷ ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧ. ಇಂದು ಚಿನ್ನಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ದುಬಾರಿ ಎಂದು ಪರಿಗಣಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದರೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಶ್ರೀಗಂಧದ ಮರಗಳೂ ಕಾಣಸಿಗುತ್ತವೆ ಮತ್ತು ತೇಗ, ರೋಸ್‌ವುಡ್ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿ ಮರಗಳನ್ನು ಸಹ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಬಹುದು.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ನದಿಗಳು ಕೃಷ್ಣಾ, ಕಾವೇರಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಾಳಿ ನದಿಗಳು. ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ನಿತ್ಯ ಸಾಕಷ್ಟು ನೀರು ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಜನರು ಈ ನದಿಗಳಿಂದ ಮಾತ್ರ ನೀರಾವರಿ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. 

ನಮ್ಮ ದೇಶದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಪಾನೀಯವಾದ ಕಾಫಿ/ಚಹಾದ ಶೇಕಡಾ 70 ರಷ್ಟು ಉತ್ಪಾದನೆಯು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿದೆ. ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ಎಣ್ಣೆಕಾಳುಗಳ ಗರಿಷ್ಠ ಉತ್ಪಾದನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ದೇಶದ ಐದನೇ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ.

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಬಂದರುಗಳು

• ನವ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಬಂದರು
• ಹಳೆ ಮಂಗಳೂರು ಬಂದರು
• ಬೇಲೆಕೇರಿ ಬಂದರು
• ತಾಡಾಡಿ ಬಂದರು
• ಹೊನ್ನಾವರ ಬಂದರು
• ಭಟ್ಕಳ ಬಂದರು
• ಕುಂದಾಪುರ (ಗಂಗೊಳ್ಳಿ) ಬಂದರು
• ಹಂಗರಕಟ್ಟೆ ಬಂದರು
• ಮಲ್ಪೆ ಬಂದರು
• ಪಡುಬಿದ್ರಿ ಬಂದರು
• ಒಳನಾಡಿನ ಜಲ ಸಾರಿಗೆ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ ದೇವಾಲಯಗಳು

• ಕೊಲ್ಲೂರು ಮುಕಾಂಬಿಕಾ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
• ಉಡುಪಿ ಶ್ರೀಕೃಷ್ಣ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
• ಧರ್ಮಸ್ಥಳ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
• ಗೋಕರ್ಣ ಮಹಾಬಲೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
• ಮುರುಡೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
• ಕುಕ್ಕೆ ಸುಬ್ರಮಣ್ಯ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
• ಹೊರನಾಡು ಶ್ರೀ ಅನ್ನಪೂರ್ಣೇಶ್ವರಿ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ
• ಹಂಪಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿರೂಪಾಕ್ಷ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನ

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಗಳು

• ಬೆಳಗಾವಿ 
• ಕಲ್ಬುರ್ಗಿ 
• ಬೀದರ್ 
• ವಿಜಯಪುರ 
• ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ 
• ರಾಯಚೂರು 
• ಬಾಗಲಕೋಟೆ 
• ಧಾರವಾಡ 
• ಹಾವೇರಿ 
• ಕೊಪ್ಪಳ 
• ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ 
• ಯಾದಗಿರಿ 
• ಉತ್ತರಕನ್ನಡ 
• ರಾಮನಗರ 
• ಮಂಡ್ಯ 
• ಮೈಸೂರು 
• ಕೊಡಗು 
• .ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರ
• ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಗ್ರಾಮಾಂತರ 
• ಕೋಲಾರ 
• ದಾವಣಗೆರೆ 
• ತುಮಕೂರು 
• ದಕ್ಷಿಣಕನ್ನಡ
• ಉಡುಪಿ 
• ಚಾಮರಾಜನಗರ 
• ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ 
• ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರ 
• ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು

ಕರ್ನಾಟಕವು ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಲು ಉತ್ತಮ ಸ್ಥಳವಾಗಿದೆ. ಇಲ್ಲಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಮಂದಿರ ಮತ್ತು ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ ಪರಿಸರ ನೋಡಲೇಬೇಕು. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ರಾಜ್ಯವಾಗಿದೆ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ವಾತಾವರಣ ಶಾಂತಿಯ ಪ್ರತೀಕ. ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಹಬ್ಬಗಳನ್ನು ವಿಜೃಂಭಣೆಯಿಂದ ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಅನೇಕ ಧರ್ಮಗಳ ಜನರು ಈ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲ ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಜನರು ಸಮಾನತೆಯಿಂದ ಬದುಕುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

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Amazing Karnataka – From Ten Years of Travel

Timeless (And Best) Places to Visit in Karnataka India And All About the State — From a Local

I have spent six years (if not more) in Karnataka, spanning over a decade. And finally I’ve moved out (for the unempteenth time) to have a life on the road.

It seems yesterday when I had gone to Bangalore to work at a software company. Ten years ago, I wasn’t going to Karnataka. I was moving to Bangalore, the capital of the state and the software hub of India. This crowded city of Bangalore seemed like a state of its own. My local Kannada friends told me the city wasn’t so jammed and hotch-potched in their young days. They grew up cycling under the canopy of trees, taking the local bus, and spending time in parks. 

Since Bengaluru became the Silicon Valley of India, millions of employees and employers came to the city with their families. As the city wasn’t planned by any civic planner, it expanded in every direction in an unruly manner. Concomitantly, the infrastructure got so bad that everyone living in Bangalore wanted to go out to the places to visit in Karnataka rather than staying within the busy city.

But today I’m not here for Bangalore. Today I want to tell the story of Karnataka — the state of the jungles, so let me get to that quickly.

Table of Content For Best Visiting Places in Karnataka Guide

• About Karnataka
• Best Places in Karnataka
• Languages in Karnataka
• Best Time for Traveling to Places of Karnataka
• Food of Karnataka
• Best Transport Mode for Places to See in Karnataka
• Travel Safety in Karnataka

All Karnataka Travel Articles

About the state of karnataka india and its history.

As the history of Karnataka goes back to the Neolithic age, I possibly can’t get into it in detail. 

But here is a little summary. Karnataka was ruled over by a series of kings, including the Mauryas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, Cholas, and the Vijayanagar empire. From the Vijayanagara Empire, the rule of the Mysore kingdom (the present Karnataka) was passed to  Tipu Sultan . In the last of the four Anglo-Mysore wars, Tipu Sultan, lovingly known as the Tiger of Mysore, lost to the British and the state came under the colonists. 

After India’s independence, all the primary Kannada regions were combined to form the state of Mysore on 1 November 1956. But Mysore was renamed Karnataka in 1973 as a lot of people thought Mysore didn’t represent the new regions that were added during the state formation.

Karnataka has the Arabian Sea on the west. Its border touches all five states – Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the northeast, Andhra Pradesh to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the south.

About twenty-two percent of Karnataka is under forest (forming 6% of India’s total forest). In this state, tigers and leopards roam free. Mountains and hills fill the Western boundaries of Karnataka. Here relics two thousand years old are still being excavated. In Karnataka, one can see sloth bears licking honey off rocks and fury Malabar squirrels clutching onto trees with sharp claws. Peacocks dance uninhibited and flying foxes flying together form a black duvet over our heads. 

Karnataka jungles are deliciously deciduous, evergreen, and thorny. The forest is dense with snakes and elephants. Some national reserves are so thick they never let any sunlight in. The soulful dance of the soulmate hornbills in the sand and soil is known to all. Rivers and lakes are abundant. Waterfalls lie tucked amongst high hills and forests. Villages are dispersed in between these jungles. Sometimes there is a road, and some days one has to walk on foot. 

About 61 percent of Karnataka lives in rural areas. Thus a lot of inhabited regions are still remote and unreachable. People do farming, mining, and manufacturing. Then there are industries, textile, automobile, software jobs, and Karnataka tourism has been seeing a boom for years now. 

Karnataka is an interesting state which (even after ten years) I have just started to understand.

A piece on Karnataka wildlife is coming up soon.

Some of The Most Culturally-Intriguing and Beautiful Places in Karnataka

The only reason I don’t already have a house in Karnataka is that I still haven’t learned Kannada. Otherwise, I proudly tell everyone I love the state. How can one not admire such a gorgeous and rich place where you have a new experience at every turn? Traveling in Karnataka is almost like being in a new country.

The list of Karnataka tourism places is endless. From deep-blue beaches, unseen forests, to temples and monuments recently discovered, Karnataka is dense with interesting destinations to rejuvenate a traveler physically, spiritually, and emotionally. If only one is open to experiences. 

(On a side note: I was just almost treated away from my writing spot in the pine forest here in a village Chindi in Himachal by some rowdy cows. They didn’t care that I know their human parents and moved towards me as if they were going to trample me over. I think I had made the mistake of sitting over a patch of grass they find really tasty. I can tell by the amount of dried cow poop that lay here. In bonus to this threat, I also hear the grunt of a bull closely whom I have seen following these cows, wooing them. Villagers told me this bull goes after people too if you try to shoo him away.)

So let’s keep an open heart to travel experiences and get back to Karnataka from crazy Himachal cow stories. 

Here are some beautiful Karnataka places to visit.

1. Nandi Hills – A Newbie’s Karnataka 

Cold wind ruffling on the cheeks, hair going all frizzy, we wrapping our jackets closer to our bodies, huddling together, eating steaming maggie, and waiting for that sunrise on the horizon, that’s how I remember Nandi hills.

Nandi hills are that quintessential hill stop every Bangalorean and traveler makes at least once. While everyone at the top of Nandi enjoys the view of the clouds spread below their feet and the sun lighting up the sky in front, none of us know much about Nandi hills. 

Located 60 km (37 miles) from Bangalore, Nandi hills are part of a larger range of mountains. The ancient Nandi temple Bhoga Nandeeshwara is located at the footsteps of the Nandi hill. The temple is the eponym after which the hill was named. The hill is mentioned as a major fortress of Tipu Sultan which took the British some three weeks to bring down in the year 1791. 

This  Bangalore International podcast episode is a must-listen in which Siddhartha Raja (who runs Nandi Valley walks) talks about the history, geography, and importance of this hill in detail.

Beyond these heritage walks, cycling tours are popular around the hills, adjacent hills are known for night treks, and visit the many ancient temples strewn around the hillocks. Bhoga Nandeeshwara with its stepped stone tank at the bottom of the hills is a popular wedding destination too. But the priests won’t give you a certificate if your parents aren’t present (I know from personal experience). 

Bikashrd , CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Nandi hill is a good place to start your Karnataka travel if you land in Bangalore. Otherwise you can skip and visit other historical places in Karnataka. 

Khangkar mud house looks like a good option to stay in Nandi area.

2. Skandagiri Hill – One of the Many Karnataka Destinations Popular for Night Treks

One evening my college friends asked me if I would be interested in climbing hills through jungle paths, and I instantly said yes. All of us hired a cab and drove from Bangalore to the bottom of Skandagiri hill from where the trek begins. In no time we were with our flashlights treading on steep muddy trails fringed with bushes and grasslands of the ubiquitous Karnataka jungle. 

Giri means mountain in Kannada. At an elevation of 1450 meters, Skandagiri hill is a neighbor of Nandi hills. I’m not sure if I knew about the proximity of these two mountains when I hiked Skandagiri at night during my first year in Karnataka. 

The hike took us about a couple of hours. And we were at the top by 3-4 am. As this hill is popular for its night trek many food stalls and tea counters were functional even at that nocturnal time. 

The morning brought fresh dew, and we clicked pictures climbing stones. This is an easy beginner night trek so go with some friends without a doubt. 

I don’t remember if we had hired a guide. The trail is well-worn. During the day one can always find a way to the top. But for the night be better prepared or go with someone who has already visited the hill. The Siddhartha Raja podcast I mentioned above can give you all the information about this mountain too.

On Skandagiri, you spend the night under the stars. Don’t forget to see the remnants of the Tipu Sultan fort that was destroyed by the British after they took it under their siege. Two temples at the bottom and the top of the hill do add more interest to the trail.

Skandagiri and Nandi makes for a good 2 days trip from Bangalore. If using public transport you can get a bus to Nandi hills.

3. Dodda Alada Mara — The Big Banyan Tree

That big bugger monkey took my pineapply away. My legs hurt from cycling, and I don’t understand how can a tree grow so big. These were the first few lines I uttered when I roamed around the popular Dodda Alada Mara.

The Dodda Alada Mara — literally translated to Big Banyan Tree — is a giant 400-year-old banyan tree. Located in the Kethohalli village of Karnataka, the tree lies at a distance of 28 kilometers from Bangalore. This Big Banyan is considered the world’s fourth-largest banyan tree.

I cycled to Dodda Alada many years ago with a group (from where I don’t remember). We took a few hours to cycle. The road went up and down. I was once separated from the group but found them back again. The cycling journey was fairly doable by an amateur cyclist like me so I guess anyone with decent fitness can bike to the beloved banyan.

When we arrived at Dodda Alada we parked our bikes in the parking nearby the tree. Once at the Big Banyan do spend some time admiring the huge tree with its roots shooting out from the branches and now penetrated deep into the ground. The tree’s main trunk was destroyed in 2000 so now only these aerial roots support the tree.

When one looks at this gigantic banyan tree which covers an area of 3 acres for the first time, astonishment is a general emotion, followed by admiration for nature. The tree’s crown spawns over a circumference of 120 meters. I couldn’t tell how tall the tree is but it seemed to reach up to the sky. This banyan’s highest branch reaches 95 feet.

We had bought cut pineapple from a stall right outside the tree premises. But when I just started enjoying the juicy pineapple (with chili) one monkey snatched my packet away. The monkeys do make the visit a bit chaotic but what can you do against nature.

The journey from Bangalore to Dodda Alada can also be done via bus. Take one from Majestic bus stand to Kengeri and from Kengeri to Doda Alada Mara. Direct buses to The Big Banyan also run from K. R. Market .

Given I have read The Hidden Life of Trees I know 400 years is not a lot for a tree. But a usual banyan stays alive for only about 1000 years so this one does have a reason to be admired and celebrated.

Dodda Alada Mara can be your first on the list of places of Karnataka. It makes more sense to go to this place if you are in Bangalore. Otherwise, you can skip visiting the tree, unless you are a tree enthusiast (like me).

Do ask the locals about the ghosts around the tree.

Pro travel tip: While at Dodda Alada Mara don’t forget to visit The Big Banyan Vineyard inspired by its eponym tree.

4. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary – Home of Migrant Birds on the River Kaveri

As we approached the Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary , we could see big birds flying above us in groups. That part of the city felt like a forest. Soon we would see crocodiles basking on rocks and islets full of young chicks chattering incessantly for food.

Ranganathittu bird sanctuary is a natural reserve in the Mandya district of Karnataka. The reserve is 3 kilometers from the historic town of Srirangapatna (another important place in Karnataka)  and 16 kilometers (10 mi) north of  Mysore . The drive to Ranganathittu bird sanctuary from Bangalore took us about four hours.

Ranganathittu islets were formed when an embankment across the Kaveri river was built between 1645 and 1648 by the then king of Mysore. These islets, originally numbering 25, soon started attracting birds. Once upon a time, ornithologist   Salim Ali observed migrant birds nesting in huge numbers on the islands. Upon his suggestion, the King of Mysore declared the islets a protected area in 1940. Now the sanctuary is formed by six of these islets on the Kaveri river.

We purchased a ticket and went inside. As we walked towards the end of the floor from where we could see the islands below, above us in the sky flew painted storks, ibis, pelicans, and herons. At least those were the birds I could identify. When we took the special boat ride that takes in seven people and goes around the sanctuary for 40 minutes the boatman told us that the reserve hosts at least 170 bird species. Some of the common birds found are painted storks, Asian openbill storks, woolly-necked stork, pelicans, river terns, egrets, cormorants, herons, and varieties of kingfishers.

The migrant birds come from as far as Siberia , South America, and the Himalayas. You can also spot crocodiles, otters, mongooses, and flying foxes there. Just keep your eyes open and binoculars in focus.

The special boat ride costs INR 1500 (we shared with a family) and goes farther and longer than the regular boat ride. The sanctuary has many restaurants. Take a good camera and a pair of binoculars, if you have one. The season to visit is from December to June. Migratory birds come in December and nesting begins in January.

Do ask the locals and the boatman about the flooding in the sanctuary. I’ve linked my article on Ranganathittu above so go through that for more pictures and details.

You can also visit the bird reserve if you go to stay in Mysore.

How to reach: Mysore is well connected by road, rail, and air and from Mysore to the bird reserve is a short car or bus ride.

5. Mysore City – A Modern City With Yoga, Good Food, Artists, and Hills Around

I remember the brightly-lit Mysore Palace as our car spun on the roads at a distance. My father asked me to ignore the palace, but I insisted. Demanding the driver to turn around to get us a closer look, we gazed at the royally lighted Mysore palace for a long while.

A trip to Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary can be combined with visiting the Mysore city. Both lie at a distance of 20 km (13 miles) from each other. Hindi speakers call the place Mai-sore, and I mention this because my father once failed to recognize the city when I used the usual pronunciation my-soor.

Karnataka state was once the kingdom of Mysore under the Wadiyar kings for nearly six centuries from 1399 until 1956. Patrons of art and culture, the Wadiyar kingdom along with Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, who ruled there in the 18th century, developed the aesthetics of the place much. After the British, the kingdom was resolved and was joined under the constitution into the states of India.

Mysore is a well-developed city not with its own airport, restaurants, apartments, hospitals, institutions, and roads. Amongst its many historical temples and structures, Mysore is popularly known for the royal Mysore Palace. The palace should be roamed around during the day but gazed from a distance during the evening when it is lit up. Then there is Philomena’s church and other old buildings too. My favorite activity of Mysore seems to be roaming around the city on a bicycle enjoying fresh coconuts every now and then. And go into the bylanes of Mysore to find the artists at work.

Many years ago when I visited Mysore from Bangalore with my parents we hired a taxi for a one-day tour. But this place to visit in Karnataka is a mix of modern and ancient and thus deserves at least a few days. Mysore is also a center for yoga and one of the well-known (and personally recommended) yoga centers is run by A.G.Mohan .

Here is an organic farm stay if you are looking for staying in Mysore. But Mysore has many more heritage and natural properties of interest.

Here are some: Gitanjali homestay , Cornerbunker, Aashraya homestay , The Bunkers Ashram , Laika Heritage Stay , and Green Hotel India.

Pro Tip: Do climb Chamunda hill to have a night view of the palace or just to get a drone view of the city.

How to reach: Well connected by road, air, and rail.

Jim Ankan Deka , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

6. Dandeli National Reserve – A Jungle Fairy Tale

Standing at the top of that watchtower, we saw the mango-golden sun starting its journey into the abyss. Between us deep-green trees stood neck to neck forming the deep Dandeli forest. Not even an inch of land or mountain was visible amidst the foliage. Just imagining the wildlife there gave us goosebumps. And then the peacock calls echoed. I, to date, wonder if I saw it all or was Dandeli just another one of my myriads of daydreams.

Dandeli is a deep jungle reserve in the Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka about a twelve-hour drive from Bangalore. The 1200 km square of Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary or Dandeli National park , which also contains the Kali Tiger Reserve, is home to two hundred crocodiles, fifteen tigers, twenty-three panthers, and twenty-seven leopards.

The muddy Kali river flows through the national park making it a fairy tale jungle. Rafting, coracle rides, and birdwatching are some other activities apart from going for jeep safaris with experienced guides into the reserve.

When people ask me what is one of my favorite places to travel in Karnataka, I say Dandeli.

Where to stay? I stayed in the Kali Jungle Lodge maintained and run by the Karnataka government and the forest department. The jungle lodge is located right on the river bank and one can watch hornbills and crocodiles busy in their daily routine from the hammocks outside their huts.

Many other old properties like Dandeli Jungle Camp and a birdwatching cottage known as Old Magazine House are available for stays too. All of these guest houses have their own itineraries around the forest, river, and backwaters. Culturally intrigued tourists can also visit tribal people to understand their lives. I would advise to be compassionate and empathetic to these tribes whose primary home is the jungle and they completely depend on the government for their survival.

Dandeli town has many homestays too. Madhuvan homestay looks really nice, or go here to scroll through them all. For further details on the Dandeli sanctuary read both my articles: living at Kali jungle lodge in Dandeli and a day at Dandeli Jungle camp .

How to reach: By road or take a train to Dharwad (55 km away from Dandeli).

7. Dubare National Park – Elephant Elephant EveryWhere

The elephants won’t be coming out today. The river is overflowing due to the rains. Said a worker of Dubare National Park when we approached him on the banks of the Kaveri. I couldn’t tell if he was melancholic or just happy to have a day of rest.

Most of the 150 elephants at Dubare were used to carry logs on their backs. Now as logging operations have stopped, the Karnataka forest department wondered what can they do with the elephants. To be able to continue caring for the big animals, the department created elephant interactions.

Dubare camp is a deep jungle that has other wild animals too. After taking a ticket, one can engage with and bathe the elephants who are brought out from their deeper abodes in the forest to the Kaveri river. There in the playful river elephants interact with the animal lovers. Trained mahouts drive the activity for a safe experience.

One of the main places to stay near Dubare is the Jungle Lodge. Their standard itinerary comprises bird walks, coracle rides, and jungle safaris. On a day visit, one can bathe the elephants and also take a coracle ride with the locals on the Kaveri river.

We visited the Dubare elephant camp while returning from Coorg to Bangalore by road (Kodagu). The camp lies in the Kodagu district and is about an hour’s drive away from the main town of Coorg.

Parking is right outside the sanctuary. Many food places circumscribe the park.

Places to stay near Dubare are here: Carpe Diem Stay and Coorg Peacock feathers homestay .

How to reach: By road.

8. Hampi Village – Rich Heritage Cradled in Nature

Ancient ruins scattered amongst hillocks and trees, snake sculptures peeking from caves and river beds, carved boulders, wild langurs, lush paddy villages, ubiquitous crunchy dosa corners, blue skies, simple people, dogs and cats running free on village roads, mountains to climb, and historical temples scattered throughout are only some of the features of Hampi, one of the most interesting and unpredictable tourist places in Karnataka.

See this Hampi photo essay to marvel at the destination and my extensive guide to places in Hampi will be your tour guide.

Relics dating as old as the 3rd century BCE, some of them from the Ashoka empire, have been excavated in Hampi making us wonder since when has this place been inhabited by humans. Hampi village and the surrounding area were the capital of the rich Vijayanagar empire once. The kingdom was brutally destroyed by the Muslim invaders in the 15th century.

So now Hampi is a collection of ruins and remains of the old temples of the empire, the royal market, elephant stables, queen baths, many stepped tanks, royal auditoriums, and symmetrical monuments so pretty you wonder why would anyone vandalize something that beautiful.

But those remains aren’t just found in their designated places. They exist in hidden corners, under the rocks, carved on stones in hills, inside the temples, near the river bank. We couldn’t see the carvings and sculptures near the Tungabhadra river for the river had flooded over. I visited in September — rains had just started receding Karnataka during this month. A coracle ride on Tungabhadra would be pretty joyful in the dry season. Get to the other side to explore more.

Trail maps for most of the discovered ruins are provided by the government. But I enjoyed getting on my own path and discovering one relic after another. Walking on stone paths near the shore fringed by giant precipitous rocks on one side and by Tungabhadra on the other is an experience like no other.

But amidst the ruins and hill-top temples don’t forget the villages of Hampi. They are filled with cattle, local life, and endless paddy fields. Find the Sanapur lake and either jump in or climb boulders.

One week is recommended to explore Hampi.

Places to stay in Hampi: Gowri cottages near Sanapur lake (I stayed here but it doesn’t seem to be functional now), Abhi Homestay Hampi , Vinayaka homestay , Srinivasa homestay , and Banana farm house . If you like none of these, scroll through all the Hampi guest houses here .

How to reach: By road or take a train to Hospet (Hampi is a small rickshaw ride from here).

9. Daroji Bear Sanctuary – India’s First Sloth Bear Sanctuary

Hampi has a bear sanctuary? An overexcited me replied to my partner while gulping down a beer in our Hampi cottage.

Yes. Tomorrow?

That’s how we ended up visiting Daroji bear sanctuary (about 80 km or 50 miles from Hampi). Founded in 1994 in the Bellary district of Karnataka, Daroji is home to at least 130 sloth bears. The reserve was formed when the forest department started getting complaints of bears attacking children and adults alike. What could the bears do? Their homes — that is the boulder-filled Hampi villages in whose caves and foliage they lived — had started seeing too many visitors and local dwellers. The guards and the farmers there still tell stories of bears trespassing farmlands at night to steal sugarcanes and other sweet produce.

Now bears have a sweet tooth, don’t they?

What is a  sloth bear ? Found in lower hills and dense forests, sloth bears are thinner than brown and Asian black bears. With a rough mane, a shaggy fur, and a slow gait, sloth bears were first thought of as sloths but then someone in the sane mind saw the sloth bear size and figured.

This 8000 hectare protected land can be entered by paying 500 rupees for your car. The drive from Hampi is 2 hours long.

The best time to visit the sanctuary is around 5 pm when the bears come out to lick the honey off rocks. Bring a good camera and enjoy. And thank you for not being noisy.

Ask the guards how did the honey end up there.

My guide to Daroji sanctuary , its history, about sloth bears, and visiting tips is a good read before going here.

10. Sakleshpur – The Land of Tea

I think I have visited Sakleshpur, the land of tea, coffee, and spices twice. But I can’t be sure. The rolling velvety green hills in Sakleshpur could be befooling me in believing I was there more than once. The number of visits doesn’t matter for I still haven’t explored Sakleshpur well.

But I can tell you Sakleshpur is a hill station in the Western Ghats mountain range of Karnataka. The slopes of this hill station are dense with tea, coffee, and spice plantations. The 18th-century Manjarabad Fort sits on top of one hill.

I remember taking two rooms with my friends in a simple accommodation. We had local food and walked around the market. During the day we explored the hills and plantations. My memory starts fading here.

Research tells me that Bisle Reserve Forest and Jenukallu Gudda peak are two good places to visit in Sakleshpur. The town’s location and geography make it one of the best trekking places in Karnataka.

Check out these places to stay in Sakleshpur.

How to reach: By road or rail.

11. Panchapalli Dam, Bettamugilalam Village, and Driving Through Aiyur Forest – Lush Views (Though these places are in Tamil Nadu I had already added them here without realizing it. Feel free to explore.)

“You are not supposed to be sitting on this side of the waterhole.” An angry old man shouted at us in half Hindi, half Tamil, and English. Hand gestures accompanied too.

“Why? We saw other people going from here.”

“You can’t be here. Elephants come here to drink water.”

“Oh. We thought we can come until here.”

This conversation with an un-uniformed man near the waterhole in Aiyur forest didn’t go as smoothly as I have presented it now. When the person — who I still wonder if he was the guard — saw us sitting near the waterhole he shouted from the roadside at us. We couldn’t understand what he was saying and as we had seen people on our side of the muddy pond we didn’t know what we had done.

Tip to the forest officers — please put signboards in 2 languages warning people of dangers and their limits.

Learning as a traveler —   don’t venture in the forest without asking the guards there.

Well that Aiyur forest which lay on our way from Bangalore to Panchapalli dam contains the Denkanikottai village. None of these places are well-known. Not a lot of people go to the dam or other destinations I mention here. There was no forest guard near the natural pond. We hadn’t seen any officer on our way through the entire forest. But where we sat lay a lot of elephant poop still in the process of drying.

I had a great day chasing the blue marker of this dam and the village on my Google maps. For the full travel guide read my travelogue of the Panchapalli and Bettamugilalam drive .

We also visited the small Bettamugilalam village — which is at a height of 3000 m. Bettamugilalam was a small gorgeous village where neon pastures were dotted with colorful mud huts. Jackfruit and pipal trees were ample. And under the trees bright idols and temples stood shining.

To visit the Panchapalli dam we had to trace our way back to Denkanikottai (Aiyur forest). We arrived near the dam around late afternoon to find it completely dry.

We turned around from the dam and parked our car to find a trail into the lush pasture we had seen before. Walking downhill amidst hundreds of cows, one of whom had diarrhea, we arrived into the arms of the pasture. We only climbed up when the sun was about to set. What a day it was!

Oh did I forgot to mention the dark pink lotus lake and the Indian blue rollers flying above.

Pro Tip: On your Karnataka trip, drive, cycle, or run around in the monsoon and post-monsoon season. There can be only fewer pleasures in life.

12. Chikmagalur – The Land of Coffee

Coffee plantations, swaying silver oaks, green grasslands, endless velvety mountains, thick forests, blue lakes, forest reserves, rivers and dams, ancient temples, hills to hike — what can one not find in Chikmagalur, a hill station district on the Western Ghats of Karnataka.

About a five hour drive away from Bangalore (oh on this note let me request please don’t be angry with me for measuring every place from Bengaluru as that was my residence in Karnataka), Chikmagalur town is at a height of 1000 meters. It gets hot in March and April but as soon as the rain sets in the mountains become misty and the lands turn green.

We recently spent a month in Chikmagalur after the serious lockdowns of the first COVID wave. The main Chikmagalur town is surrounded by various villages and we were in the Chikkolale area. In that one month, I saw and explored so many places of this hilly region that I have to write about 20 guides just on Chikmagalur alone.

Sitting in our homestay swing upstairs we could see the Mullayanagiri peak — the highest peak of Karnataka — on a clear day. And if it got too rainy we would open up a bottle of homemade fig wine made from the figs of the old tree in the house itself.

The hills of Chikmagalur are interconnected and one can hike to one hill from another. But most of our efforts to trek there failed because the forest department had closed those hikes for the time. Travelers had been lost and a story about a leopard attacking a tourist had not helped either. The forest officer told us they were soon about to set up a tourism community under which they would officialize all trails and appoint guides and guards for each one of them. But for the time we had to confine to hiking around on our own only in open mountains (except this one time when we went through a jungle trail).

Here is the Blue Bell homestay we stayed at. Foothills homestay, Memories of Malnad , and Leisure homestay all look really nice too.

Pro Tip: Oh, I forgot to mention that the Fishland restaurant of Chikmagalur town is not to be missed, given you eat seafood, my only sin. Swiggy and Zomato work around the main town up to a distance. Just saying. No pressure.

how to reach: By road. The nearest railway station from Chikmagalur is 45-minute from the town.

13. Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary – The Wild Thrives Here

The first time I entered the big room of River Tern Jungle Lodge, I saw the bellowing Bhadra river in front of me. The mountains on the horizon were faintly visible. We were on an island   and only on my far left could I see other huts scattered sparingly. Later I walked over a hanging bridge to get to another island to eat a large buffet. After stuffing ourselves on fried fish and sambhar (I also plucked ripe bananas right from the bunch hung in the dining), we made our way to the reception where a jeep awaited us to take us into the deep Bhadra wildlife sanctuary, home to leopards, tigers, bears, elephants, and other wild animals.

It could be all made up. Believe if you have to.

Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary was the final cherry on our one-month Chikmagalur trip. The reserve is 80 km (50 miles) from the town of Chikmagalur and the drive took us almost two hours.

Bhadra river is also good for short swims and kayaking because the crocodiles are not close to the edge. River Tern Jungle lodge is an expensive accommodation but the stay includes all meals (which are too many and too heavy), two jungle safaris, a bird walk, and bonfires, etc.

This documentary on Bhadra Tiger Reserve by the Karnataka Forest Department is a joy to watch.

Pro Tip: Do not take the massage from the therapy center at the Bhadra jungle lodges. Do not.

14. Temples of Belur and Halebidu — The Best Examples of the Royal Architecture of Karnataka Empires

While roaming around the Hoysala temples of these villages, with a Nikon in hand, and curiosity in my heart, I could never take a moment of rest. Although I had the whole day on my hand, the wall carvings and the intricate stonework of the temples studded with deities left me dumbfounded.

How can one make such structures now? Beautiful, marvelous, amazing were some of the overused adjectives that left my mouth. And I have seen my fair share of temples around the world.

The Hoysala Empire ruled the present Karnataka between the 10th and the 14th centuries. The capital of the Hoysalas was initially located at  Belur  but was later moved to  Halebidu . Now what remains of their royal Hoysala architecture is these temples and shrines. 12th century Kannada inscriptions peak from every wall, and most of these are engraved with gods, goddesses, and demons each telling a story.

The towns are an hour’s drive away from Chikmagalur. My guide to the Belur and Halebidu temples provides all the travel information (coming up).

If the myriads of temples tire you out, do consider staying in the villages. KSTDC Hotel Mayura Shantala Halebeedu looks like a good option for both destinations. Bring high-resolution camera.

how to reach: by road or by train to Hassan which is 40 km from Belur.

15. Sharavathi Valley (Shimogga and Jog Falls) — A Green Luscious Karnataka Valley Facing Ecological Threat

Everyone has only heard of the 253-meter high Jog Falls of the Sharavathi Valley in Karnataka but no one knows the Sharavathi Valley has about 431 square km of dense evergreen forest. This protected Sharavathi sanctuary is full of azure lakes, obscure hikes, wildlife, waterfalls tucked away in high hills, and remote villages. Sharavathi is one of the most unexplored of the tourist places of Karnataka. In fact, most people don’t even know what is Sharavathi.

When I went to Sharavathi at the end of the year 2019, I didn’t know I needed to take visit permissions from the forest department in the Shimoga city. Also known as Shivamogga, Shimoga is the headquarters of the Shimoga district that contains the Shravathi valley. At that time I didn’t understand why I needed permits to visit waterfalls and lakes from the forest department. But when I drove to some of these natural places I understood that it was all under protection.

Sharavathi river flows through Shivamogga and the Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka for about 128 km (80 miles). But several dams have been formed over this river and its ecological system is under serious threat now. The reserve’s area is divided into core zone, buffer zone, and tourism zone.

Watch the below video if you want to know more about the damages done by the thoughtless developments around the Sharavathi river.

Now a valley where one needs permission from the forest department for almost every lake, backwaters, or waterfall can be imagined to be very untouched and wild. We would start driving on Sharavathi roads and for kilometers wouldn’t find any village or habitation. There was no one to ask as we don’t speak Kannada, and most of the locals don’t speak English there.

We did visit Jog falls once and the water had receded to pretty low levels. One has to climb down 1400 steps to the bottom and climb the same number up, of course. But Jog Falls is only one of the places. My recommendation to visit the Sharavathi Valley for a complete and beautiful experience is to first go to Shimogga and take permission there. See the list of places you can visit and ask for permits for the ones you would like to see. Even homestays take tourists to places without taking any permissions but I won’t recommend that route. The guards of some of these natural places also allow entry to visitors by taking money but those visits are rushed and hushed. So please avoid the risk.

Some stay options in Sharavathi: Gundimane (highly recommended though could be a bit pricey at rooms for about 2500 per day), Sri Ranga homestay (I’ve stayed here and recommend the homestay), Ibbani homestay , and Sugamya farm guesthouse.

 One of my most amazing experiences in Sharavathi was the hike to the hidden Belligundi (silver) waterfalls . Read the linked guide for the entire journey. Also, read this article on how a little lakeside picnic was enough to replace the big adventures we were hoping to have in Sharavathi.

16. Coorg — The Land of Coffee and Avocados

Avocados blended with sugar and carrying kilos of those mushy pieces of goodness home as a gift is how began my relationship with Coorg. Thanks to that homestay that  made my first home in this coffee district. Soon I started enjoying Coorg’s unique food, its long history, misty hills, stories of locals, and beautiful drives on my subsequent trips.

Coorg, now known as Kodagu, is one of the hill stations of Karnataka located in the Western Ghats. Locals and travelers flock to Coorg district and its main town Madikeri during summers and monsoon to get respite from the heat and enjoy the luscious rains of the region.

But overcrowding has affected the area negatively. I would advise all the other travel destinations of this Karnataka travel guide over Coorg anytime. Or go there in the offseason (February and March) when businesses need more help. Or choose more offbeat Coorg neighborhoods such as Stuart Hill (near Raja’s Seat ). Apart from this linked travel guide, I also have a photo essay on my slow life in Stuart Hill .

Coorgy hills are studded with coffee plantations where pepper, jackfruit, coconuts, betel nut trees, silver oaks, eucalyptus, avocados, kokum are only some of the other plants that grow in abundance. The best idea to stay would be to find a place in one of these coffee estates where you can roam inside freely.

Coorg has a long history, and its people are said to be descendants of the warrior tribe. They used to hunt the wild animals in their plantations, and they still follow most of these ancient traditions. But they are family people whom I have seen help each other all the time.

Some of my favorite places to stay in Coorg are listed in this article on guesthouses in Coorg, and my travel guide from Bangalore to Coorg tells about the destination, its culture, and important places.

How to reach: by road.

17. Namdroling Monastery — The House of the Monks in Karnataka

On your way to Coorg, do make a stop at Namdroling monastery. This monastery one of the largest Tibetan settlements in South India. The dormitory is huge and the premises are peaceful. Interested travelers who want to understand monk’s life from closeby can call and stay in the dormitory overnight. Do try. But please be respectful and quiet throughout your visit.

18. Hogenakkal Falls – And a Special Story (On the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu)

Holding the hand of my then new friend and now life partner, I sat in the coracle that whirled in the rowdy Kaveri. At a distance, the Hogenakkal falls — literally smoke over the rocks — cascaded to fall from a height of 20 meters. The frothy waters of Hogenakkal drowned all the surrounding sound and the freshwater drops splashing on our faces freshened us up.

Located at a distance of 127 km (80 miles) from Bangalore, Hogenakkal falls is a one-day trip from the city. Or a homestay or hotel can be found in the surrounding area for a longer exploration. Hogenakkal falls are formed as Kaveri enters Karnataka from Tamil Nadu, and thus the long smoky cascade of Hogenakkal is formed.

The 3-hour drive to the falls was scenic. Once at the falls, we used the public toilets and freshened up. Do carry toilet paper because the toilet is old-style. After the toilet, we straight went to the falls. From what I remember we walked over a bridge and then somehow reached the falls. At the mouth of the falls the stable rocks form perfect nature seats.

Behind the falls a further walk brings to a place where people can bath under the waterfall. But naked Indian men (with or without tight v-shaped underwear) will welcome you there so please beware. Monkeys are plenty and cattle roam the area. We also walked quite a bit on the rocks on the banks of the Kaveri and spent time seeing the old trees and the ancient Carbonite rocks.

Hundreds of flying foxes hang on those trees and towards the evening you may witness their flight into the world.

19. Shivasamudram Falls — The Ferocious One

At about 130 km (130 miles) from Bangalore, Shivasamudram makes for another exploration. Shivasamudram falls are ferocious and they fall as a combination of two — Gaganachukki Falls and Bharachukki Falls. The island town of Shivasamudram divides the Kaveri into these two falls.

The falls are located in Chamarajanagar District. The best months to visit this waterfall would be September to January.

Arriving early is the rule so you have enough time to explore.

20. Biligiriranga or BR Hills — A Wildlife Sanctuary Where I Spotted My First Ever Leopard

There he sits behind the foliage.

Where? I can’t see.

Sshh. If he hears loud voices he will leave. Let me show you.

The forest guard pointed me to the thickets in front. With an effort of many minutes and using the zoom lens of my camera I spotted the bright leopard perfectly camouflaged behind the thorny bushes. After observing his afternoon siesta for a long time, we drove on. Next we surprised a sloth bear who was just out for his evening meal. Naturally, the bear tumbled away as soon as he saw us. But I had my camera ready and I clicked. My travel guide to BR Hills tells it all.

At an altitude of 3500 feet above sea level, BR hills short for Biligiriranga hills, stand where the Western Ghats meets the Eastern Ghats, and make for an ecological hotspot. In addition to the location exoticism, the BRT wildlife sanctuary is quite large, 540 km² in the area to be precise, and is also an official tiger reserve.

BR Hills are located 179 km (112 miles) from Bangalore. On my one-day trip there I saw a leopard, sloth bears, Indian bison, monkeys and langurs, sambar deer, tortoises, eagles, owls, mongoose, and some other bird and animal life.

We were put up at the expensive Jungle Lodges. If you don’t want to stay at the jungle lodges, you can opt for one of the many BR hills guesthouses. But as they have to be booked separately from their websites, I’m putting down two properties (from Booking) that look promising: Gorukana BR hills resorts  and  this KSTDC hotel  (both with great reviews).

We visited during February end – the peak summer. Maybe our timing was perfect and that was why we could spot so many animals.

How to reach: By road is the best way.

Pro Tip : BR hills is also a good place for hiking. The locals and the forest officials will be able to provide more information.

21. Gokarna — A Coastal Karnataka Town With Calm Indian Ocean

He pulled my legs from the sea bed and I fell. But in the multiple trials before this one, I had learned how to float on my back. Effortlessly within seconds, I was on my back this time too. I gazed at the blue sky above me. The calm Indian ocean swayed me from side to side as a mother sways her child while singing her a lullaby. Swimming must be fun, I thought. I floated for more than an hour and decided to learn how to swim properly.

Floating in the sea is my strongest memory from Gokarna. Oh, I also remember eating grilled squids and other sea animals on the shacks there.

The beach town of Gokarna is located on the Southern coast of India. Though I have ventured into very obscure parts of Karnataka, I haven’t been to most of the beaches of Karnataka. But that’s going to change soon and the later posts of the blog will tell why.

On my three days in the town I stayed near the ocean almost all the time. Three beaches of Gokarna are most popular but no one talks about the mountains surrounding these known shores. My partner who visited the town with his friends boasts of many trails going through the surrounding hills. Who knows which one will bring you to a hidden beach?

Make Gokarna an adventure. Coconut Tree Resort , Namaste Yoga Farm , Viraz Valley , and Deva Samudra beach stay .

I highly recommend this place to stay in Gokarna but here are some other options.

How to reach: Gokarna is well-connected by road but the nearest train station and airport is a bit away.

22. Davanagere – If nothing, stop for the Davanagere Benne dosa

As soon as the bite of the buttery dosa touched our tongue, a satisfactory cry left our mouths. The mild coconut chutney and the creamy potato mash accompanied the dosa pretty well. Life seemed complete in those moments.

We accidentally stopped by the Davanagere town during our long road trip from Bangalore to Mumbai, and further on to the Himalayas through Uttar Pradesh. Once in the town, we realized we can’t leave without tasting the dosa that’s named after the town.

Davanagere must be visited just for the Davanagere benne dosa. Benne means butter. My long piece on Karnataka dosa is testimony to the goodness of these crunchy pancakes but Davanagere butter dosa was a level above all dosas I have had.

I’m sure the town will have other things to do but first eat the dosa and then figure out.

See what our early morning hunt for dosa brought us to.

How to reach: Davanagere is well connected with entire Karnataka.

23. Kolar — Temples, Boulders, and Caves

Getting down into the cave formed by the boulders, I wondered how much we will never see. This little boy walked ahead showing us the way into the cave. He didn’t think we would make it as he expected us not to be slow but to start jumping around the rocks, as he had since his childhood. But there we were, being fumbly and clumsy. We saw all he had to show though.

Capital of the  Western Gangas who ruled between 350 to 550 CE, Kolar is now known for its milk production, gold mines, and several ancient temples and caves. 70 km (44 miles) from Bangalore, the town of Kolar is easily accessible by public transport also. Some of the places we visited are Anthargange temple, Somnatheshwar temple, and some caves through hikes from the hilltop. You don’t have to worry about finding the caves as many locals, even small kids, act as guides to these hidden points. But make sure to hire a guide who seems trustworthy as many people wander there claiming to guide and incessantly pester travelers to hire them.

The view of the valley from the summit of Kolar hills is panoramic.

How to reach: Buses run until Kolar but there isn’t a railway station in town.

T ravel tip: If you are in Bangalore, do visit Basavanagudi . This old part of Bangalore town is full of ancient temples, caves, and parks dense with flying foxes. Oh, the South Indian food eateries there are some of the best in town.

Another Karnataka travel tip: I have also written about the organic stores for grocery shopping in Bangalore . And places to stay in Bangalore (personal recommendations) are listed in the attached link.

Pro travel tips for seeing Bangalore: Some of the must-see places in Bangalore are Cubbon Park , Lal Bagh, Koshy’s, Indian Coffee House, HSR Agara lake, and Shivaji Nagar. I may sound cliche but these places do give a general and historical sense of Bangalore. Take the metro from MG Road to somewhere. Walk around the town as much as you can. Sip coconuts and try gol gappas (fried fluffed breads filled with spicy water) wherever you find. MTR restaurants also serve delightful traditional dosa and South Indian delicacies. Exploring the Bangalore Palace area on foot is a great way to get to know the city. And many people run heritage walks through Bangalore. Try BangaloreWalks , Unventured , Klook , GetYourGuide, ToursbyLocals , and BangaloreCityTour .

Two properties where I love to stay in Bangalore are: Casa Cottage (for heritage and the garden) and Misty Meridian Serviced Apartments (for comfort, space, kitchen, and the sweet owner).

Here are the best restaurants near MG Road Bangalore .

Some of the other best visiting places in Karnataka are Manchinbele dam, Savandurga hill, and Channapatna town popular for toys. A few coastal places on my list are Udupi, Mangalore, and Murudeshwar. Bandipur, Kabini, and Nagarhole National Park are some more national reserves I haven’t seen. More historic temples are found at Pattadakal, Badami, and Aihole. There is the Nrityagram dance village and Yelahanka weavers, just to name a couple of artists and artisans of the state. And then the area has infinite possibilities for drives and hikes to be done.

I realize that even after wandering around Karnataka for months I may have only touched it slightly. We can keep talking about the Karnataka attractions but the more we see the longer the list seems to become. Let’s get on then for we have further to go.

This pine plantation under which I’m sitting (and writing this piece) near my guesthouse in Chindi village is quite young. With the loud wind, the pine supporting my back sways too. First I felt an earthquake was coming because everything shook. But I guess it was just the pine doing la-la-la-la-la.

Follow Up Read: Guide to Finding Affordable and Good Indian homestays and Tips on Searching Guesthouses in India

Languages Spoken in Karnataka

The official language of the state is Kannada and about 70 percent population of Karnataka speaks Kannada. But the state has some 50 tribal languages and 22 scheduled languages in the state. Other major languages spoken are Urdu (9.72%), Telugu (8.34%), Marathi (3.95%), Tamil (3.82%), Malayalam (1.69%), Tulu (3.38%), and Hindi (1.87%).

Yes, India is a bit crazy when it comes to languages.  

Given neither my out-of-the-station friends nor I speak Kannada, we found it hard to communicate in villages and rural Karnataka. Even in urban setups, a lot of locals don’t speak English. We had difficulty coordinating with cab drivers, bus drivers, local shops, and even fancy tourist places. 

You may find yourself stepping down into a cave in Kolar and your guide may not understand you feel claustrophobic. Or no matter how much you tell your cleaning lady you were asleep when she had rung the bell, she may not understand. And you won’t be able to figure out that it was not the cab driver’s fault he took the route he did.

But we survived, and we survived joyously. 

While traveling you won’t have a language problem in designated Karnataka tourist destinations and hotels at major travel spots. But as soon as you venture out of the known travel trail, get ready to use hand gestures to communicate. 

Pro travel tip for a long trip in Karnataka — Download offline Kannada language file and use the Google translate application. Its voice feature works wonders.

Weather in Karnataka (What are the best times for visiting places in Karnataka)

Karnataka is a Southern state of India. It gets hot during most parts of the year. But as the state is cradled by the Western ghat mountains on the west side, the temperature of those hilly regions mostly stays low. The long coast of Karnataka gets humid and sultry for the entire year as well. 

The capital Bangalore with an elevation of 920 meters enjoys pleasant weather during the entire year except for March and April when it gets considerably hot and dry. 

Central Bangalore has similar weather to central and northern states of India except the minimum temperature there only falls to 10 degrees versus 3-4 degrees in the Northern Indian plateau. 

Given the diverse climate, some parts of Karnataka can always be visited. So we traveled to the hilly regions of Coorg and Chikmagalur in the summer months of June and July when these coffee estates receive heavy rainfall. And central Karnataka was best-visited post-monsoon to February. Coastal towns are also pleasant from October to February. 

Every part of Karnataka will have a different best time to visit, and I have talked about those in the individual destinations above. 

Karnataka Food – My Most Important Reason to Travel to Karnataka

Karnataka food would be a new and enthralling experience for someone who has not eaten in any of the South Indian states. Here dosa, idli, vada, rice, millets, and bananas are a staple. 

I have written an extensive piece on the dosas of Karnataka . And apart from these crunchy companions, jowar (sorghum) roti meals, bonda soups, idli plates, non-vegetarian delicacies, seafood, and a plethora of rice preparations are common too. Chapati is eaten less, and sweets are rice-based too. 

I will only be able to do justice to Karnataka food in a separate article dedicated to the cuisine itself. So for now please be happy with these places to eat in Bangalore and the dosa article above. The food write-up will be sent your way soon. 

Enjoy these pictures of the food of Karnataka.

How to Travel Around the Various Karnataka Destinations? Transport in Karnataka.

Karnataka is well-connected by road. Buses and trains cover large parts of the state. Sometimes one may have to change many buses to reach their destination. But you can’t reach everywhere by public transport in Karnataka. Only a car can drive to remote valleys and obscure places. That’s why booking chauffeur-driven cabs is also common in Karnataka. Earlier we used to hire private taxis but now Ola and Uber also run intrastate travel cabs. A quick Google search bring up taxi numbers and call a few to check for prices and service quality. 

Having said that,  Redbus is a good website to book buses and this Indian railway government site is helpful to find train schedules and IRCTC for getting train tickets. Hitchhiking also works in Karnataka but make sure you are not alone and preferably find a family car to join in.

Flights connect only some major cities such as Mysore, Bangalore, Mangalore, Hubli, and Belgaum. Beyond these big cities, air connectivity is low in Karnataka. (Though several new domestic airports are coming up.)

Now to Travel Safety in Karnataka

Karnataka is considered a pretty safe state. Well, at least that is the response you will get from someone like me who has come from Uttar Pradesh and spent a lot of time in Rajasthan, Delhi, and other Northern areas. 

If we go by the  Wikipedia list of Indian states by crime , Karnataka is number 14 with 250 crimes per .1 million people. But the same statistics present Uttar Pradesh’s crime records to be 262 per .1 million too. I don’t know how much should I trust this list. 

In Bangalore, one can be out and about until late at night. But if you are a solo woman traveler, avoid getting out at night. During the day all roads and streets are fine. In a group, of course, you are even good at night. 

Traveling on the road in your vehicle at any hour is perfectly okay in Karnataka. Roads are pretty nice, and no one will bother you. If you use public transport, reserve seats in air-conditioned buses (for night travel) and feel free to choose any kind of bus for day travel. For trains, third-class air-conditioned coaches will ensure a safe journey. In the general compartments of the trains, woman travelers can get some unwanted attention, especially if traveling alone. So try the air-conditioned compartments. But during the day mostly everything is fine. 

Hitchhiking is also possible in Karnataka. Just make sure to get into a family car to avoid any mishaps. If you are getting into taxis alone, try getting a known driver through the help of your hotel or homestay hosts.  

Even in most rural villages people are looking forward to helping and not take advantage of anyone’s situation. The language gap does pose a barrier, but one has to maneuver her way around. 

I hope this helps.

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12 Top Tourist Places in Karnataka

Karnataka , in south India, has a lot to offer. Unfortunately though, travel to Karnataka is often overlooked in favor of surrounding Goa , Kerala , and Tamil Nadu . Those who do visit the top tourist places in Karnataka will be rewarded with a memorable mix of nature, history, beach, and spirituality.

GoMowgli provides a novel and convenient way of seeing Karnataka with their hop-on-hop-off bus service.

Bangalore , the capital of Karnataka, is a contemporary, fast-growing, and prosperous place that's home to India's IT industry. It's full of young professionals and has a vibrant, cosmopolitan air about it. Although it's not really a must-visit city in India, many people love Bangalore because it's full of greenery, interesting buildings, and ​ temples . However, unfortunately, these days, traffic jams have become a major issue.

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One of India's top historical destinations , the laid-back village of Hampi was once the last capital of Vijayanagar, one of the greatest Hindu empires in India’s history. It has some extremely captivating ruins, intriguingly intermingled with large boulders that rear up all over the landscape. The ruins, which date back to the 14th century, stretch for just over 25 kilometers (10 miles) and comprise more than 500 monuments. An incredible energy can be felt at this ancient place.

Badami, Aihole, and Pattadakal

When visiting Hampi, it's worth taking a side trip to the heritage sites of Badami (formerly Vatapi), Aihole, and Pattadakal. The Chalukya empire ruled there between the 4th to 8th centuries, and they're rich in monuments, temples, and ruins from that era. The renowned Chalukya style of architecture originated in Aihole and the village is filled with around 125 stone temples, which unfortunately don't get the attention they deserve. Badami is one of the top places to see caves in India, with four sets of magnificent ancient rock-cut cave temples. Pattadakal is smaller, with only one temple complex -- it's impressive though!  Do be aware that hotels are scarce, with only a few decent ones to be found in Badami.

Chitradurga Fort

The well-maintained ruins of sprawling Chitradurga Fort are a hidden, lesser-known gem in the heart of the Deccan Plateau northwest of Bangalore, on the way to Hampi. Much of the fort was built by the Palegar Nayakas between the 15th and 18th centuries. It was later expanded by Hyder Ali, who defeated the Nayakas. The fort is the largest in Karnataka, and its rocky landscape on a granite hill is peppered with boulders and valleys. Notable features include seven circular walls, 19 gateways, 35 secret entrances, four invisible passages, 2,000 watchtowers, 18 temples in the upper fort, and a huge temple in the lower fort.

Gokarna is a small and remote holy town in northern Karnataka, with some of India's best beaches . It draws both pious pilgrims and hedonistic holiday-makers with equal enthusiasm. Go there to get a feel for what Goa was like in its heyday, although time is limited as developers are already seeing the potential of this area. It's possible to learn how to surf in Gokarna . Catch a wave!

Mysore has an impressive royal heritage, with the city's main tourist attraction being the imposing Mysore Palace . There are many other interesting buildings, palaces, and temples to see. Its zoo is one of the best in India. Mysore is also an excellent place to shop for sandalwood and study Ashtanga yoga . The 10 day Mysore Dasara Festival is an added attraction.

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The Kodagu region, often referred to as Coorg (the English version of its name), is an extremely picturesque and alluring mountainous area in southern Karnataka, not far from Bangalore and Mysore. The area is renowned for its plentiful coffee estates and stunning scenic beauty. The highlight of a visit to Coorg is undoubtedly a stay amid the coffee plantations. The magnificent Golden Temple, one of the top Buddhist monasteries in India , is not to be missed as well.

Nagarhole National Park

Karnataka's Nagarhole National Park is one of the top national parks in India and is an excellent palace to see elephants close up in their natural habitat. It's not unusual to see herds of elephants on the river bank. The park is a place of unspoiled wilderness, with serene forest, bubbling streams, and a tranquil lake. Nagarhole can be explored by jeep safari. Many people go trekking in the area too.

Chikmagalur

A destination that's very popular with domestic tourists, Chikmagalur is a part of the Western Ghat mountains in southwest Karnataka's coffee district. Trekkers flock there to scale Mullayanagiri peak, one of the highest in the state. Thrillophilia offers a two-day trekking trip departing from Bangalore. The region's diverse array of attractions also includes waterfalls, wildlife sanctuaries, temples, and homestays. If you really want to pamper yourself, stay at The Serai.

Around 25 kilometers southeast of Chikmagalur on the banks of Yagachi River, historic Belur has many glorious temples belonging to the Hoysala Empire, which had its capital there. These temples are the best examples of Hoysala architecture, with the highlight being their intricate carvings. The main temple, constructed to commemorate the victory of the Hoysalas over the Cholas, took 103 years to build. Belur was attacked by the Mughals in the 14th century, beginning the downfall of Hoysala rule and relocation of their capital to Halebidu.

Shravanabelagola

Karnataka is home to five towering statues of Bahubali, the son of the founder of Jainism. The tallest one is located at Shravanabelagola, in the Hassan district between Bangalore and Mangalore. It stands 58 feet tall and was carved out of a single block of granite rock, making it the biggest monolithic stone statue in the world. Its location on top of a hill requires an energetic barefoot climb up more than 600 steps. The ceremonies and rituals conducted at the base of the statue are particularly interesting.

Murudeshwar

The second tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world (the tallest one is in Nepal) is located at Murudeshwar on the southern Karnataka coast, around 150 kilometers north of Mangalore. The complex also has a temple with an ornate 20 storied gopura (tower) and internal lift that goes all the way to the top. The views are breathtaking.

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Karnataka Tourist Places

In 2020, Karnataka was the 3rd most popular tourist destination among domestic tourists. Around 77 million domestic tourists visited the state of Karnataka in 2020. Some of the most famous tourist places in Karnataka are given in this article.

List of Karnataka Tourist Places

Some of the important Karnataka tourist places are listed below:

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as the ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire at Hampi, Pattadakal.
• National Parks such as Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, and Bannerghatta National Park.
• There are many important temples of the Hindu religion such as Sringeri Temple, Kollur Mookambika Temple, Dharmasthala Temple, and Kukke Subramanya Temple.

Mysore Palace

• Chamundeshwari Temple at Mysore
• Jog Falls, Shimoga
• Agumbe, Shimoga
• Rock-cut temples at Aihole and Badami.
• Hoysala temples at Belur and Helebidu.
• Shivanasamudra Falls
• There are many popular beaches at Karwar, Malpe, Gokarna, Murudeshwar, Mangalore, etc.
• Karakala, Mudabidri, and Shravanabelagola are important sites for people following Jainism.
• Pattadakal is located on the banks of the Malaprabha river in the Bagalkot district.
• Pattadakal is a complex of 7th and 8th century CE Hindu and Jain temples.
• This monument is protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).
• This is a significant centre of Chalukya monuments.
• Hampi is located in the Vijayanagara district.
• There are a group of monuments in Hampi.
• Hampi was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century.
• Hampi-Vijayanagara was the world’s second-largest mediaeval-era city by 1500 C.E.
• Hampi was mentioned even in the Puranas of Hinduism and Ramayana.

Chamundeshwari Temple

• Chamundeshwari temple located in Mysore is a very famous destination for tourists. It is one of the most traditional temples of Hindus.
• People of Karnataka revere Goddess Chamundeshwari as “Naada Devi”, meaning state goddess.
• Chamundeshwari Temple is one of the 18 Shakti Peethas in India.
• Mysore Palace located in Karnataka is one of the most famous tourist destinations in entire India, along with the Taj Mahal located in Agra.
• Mysore Palace is known as Amba Vilas Palace.
• Mysore Palace was the royal residence of the Wadiyar or Wodeyar dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Mysore from 1399 to 1947, one of the longest surviving dynasties in India.

Nagarhole National Park

• Nagarahole is spread over the Mysore and Kodagu districts covering an area of 847.981 sq km.
• Nagarhole National Park is an important hub for Project Elephant and Project Tiger.
• Nagarahole is contiguous with Bandipur Tiger Reserve to its southeastern parts and Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala) to its south.
• Nagarhole National Park has one of the highest densities of tiger population after Corbett and Kaziranga Tiger Reserves.

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• 47 Best Places To Visit In Karnataka That Will Totally Knock You Out

27 Feb 2023

Tourist places in Karnataka spell allure and sedation. Some of these best places to visit in Karnataka are well-renowned, while the others are left unappreciated. The state’s geographical location ensures diverse tourist places that are captivating enough to knock you out.

The historical and quintessential state of Karnataka occupies a focal place in the tourism map of India. Locked between Kannad Coast, Western Ghats, and Deccan Plateau, the state boasts of forests, hills, temples, caves beaches, riversides, lakes, coffee estates, waterfalls, ruins, and so much more interesting tourist spots, here’s a list of some of the best places to visit in Karnataka that you can unravel for an amazing getaway with your loved ones.

47 Best Places To Visit In Karnataka

Spell bounded beaches, rich biodiversity, ancient cities, rugged mountains, rich biodiversity and much more, attractions in Karnataka are an amalgamation of modernity and ancient charm. Here we give you a handpicked list of some of the best places to visit in Karnataka. Check them out!

1. Bangalore

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Bangalore, a colorful city of culture and people, is one of the popular tourist destinations to visit in Karnataka. The IT hub of the country offers a cosmopolitan ambience and people from different parts come and settle here for work. Bangalore has pleasant and comfortable weather round the year and so it is one of the best places to visit in Karnataka in summer. Full of wildlife, nature, ruins, museums, architectural wonders, and gardens, Bangalore is a treat for tourists and travelers. And on top of that staying in one of the many luxurious villas in Bangalore makes your vacation all the more worthwhile.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Bangalore also offers many fascinating tourist destinations within the city to chill out a weekend or a mid-week holiday. Key attractions are Butterfly Park of Bannerghatta Biological Park, Bangalore Palace, Lalbagh Glass Place, Tipu Sultan’s Summer Palace, Wonder La Amusement Park, ISKCON temple, and Aerospace Museum. Butterfly Park in Bangalore is one of the most famous tourist attractions in Karnataka that you must add to your itinerary. Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station: The capital city has its own junction named, Bangalore City Railway Station. Nearest Airport: Bangalore has its own international airport with the name Bengaluru International Airport.

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A quaint and not so popular hill station, Coorg is aptly called ‘Scotland of India’. Its surreal beauty makes it one of the most fascinating tourist places in Karnataka . Endowed with coffee estates full of aroma, luxuriant greenery dotting the mountains, and stunning waterfalls plunging down the misty mountains, Coorg charms each and every one of its visitors.

Thrilling treks along the winding trails of the coffee & spice plantations, visit elephant camp, coracle rides in the river, wildlife sanctuaries, monasteries, and local Madikeri market – all together contribute to make the holiday fascinating and exhilarating.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Abbey Falls, Iruppu Falls, and Bylakuppe are the most loved ones. Monastery, the second biggest Tibetan settlement in India, Dubare Elephant Camp, and Nagarhole National Park come in close seconds. For adventure freaks and nature lovers, trek up to Brahmagiri Peak, Chettalli, and a thrilling coracle ride in the nearby river are the draws. Best Time To Visit: March to June Nearest Railway Station: Mysore Railway Station is 106 km from Coorg. Mangalore Station and Hassan Station are also in close proximity. Nearest Airport: Bangalore Airport is 260 km from Coorg. You can also access the glorious hill-station from Mangalore Airport which is 135 km away.

Kabini is one of the most picturesque and the best tourist places in Karnataka , located along the bank of a river with the same name. River Kabini is a tributary of Cauvery. The place is located on the periphery of Rajiv Gandhi National Park, Bandipur Forest, and Nagarhole National Park; hence, offers ample scope of wildlife experience, amongst the best places in Karnataka to explore the wilderness.

Also, you can be lucky enough to spot tiger, leopards, wild elephants, various species of deers, and plenty of residential and nomadic birds, while boating in the river or on a wildlife safari in the nearby jungles.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Wildlife safari at Nagarhole National park, boating at Kabini River, exploring Kabini dam, and the hilly area of Kutta covered with coffee and spice plantations. Best Time To Visit: November to June Nearest Railway Station: Mysore Railway Station is just about 10 km from the place. Nearest Airport: 250 km from Kabini, Bangalore Airport is the closest airport.

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4. Jog Falls

Amongst the most famous places in Karnataka, Jog Falls locally known as Gerusoppa falls, Gersoppa Falls, and Jogada Gundi are the second highest waterfalls in the country. Formed by Sharavathi River cascading from an altitude of 253 m (830 ft), the waterfalls are divided into four segments namely Raja, Rocket, Rani, and Roarer. They offer one of the most charming and breathtakingly beautiful places to see in Karnataka .

The State Tourism Department has constructed steps – around 1,500 in number – from the viewpoint till the hill bottom. It is here at the bottom that the alluring beauty of the waterfalls can be seen closely. For their beauty and enchanting sound of gushing water, Jog Falls are one of the best places to visit in Karnataka in summer.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Linganamakki Dam across Sharavathi River, Tunga Anicut Dam, and Thavare Koppa Best Time To Visit: Monsoon season Nearest Railway Station: To reach Jog Falls via train, you need to get down at Sagar Station which is 28 km away. Nearest Airport: Hubli Airport is the closest airport at a distance of 133 km.

Shimoga, the cultural capital of Karnataka, is a colourful place enriched with fertile land, beautiful waterfalls, and lush green forests making it one of the best tourist places in Karnataka . Its verdant greenery and tranquil ambience make it one of the best places to visit in Karnataka. River Tungabhadra, River Sharavathi, River Varada, and River Kumadvathi have carved out picturesque river valleys here. The place is historically famous as Kadambas, Gangas, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, and Vijayanagar Kings reigned this region.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Shivappa Nayaka Summer Palace, Kote Seeta-Rama Temple, Sacred Heart Cathedral, and Tyavarekoppa Lion Safari are the major attractions. Sakrebyle Elephant Camp is also very famous here where you can experience bathing and attend professional training sessions of elephants. Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: The city has its own railway station named Shimoga Nagar Railway Station Nearest Airport: Shimoga Domestic Airport is 1o minutes’ drive from the city and is fairly connected with Mumbai and Delhi. The nearest international airport is Mangalore International Airport which is 195 km from the city.

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6. Mangalore

Mangalore is one of the serene tourist spots in Karnataka, impeccable for a short weekend trips to break the monotony of urban chores. The town is located at the estuarine junction formed by River Netravati and River Gurupura on the Arabian Sea Coast.

Once in Mangalore, strolling and sunbathing at the beaches, trying spicy, scrumptious seafood, viewing sunrises & sunsets, and visiting the shipyard just cannot be missed. This serene town is one of our favourite Karnataka tourist places of all times. Mangalore is certainly one of the most ideal places to visit in Karnataka for 2 days break. And, there are a plethora of fascinating places near Mangalore that you can visit.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Tannirbhavi Beach, Panambur Beach, Someshwara Temple, St. Aloysius Chapel, Mangaladevi Temple, Kadri Manjunath Temple, and Sammilan Shetty’s Butterfly Park are the major attractions. Don’t miss the unlittered and serene beaches to add complete effect to your trip. Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station: Mangalore Railway Station is within the city. Nearest Airport: Mangalore International Airport is a mere 15 minutes from the main city.

It would be completely unfair not to mention one of the best tourist places in Karnataka, the picturesque town of Karwar. Karwar is an offbeat beach destination located near Karnataka-Goa border. The town is one of the upcoming, not-so-popular yet, places to visit in coastal Karnataka. It is ideal for those who desire to have a secluded holiday away from any bustling cat-race of the city. Sun-kissed beaches, charming temples, and majestic forts are the major tourist pullers.

The town is locally popular as ‘Kone’ by the southern villagers, which refers to the corner of the region around the River Kali. Karwar has an exhilarating splendour to it. The surrounding green hills, which are a part of the Western Ghats, enhance the beauty quotient of the place.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Stroll at the Majali Beach, take a boat ride up to Kurumgad Island, and explore the historical remnants of Sadashivgad Fort. Do not miss the famous Durga Devi and Nagnath Temple. Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station: Karwar has its own railway station by the name of Karwar Railway Station. Nearest Airport: Dabolim Airport Goa is around 2 hours’ drive from Karwar.

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Image Source Travellers looking for complete solace and solemn pleasure should surely visit Gokarna at least once. This low-key, laid-back, and less-commercialised beach destination has won over millions of travellers and backpackers, and is one of the most famous places in Karnataka .

Gokarna is also an important Hindu pilgrim hub with many age-old temples in its confines. Chilling out on the pristine beaches, enjoying the exciting water sports, and riding on the thrilling catamaran ride has made it a fascinating tourist retreat.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Mahabaleshwar Temple, Maha Ganapati Temple, and Om Beach are the major crowd-pullers. Relax and enjoy the thrilling water sports like banana boat ride, snorkelling, and parasailing in the shimmering blue water of Gokarna. Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: Gokarna Railway Station is nearest to the town and is well-connected with Marmagao Rail Link. Nearest Airport: Dabolim Airport in Goa is 140 km away from the town.

9. Bandipur National Park

When holidaying means greenery and winding trails, when birds chirping and calls of the wild animals are melodies to the ears, when the beauty and charm of Bandipur National Park leave you awestruck, it means you have had a successful day in your vacation.

The famous tiger reserve and bird sanctuary is an idyllic retreat for the nature lovers and bird watchers. The number of ardent nature lovers flocking to Bandipur National Park has made it one of the ideal places to visit in Karnataka for a day-picnic. Once a private hunting ground for Maharajas of Mysore, the national park is a habitat to rich varieties of flora and fauna like wild elephants, spotted deer, gaurs, and antelopes.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Himavad Gopalaswamy Temple, Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple, Anjaneyar Temple, and Biligirirangan Hills are the major tourist attractions along with wildlife safari at Bandipur National Park are the hits here. Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: Mysore City Railway Station is the closest rail link, located 80 km from the National Park. Nearest Airport: Bengaluru International Airport is 220 km from the forest region.

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10. Dandeli

Dandeli is an incredible getaway amidst nature and adventure which has gained its spot on the list of serene tourist places in Karnataka for 2 days . This scenic hilly terrain surrounded by deciduous forests and wildlife habitat is an ideal vacation destination in Karnataka.

Along with thick and lush green forests, Dandeli is also famous for adventure sports, night camps, nature walks, boating, and angling in the Kali River. In a way, a wholesome package for adventure enthusiasts, it is a place you must visit if you are an adrenaline junkie.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Explore Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary, Shiroli Park, and Kavala caves for an interesting experience. Entice your adventure spree and try out kayaking and whitewater rafting in River Kali. Best Time To Visit: October to May Nearest Railway Station: Alnavar Junction is the closest railway link, just 23 km away from Dandeli. Nearest Airport: Hubli Airport is at a distance of 56 km.

Hampi – a small Kannad village located at the bank of Tungabhadra River is now recognised as World Heritage Site by UNESCO making it one of the best tourist places in North Karnataka . The village showcases ruins and historical remnants of Vijayanagara Kingdom. The stony landscape and barren beauty of the town are one of the perfect places to visit in Karnataka.

History buffs and architecture scholars flock in thousands of numbers here annually. Other curious travellers often feel spell-bound and awestruck by the craftsmanship of the skilled artisans of the era. Hampi has almost 500 architectural structures in its ruins, all of which are worth visiting.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Monkey Temple, Archeological Museum, Vijaya Vittala Temple, Royal Enclosure, Virupaksha Temple, Queen’s Bath, and Riverside Ruins are the crowd-pullers. Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: Hospet Junction is the nearest railway station to Hampi, at about 13 km from the place. Nearest Airport: The nearest airport is at Hubli Airport at about 74 km from Hampi. Bellary Airport and Belgaum Airport are also nearby.

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12. Bijapur

As a serene and famous historical town, Bijapur boasts of Deccan’s Islamic Era and its glories inherited making it one of the most beautiful places in Karnataka . Bijapur renamed Vijapura in 2023, is a cultural hub and has plenty of mosques, mausoleums, palaces, and forts as offerings to travellers.

Bijapur is one of the popular tourist spots in Karnataka and has a heart for the Lingayat brand of Shaivism. The Lingayat Siddeshwara Festival is celebrated with full splendour for eight days in January and February here.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Gol Gumbaz, Ibrahim Rauza, Malik-e-Maidan displaying Bara Kaman, Bijapur Fort, Jami Masjid, Gagan Mahal, and Upli Buruj are a must visit. Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station: Bijapur has its own railway link by the name of Bijapur Railway Station. Nearest Airport: Sambre Airport in Belgaum is the closest one and located about 164 km from the city.

13. Badami, Aihole And Pattadakal

Dusty roads, barren topography, red stone architecture, and rocky cliffs iconize the surroundings of Badami, Aihole and Pattadakal – the best places to visit in north Karnataka. These Heritage Sites as declared by UNESCO, are the must-visit Karnataka attractions.

You can discover Chalukyan wrecks and ruins while strolling along the century-old temples, caves, and forts in Badami. Aihole has historical connotation and is known as cradle of Hindu rock architecture. Moreover, Pattadakal houses uniquely designed temples. It’s a set of places which you must explore to understand the marvel of the place.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Badami is famous for Badami Fort, Buddha rock-cut Caves, and Bhootnath Temple. Aihole is known for Durga Temple, Lad Khan Temple, Archeological Temple, and Huchimalli Temple. Virupaksha & Papanatha Temple and Galaganatha Shrine are major attractions in Pattadakal. Best Time To Visit: July to March Nearest Railway Station: All three places are close by and can be reached from Hubli Railway Station, just 100 km away. Nearest Airport: Belgaum Airport is the nearest airport at a distance of 190 km.

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Udupi is ethereal, verdant, and blissful. Locked between the misty Western Ghats and pristine Arabian Sea, Udupi is also known as Odipu in local language. It is popular for its temples, architecture, wood artefacts, beaches, stone carving, Yakshagana – the theatre art genre, and special type of local cuisine, which includes Saaru, Koddelu, Huli, Tambuli, Kosambari, Bajji, and such.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Sri Krishna Temple, Malpe Beach, St. Mary’s Islands, Ambalpady, and Shiriyara are the major attractions Best Time To Visit: December to February Nearest Railway Station: Udupi has its own railway station with the name of Udupi Railway Station. Nearest Airport: Bajpe Airport of Mangalore is the nearest airport to Udupi at just 48 km.

15. Chitradurga Fort

Truly one of the best places to enjoy Karnataka sightseeing , the monument located in Chitradurga town has immense archaeological and historical significance. The fort has witnessed history from the time period of Chalukyas Empire and the renowned legend of Onake Obavva. The fort even has a mention in the epic of Mahabharata.

Chitradurga Fort or Chitaldoorg Fort, as it is locally known, is a fortified structure that connects several hills and a peak overlooking the nearly flat valley.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Besides the eminent fort, the Ankali Mutt, Vani Vilas Sagar Dam, Hidimbeshwar Temple, Kugo Bande, and Shouting Rock are worth visiting. Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: Chitradurga Railway Station is the nearest. Nearest Airport: Bengaluru International Airport, which is 197 km away from the fort area is the nearest.

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16. Nandi Hills

The list of places to visit in and around Karnataka is not complete if we do not include this along with the popular health resort of the same name. Nandi Hills is located east of Bangalore and offer delightful beauty to the travellers. Serene lake, majestic forts, ancient temples, and jaw-dropping backdrops make it a picture-perfect weekend retreat and one of the ultimate places to visit in Karnataka in summer.

Viewing the sunrise from the hilltop amidst clouds, fog and misty weather is probably a lavish treat to the soul. The place also has historical significance. Tipu Sultan and his royalty retired here at Nandi Hills, when they sought to escape the commotion of battles and the heat of the plain land.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Nandi Temple, century-old Lord Shiva Temple, and Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple are the primary attractions. Best Time To Visit: September to February Nearest Railway Station: Chikkaballapur Railway Station is 19 km from Nandi Hills and is the closest one. Nearest Airport: Bengaluru International Airport is an hour’s drive from here.

17. Chikmagalur

Often known as the coffee land of Karnataka, this place is surrounded by scenic beauty along with the strong aroma of coffee. This hill station is situated at the foothills of Mullayanagiri range and is famous for its serene nature, lush green forests, and the Yagachi River.

Chikmagalur is an ideal destination for a relaxing getaway with friends in Karnataka, being the largest producer of coffee, it is the best place to be for coffee lovers. You can explore the tranquil coffee plantations and go on a nature walk and trekking trails in the hills.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Mahatma Gandhi Park, Coffee Museum, Mullayana Giri, Kudurekha Jamly. Best Time To Visit: September to May Nearest Railway Station : Chikkamagaluru railway station Nearest Airport : Mangalore Airport

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Mysore is one of the largest princely states that boats numerous tourist spots for you to get in touch with the royal history of this place. Also known as the city of palaces in southern India, it is the most idyllic destination to visit in Karnataka with a dash of royal touch. The city not just houses world-renowned palaces and landmarks but there are also gleaming beaches near Mysore that would surely leave you amazed.

Mysore is also famous for its silk sarees, intricate architecture, sandalwood, royal heritage and yoga. However, the biggest attraction of the city is the Mysore Palace which reflects the beauty and charm of the royal city. Marvel at the elaborate architecture, the intricate carvings, and the stained glass windows. This city won’t leave you disappointed.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Mysore Palace, Mysore Zoo, Sri Chamundeshwari Temple, Brindavan Gardens Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station : Chamarajapuram railway station Nearest airport : Bangalore International Airport

19. Murudeshwar

This holy town features the second tallest statue of Lord Shiva in the world that is beautifully located with Arabian Sea on all three sides and the majestic Western Ghats showing their presence in the town. A favourite haunt for day trips, the serene beaches and adventure activities are what intrigue travellers the most to visiting this town.

Apart from being a favourite picnic spot, it’s also famous for mesmerizing temples and forts, you can plan a visit to nearby destinations like Netrani island that offer many water sport activities like scuba diving and snorkelling.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Statue of Lord Shiva, Murudeshwar temple Best Time To Visit: October to May Nearest Railway Station : Murdeshwar railway station Nearest airport : Mangalore Airport

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20. Nagarhole National Park

Explore the wildlife of Karnataka at the storehouse of rich flora and fauna, Nagarhole National Park is an ideal place to spot the majestic creatures of the wild. Get to witness the wild animals in their natural habitats like Asiatic elephants, different species of birds and Indion bisons or simply soak in the raw nature surrounding you.

Apart from the wildlife, there are plenty of cultural and heritage spots in the park as well. You can visit the temples to seek tranquility and soak in the calm and positivity. Witness breathtaking waterfalls on the way as you seek respite away from the hustle and bustle.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Rameshwara temple, Iruppu Falls Best Time To Visit: Throughout the year Nearest Railway Station : Krishnarajanagar Nearest airport : Mandakalli Airport, Mysore

Go on an elephantastic adventure at this place in Karnataka that allows you to bathe and play with the magnificent animals of the jungle kingdom. Get up and close with these gigantic elephants, interact with them and enjoy their company in absolute wilderness.

The elephant training camp here is famous for indulging in a number of activities, learning and creating a unique experience with the elephants. This is indeed one of the most unique places to visit in Karnataka where kids as well as adults can enjoy.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Dubare Elephant Camp, Harangi Dam, Nisargadhama Best Time To Visit: September to March Nearest Railway Station : Krishnarajanagar Nearest airport : Mangalore Airport

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22. Kotagiri

A quaint hill station surrounded by the majestic Nilgiri mountains, it exudes peace and tranquillity in every corner. Kotagiri observes pleasant climatic conditions all year round and boasts several coffee plantations, lush greenery, and tea plantations to tour around.

Kotagiri is also the third-largest hill station in Karnataka, and is believed to have the world’s second-best climate. It serves as a perfect alternative to Ooty if you prefer a lesser crowd as it is much more peaceful than Ooty.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Catherine Water Falls, Nilgiri Mountain Railway Line, Longwood Shola Reserve Forest, Lamb’s Rock Best Time To Visit: December to May Nearest Railway Station : Mettupalayam Nearest airport : Coimbatore Airport

23. Srirangapatna

This ancient river island town in the shape of an egg is surrounded by river Kaveri on all sides and is also a popular picnic spot located at a distance of 22 km from Mysore in Mandya district of Karnataka. The town exudes an old-world charm, vintage vibes and a historical relevance attached to it that makes it one of the most popular tourist destinations in Karnataka.

This town was once the capital of Mysore under Tipu Sultan and is home to several historically significant heritage sites. Surrounded by scenic beauty of stunning waterfalls and lush greenery, Srirangapatna is a must-visit for travellers visiting Karnataka.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Dariya Daulat Palace, Balmuri Falls, Colonel Bailey’s Dungeon Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station : Shrirangapattana railway station Nearest airport : Mysore Airport

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24. Sringeri

A hill town located in the Chikkamagaluru district, and is the first site of matha that was established by Adi Shankara in the 8th century. It holds a historical significant value and is the abode of the Sharadamba of Sringeri.

This ancient hill town is one of the most famous places to see in Karnataka , a hillock that is considered to be the home of the sage Vibhandaka and his son Rishyashringa.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Shringeri Sharadamba, Sri Jagadguru Shankaracharya, Vidyashankara Temple, Sri Torana Ganpati Temple Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station : Udupi Nearest airport : Mangalore airport

Once the ancient capital of the Hoysala empire, this ancient town is a major tourist destination in Karnataka which is home to the famous Chennakesava Temple, dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Home to multiple temples, many devotees travel to this town to worship the deities.

Marvel at the ancient architecture of the temples built in the Dravidian style and the Hoysala style of architecture that have intricate carvings which took almost 103 years to finish the temple.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Chennakeshava Temple, Hoysala Emblem, Yagachi Dam Best Time To Visit: October to April Nearest railway station : Chikmagalur railway station Nearest airport : Bajpe Airport

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26. Shravanabelagola

Sravanbelagola is known as a crucial pilgrimage for Jain witn the height of  this temple is 57 metres it is a monolithic sculpture of Lord Gomateswara, commonly known as Bahubali statue. Situated almost 144 km away from Bengaluru in the Hassan District, this temple attracts a large number of visitors every year.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Located between two hills Vindyagiri and Chandigiri, this temple is also known as Belagola. Now, if we consider the meaning of Belagola, “bela” refers to the colour white and “kola” refers to pond in Kannada language. Among all the tourist places in Karnataka , this tourist point is the most important place and it takes an entire day to visit all the monuments individually. Visitors who find it difficult to climb both of these hills will get Palanquin or the Dolis which are available for INR 800. Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway station in Shravanabelagola is at Hassan as most of the trains halt there. Apart from trains, Shravanabelagola is well connected through roads and the roads are nicely maintained. Nearest Airport: Mysore has its nearest airport and that can be easily accessed by availing the cab service.

27. Devbagh

If you consider all the tourist places in Karnataka , this tourist point is popularly known as the best one because of its scenic beauty, the picture-perfect background with wide range of mountains, pristine blue water and lush green belt of trees. With a blend of all these beauties, Devbagh has a lot of things to offer. It’s an exotic island, situated along the coastline of the Arabian sea which is nearly 2 km from the southern part of Goa. 

Popular Tourist Destinations: Tourists will find splendid weather throughout the year in this beach town and because of this pleasant weather, vacationers will find fresh seafood and can experience the sunsets and few water sports.  Furthermore, vacationers can also visit places in devbagh such as Tagore Beach, Lighthouse of Devbagh, Sadashivgad fort, the Shejjeswar temple. Apart from these tourist points, this place is a perfect getaway for the newlywed couples. Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station: Kudal Railway Station Nearest Airport: Goa International Airport

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28. Halebidu

Are you looking for some wonderful tourist places in Karnataka ? Well, here are some details about Halebid, which will guide you to know about the city in a better way. The city of Halebid has a wonderful collection of temples, sculptures and shrines. The city is also considered the Gem of Indian architecture because of its stunning Jain sites and the temple complexes. 

Popular Tourist Destinations: People, while visiting there can visit the temples like Kedareshwara and Hoyaleswara for their beautiful sculptures and the panels which are designed in the prominent Hoysala style. Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station: It is a very small town which is situated near Hassan and the visitors generally stay in the heart of the city for the day trip to Halebid. The nearest railway station is Hasaan which is 27 km away from the main city and the station can be accessed by a cab or taxi service. Nearest Airport: The closest airport is Mangalore Airport which is 168 km away.

29. Kudremukh

Kudremukh is always popular for its scenic beauty and biodiversity. Being a famous hill-station in the crowd of Bangalore, this place is basically a hill range of Karnataka. With the dense forest, grasslands and rolling meadows, Kudremukh is a hotspot for biodiversity.

Popular Tourist Destinations: At an altitude of 1894 meters, the Kudremukh Peak is heaven for trekkers and naturists. The visitors will love to experience the diversity of flora and fauna. Best Time To Visit: November to February Nearest Railway Station: The closest railway station is at Mangalore and there are many trains which are connected to the different cities.The nearest railway station at Mangalore with trains connecting to many cities. The nearest airport is also in Mangalore and is accessible by taxi. It is also well connected by road with buses plying regularly from Mangalore. Nearest Airport: The nearest airport is in Mangalore and the airport is accessible by taxis. Apart from taxis the airport is also well connected by buses to different routes. 

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30. Kemmanagundi

 This is a hill station with wide-spread views and visitors will experience beautiful gardens. Vacationers can witness the spectacular beauty of the hills and that is a heaven for all nature and adventure lovers. 

Popular Tourist Destinations: The natural beauty comes up from all the dimensions, the lush green dense forest, waterfalls, and streams and exquisite gardens. The Royal Horticultural Society of Karnataka is another attraction for visitors who find Karnataka the best place for planning a trip. The place is best for trekking, picnics and especially for nature walks. The tourist attraction includes Hebbe falls, Rock garden, Z point, and the Shiva temple. Best Time To Visit: September to February Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway station is Tarikere and the station is 35 km away and considered as the best way to commute to Kemmanagundi. There are some state-run as well as private buses which are connected to Kemmanagundi station. The closest railway station is Tarikere which is 35 km away and the best way to commute to Kemmanagundi. There are many state-run and private buses which are connected to this hill station. You can also prefer to drive down as the roadways are very well connected. Nearest Airport: The closest airport is Mangalore airport and which is approximately 150 km away from Kemmanagundi.

31. Shivagange

Shivagange is a popular destination, located 56 km away from Bangalore and also well known for temples and scenic beauty which makes it both a place for pilgrimage and a spot for exploring your adventure. 

Popular Tourist Destinations: This place is also known as Dakshina Kashi as it is a home for different temples like Olakala teertha, Patala Gange, Nandi Statue and Gangadhareshwara temple. The spectacular architecture of Nandi is a special attraction for the tourists. The hilly feature of this place attracts a lot of people who seek adventure sports and find it perfect for trekking as well as rock climbing. Best Time To Visit: November to February Nearest Railway Station: Tumkur Railway Station. Nearest Airport:  Mangalore International Airport

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32. Maravanthe

If you are considering the places to visit in Karnataka then there are a lot of options to choose from and Maravanthe is known as the getaway for the vacationers which can be the popular one as a nature’s basket with full of mesmerizing views. 

Popular Tourist Destinations: During sunset, the whole place is tinted in the shade of sepia mode which looks like just out of a  painter’s piece of art. The sunset sets the whole place tinted in the shade of sepia just out of a painter’s canvas. The town is surrounded by Kodachadri Hills and the Arabian sea and Sauparnika River on the other side of the town. Apart from the natural beauty, the place is fascinated by two villages namely Padukone and Trasi situated in the middle of the city. Best Time To Visit: September to March Nearest Railway Station: Kundapura Railway Station Nearest Airport:  Mangalore International Airport

33. Sakleshpur

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Sakleshpur is a beautiful hill station situated in the heights of the Western Ghats, in Karnataka. You can soak yourself in the aroma of the coffee, tea and spice plantations. The economy of the small-town flourishes on these three plantations. Sakleshpur offers you some spectacular views of natural beauty and rainforests which are pleasing to the eyes.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Some of the popular tourist destinations in Sakleshpur are Temple of Halebid and Belur, Jenukal Gudda, Kukke Subramanya Temple, Green Route Trek, Raxidi Estate, Ayyappa Swami Temple, Eshwara Temple, Manjarabad Fort, Sakleshwara Temple, Agni Gudda Hill, Manjehalli Waterfalls, Bisle View Point, Pandavar Gudda and Hadlu Waterfall. Best Time To Visit: Throughout the year Nearest Railway Station: Sakleshpur is well connected by railways. The nearest railway station to Sakleshpur is Sakleshpur Railway Station which you can reach easily. Nearest Airport: The nearest airport to Sakleshpur is Mangalore Airport which is 98.8 km away along with some other airports like Kannur, Bengaluru, Goa, and Kochi.

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34. Madikeri

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The city of Madikeri is situated in Karnataka between Mangalore and Mysore. Madikeri is full of natural beauty, lush green forests, scenic landscapes, monasteries, temples, dazzling waterfalls and much more.  If you want to take a break from your daily routine then Madikeri, one of the best tourist places to visit in Karnataka, will offer you a serene and tranquil environment. Numerous ancient buildings, rich traditions and culture have made Madikeri a fascinating attraction.

Popular Tourist Destinations : There are many tourist destinations worth visiting in Madikeri. Some of them are Raja’s Seat, Madikeri Fort, Omkareshwara Temple, Abbey Falls, Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Cauvery Nisargadhama, Golden Temple, Iruppu Falls, Chingara Falls, Chelavara Falls, Mandalpatti, Talacauvery & Bhagamandala and many more. Best Time To Visit: November to April Nearest Railway Station: Madikeri is not directly connected by railways. However, the nearest railway station to Madikeri is Sakleshpur Railway Station which is at a distance of 58 km. Nearest Airport: Mangalore airport or the Bajpe airport is the nearest airport lying in close proximity with Madikeri at a distance of 145 km from the town.

35. Kanakpura

Get soaked in the clear waters of the waterfall in Kanakpura and experience the lush green forests in Karnataka. Kanakpura is at a distance of 55 km from Bengaluru and is regarded as the perfect weekend getaway or for a short vacation for the people out there. For all wildlife enthusiasts, Kanakpura, a small district in Ramanagara, located on the banks of Arkavathi river is a great opportunity to witness wildlife.

Popular Tourist Destinations:   Many tourist attractions are there in Kanakpura. Some of them are waterfalls, river streams, public parks, and some beautiful ancient temples. Best Time To Visit: Monsoon season Nearest Railway Station: There is no direct link between trains in Kanakpura. However, the nearest railway station is at Hosur which is at a distance of 48 km after which you can hire a cab. Nearest Airport: A t a distance of 56 km from Kanakpura lies Kempegowda International Airport (BLR) which is the nearest airport.

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36. Kushalnagar

Kushalnagar is a small town within an area of 8 square km and situated on the banks of the Cauvery river.  You will be offered luxurious accommodations and plan your stay in one of the resorts, hotel and lodgings. Kushalnagar is one of the hidden destinations not as popular as Coorg, but you can be sure of including it in the places to visit in Karnataka and witness wildlife, different varieties of exotic birds, capture some amazing pictures and its heaven.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Kushalnagar is famous for temples, monasteries, waterfalls and various adventure activities best for nature and wildlife lovers. Best Time To Visit: September to March Nearest Railway Station: Being a small town Kushalnagar has no railway station. Although, Coorg is nearby so you can arrive by car or hire a cab. Nearest Airport: Being a small town Kushalnagar has a direct connection and the nearest airport is the Mysore airport. After landing you can take a cab.

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Planning a trip to Karnataka? Hasan is one of the interesting places that you must add to your itinerary while visiting Karnataka. Hassan is located at a distance of 187 km from Bangalore in Malnad and Maidan districts. Tourists will get to see some of the monuments, and ancient structures which are considered as some of the best illustrations of Hoysala era style of architecture. There are amazing sculptures like Bahubali Statue, untouched forests, forest reserves, monuments, and magnificent temples which will take you on a history ride.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Some of the famous tourist destinations of Hasan are Bahubali statue which is 27 meters high, Hoysala temples like Mosale, Gorur Dam, Kabbaligere Hills, Forest reserve and Bisle Ghat. Best Time To Visit: November to February Nearest Railway Station: Arsikere junction, Kadur junction and Birur junction are some of the nearest railway stations in Hassan. Nearest Airport: The city of Hassan does not have an airport. However, the nearest airport to Hassan is Mysore Airport where you can reach easily.

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38. Ramanagara

Ramanagara is famous for rolling green hills where you will get to see the peaks of Somagiri, Krishnagiri, Yeti Rajagiri, Revanna Siddeshwara, and Jala Siddeshwara. Ladies can shop their hearts out with Mysore silk sarees which are popular across the globe for not their quality but their texture also. Ramanagara is popularly known as the silk city owing to its rich silk harvest and silk is harvested in the regions of Ramanagara.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Some of the famous tourist destinations of Ramanagara are Janapada Loka, also known as the “Folk World”, Ramanagara Ramadevara Betta Vulture Sanctuary, Mekedatu where two of rivers merge Kaveri and Arkavathi. Best Time To Visit: March to June Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway stations from Ramanagara are Ramanagaram, Maddur and Kengeri railway stations. Nearest Airport: There are two airports near Ramanagara which is Bangalore airport which is at a distance of 90 km and Mysore airport which is at a distance of 110 km.

39. Madhugiri

Madhugiri, a small town in the Tumkur district of Karnataka, is considered as the next home to Asia’s largest monolith. This place is located at a distance of 100 km from Bangalore and is a popular tourist destination of Madhugiri Fort. During the reign of the Vijayanagar Dynasty, this fort was built with a dominant historical background.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Madhugiri Fort, Jayamangali Blackbuck Reserve, Timmalapura forest Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: Gauribidanur, Hindupur, Tumkur Nearest Airport: NA

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40. Makalidurga

Best known for Makalidurga Hills, this place is a small village that one can easily visit because of a very short distance from Bangalore which is around 60 km. An old temple of Lord Shiva is located there in the village. This temple is believed to be the spot where Rishi Markandeya performed penance, an expression of repentance for their wrongdoings.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Wineries and Vineyards, Sacred and religious sites Best Time To Visit: October to March Nearest Railway Station: Makalidurga, Thondebhavi Nearest Airport: Bangalore Airport is 36 km away from Makalidurga.

41. Chikkaballapur

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This is a beautiful town which is located at a distance of 57 km from Bangalore and connects to the North Bangalore region. The place is also considered a major educational hub and is home to Nandi Hills, Bhoga Nandeeshwara, Yoga Nandeeshwara temples, and Vivekananda waterfalls. The town also offers an opportunity to indulge in adventure activities like rock climbing and exploring nature.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Bhoga Nandishwara Temple, Skandagiri Hills Best Time To Visit: June to February Nearest Railway Station: This town has its own railway station which connects to nearby distances. On the other hand, the main railway station is Yelahanka railway station located 40 km away. Nearest Airport: The Kempegowda International airport is the nearest located at a distance of 58 km.

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42. Savandurga

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Situated at a distance of 60 km to the west of Bangalore, Savandurga is one of the largest single rock formations in Asia. Comprising two hills, Billigudda and Karigudda, it also has a temple located at the foothill. This is a paradise for the trekkers to experience trekking, rock climbing, and camping. Nearby this place flows the Arkavathi river and runs towards the Manchanabele Dam. Some people also visit this place to watch the birds.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Belur, Coorg, Nandi Hills Best Time To Visit: November to May Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway station is the Magadi railway station located 12 km away. Nearest Airport: The Kempegowda International airport is the nearest located at a distance of 49 km.

43. Talakadu

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Talakadu is one of the most amazing places to visit in Karnataka. The place is known for its rich past and cultural heritage. It has witnessed the rise and fall of various great empires such as Chola Dynasty, the Hoysala Dynasty, the Pallava Dynasty, and the Vijayanagara Dynasty. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, there is a famous Vaidyanatheshwara Temple visited by a large number of tourists throughout the year. Besides, you can also indulge in coracle ride on the river or enjoy a picnic with your closed ones.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Mallikarjuna Temple, Keerthi Narayana Temple and Vaidyanatheshwara Temple Best Time To Visit: November to March Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway station is the Mysore railway station located 45 km away. Nearest Airport: The Bangalore airport is the nearest located at a distance of 120 km.

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Also known as Cherrapunji of South, Agumbe is popular for its scenic beauty. The hill station is home to several rare medicinal plants such as Myristica, Listsaea and is known for rainforest conservation. Far from the hustle-bustle of the cities, it is one of the perfect places if you are looking for a rejuvenating vacation. The major attractions for the tourists here include visiting Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary, going trekking, rafting, hiking, and bike-riding.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary Best Time To Visit: October to February Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway station is the Udupi railway station located 55 km away. Nearest Airport: Mangalore airport is the nearest located at a distance of 100 km.

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If you are looking for a place with rich natural surrounding in Karnataka, Sirsi is the perfect pick. This enchanting hill station has some of the best waterfalls in Karnataka and is quite popular place among photographers and wildlife enthusiasts. Besides, you can also visit temples, churches and other attractions and indulge in outdoor activities like trekking and camping. The trekking trails offer enchanting views of the area.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Marikamba Temple, Ambagiri Temple, Unchalli Falls Best Time To Visit: January to March Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway station is the Talguppa railway station located 55 km away. Nearest Airport: Hubli airport is the nearest located at a distance of 104 km.

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Yana is a small village and enchanting hill station that is considered to be amongst the best tourist attractions in Karnataka. The place is a perfect escape from the hustle-bustle of city life. It offers forests, and hills and is also an amazing destination for bird watchers. Bhairaveshwara peak is a famous peak here and when it comes to enjoying outdoor activities you can opt for trekking, camping, rock climbing and many more.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Bhairaveshwara peak and Mohini Peak Best Time To Visit: October to January Nearest Railway Station: The nearest railway station is the Hubli railway station located 139 km away. Nearest Airport: Hubli airport is the nearest located at a distance of 104 km.

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If you are looking for unique and amazing places to visit in Karnataka, Ankola is a good pick. The town is dotted with forests and temples with Mahamaya Temple being a popular tourist attraction. Besides temple tours, the other places you can visit here include Aryadurga temple, Vinhuti falls, Honey beach, and Nadibhag beach. Ankola has some beautiful beaches as well where you can go and enjoy water activities like swimming, waterboarding and more.

Popular Tourist Destinations: Mahamaya Temple, Vinhuti falls, Honey beach Best Time To Visit: November to April Nearest Railway Station: Ankola has a railway station of its own. Nearest Airport: Goa airport is the nearest located at a distance of 130 km.

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Best Time To Visit Karnataka

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The best time to visit Karnataka is from October to April due to pleasant weather conditions. It is an ideal time for sightseeing activities. Owing to the state’s proximity to Western Coast, summers are quite humid. However, places like Coorg, Chikmagalur, Sakleshpur, Agumbe should definitely be visited during this time. The temperature during this time ranges from 10°C and 28°C which is ideal for activities like trekking, nature walks and camping.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Places To Visit In Karnataka

Which is the best place to visit in March in Karnataka?

Even though Karnataka is a great place to visit all through the year, some of the most popular places to visit in March are Wayanad, Kumta Beach, Gokarna Beach, Dandeli, and The Waterfalls of Sirsi.

Which is the most beautiful place in Karnataka?

The most beautiful places in Karnataka are: 1. Mysore Palace 2. Hampi and Badami Rocks 3. Coorg 4. Pattadakal Monuments 5. Melukote 6. Halebidu Temples 7. Karwar Beach 8. Haveri

What are the best places to visit on a 3 day trip in and around Karnataka?

Some of the must-visit places that you can explore on your long weekend in and around Karnataka are: 1. Ooty 2. Mysore 3. Kodaikanal 4. Wayana 5. Coorg 6. Badami 7. Chikmagalur 8. Hogenakkal

Is it safe to travel to the state of Karnataka in the upcoming weeks or months?

The tourism industry is slowly reopening, and you can visit most of the above-mentioned places and more if travelling in a small group while following all the guidelines released. But don’t take our word for it: check up on the latest travel advisory, Covid-19 measures, and the number of cases before your departure.

Which place is best for a honeymoon in Karnataka?

Karnataka is a famous honeymoon destination in India for its unique reasons. Some of the best honeymoon destinations in Karnataka are: 1. Coorg 2. Bangalore 3. Ooty 4. Wayanad 5. Hampi 6. Udupi 7. Gokarna

Which temple is famous in Karnataka?

Dharmasthala Manjunatha Temple is one of the most famous temples in Karnataka and is situated on the banks of the Netravati River. It is one of the most unique temples of Lord Shiva where along with the temple deity, Lord Shiva, a Jain Theerthankara is also worshipped at the temple.

Which is the famous city in Karnataka?

Bangalore is the capital and one of the most famous cities of Bangalore and is known as the chief IT hub of Karnataka.

What is Karnataka famous for?

Karnataka is known for giving a glimpse of ancient craftsmanship in the form of beautiful architectures and handicrafts. One of the famous architectural places in the state is Mysore Palace.

Which is the highest hill station in Karnataka?

Chikmagalur is the highest hill station which is situated at a height of 3,400 ft high from where river Yagachi originates.

What is the old name of Karnataka?

Karnataka was called “The State of Mysore” until 1973 after which it was renamed to the current name.

Which are the most famous restaurants in Karnataka?

To make the most of your Karnataka trip, you can try scrumptious local delicacies at the restaurants that are listed below: 1. Karnataka Restaurant 2. Onesta 3. The Barge 4. Bangalore Biryani Club

Which are the best hotels in Bangalore?

Here is the list of the best hotels in Bangalore where you can stay and enjoy exceptional services: 1. Vivanta 2. JW Marriott 3. Four Seasons Hotel 4. The Oberoi

Which are the best places for shopping in Mangalore?

All shopping-lovers can buy souvenirs from the best shopping spots in Mangalore like Hampankatta Market, Dubai Market, and Central Market.

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Amazing Historical Places in Karnataka

Historical places in karnataka, here is the list of 26 amazing historical places in karnataka.

Known For : Virupaksha Temple, Hampi Vithala Temple Lotus Palace

Hampi, the city of ruins, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Situated in the shadowed depth of hills and valleys, Hampi is a very significant historical place in Karnataka and a delight for travellers. Surrounded by 500 ancient monuments, beautiful temples, bustling street markets, bastions, treasury building and captivating remains of Vijayanagar Empire, Hampi is an open museum with 100+ locations to explore and a favourite way to see the city from the perspective of its history.

Best Time: October to March

31 Hampi Attractions

Known For : Gol Gumbaz Ibrahim Rauza Jamia Masjid

Famous for the Gol Gumbaj and other historical places in Karnataka, Bijapur is a tourist destination that takes one back to the days gone by from the royal era. Built around the 10th-11th century by the Kalyani Chalukyas, Bijapur was known as Vijayapura in those times. Evidence suggests that this area has been inhabited since the Stone Age, and many places of this district have a legendary history.

14 Bijapur Attractions

3. Shimoga (Shivamogga)

Known For : Kodachadri Jog Falls Agumbe

The history of Karnataka is not complete without Shimoga. With nature in its full bloom, the town of Shimoga has been home to several great dynasties and kingdoms. The history Shimoga dates back to at least 2,000 years to 3rd Century AD. Shimoga has been under the rule of various rulers and dynasties, from the Mauryas, Satavahanas, Kadambas of Banvasi, Chalukyas, Rashtrakutas, and rulers of the Vijayanagara kingdom. Due to this, Shimoga houses many historical monuments.

Best Time: July to December

37 Shimoga Attractions

4. Mysore, Karnataka - Home to the Mysore Maharajas

Famously known as The City of Palaces, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that Mysore, currently Mysuru, is one of the most important places in the country regarding ancient reigns. It is replete with the history of its dazzling royal heritage, intricate architecture, its famed silk sarees, yoga, and sandalwood, to name just a few. Located in the foothills of the Chamundi Hills, Mysore is the third most populated city in Karnataka, and its rich heritage draws millions of tourists all year round. The highlight is the majestic Mysore Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which is a must-visit.

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Situated on the outskirts of Badami in the tiny village of Mahakuta, the Mahakuta group of temples are an architectural delight, mirroring the unique rock-cut construction pattern of the Chalukyas seen across Badami. These temples combine the ancient architectural elements of the Dravidian and Nagara styles, as is seen at the various temples of this region. Once the royal capital of the Chalukyas, Badami continues to enjoy a unique place, being the home to a number of examples of Dravidian architecture making it the cornerstone of historical places in Karnataka.

6. Bangalore Palace

The majestic Bangalore palace, enclosed by beautiful gardens, is a famous tourist attraction in Bangalore. It is now owned by the Mysore Royal family. A visit to the palace gives you a chance to witness the elegant and lavish splendour of one of the most powerful dynasties of South India. Owing to the Wadiyar Royal Family still owning the palace, the Bangalore Palace is a prominent historical place in Karnataka.

7. Temples of Srirangapatna

Known For : Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple Nimishambha Temple Dariya Daulat Bagh

Srirangapatna is an egg-shaped island town amidst the Cauvery river in Mandya district of Karnataka. Situated at a distance of 18 kms from Mysore, the town is an architectural masterpiece of Hoysala and Vijayanagara kingdom styles. One of the most important Vaishnavite centres of pilgrimage- the Ranganathaswamy temple, is the major attraction of the town which draws thousands of tourists. The temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu and is one of the largest of its kind.

Best Time: July to March

16 Srirangapatna Attractions

Known For : Belur Hoysaleswara Temple Yagachi Dam

Formerly known as Dwarasamudra, Halebid (or Halebidu) is located in the Hassan district of Karnataka state.  Halebid is q city with a glorious past adorned with a strikingly beautiful collection of temples, shrines and sculptures. It is also known as the Gem of Indian architecture owing to its sterling Hoysala architecture, its magnificent temple complexes and some stunning Jain sites. Once the regal capital of Hoysala empire, the city is in ruins now. But it still attracts tourists in droves, thanks to its rich heritage, striking art and architecture.

9 Halebidu Attractions

Known For : Durga Temple, Aihole Lad Khan Temple Ravanaphadi Cave Temples

Home to over 125 beautiful Chalukyan temples and monuments, Aihole is a historical site in Bagalkot, Karnataka. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site and is surrounded by marvellous sandstone hills and villages on the banks of the Malaprabha River. It was formerly the capital of the Chalukya Dynasty with over 100 Hindu and Jain temples dating back to around 6th to 12th century. Today, Aihole is a prominent centre for temple architecture and intricate stonework.

23 Aihole Attractions

10. Kavala Caves, Dandeli

Nestled amidst lush forests, in the heart of the Dandeli wildlife sanctuary, the Kavala caves have existed since prehistoric times. The cave entrance lies about 375 steps down and has a temple. These limestone caves with their winding tunnels were formed by volcanic activities. There are narrow and dark tunnel ways, with some places having small dimensions for the visitors to crawl through. The devotees can also crawl down about 40ft to see the naturally formed Shivaling and trek back up, enjoying spectacular views of River Kali.

11. Temples of Ramnagaram

Known For : Ramadevara Betta Ramnagara Hills Ramdevara Temple

Set amidst the challenging rocky hillocks and lush green surroundings, Ramnagaram is a popular weekend getaway for Bengaluru folks. It is also a significant historical place in Karnataka owing to its many ancient temples which are said to be more than 1000 years old.

Best Time: November to February

7 Ramanagaram Attractions

Known For : Bidar Fort Gurudwara Nanak Jhira Sahib Narasimha Jhira Cave Temple

A city rich in culture and heritage, Bidar is a historical city in Karnataka. Once considered to be the most flourishing cities in South India, Bidar is packed with great architectural marvels and ancient structures that add to its charm. Being once the centre of power of many great kingdoms such as Chalukyas, Allauddin Khilji, Muhammad bin Tughluq etc. has enriched the city that showcases the architectural legacy of their rulers. Apart from its historical significance, Bidar is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna along the rivers Godavari and Krishna which flow through the city. The presence of temples, mosques and tombs also glorifies the spiritual aspect of the city making it popular among pilgrims.

11 Bidar Attractions

Belur and Halibeedu or Halebid are two tiny towns of Karnataka considered as the 'jewels in the Indian cultural heritage'. Known for their ancient temple and exquisite craftsmanship, the place is absolutely worth a visit.

14. Melukote Temples

The two temples in Melukote are Tirunarayana temple and Yoga Narasimha, both located at the foothills and top respectively of the Yadavgiri hills. Situated in the Mandya district of Karnataka, the Melukote temples are one of the most sacred and historically significant places in South India. Prominent amongst the Brahmins, this place is home to many culturally rich tourist attractions like Cheluvanarayana Swamy Temple perched on top of the Yadugiri hills featuring an exquisite collection of crowns and jewels, Yoga Narasimha Temple and Melkote Temple Wildlife Sanctuary home to leopards, wolves, langur, bonnet macaque and pangolin.

15. Karkala

Known For : Chaturmukha Basadi Statue of Bahubali (Gomateshwara) Ramasamudra Lake

Karkala is a quaint small town with great historic significance and is blessed with several ancient temples. In fact, the town of Karkala itself is believed to have its roots going back to 10th century while under the rule of Alupas.

Best Time: September to March

10 Karkala Attractions

16. Pattadakal

Known For : Virupaksha Temple, Pattadakal Kashiviswanatha Temple Jain Temple

Pattadakal is a tiny village, also known as Raktapura or Pattadakallu, houses a series of ten magnificent stone temples which date back to the 7th and 8th century. Out of these ten, nine are Hindu temples and one is a Jain temple. Lying close to the Badami and Aihole centres of Chalukya monuments, it is a protected site, managed by ASI (Archaeological Survey of India). These grand, imposing structures were inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. All ten temples are majestic in their sheer size and detailed architecture, reflective of a blend of North Indian Nagara and South Indian Dravidian construction styles. Lying alongside the Malaprabha river, they have aptly earned the epithet “cradle of Indian temple architecture”. The friezes on temple walls depict stories from various Hindu scriptures and tales, such as Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavata Purana, Panchatantra, and Kir't'rjun'ya.

8 Pattadakal Attractions

Known For : Hoysala Temples at Mosale Shettihalli Church Bhagwan Bahubali Statue

Hassan is located 187kms from Bangalore lying in the Malnad and Maidan districts of Karnataka. The city derives its name from its presiding deity Goddess Hassanamba which in the Kannada language mean 'Smiling mother'.

Best Time: Throughout the year

22 Hassan Attractions

18. Somnathpura Temple

The village is named after Somnath, the commander of the Hoysala army who founded this place. It has a perfect natural setting for a family picnic. Also, the Somnathpur temple is a classic example of the stone carvings in Hoysala architecture.

19. Tipu Sultan's Summer Palace, Bangalore

Located at the juncture of Albert Victor Road and Krishna Rajendra, is the magnificent accommodation of the valiant ruler of Mysore- Tipu Sultan. The palace is located in the Bangalore Fort which is situated in old Bangalore in the south-west Indian state of Karnataka. An exquisite example of Indo- Islamic architecture, the opulent palace was once used as a summer retreat by the king and was often referred to as the 'Abode of Happiness' and 'Rash e Jannat' meaning 'Envy of Heaven'. Amongst one of the most noteworthy creations of the ancient times, the palace boasts of ornamental frescoes, magnificent arches, protruding balconies and brilliant motifs.

20. Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangapatna

As per one of the inscriptions, which are the oldest inscription on the temple complex, the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple was sanctified in 984 AD by Tirumalaiah, who belonged to the Western Ganga Dynasty. Over a period, the region was ruled by numerous dynasties. Traces of these regimes can be seen in the architecture of the temple complex. The King of Hoysala, Vishnuvardhana allowed a Vaishnava Saint named Ramanujcharya in the 12th Century to use Srirangapatna as a place of learning (Agraharam).

21. Sringeri

Known For : Sringeri Mutt Kigga Sharadamba Temple

Sringeri or Shringeri, as it is called is a hill town located in the Chikkamagaluru district of Karnataka. It is the site of the first Matha- Sringeri Sharada Peeta, established by Adi Shankara- the great Indian theologian and exponent of the Advaita Vedanta philosophy, in 8th century CE.

9 Sringeri Attractions

22. Talakad

Known For : Somanathapura Panchalinga Darshana Mallikarjuna Temple

Talakad is a small mystical town steeped in the glorious past and heritage nestled on the left banks of River Kaveri. The town has been a witness to the rise and falls of several great kingdoms including Cholas, Pallavas, Gangas, Vijayanagar and Hoysalas. Talakad is adorned with five sacred Shivalingas giving this intriguing place a spiritual aura and a rustic charm. After several temples being excavated, Talakad has become a major historical place in Karnataka.

Best Time: November to March

9 Talakadu Attractions

23. Mirjan Fort, Kumta

Mirjan Fort is one of the fort that reminds us of the glories of past. The fort has witnessed many battles, tears and joys of kings, gallant violence. The fort is situated 11km away from Kumta and is on NH17 . It is spread on an area of over 10 crore. Altough the fort is now demolished but still attracts visitors.

24. Narasimha Temple, Karwar

Built atop a hill at Kurumgad, this temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu's incarnation Narsimha. Trekking is a part of the route to reach here. The annual festival, Yatra is held here and attended by thousands of devotees.

25. Madikeri Fort, Madikeri

The Madikeri Fort is a famous historical place in Karnataka in the southern town of Coorg. Situated in the centre of the town of Madikeri, the majestic fort continues to stand in all its glory till date. It offers tourists with insights and information about the bygone era and indeed bears testimony to the history of Coorg and all that the town witnessed. The elevated structures of the fort also provide panoramic views of the town, which is undoubtedly breathtaking and beautiful. It cannot be argued that the Madikeri Fort is the most famous and most loved tourist attraction in Coorg, which is precisely why tourists enjoy visiting the attraction time and again.

26. Devbagh

Known For : Tagore Beach Scuba Diving and Snorkeling Lighthouse, Devbagh

Pristine blue water, picture perfect backdrop of beautiful mountains and lush green belt of casuarinas trees blend together perfectly to give you a destination not to be missed i.e. Devbagh.

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The historical places in Karnataka being UNESCO World Heritage Sites, are beautifully maintained and are a pleasure to visit. So which historical place in Karnataka are you planning to head to next?

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Top 10 Places To Visit In Karnataka

Originally known as the princely State of Mysore, Karnataka was formed on 1st November 1956 and is located in the South-Western region of India. Close to the Arabian Sea and the Laccadive Sea, Karnataka is known for its beautiful yet unpopulated beaches and rich culture. The land has also seen the reign of the ancient kingdoms of the south such as the Chola, Chera, Vijaynagar, Sathavahanas, Maurya, Hoysala and many more right upto the Mighty Tipu Sultan and subsequently the British. Kannada is the main language spoken here and picking up a few local words can often be very helpful while travelling. The state is famous for its natural, cultural and architectural heritage and there are plenty of places one can visit on his/her trip to Karnataka.

1. Bangalore

The capital of Karnataka and the 3rd most populated city in India, Bangalore is often known by its nickname the silicon valley of India due to it being a major IT exporter in India. The city is now known by the Kannada name ‘Bengaluru’ which literally means ‘The City of Guards’. There are however, various different translations of this word. The town is famous for its various attractions which include both modern and historical place to visit. The various temples, palaces, lakes and forts etc. are definitive places to visit.

The down served as the capital of the princely State of Mysore for nearly six centuries with distinguished rulers like Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali. The city is also known as the cultural capital of Karnataka and is famous for its various temples, palaces, forts and old churches. The town is known for being the birth place for various styles of Indian arts and crafts. Mysore is a major tourist destination in India and should be visited by all who want to experience the rich culture of this historical city.  

3. Mangalore

Mangalore is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats and is considered to be the 8th most clean city in India. The city has been an important one since the rule of the ancient kingdoms like the Mauryas, Chalukyas and the Hoysalas etc. however the city saw its golden days of prominence during the reign of Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali. Mangalore was a primary source of tension between Tipu Sultan and the British. The city is famous for its amazing beaches and hills and the rich culture imbibed within various temples and monuments of the old days.

Located within the ruins of Vijaynagar, Hampi is a world heritage site and one of the most important historical sites across the world. Vijaynagar was the capital of the erstwhile Vijaynagar Kingdom and the ruins are built near the banks of the Tungabhadra River. The city has some of the most magnificent buildings and sites that display the architectural brilliance of the Vijaynagar rulers. Its various temples are heavily frequented by pilgrims and tourists and is a great place to visit.

Coorg is also known by its native name ‘Kodagu’ and is located on the slopes of the Western Ghats. It is a hilly location and is famous for its lush green surroundings and pleasant climate. It is also an important agricultural town in Karnataka and is famous for its coffee and paddy fields. The town of coorg is also famous for its natural wealth and a number of various species of flora and fauna. Coorg has various Buddhist monasteries that are a must visit. The various festivals and temples attract a huge number of tourists to this city.

Esablished between the 10th – 11th century AD by the Chalukyas and eventually came under the reign of the Delhi Sultanate and the Nizam of Hyderabad. Bijapur is known for its various historical monuments and forts. There are various temples in the town that were established in the ancient era of the Deccan kingdoms, however the city saw its best days under the Adilshahi Dynasty and has an evident Mohamedian influence in its culture. The various monuments in the city display a brilliant Muslim architecture and are some of the best sites to visit.

7. Hubli-Dharwad

These are the twin cities and are also the commercial and business hub of Northern Karnataka. The town Hubli is the fastest growing city after the capital Bangalore and is also known as ‘Chota’ or small Mumbai. The various temples, lakes and gardens in this city are a must visit. The city Dharwad is again another important city of Karnataka and is famous for its temples, monuments and is a home to a rich cultural and traditional heritage. The various arts, crafts and festivals in these cities will ensure you spend a decent amount of time here.

Badami got its name from the erstwhile reigning dynasty of the Badami Chalukyas and is famous for its stone temples and rock cut monuments. The city is historically significant as it has been mentioned in the Hindu mythological texts as well. The cave temples and the Agastya Teerth are few of the most important pilgrimage spots here. What makes the place unique is its peculiar location. It is located in a ravine across the shores of the Agastya Lake and is a marvelous place to visit.

9. Gulbarga

The city was founded by the sultans as their capital in the 14th century. Gulbarga is known for its various temples and Muslim monuments and memorials. The place is also been a home to the ancient kingdoms of the South with monuments and buildings dating back to the reign of the Maurya, Chalukya, Hoysala etc. The local cuisine is amazing and the place should be visited specially to try all of them out.

10. Gokarna

A small temple town located at the northern part of Karnataka, Gokarna is known for its temples and some of the most beautiful beaches in India. The Shiva temple of Mahabaleshwara is prime pilgrim spot in this town and houses what is believed to be the original image of lord Shiva’s lingam. It is one of the most favored holiday destinations in the state as its clean and unpopulated beaches are amazing.

The State of Karnataka has always been an important region since the reign of the ancient southern kingdoms and has played an important part in shaping up the history of our country. The pristine locations and the moniker of being one of cleanest states in India, Karnataka is an experience everyone must get indulged with.

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Introduction.

Karnataka, a southern Indian state, is a place of diverse culture, rich history, and natural beauty. It’s known for its magnificent architecture, folk arts, and delicious cuisine.

Karnataka is surrounded by the Arabian Sea and other states like Goa, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. It has lush green forests, beautiful beaches, and mighty waterfalls.

The state is home to various dance forms, music, and drama. Kannada is the official language. Festivals like Ugadi and Dussehra are celebrated with great enthusiasm.

Historical Significance

Karnataka has a rich history with kingdoms like the Vijayanagara Empire and Hoysala Dynasty. It houses many historical monuments.

Karnataka’s economy is driven by agriculture, manufacturing, and information technology. It’s often called the ‘Silicon Valley of India’.

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Karnataka, a South Indian state, is a vibrant fusion of natural beauty, rich culture, and technological advancement. Known for its diverse linguistic, ethnic, and religious demographics, it has made significant strides in various sectors, from agriculture to IT.

Geographical Diversity

Karnataka’s geographical diversity is remarkable, with coastal regions, fertile plains, and mountainous terrain. The Western Ghats contribute to the state’s rich biodiversity, making it a hotspot for ecotourism and wildlife conservation.

Cultural Heritage

Karnataka’s cultural heritage is a tapestry of music, dance, art, and literature. It is the birthplace of Carnatic music and the Kannada language’s literary tradition, dating back to centuries. The state is also home to various UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including Hampi and Pattadakal, showcasing its historical significance.

Economic Progress

Economically, Karnataka is a powerhouse. It is the IT capital of India, hosting numerous multinational corporations in Bengaluru. Additionally, it is a major player in biotechnology, aerospace, and other high-tech industries. Concurrently, traditional industries like agriculture and silk production continue to thrive.

Social Dynamics

Despite its progress, Karnataka faces social challenges like literacy rate disparities and urban-rural divide. However, with robust policies and initiatives, it is striving towards inclusive growth and sustainable development.

In essence, Karnataka embodies the harmonious coexistence of tradition and modernity. Its multifaceted persona offers invaluable lessons on balancing economic growth with cultural preservation. As it continues to evolve, Karnataka remains rooted in its heritage, celebrating its past while embracing the future.

500 Words Essay on Karnataka

Karnataka, a state in the southwestern region of India, is a treasure trove of culture, history, and natural beauty. Its diverse landscape, ranging from the pristine beaches of the Arabian Sea to the lush Western Ghats, encapsulates a unique blend of tradition and modernity.

Karnataka’s history dates back to the Paleolithic era, as evidenced by the discovery of hand axes and cleavers at places like Hunsgi, Kibbanahalli, and Koppa. The state has been the cradle of several powerful empires, including the Maurya, Chalukya, Rashtrakuta, Hoysala, and Vijayanagara. The architectural grandeur of these periods, such as the Hampi ruins and the temples of Belur and Halebidu, stand as silent testimony to Karnataka’s rich historical legacy.

Cultural Richness

Karnataka’s culture is a vibrant tapestry of music, dance, art, and literature. The state is the birthplace of Carnatic music, and its classical dance forms like Yakshagana and Bharatanatyam are renowned worldwide. The Kannada language, one of the oldest Dravidian languages, has a rich literary tradition with eight Jnanpith awardees, the highest literary honor in India. The state’s cuisine, with its diverse range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes, is another cultural highlight.

Economy and Development

Karnataka’s economy is one of the most dynamic in India. It is the IT hub of India, with Bengaluru being known as the ‘Silicon Valley of India’. The state is also a major player in the biotechnology industry and houses several top educational and research institutions. The manufacturing, agriculture, and tourism sectors also contribute significantly to the state’s economy. Karnataka’s focus on sustainable development is evident in its initiatives towards renewable energy, particularly in the wind and solar power sectors.

Natural Wonders

Karnataka is blessed with an array of natural wonders. The Western Ghats, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a biodiversity hotspot with numerous endemic species. The state’s coastline, with its beautiful beaches and picturesque sunsets, is a tourist’s delight. The numerous national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, like Bandipur and Nagarhole, offer a glimpse into the state’s rich biodiversity.

Karnataka is more than just a state; it is a microcosm of India’s diversity and dynamism. Its historical legacy, cultural richness, economic vitality, and natural beauty make it a fascinating study. As we delve deeper into understanding Karnataka, we realize that it is a perfect blend of the old and the new, tradition and modernity, and nature and development. Its journey from the ancient empires to the IT capital of India is a testament to its resilience and adaptability, making Karnataka a state that truly symbolizes the spirit of India.

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The Indian constitution is a written one unlike in some of the other democracies. What does it imply?

• All the laws made by Parliament are to be written down as a part of the constitution.
• The form of government in India has been codified in the constitution to reduce political and administrative conflicts.
• Only because of a written constitution, citizens are able to enjoy fundamental rights.

How many of the above statements is/are correct?

• a) Only one
• b) Only two
• c) All three

Solution: a)

Only Statement 2 is correct.

Constitution specifies the structure, organisation, powers and functions of both the Central and state governments and prescribes the limits within which they must operate. Thus, it avoids the misunderstandings and disagreements between the two . All the laws made in India are codified separate from the constitution and maintained in a law book. They need not be a part of the constitution. Even in the UK where there is no written constitution, people enjoy several fundamental rights. However, only because our fundamental rights are written in the constitution, it is difficult to amend and change them as per the wishes of the political executive.

2 . Question

Which of the following from the Constitution of India is/are specially relevant to Social Justice and Empowerment?

• First Schedule
• Third Schedule
• Fundamental Rights
• Directive Principles of State Policy

How many of the above options is/are correct?

• a) Only two
• b) Only three
• c) Only four
• d) All five

Solution: b)

Options 1, 4 and 5 are correct.

Preamble: The words “JUSTICE, social, economic and political; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation”.

First Schedule: It talks about Indian states and Indian territory.

Third Schedule: It contains forms of Oaths and affirmations for office holders.

Fundamental Rights:

A 23. Prohibition of traffic in human beings and forced labour

A 24. Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc.

Directive Principles of State Policy:

A38. State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people

A39 (only first part) – The State shall, in particular, direct its policy towards securing – (a) that the citizens, men and women equally, have the right to an adequate means of livelihood

3 . Question

The Fundamental Rights further the idea of democracy because

• They operate as limitations on the tyranny of the executive.
• They secure vital political rights to the citizens of India.

Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

• c) Both 1 and 2
• d) Neither 1 nor 2

Solution: d)

They operate as limitations on the tyranny of the executive implies that they limit the authority of the government, and arbitrary laws of the legislature . They are justiciable in nature, that is, they are enforceable by the courts for their violation.

Rights such as equality to contest for political office, right against discrimination etc show the political and social equality of citizens.

4 . Question

The first amendment to the Constitution of India contained which of the following provisions?

• Expanded the scope of restrictions on the right to free speech.
• Provided protection for backward classes in the Constitution.
• Exempted land reforms from scrutiny

How many of the above statements are correct?

Solution: c)

The Constitution (First Amendment) Bill sought to make several consequential changes — from exempting land reforms from scrutiny to providing protections for backward classes in the Constitution. Notably, it also expanded on the scope of the restrictions on the right to free speech.

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Consider the following statements.

• Prices of milk in the country are decided by Cooperative and Private dairies based on cost of production.
• Improving animal husbandry and the quality of cattle breed is one of the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Constitution of India.
• ‘Preservation of cattle’ is a matter on which the Centre has exclusive powers to legislate.

Statement 3 is incorrect.

Prices of milk in the country are decided by the Cooperative and Private dairies based on cost of production.

Under the distribution of legislatives powers between the Union of India and States under Article 246(3) of the Constitution, the preservation of cattle is a matter on which the legislature of the States has exclusive powers to legislate.

As per article 48 of Indian Constitution the state shall endeavour to organize agriculture and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and shall in particular take steps for preserving improving the breed, and prohibiting the slaughter, of cows and calves and other milch and draught cattle.

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