Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
Dry forest along the Kaveri gorge, with mahseer in the river and the memory of Veerappan.
- Where
- Chamarajanagar, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 12.1700, 77.5430
Get the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Karnataka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary
Mekedatu 14 km
A gorge where the Kaveri narrows enough that a goat is said to have jumped it.
Hogenakkal Falls 26 km
The Kaveri dropping through a carbonatite gorge, crossed in round coracles that have not changed design in centuries.
Shivanasamudra Falls 43 km
The Kaveri splitting round an island into two falls, and the site of the first hydroelectric station in Asia, from 1902.
Maradi Gudda 47 km
A rocky hillock in the middle of Kollegal with a small Mahadeshwara shrine, a park and a green gazebo at the top, looking out over the town's roofs and lakes.
BR Hills 48 km
Where the Western and Eastern Ghats meet.
Mettur Dam 50 km
A dam across the Kaveri where the river comes down into the plains, nine years in the building and finished in 1934.
Male Mahadeshwara Hills 53 km
Seven hills, and a folk epic sung to reach them.
Talakadu 56 km
Temples buried in sand, and a curse that explains it.
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Questions
Where is Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary?
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary is in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mekedatu (14 km), Hogenakkal Falls (26 km), Shivanasamudra Falls (43 km).
How do I get the Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Karnataka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Karnataka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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