Charmadi Ghat
A ghat road of nearly thirty hairpins between Chikkamagaluru and Dakshina Kannada.
- Where
- Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.0500, 75.4000
Get the Charmadi Ghat stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Charmadi Ghat. 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 Charmadi Ghat
Dharmasthala 10 km
Run by Jains, for a Shaivite deity, with Vaishnav priests.
Kudremukh National Park 19 km
Shola grassland and rainforest named for a peak shaped like a horse's face, one of the wettest places in the Western Ghats.
Ettina Bhuja 20 km
A peak in the Chikkamagaluru ghats, an easy walk up for the last two kilometres.
Kalasa 21 km
A temple town on the Bhadra at the foot of the Kudremukh range, where the road to Horanadu turns off through coffee.
Annapoorneshwari Temple 25 km
Annapoorneshwari, the goddess who feeds the world, in the hills above the Bhadra river in Chikmagalur district. The temple serves a meal to every pilgrim who arrives, and the goddess stands in gold holding a ladle and a pot of grain.
Manjarabad Fort 41 km
A star shaped fort Tipu Sultan built in 1792, laid out so that no gun had a blind spot.
Sakleshpur 42 km
The old rail line through the ghat, walked when it is safe.
Moodabidri 46 km
Eighteen Jain basadis in one town, the thousand-pillar one carved so that no two pillars match.
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Questions
Where is Charmadi Ghat?
Charmadi Ghat is in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Dharmasthala (10 km), Kudremukh National Park (19 km), Ettina Bhuja (20 km).
How do I get the Charmadi Ghat stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Charmadi Ghat 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 Charmadi Ghat 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.
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