Kemmangundi
Krishnaraja Wodeyar's summer retreat in the Baba Budans.
- Where
- Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 13.5470, 75.7580
Get the Kemmangundi stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kemmangundi. 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 Kemmangundi
Hebbe Falls 3.6 km
A jeep through coffee estates, then a wade.
Baba Budangiri 14 km
Where coffee entered India, in seven smuggled beans.
Mullayanagiri 18 km
The highest point in Karnataka at nineteen hundred metres, with a small shrine at the top and coffee below.
Sringeri Sharada Peetham 20 km
The first of the four mathas, on the Tunga.
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary 21 km
A tiger reserve in Karnataka with Hebbe Giri, 1,875 metres, standing over it.
Bhadra Dam 21 km
The dam at Lakkavalli that makes the Bhadra reservoir, on the edge of the Chikkamagaluru forest.
Amrutesvara Temple, Amruthapura 24 km
A Hoysala temple of 1196 with one wall of lathe-turned pillars and one of sculpture.
Chikkamagaluru 26 km
Where coffee first grew in India, on hills a Sufi saint is said to have planted with seven beans from Yemen.
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Questions
Where is Kemmangundi?
Kemmangundi is in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hebbe Falls (3.6 km), Baba Budangiri (14 km), Mullayanagiri (18 km).
How do I get the Kemmangundi stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kemmangundi 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 Kemmangundi 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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