Makalidurga
A hill fort on a granite dome north of Bengaluru, with a Shiva temple and a Nandi at the summit.
- Where
- Bengaluru North, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.4326, 77.5010
Get the Makalidurga stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Makalidurga. 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 Makalidurga
Nandi Hills 22 km
Tipu Sultan's summer fort at fourteen hundred metres, where the cloud sits below you at dawn.
Isha Yoga Center, Chikkaballapur 23 km
Isha's second centre, near Nandi Hills, where a 112 foot Adiyogi was unveiled in January 2023.
Hesaraghatta Grassland 29 km
One of the last grasslands near the city, where the lesser florican and the wolf still turn up.
Devanahalli Fort 30 km
The fort in which Tipu Sultan was born, with twelve bastions and a town inside.
Hesaraghatta Lake 31 km
A reservoir made in 1894 to water Bangalore, now a grassland and a fight about it.
Devarayanadurga 32 km
A granite hill with two temples and forest, quiet on weekdays and full of Bengaluru on Sundays.
Shivagange 42 km
A hill shaped like a lingam, with a ghee that turns to butter.
Veerabhadra Temple 43 km
Holds a hanging pillar that does not quite touch the floor, and a Nandi carved from one block twenty seven feet long.
More famous places to visit in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Makalidurga?
Makalidurga is in Bengaluru North, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Nandi Hills (22 km), Isha Yoga Center, Chikkaballapur (23 km), Hesaraghatta Grassland (29 km).
How do I get the Makalidurga stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Makalidurga 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 Makalidurga 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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