Sakleshpur
The old rail line through the ghat, walked when it is safe.
- Where
- Hassan, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 12.9700, 75.7800
Get the Sakleshpur stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Sakleshpur. 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 Sakleshpur
Manjarabad Fort 7.2 km
A star shaped fort Tipu Sultan built in 1792, laid out so that no gun had a blind spot.
Chennakesava Temple 23 km
Hoysala work of 1117, soapstone cut so fine the bracket figures wear jewellery with separate strands.
Ettina Bhuja 23 km
A peak in the Chikkamagaluru ghats, an easy walk up for the last two kilometres.
Shettihalli Rosary Church 28 km
A Gothic church of the 1860s that the Hemavathi reservoir floods every monsoon and gives back every summer.
Hasanamba temple 34 km
Hassan takes its name from this goddess, Hasanamba, which means the smiling mother.
Hoysaleswara Temple 36 km
Carved for eighty years and never finished, its plinth wrapped in continuous friezes of elephants, horses and stories.
Kukke Subramanya 38 km
The serpent shrine under Kumara Parvatha.
Chikkamagaluru 39 km
Where coffee first grew in India, on hills a Sufi saint is said to have planted with seven beans from Yemen.
More famous places to visit in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Sakleshpur?
Sakleshpur is in Hassan, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Manjarabad Fort (7.2 km), Chennakesava Temple (23 km), Ettina Bhuja (23 km).
How do I get the Sakleshpur stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Sakleshpur 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 Sakleshpur 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.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.