Baba Budangiri
Where coffee entered India, in seven smuggled beans.
- Where
- Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.4211, 75.7607
Get the Baba Budangiri stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Baba Budangiri. 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 Baba Budangiri
Mullayanagiri 5.4 km
The highest point in Karnataka at nineteen hundred metres, with a small shrine at the top and coffee below.
Chikkamagaluru 12 km
Where coffee first grew in India, on hills a Sufi saint is said to have planted with seven beans from Yemen.
Sringeri Sharada Peetham 13 km
The first of the four mathas, on the Tunga.
Hebbe Falls 14 km
A jeep through coffee estates, then a wade.
Kemmangundi 14 km
Krishnaraja Wodeyar's summer retreat in the Baba Budans.
Chennakesava Temple 31 km
Hoysala work of 1117, soapstone cut so fine the bracket figures wear jewellery with separate strands.
Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary 33 km
A tiger reserve in Karnataka with Hebbe Giri, 1,875 metres, standing over it.
Bhadra Dam 34 km
The dam at Lakkavalli that makes the Bhadra reservoir, on the edge of the Chikkamagaluru forest.
More famous places to visit in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Baba Budangiri?
Baba Budangiri is in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mullayanagiri (5.4 km), Chikkamagaluru (12 km), Sringeri Sharada Peetham (13 km).
How do I get the Baba Budangiri stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Baba Budangiri 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 Baba Budangiri 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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