Chikkamagaluru
Where coffee first grew in India, on hills a Sufi saint is said to have planted with seven beans from Yemen.
- Where
- Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.3167, 75.7833
Get the Chikkamagaluru stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Chikkamagaluru. 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 Chikkamagaluru
Mullayanagiri 11 km
The highest point in Karnataka at nineteen hundred metres, with a small shrine at the top and coffee below.
Baba Budangiri 12 km
Where coffee entered India, in seven smuggled beans.
Sringeri Sharada Peetham 19 km
The first of the four mathas, on the Tunga.
Chennakesava Temple 19 km
Hoysala work of 1117, soapstone cut so fine the bracket figures wear jewellery with separate strands.
Hoysaleswara Temple 26 km
Carved for eighty years and never finished, its plinth wrapped in continuous friezes of elephants, horses and stories.
Kemmangundi 26 km
Krishnaraja Wodeyar's summer retreat in the Baba Budans.
Hebbe Falls 26 km
A jeep through coffee estates, then a wade.
Sakleshpur 39 km
The old rail line through the ghat, walked when it is safe.
More famous places to visit in Karnataka
Questions
Where is Chikkamagaluru?
Chikkamagaluru is in Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mullayanagiri (11 km), Baba Budangiri (12 km), Sringeri Sharada Peetham (19 km).
How do I get the Chikkamagaluru stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Chikkamagaluru 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 Chikkamagaluru 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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