Kalasa
A temple town on the Bhadra at the foot of the Kudremukh range, where the road to Horanadu turns off through coffee.
- Where
- Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 13.2340, 75.3553
Get the Kalasa stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Kalasa. 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 Kalasa
Annapoorneshwari Temple 4.3 km
Annapoorneshwari, the goddess who feeds the world, in the hills above the Bhadra river in Chikmagalur district. The temple serves a meal to every pilgrim who arrives, and the goddess stands in gold holding a ladle and a pot of grain.
Kudremukh National Park 16 km
Shola grassland and rainforest named for a peak shaped like a horse's face, one of the wettest places in the Western Ghats.
Charmadi Ghat 21 km
A ghat road of nearly thirty hairpins between Chikkamagaluru and Dakshina Kannada.
Dharmasthala 31 km
Run by Jains, for a Shaivite deity, with Vaishnav priests.
Sringeri Sharada Peetham 36 km
The first of the four mathas, on the Tunga.
Ettina Bhuja 36 km
A peak in the Chikkamagaluru ghats, an easy walk up for the last two kilometres.
Kundadri 41 km
A monolithic hill in Shivamogga with a Jain temple on top and a pond beside it.
Agumbe 41 km
The wettest place in south India, king cobra country, and where the rainforest research station sits.
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Questions
Where is Kalasa?
Kalasa is in Chikkamagaluru, Karnataka. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Annapoorneshwari Temple (4.3 km), Kudremukh National Park (16 km), Charmadi Ghat (21 km).
How do I get the Kalasa stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Kalasa 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 Kalasa 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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