Top 10 Tourism Allure Spots For Nature Lovers In Coorg - Part 1

Top 10 Tourism Allure Spots For Nature Lovers In Coorg

Abey Avalanche orAbbi Falls:

Abbey Avalanche aswell alleged as Abbi Avalanche is amid 1 km from the boondocks of Madikeri. The avalanche is amid amid coffee plantations with coffee bushes and aroma estates with abutting bushes and blooming copse breadth the Kaveri river cascades down a rockface.

The avalanche arise suddenly, the baptize bottomward over rocks into calm pools. The barrage of the avalanche can be heard from the road. The baptize breeze is actual top during the cloudburst division and during the dry seasons the breeze is appreciably less. A blind arch has now been congenital beyond the gorge actuality alms a acceptable appearance of the falls.

The best time to appointment is aboriginal winter if the monsoons accompany affluence of water. The avalanche can be accomplished by a attenuated alley from Madikeri. Cars can ability the admission of these avalanche from breadth a decline airing of 500 metres on hardly paved accomplish takes one to the waterfalls.

Raja’s Seat

Raja’s Seat is a baby pavilion with a garden surrounding it; alms a appearance of the blooming basin below. According to legend, the kings of Coorg spent their evenings here. The amazing dusk and the far addition dejected mountains will yield ones animation away.

Madikeri Fort

Madikeri acropolis was aboriginal congenital by Mudduraja in the endure division of the 17th century. He aswell congenital a alcazar central the fort. It was eventually rebuilt in granite by Tipu Sultan who alleged the website as Jaffarabad. In 1790, Doddavira Rajendra took ascendancy of the fort.

The alcazar was adapted by Lingarajendra Wodeyar II in 1812-1814. One can acquisition two activity admeasurement masonry elephants in the north-east bend at the admission and a abbey in the south-east corner.

Omkareshwara temple:

Omkareshwara temple was congenital by Lingarajendra in 1820. It is amid just 1 km abroad from the affection of the Madikeri. The temple has both Islamic and Gothic appearance of architecture. There is a catchbasin in foreground of the temple. There is a aisle arch to a baby Mantap.

It is said Lingarajendra dead an honest and pious Brahmin to accomplish his political ambitions. That Brahmin became a Brahmarakshasa and started adverse the king. The baron got rid of the so alleged Brahmarakshasa alone if he brought a Shivalinga from Kashi and installed it afterwards architectonics a temple. 

The shivalinga was alleged as Omkareshwara and approved rituals were performed. The confined of the windows of the temple were fabricated of Panchaloha and an alphabet ‘lim’ has been placed in amid the bars.

Gaddige – Raja’s Tomb:

Gaddige or the tombs of Virarajendra and Lingarajendra at Madikeri is one of the important monuments of Coorg. It is amid in the arctic of Mahadevpet in Madikeri city. The aristocratic tombs on a acclivity to the arctic of Madikeri accommodate a amazing appearance of the town. Lingarajendra’s tomb was congenital in 1820.

Gaddige Tombs

There are aswell the tombs of a Raja’s priest and that of two army commanders. A commemorative plaque, acclamation the courage of General Biddanda Bopu who fought Tipu Sultan has been recorded by Dodda Veerarajendra in an inscription. The tombs are in the appearance of Muhammadan edifices with domes in the centermost and turrets at the angles.

Talakaveri:

This is the agent of river Kaveri on the eastern slopes of Brahmagiri aiguille at 1350 metres altitude, about 8 km by alley from Bhagamandala.

An asylum about the bounce alleged Gundige is affiliated to a baby pond beside. The baptize from the pond goes underground and comes out afterwards about one kilometer down the hill. There are three shrines aloft the bounce and birds eye appearance of west-coast from the acropolis range.

On a agreed date and time of Tulasankranthi every year the bounce from Gundige overflows alleged Thirthodbhava. This angelic baptize is agitated home by all pilgrims if they go aback afterwards paying the endure rituals to their ancestor or apron age-old during the above-mentioned year.

There is a chantry abreast the kundike and a big catchbasin in foreground of it breadth admirers baths afore alms prayers. There are 2 temples here, a Shiva temple with a attenuate and age-old Shiva Linga, and addition Lord Ganesha’s temple. According to legend, the Trimurtis – Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh gave darshan to academician Agastya at the angelic Ashwantha timberline abreast the temple.

Legends aswell has it that every year on Tulasankramana day which avalanche about on 17 October Goddess Parvati appears in the Kundike as the angelic teerthodbhava. This break is apparent by the abrupt bounce of baptize in the kundike and is brash actual auspicious.

From Talakaveri, accomplish advance up to the adjoining Brahmagri peak. It is believed that the 7 abundant sages alleged the Sapta Maharishis had performed a appropriate yagna here. From the peak, as able-bodied as on the drive to Talakaveri, you can adore a acceptable appearance of the bleary dejected Brahmagiri hills

Bhagamandala in Coorg

Bhagamandala is anchored at the assemblage of two rivers, the Kaveri and the Kanika. A third river, the Sujyothi is said to accompany from underground. It is brash angelic as a river assemblage (kudala or sangama, in Kannada and Sanskrit). The temple here, congenital in Kerala style, has abate shrines committed to assorted gods.

It is a accepted convenance for pilgrims to yield a dip in the sangama and accomplish rituals to their ancestors afore proceeding toTalakaveri, the birthplace of Kaveri. During Tula Sankramana which avalanche on October 17 or 18.

A abbreviate ambit from the sangama, there is a acclaimed temple accepted as Sri Bhagandeshwara temple, breadth Bhagandeshwara (Ishwara), Subramanya, Mahavishnu and Ganapati are installed. Thus this is aswell accepted as Bhagundeshwara Kshetra, from which the name Bhagamandala is derived.

The breadth was active by Tipu Sultan during 1785-1790 and renamed Bhagamandala to Afesalabad. Then in 1790 Baron Dodda Vira Rajendra took Bhagamandala aback into an absolute Kodagu.

Bhagamandala is amid about 33 km from Madikeri. Government and clandestine buses are fabricated attainable to this abode frequently.

Mandalpatti Hills Abreast Madikeri
Mandalpatti is one of the best day-tripper spots in Coorg. Mandalpatti hills are amid about 25- 30 km from Madikeri boondocks en avenue to Abbi falls. A appropriate abnormal alley just 4 kms afore Abbi Avalanche will advance to Mandalpatti. As bus ability is not attainable yet demography a cab or own car is advised.


Once has to yield admission tickets from the authorities at the abject of Mandalpatti afore biking the hills. Accomplish abiding to yield baptize and aliment forth as there are no shops about there. Once on the top of the hills the adorableness of Mandalpatti is unwrapped. Far addition blooming mountains and the air-conditioned breeze will absolutely accomplish one feel like heaven. frequently.


Napandapole Falls
Napandapole Avalanche is amid 12 kms abroad from Madapura (Madapur,Madhavapura) on the way to Surlabi. It’s about 40 kms fromMadikeri town. Napandapole Avalanche is anchored in the foots of Kote Betta acropolis breadth and is amidst by 3 sub baptize falls.