somewhere diffrent in karnataka

any suggestions for somewhere different or less visited in karnataka. i'm revisiting hampi, belur and halebid and would like to see other small towns/sites.

Historic places

1. Bijapur - Golgumbaz
2. Badami, Iholae
3. Chitradurga - fort
4. Somnathpur - near mysore
5. Srirangapatna
6. Talkad

scenic places - www.dreamroutes.org

Raichur
Bidar

no one ever goes to these

15 km from Hampi, Daroji Bear Sanctuary, if you want to see the elusive sloth bear. You'll need your own transport.

120 kms from Hampi, Chitradurga Fort.

If you need specific contacts (Forest Dept in Hampi, and my guide in Chitradurga) PM me.

Have a good trip.

Apana

Hi Apana,
what does the acronym below your signature stand for?...jus curious..

Madnomad

The one conveys a distiction from the Royal Photographic Society, RPS , the other membership of the Royal Geographical Society RGS .

Apana

If you dont mind spending 50$ a day its worth trying out one ofthe Jungle Lodge resorts. Get pampered in the middle of a Jungle with just the sound of a river flowing by and the very decent Tents to sleep in ! Try out the Cauvery Fishing camp.

If I remember correctly Jungle Lodges and Resorts charge $100 or more for foriegn nationals.

In any event this is a busy time for resorts and they probably charge a premium.

After all, they are a monopoly.

Apana

badami iahole pattadakal
it was like going back in time some of the towns
i loved it....deffinately off the beaten path

sorry speling terrible but u know which towns i mean

roger that about Badami. And it's actually on the rail line that goes from Hospet to Bijapur. Can't get any easier!
(could get a lot faster, though )

Try Murdeshwar on the coast, a nice indian holy town, largely built by concrete magnate RK Shetty. features include a 160ft gold painted concrete shiva statue on the beach and a huge variety of imaginative uses of concrete. It is a nicer place than the word "concrete" makes it sound. We've got a short piece on it at
http://www.neoncarrot.co.uk/h_recomm...html#karnataka

thanks for all the replies so far.
Chitradurga Fort with it's 38 posterior entrances sounds interestin.see http://www.karnatakatourism.org/html...hitradurga.htm

visited murdeshwar last year and agree it's worth seeing. udipi was good and don't miss the trip out to st mary's island - clear seawater for a change. if you go pack a bookand a picnic, take an early boat and stay for half a day or so.

Try visit north karnataka this time, like Gokak Falls (on railway line), and khidrapur on the border with maharashtra.

Gokak falls link

' The best and the most famous Queen Channa Bhairavi Devi of Jain religion ruled the Selva Kingdom a few centuries ago. Her kingdom was known for Forest produce and Spices, especially Pepper all over the world. So she was known as PEPPER QUEEN. Forest produce being the main income, she built her capital in the middle of the forest on an Island, called 'BASADI'. It had over 70 Basadis (Jain Temple),of which you can see only ruins now.

We take you to the Island either by boat or by road and for those who would like to discover the place, we can arrange for camping on the island. The legend says there was Dravarasa well in which if you dip iron, it will turnout to be Gold. Again the story says the focal point of the fish eye which is carried on the Chaturmukha Basadi supposed to show the exact place where Dravarasa well is situated.'
http://www.coastalkarnataka.com/pac_1234.htm


Smt Hampana regretted for not making any efforts to remember another great Jain queen Chennabyradevi.It can be recalled here that Chennabyradevi had ruled over the coastal belt of Karnataka with Gerusoppa as here capital comprising the territories of Honnavar, Haduvalli, Barakooru, Bhatkal and Nagire and was popularly called as Kappu Menasina Rani (the black pepper queen
http://www.jainheritagecentres.com/j...inavoice21.htm

is it possible to do Hampi, Badami and shimoga/jog falls in 4 days???