Chamarajanagar district

Understand

It is just because the 9th Chamaraja Wodeyar (1774-1796 CE), one of the kings of Mysore, was born here.

Getting there

By car From the state capital Bangalore, the State Highway 17 can be used to reach Chamarajanagar via Mysore, Chamarajanagar is at a distance of 65 km from Mysore. The distance from Bangalore to Chamarajanagar is about 185 km. The Bangalore-Kanakapura-Kollegal-Chamarajanagar road can also be used with the distance being the same. Chamarajanagara district is connected to Tamil Nadu by National Highway 948. This highway connects Coimbatore, Satyamangalam, Hasanuru to Chamarajanagara. The Karnataka state highways 38 (SH-38) connects Kollegala town to Germalam, a village near Karnataka border. The Karnataka state highway 79 (SH79) connects town of Kollegala to border village Palar via Male Mahadeshwara Betta. There is a road from Hanur in Chamarajanagar district to Anthiyur in Tamil Nadu via Ramapura and Burgur. Traffic in above mentioned state highways is sparse and through dense forests without much facility for refreshing and refuel.

By train Chamarajanagar has a railway station. Some long-distance trains come to Chamarajanagar. The Tirupati Express (214) is the only long route train from Chamarajanagar. Mysore, 61 km away, is well connected by railway to major cities in India.

By plane The nearest airport is at Mysore. The airports at Bangalore, Coimbatore or Calicut are more distant but can be used for reaching Chamarajanagar.

See

Flower Farms of Gundelpet You can see acres and acres of sunflower and other varieties of flowers farmed by the local farmers during rainy seasons. The locality is very photogenic and is in between Gundlept and the Kerala Main Road. Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta in Bandipur National Park: There is a temple at the peak, and is well known for its wildlife, including elephants. Male Mahadeshwara Betta. It is an important piligrim centre for Hindus. The temple of Lord Mahadeshwara swami is located here.

Eat

Hotel Bhagya Vegetarian, Chamarajanagar. Mayura Vegetarian, on the right hand side of the KSRTC bus station.

Go next

Konanur village Konanur can be accessed by bus by getting down at Hegguvadi gate and taking the left road. This junction also has access to villages like Mukkadahalli and Kanagagiri. Another option is to travel by train from Mysore. The southern end of the platform is the exact beginning of the village and you can find a level crossing here. When you turn left and explore the village, the first landmark is a government primary school called padashala in Kannada. There is one village council or panchayat office here with the Indian national flag flying on it. The road takes you to a small tea shop with wooden benches and the village atmosphere inside. Food is cooked with wood and the people sit and chat in a friendly manner. The teashop sells tea, idlis and pooris for breakfast and closes by ten o’clock. Maybe they open again by evening. There is one small shop attached to the tea shop where a lady sells bananas and provisions. When you move further from the teashop, you reach the village center with a big tree and cemented seating place where the elders sit and chat. The village has no bus facility and feels quite alienated from outside influences. When you take the right turn from the village center, you reach a lake or what is locally called the Kere. There are four temples in front of the lake and the smaller one is very cute. Another temple has a bull over it and looks very photogenic in the mornings when the sunlight falls on it. When you come back to the village center and take the right diversion, you have another hundred meters of houses and the village ends with an old temple and an attached little cubicle like temple outside. There is a second railway level crossing on the Mysore side of the station. When you cross the railway track and come to the other side of the village, there are big papaya farms, banana farms and potato farms. A new white building is coming here and it looks like a school. The farm has a road in the middle which t