Places to visit in Coorg - Madikeri

What are the places to visit in Coorg?

• Coorg(Madikeri) is a hill station in Karnataka state and the headquarters of Kodagu district.
• I ll share the details of the places that I visited in Coorg recently. First I went to Mysore from chennai via train and from Mysore the Madikeri is only 118 Kms away which we reached there through bus in just 3 hours. We always expect more hair pin bends while travelling to hill stations but i was surprised that I saw no hair pin bends on the roads to Coorg. Although the height of  Coorg is 1,170 m from the sea level. The Climate was around 18 to 20 degree celsius in average. 

This images shows the tourist spots and its distance from Main bus stand of Coorg.

TalaCauvery:

• TalaCauvery is the birthplace for Cauvery River and it is 48 Kms from Madikeri, its a holy place and there is a view point. This place is one of the main place that you have to visit. Buses are available but very rare, we booked a cab as package and we visited TalaCauvery, Abbey falls, Bhagamandala and got back to hotel. The package cost was Rs 1600

Talacauvery

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View Point of TalaCauvery

BhagaMandala:

• Its a pilgrimage place which has a temple that contains Subramanya, Ganapati and Vishnu idol. Opposite to the temple is a Triveni sangama. This place is 40Kms from Madikeri and 8Kms from Talacauvery. While returning from Talacauvery we visited this place.

 Triveni sangama:

• This is a three river meet which is seen at opposite of the temple, people take a holy bath here as well. This is the meeting point of Cauvery, Kannike, Sugyothi rivers. After seeing it, we started to Abbey falls

Abbey Falls:

• Abbey falls is a part of river Cauvery and it is 8 Kms from Madikeri, the flow was good during the visit, thanks to the rains. They close this place at 6 PM and they dont allow people after this time, this applies for most of the places at Madikeri hence visiting these places before 6PM is good because I did not see street lights nearby and surroundings of these areas. And shops also gets closed after this time. But Madikeri functions normally as its a big town.

RajaSeat :

• This place is one of the beautiful places in Madikeri and its just 1Km from the Madikeri Bus stand, this place has a park, a small train ride and a view point. The climate was good while visiting the place as mist surrounded the place suddenly.

Om Kareeshwar Temple:

• Its a shiva temple located around 1 Km from Rajaseat and it contains Shiva,Ganapati and Subramanya idol.

Golden Temple- Tibet Monastery:

•  And while returning back to Mysore from Madikeri there is a town named Kushalnagar which is located 30 Kms away from Madikeri. It is town on Cauvery river and it had few places to look. The First one is Golden Temple - Tibet Monastery and the Harangi Dam, The Golden temple was closed and it will remain closed till the renovation of the temple completes but they allowed us into the premises, not inside the main temple.

Harangi Dam:

• The Harangi dam is located just 10 Kms from Kushalnagar and its a dam of Harangi river which later joins with the river Cauvery, as it was monsoon the flow was good from the reservoir.. 

And these are the places that we visited at coorg and returned back to Mysore, The stay at Coorg(Madikeri) was comfortable as there are more hotels available and lots of shops to buy things, People mostly buy Home made choclates, Coorg coffee and spices as there are many shops that sells these things. Overall one of the best places to tour.