The Hosanagara taluk on the Ghats — the Kodachadri trekking peak in the Mookambika range and the hill fort of Nagara (Bidanur), the last Keladi capital.
Road distances measured on real routed roads to Hosanagara itself, not to the district headquarters, on 24 August 2026. Driving time is deliberately not published: free-flow routing badly understates a Deccan single-carriageway highway, so allow more than the distance suggests.
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Featured: Shivappa Nayaka PalaceThe district headquarters on the Tunga river — the Keladi-Nayaka Shivappa Nayaka Palace museum, and the Tyavarekoppa lion-tiger safari, Sakrebailu elephant camp and Mandagadde bird sanctuary in the forests around the city.
Featured: Jog FallsThe Sagara taluk in the Sharavathi valley — the great Jog Falls, the Honnemaradu backwaters, and the first Keladi-Nayaka capitals of Keladi and Ikkeri with their old Shiva temples.
Featured: AgumbeThe Thirthahalli taluk in the high-rainfall Malnad — the Agumbe rainforest and sunset point, the Jain hill of Kundadri, and the ruined Kavaledurga fort.
Shivamogga district is known for: The Malnad gateway — Jog Falls on the Sharavathi, the Kodachadri and Kundadri peaks, the Agumbe rainforest, the Keladi-Nayaka temples and forts, and the elephant, tiger and bird camps around Shivamogga.
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A forested peak of about 1,343 m in the Mookambika range, among the highest in the region and a well-known trek, linked to the Kollur Mookambika temple and topped by the Sarvajna Peetha shrine.
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The hill fort of Nagara (Bidanur/Bidnur), the last capital of the Keladi Nayakas near Hosanagara, with moats, ramparts and the ruined Neelakanteshwara temple.
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Top places to visit in Hosanagara include Kodachadri, Nagara Fort — each has a full guide with how to reach it and what to see nearby on this page.
The nearest airport to Hosanagara is Shivamogga (RQY, limited flights); Mangaluru (IXE) ~185 km and Hubballi (HBX) ~200 km for wider connections. The rail gateway is Shivamogga Town and Bhadravathi on the main line; Sagara Jambagaru for the Jog/Sagara side. NH-69 and state highways; KSRTC and private buses from Bengaluru (~275 km), Mangaluru and Hubballi, with autos and taxis locally.
October to February is the coolest, most comfortable season to visit Hosanagara and the rest of Karnataka. March to May is hot on the plains, and the June–September southwest monsoon brings the main rains, heaviest along the coast and Western Ghats.