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Tourist Spot Attractions In Shimoga District

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Shimoga district is a district in the Karnataka state of India. A major part of Shimoga district lies in the Malnad region or the Sahyadri. Shimoga city is its administrative centre. Jog Falls is a major tourist attraction. As of 2011 Shimoga district has a population of 1,755,512. There are seven taluks: Bhadravathi, Hosanagara, Sagara, Shimoga, Shikaripura, Soraba and Thirthahalli.
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  • 1. Agumbe Sunset View Point Agumbe
    Agumbe is a small village located in Shimoga district, Thirthahalli taluk in the Malnad region of Karnataka, India. It is sometimes called The Cherrapunji of the South after Cherrapunji, in Northeast India. Agumbe is associated with rainforest conservation efforts, documentation of medicinal plants, tourism , and the promotion of cottage industry.
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  • 2. Keladi Shimoga
    Nayakas of Keladi, also known as Nayakas of Bednore and Kings of Ikkeri , were an Indian dynasty based from Keladi in Shimoga district, Karnataka, India. They were an important ruling dynasty in post-medieval Karnataka. They initially ruled as a vassal of the famous Vijayanagar Empire. After the fall of the empire in 1565, they gained independence and ruled significant parts of Malnad region of the Western Ghats in present-day Karnataka, most areas in the coastal regions of Karnataka, and parts of northern Kerala, Malabar and the central plains along the Tungabhadra river. In 1763 AD, with their defeat to Hyder Ali, they were absorbed into the Kingdom of Mysore. They played an important part in the history of Karnataka, during a time of confusion and fragmentation that generally prevailed ...
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  • 5. Sri Mookambika Temple Kollur
    Kollur Mookambika Temple is located at Kollur, Udupi District in the state of Karnataka, India. It is a Hindu temple dedicated to the mother Goddess known as Mookambika Devi. It is situated in the foothills of Kudajadri hills, on the southern bank of Souparnika river. Being situated in the land between Gokarna and Kanyakumari, believed to be created by sage Parashurama, it finds a spot in the 108 Durga Temples in the ancient Kerala. The temple is also one among the 108 Shiva temples in Kerala, since Lord Shiva is also considered to be present in the temple. The main deity of the temple is a swayambhu jyotirlinga with a golden line cutting it into half, in which the left half represents Tridevis, and the right half represents Trimurtis. Along with this, a four-handed panchaloha idol of Godd...
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  • 6. Ikkeri Aghoreshwara Temple Sagara
    Ikkeri is situated in Sagara taluk about 6 km to the south of Sagara. The word Ikkeri in Kannada means Two Streets.
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  • 9. Banavasi Temple Sirsi
    Banavasi is an ancient temple town in Uttara Kannada in the South Indian state of Karnataka. Banavasi was the ancient capital of the Kannada empire Kadamba who ruled entire Uttara Kannada district. They were the first native empire to give prominence to Kannada.
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  • 10. Marikamba Temple Sirsi
    The Marikamba Temple in Sirsi, Karnataka, India, is a Hindu temple dedicated to a form of the goddess Durga. It is also known as Doddamma Temple, with Doddamma denoting the elder sister of all Mariammas in Karnataka. The central icon is an eight-armed image of Durga, also known by the names Renuka and Yellamma. It was built in 1688. It is at a distance of 83 kilometres to the east of Gokarna.
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  • 11. Murdeshwar Temple Karnataka
    Murdeshwar is a town in Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. Murdeshwar is another name of the Hindu god Shiva. Famous for the world's second tallest Shiva statue, the town lies on the coast of the Arabian Sea and is also famous for the Murdeshwar Temple. Murdeshwar has a railway station on the Mangalore-Mumbai Konkan railway route.
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