Chikkamagaluru District
Coffee country in the Western Ghats, birthplace of India's coffee cultivation.
Amritapura Amriteshwara Temple
Chikkamagaluru
A Hoysala temple consecrated in 1196 CE by the general Amrutheshwara Dandanayaka, renowned for its unusually tall shikhara and finely detailed sculptural work.
Stamp at: Amritapura Post Office
Baba Budangiri Hills
Chikkamagaluru
A syncretic pilgrimage hill revered as both Dattatreya Peetha and the dargah of Sufi saint Hazrat Baba Budan, who is also credited with bringing coffee cultivation to India.
Stamp at: Baba Budangiri Post Office
Kemmangundi Hill Station
Chikkamagaluru
A colonial-era hill retreat in the Baba Budangiri range, developed as a private resort by Mysore ruler Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV and named after him as Krishnarajendra Giri.
Stamp at: Kemmangundi Post Office
Sringeri Sharada Peetham
Chikkamagaluru
The first of the four cardinal mathas founded by Adi Shankaracharya in the eighth century, and the senior seat of Advaita Vedanta scholarship and monastic authority in south India.
Stamp at: Sringeri Post Office
Vidyashankara Temple
Chikkamagaluru
A fourteenth-century temple at Sringeri built to honour Vidyatirtha, whose twelve zodiac-sign pillars are aligned so that sunlight falls on each in its corresponding solar month.
Stamp at: Sringeri Post Office