Chitramoola is a beautiful place and has great religious significance too. According to legends this is where Goddess Mookambika appeared before Shankaracharya and followed him till the place where the present temple is situated.
Bababudangiri is 24 kilometers from Kemmannagundi. It is situated 1864 meters above sea level. It also looks like a crescent moon.
This place is worshipped as the Mecca of the South by Muslims as the Tomb of Hajarat Dada Hayath Mir Kalandar is in the cave of this mountain. The Hindus too worship this place as ‘Dattatreoya Peeta’.
10 kilometers from Kemmannagundi, the water falls from a height of 150 feet. Lord Veerabhadreshwara is worshipped in a cave, formed by huge boulders. It is believed that the cave was formed during the reign of Krishna Devaraya.
The Kalahatti Falls, also known as Kallathigiri falls and Kalahasthi falls, gushing down from 122 m height is one another impressive attractions in Kemmanagundi. This captivating waterfall is blended with the environment in the pleasing sylvan area of Kemmanangudi.
An ancient temple built between gaps in the rocks is assumed to be built in the period of Vijayanagar empire. According many locals and folk legends, the famous Hindu saint Agasthya is associated to this place.
Karkala is well known for its massive 42 feet monolithic statue of Bahubali the Gomateshwara, the son of the first Jain Tirthankar, believed to have been built around 1432 AD. This is a male figure in a naked posture approached by a number of rock-cut steps.
Bahubali, a local prince who trounced his brother in a war to win the kingdom, renounced worldly pleasures of life and spent 12 years in meditation; by that time climbers grew all over and around him. Veerapandya Bhairava Raja built this monolithic statue in his honor.
Chaturmukha Basadi, with a total of 108 pillars sanctified by Vir Pandya deva in 1432, is one of the noteworthy Jaina monuments sited at the rocky hill at Karkala. It is built in the form of a four faced hall, with a supercilious doorway and pillared entrance on each of its four sides. Chaturmukha Basadi got its name as four doorways alike each other in four directions lead to the Garbhagriha. The flat roof is constructed with very big granite slabs. Garbhagriha encloses the images of the Yakshi Padmavati and 24th Tirthankar, apart from the standing statues of Suryata, Ara and Malli.
Hiriangadi, very near to Karkala, is famous for its Neminath Basadi complex enclosing the wonderful 60-ft tall Manasthamba. The complex also houses the Bhujabali Brahmacharya Ashram, Padmavathi basadis and shrines for the Adinath Swamy, Lord Mahavir, Chandranath Swamy, Ananthanath and many more gurus.
The Padi Igguthappa temple, one of most important temple of Kodavs - the tribal inhabitants in Kakkabe, is dedicated to Iguthappa, another name for Lord Subramanya. The devotees believe in the miracles by Iguthappa, where any one can ask for anything from this super power God.
Mastigudi temple is visible when the reservior drains out during summer.The Kabini dam at Beechanahalli village seprates Nagarahole from Bandipur.
The sacred Sangam is the confluence of three of the holiest rivers in Hindu mythology - Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. The place of confluence of these rivers is of great religious significance to the Hindus as it is believed that at this spot that few drops of the nectar fell from the hands of the gods, and therefore taking a bath in the water here will wash out all your sins. According to Hindu mythology, it is also at this spot that Lord Brahma had performed the Prakishta Yagna. At the point of meeting, the Ganga is only 4ft deep whereas the Yamuna is 40 ft deep.
