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Madikeri is located at [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Madikeri lies in the Western Ghats and is a popular hill station. Nearest major cities are Hassan (110 kilometres (68 mi)) to the north, Mangalore (138 kilometres (86 mi)) to the north-west, Mysore (120 kilometres (75 mi)) to the east and Kannur of Kerala to the west (112 km (70 mi)).
Today, the Madikeri Deputy Commissioner's Office is housed in the palace building, while St. Mark's Church houses the Madikeri Fort Museum, managed by the Karnataka State Archaeological Department. [2] The museum has exhibits which display artifacts and weaponry from the time between the fort's construction and British rule.
Coorg (Kodagu) was the smallest province in India, with an area of only 1,582 square miles (4,100 km 2). As a province of British India, it was administered by a commissioner, subordinate to the Governor-General of India through the resident of Mysore, who was also officially chief commissioner of Coorg. Later freedom fighters from Kodagu ...
The Kodava Sahitya Academy is an organisation under the Government of Karnataka which preserves and promotes the Kodava language, literature and culture. Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy Abbreviation
The building was funded by the Government of Madras, [53] and placed under the Church of England in India, Diocese of Madras. [54] The Church was closed after Indian independence, and taken over by the Government of Karnataka in 1971. [55] The building now houses the Madikeri Fort Museum, managed by the Karnataka State Archaeological Department ...
Raja's Seat, one of the major tourist attractions in Madikeri View point on Raja's Seat. Raja's Seat (Seat of the King) is a culturally significant site and tourist attraction in Madikeri of Coorg District. It is 270km away from Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka. Raja's Seat is located in the middle of a garden called as Gandhi Mantap.
Coffee cultivatuion is widely believed to have been introduced in the western ghats from the Yemeni port of Mocha by the Muslim saint, Baba Budan, in the 16th century and some time after its introduction, coffee cultivation was embraced by the Kodavas in western Karnataka.
Madikeri Dasara (Kannada: ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ ದಸರ) is the Dasara festival is celebrated in the city of Madikeri in the Indian State of Karnataka. It has a history of over a hundred years. Madikeri Dasara is a ten-day celebration, which is beautified by 4 Karagas and 10 Mantapas depicting killing of Asuras (demons) by Suras (God/Goddess ...