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Kodagu: Blue Mountains Beyond Malabar

// March 23rd, 2011 // 4 Comments » // Culture and Ecology

Kodagu or Coorg as it was re-christened by the British in the nineteenth century is a highland well up in the Western Ghats just to the east of Malabar in Kerala. This southern district of Karnataka is inextricably linked to Malabar in terms of culture and ecology. Almost all the rivers of Malabar originate from [...]

Jain Heritage of Hassan in Karnataka

// March 17th, 2011 // No Comments » // Culture and Ecology

Hassan is an elevated city high up in the Deccan plateau well beyond the Western Ghats on the Mangalore – Bangalore National Highway (NH 48), lying at around 1000 m above sea level. Halebeedu in Hassan district was the capital of the Hoysala dynasty from 11th to 14th century. The Hoysala capital known as Darasamuda [...]