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Karnataka

Ruined empires, coffee hills and a software capital.

State31 districts1 listed event

Karnataka holds Hampi — the boulder-strewn capital of the Vijayanagara empire — along with the Hoysala temple carvings at Belur and Halebidu. The Western Ghats side grows most of India’s coffee, and Bengaluru sits on the Deccan at a height that gives it an unusually mild climate.

Known for

  • Hampi
  • Hoysala temples
  • Coorg coffee estates
  • Mysuru Dasara
Capital
Bengaluru
Best season
October to February
Languages
Kannada, Tulu, Konkani, English

Districts of Karnataka

1 with listed events

  • Bagalkote
  • Ballari
  • Belagavi
  • Bengaluru Rural
  • Bengaluru Urban
  • Bidar
  • Chamarajanagar
  • Chikkaballapura
  • Chikkamagaluru
  • Chitradurga
  • Dakshina Kannada
  • Davanagere
  • Dharwad
  • Gadag
  • Hassan
  • Haveri
  • Kalaburagi
  • Kodagu
  • Kolar
  • Koppal
  • Mandya
  • Mysuru
  • Raichur
  • Ramanagara
  • Shivamogga
  • Tumakuru
  • Udupi
  • Uttara Kannada
  • Vijayanagara
  • Vijayapura
  • Yadgir

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What’s on in Karnataka

  • HeritageAnnual

    Hampi Utsav

    Music and dance staged among the ruins of Vijayanagara, on the boulder-strewn banks of the Tungabhadra.

    When
    Usually held in the cooler months; dates are announced by the state each year
    Where
    Vijayanagara, Karnataka

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