Cauvery Basin is a region in the south of Karnataka State.

Lakshmi Narayanaswamy temple at Harohalli riverside, Pandavapura

Regions

Chamarajanagar

Chikmagalur

Hassan

Kodagu

Mandya

Mysore

Cities

Agni Nethramba Temple, Thandavapura

Chinnada Gudi Hundi Temple, Nanjangud

• 1 Belur — the capital of the Hoysalla dynasty and Hale Belur the older capital

• 2 Chikmagalur — a city in Karnataka, known for its coffee plantations and Bababudan Giri ranges

• 3 Kushal Nagar — largest Coffee Processing/Exporting City in India

• 4 Hassan — a small town with notable architecture, greenery and Gorur Dam

• 5 Madikeri — a hill station and capital of Kodagu.

• 6 Mandya — an agricultural town and the headquarters of the Mandya district in Karnataka

• 7 Mysore — is officially known as Mysuru and is Karnataka's second biggest city in Southern India

• 8 Somwarpet — best quality Coffee Producing region in India

• 9 Srirangapatna — a town in the Mandya district of great religious, cultural and historic importance

Other destinations

• 1 Bandipur National Park — famous for its tiger and elephant reserve and protected sandalwood trees

• 2 Bheemeshwari Wildlife Sanctuary — known as Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary or Cauvery fishing camp located along the banks of Cauvery River
• 3 Kabini — a reservoir situated between the Bandipur and Nagarhole National Park

• 4 Bylakupee — the largest Tibetan settlement outside of Tibet

• 5 Hebbe Falls — located in the middle of the Kodays coffee estate, near Kemmannagundi

• 6 Honnamana Kere — a Holy & Adventure spot

• 7 Kemmannagundi — a hill station

• 8 Kokkare Bellur (Kokkrebellur)— a village famous for its rare birds

• 9 Kudremukh National Park — undulating mountains and tropical wet evergreen forest

• 10 Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary — near Srirangapatna it is the largest bird sanctuary in the state

• 11 Shravanabelagola — impressive Jain temple

Talk

Kannada is the most widely spoken language in the Cauvery Basin, and people in urban areas can also understand English and Hindi.

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• Krishnarajanagara paddy field paradise