Places to Visit Near Bengaluru

If you have explored various tourist attractions in Bangalore, here are five amazing places around Bangalore.

Mysuru

Located around 140 kilometers from Bangalore, this beautiful city is the cultural capital of Karnataka. Mysuru charms you with its palaces, heritage buildings, gardens, temples, lakes, traditions and much more.

B R Hills

This hill range is located in Southeast Karnataka. The region, which is a protected reserve under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, is known as Biligiriranganatha Swamy Temple Wildlife Sanctuary. This tiger reserve houses ecosystems that are unique.

Ramanagara

Located around 50 km from Bangalore, Ramanagara is in Bangalore-Mysore highway. Lord Rama is supposed to have visited this place during his vanavasa and stayed on one hill, which is today known as Ramadevara Betta.

The town is well-known for its granite outcrops. It offers many opportunities for rock climbing. This region features, among other flora and fauna, sloth bear and long billed vulture.

Mekedatu

River Arkavati merges with River Kaveri in Sangama. From this location, around 3.5 kilometers downstream, the river Kaveri flows through a deep and narrow gorge. This area is called Mekedatu. The river, which is more than 150 meters wide at the confluence (at Sangama) flows through the hardly 10-meter-wide gorge at Mekedatu. One can see the ferocious flow of all that water, 

Mekedatu means 'goat's leap' in Kannada. The name comes from an incident which is believed to have been witnessed by herdsmen in that area a long time ago. 

It is said that a goat being chased by a tiger made a desperate attempt to save its life by leaping from one side of the gorge and managed to cross over the raging river below, whereas the tiger did not attempt to replicate this feat, and abandoned the chase. The point where the goat leapt has widened since then from erosion caused by the river Cauvery. It is about 190 km from Bengaluru via Kanakapura.

Dodda Aalada Mara

Dodda Alada Mara means big banyan tree.  This 400-year-old tree is located in Kethohalli, a village in Bengaluru Urban district. This wonderful picnic spot is around 28 km from Bengaluru.

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