Tadiandamol or Thadiyandamol is the highest
mountain
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of
Madikeri
Madikeri is a hill station town in Madikeri taluk and headquarters of Kodagu district in Karnataka, India.
Etymology
Madikeri was known as ''Muddu Raja Keri'', which meant Mudduraja's town, was named after the prominent Haleri king Mudduraj ...
taluk
Kodagu
Kodagu (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State, at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State.
It occupies ...
district,
Karnataka
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,
India
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. It is the third highest peak in
Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
, after Mullayyanagiri & Kudremukha. It is located
Western Ghats range, and reaches an elevation of 1,748 m. The mountain has patches of
shola
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forest
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s in the valleys.
The
Nalaknad (also known as Nalnad - meaning 4 villages) palace at the foothills is an important historical landmark. This was one of the landmarks mapped during the
Great Trigonometric Survey.
It is a place of interest for
trekkers and
naturalists. The climb to the top and back can be completed as a day hike; camping is banned since December 2016.
Etymology
The name Tadiandamol literally means ''largest base'' (thadi = broad, large, huge; anda = belonging to (possessive) in
Kodava; mol = hill, base, peak). It loosely means ''Tallest Mount'', and the name also could translate as ''Broad Hill''.
See also
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Virajpet
The town of Virajpet also spelled as Virajapete is the second town of the district of Kodagu (Coorg), in Karnataka. It is the main town of the ''Virajpet taluka'', south of the district, in the Kerala-Karnataka border. The name is an abbreviati ...
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Madikeri
Madikeri is a hill station town in Madikeri taluk and headquarters of Kodagu district in Karnataka, India.
Etymology
Madikeri was known as ''Muddu Raja Keri'', which meant Mudduraja's town, was named after the prominent Haleri king Mudduraj ...
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Mangalore
Mangalore (), officially known as Mangaluru, is a major port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is located between the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bangalore, the state capital, 20 km north of Karnataka–Ke ...
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Bhagamandala
Bhagamandala is a pilgrimage place in Kodagu district of the Indian state of Karnataka.
Location
Bhagamandala is situated on the river Kaveri in its upstream stretches. At this place, the Kaveri is joined by two tributaries, the Kannike and ...
References
External links
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{{Western Ghats
Mountains of Karnataka
Geography of Kodagu district
Tourist attractions in Kodagu district
