Major tourist centers

Major Tourist centers of
Karnataka From 9th syllabus of social science

1. Chapter-9 Major Tourist centers of Karnataka

2. Major Tourist Centers of Karnataka ‘ See a country read a book’ People go to different places from their places to satisfy curiosity for religious celebration for peace of mind for relaxation to see picturesque places and for the improvement of health is called touring. We can gain knowledge about place culture civilization life style by tourism .

3. Major Tourist Centers of Karnataka Karnataka is one of the state in India which has very famous tourist spots like Waterfalls Wildlife sanctuaries Hill stations Historical places Places of pilgrimage Forts Karnataka government has established the Karnataka state tourism development corporation in the year 1974 . Karnataka has won the award for best tourism management state in 1996 -97.

4. Forts of Karnataka There are many historic and strong forts in Karnataka The Major 5 forts in Karnataka are Bidar Vijayapura Bahadurgadha Chittradurga Madugiri

5. Bidar Fort This fort was built by the king Allaudin in the 15 th century. He was belong to Bhamadin Dyansty .

6. Chittradurga Fort The first name of Chittradurga was Chitrkaladurga . This fort was built by Nayakas of chittrdurga

7. Bahadurgadha Fort This fort was built by Saif Khan in 1658 but the fort was restructured by Sidujath .

8. Mysore St. Philomean’s Church

9. Mysore Mysore palace

10. Mysore K.R.S

11. Mysore Lalithamahal

12. Hill Stations of Karnataka Biligiriranganana hill commonly called BR Hill is a hill rang situated in South eastern Karnataka Established:- 27 June 1974 Location :- Yelandur Taluk Chmarajnagar district Elevation :- 1200 m

13. Hill Stations of Karnataka AGUMBE HILL Agumbe is a small hill village Location :- Thirthahalli Taluk Shimoga district Elevation :- 643 m [2110ft]

14. Hill Stations of Karnataka Kemmangundi is a hill station Location :- Tavikere Taluk Chikkmagaluru district Elevation :- 1434m 4705 ft above sea level.

15. Hill Stations of Karnataka Madikeri Hills

16. Hill Stations of Karnataka Nandi Hills

17. Hill Stations of Karnataka Yana India

18. Bangalore Nandi hill

19. Mangalore Beach

20. Waterfalls of Karnataka

21. Karnataka is home for many water falls Kunchikal falls Hebbe falls Abbey falls Jog falls Shivansamudra falls Unchalli falls

22. Kunchikal falls It is located in Shivamoga . It is the highest waterfall of Karnataka.

23. Hebbe falls It is located in Chikkamagaluru

24. Abbey Falls It is located in Kodagu

25. Jog Falls It is located in Shivamoga

26. Shivanasamudhra It is located in Mandya.Twin water falls Gaganachukki and Bharachukki

27. Unchalli falls It is located in Uttar Kannada district.