This place in thickets of the Sahyadri
hills of the Western Ghats is around 45kms from Sirsi
and about the same distance from Kumta.
Two huge rocks are the center of attraction here. There
are two temples, temple of Shiva inside a cave and a
Ganesha temple nearby. The other places of interest
are a small waterfall and the forest itself.
There are two ways you can get
there, Route
i Take a bus from Sirsi which goes
to mattighatta,devanalli via hegadekatta.Get down at
a stop called "vaddi cross" and walk 6+kms
from there. Route
ii. Take a bus either from sirsi or kumta
get down at a place called Anegundi near Kathagaal.
This place is after the Devimane ghats if you are coming
from Sirsi. From here it is around 16kms walk.
Jeep is the best mode of transportation
anywhere in North Kanara. You can hire a jeep either
in sirsi or anywhere your base camp is and take convenient
drives
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