Tourists banned from hill stations in Chikkamagaluru district in Karnataka due to Datta Jayanti

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Hundreds of devotees sojourn  the Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy dargah atop Bababudangiri, successful  Chikkamagaluru territory  of Karnataka, arsenic  portion  of the yearly  Datta Jayanti celebrations.

Hundreds of devotees sojourn the Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy dargah atop Bababudangiri, successful Chikkamagaluru territory of Karnataka, arsenic portion of the yearly Datta Jayanti celebrations. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

Chikkamagaluru territory medication has banned tourists from visiting elevation stations connected Chandradrona elevation scope successful Chikkamagaluru taluk for 4 days from December 1 successful presumption of the Datta Jayanti programme atop Bababudan Giri.

Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad person organised the Datta Jayanti programme from December 2 to 4. The territory medication is expecting thousands of radical from Chikkamagaluru and neighbouring districts of Karnataka for the event. The roads connecting Kaimara to the elevation stations ended up with potholes during rains, and determination were instances of landslips connected the stretch. The medication has enactment successful spot respective restrictions to debar untoward incidents during the event.

On November 18, Deputy Commissioner C.N. Meena Nagaraj said that the tourists would not beryllium allowed to sojourn the elevation stations – Mullayanagiri, Seethalayyanaigir, Sri Guru Dattatreya Bababudan Swamy Dargah, Galikere and Manikya Dhara – betwixt 6 a.m. connected December 1 and 6 a.m. connected December 5.

However, the prohibition would not use to the section radical and those who had booked homestays and resorts good successful advance.

Published - November 20, 2025 04:59 p.m. IST

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