Karighatta – Tirupathi of Karnataka
Karighatta is located near Srirangapatna in Mandya District. Karighatta, is a beautiful hill at 2697’ height above sea level, is located near this Srirangapatna(Island town) off the Bangalore-Mysore Highway about 20kms from Mysore and 130kms from Bangalore. Kari means Black and Ghatta means Hill so KariGhatta means "Black Hill" where we can visit temple of Lord Vishnu in the name of "Kari Girivasa" (who dwells in black hill). ‘Kari’ also means Elephant. He is popularly known as “Lord Srinivasa” and “Bairagi Venkataramana”. The hill is mentioned in the ancient texts as “Neelachala” which means “Blue Mountain”. It has a beautiful view points and a small and cute temple at the top of the hill surrounded by trees and shrubs It is a popular trekking spot. It is also famous for snakes, foxes, hares, mongoose, some nocturnal animals & is an ancient migration route of wild elephants that used to frequent these hills. From atop the hill, one can see a