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A home away from home. That is the promise of homestays for tourists travelling from other countries, States, and cities to major tourist destinations in Karnataka. Local families in these accommodations offer tourists a warm and homely atmosphere even as they introduce them to a new culture and guide them to places to visit. Such…
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Raja Seat is one of the prime attractions for tourists in Madikeri. | Photo Credit: File Photo The tourist destination of Raja’s seat in Madikeri will be out of bounds for the public from July 9 to 12 in view of the traffic diversions introduced in the town following a landslide that has occurred near…
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On a quiet evening of February 28, 2026, 17-year-old Pooja stepped off a bus in Bettathuru village near Madikeri, like she had done countless times before. A student of St Michael’s College, she was just a short walk away from home barely 100 metres from the edge of the forest. But what followed was a…
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