
Mysore to Belur Halebidu Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Distance
160 km
From Mysore
Time
About 3 hr
Via KR Nagar, Hassan and Halebidu
Starting from
₹ 8000
2 days, 600 km, Dzire

Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹7,334 ₹8,807
+ ₹1257 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹8,498 ₹10,217
+ ₹1467 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹10,876 ₹13,086
+ ₹1886 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹12,040 ₹14,495
+ ₹2095 (Taxes & Charges)

Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹15,532 ₹18,724
+ ₹2724 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
40 km
80 km
115 km
145 km
160 km

Pickup at your door
The Hoysala temples make a full day, so the car comes at 6:30 am to your home, a palace area hotel or the station. Starting early gives you the temples before the midday heat, when the stone courtyards get hot underfoot. If you come back to Mysore on a Sunday evening, the palace switches on its bulbs from 7 pm for under an hour, a nice end to a temple day. The driver goes out on the Hunsur road and takes the SH57 turn at Bilikere. Breakfast is at KR Nagar.

Breakfast
KR Nagar, around 40 km from Mysore, is breakfast for the car, twenty minutes for idli and coffee. Tea shops here sell Osmania biscuits and karjoora, a little date cake from the villages, handy for later. Across the Kaveri lies Saligrama, linked with Sri Ramanujacharya, with a Yoga Narasimha temple; temple lovers can add it on another day. SH57 from here is a calm road through paddy fields; Hassan is about 75 km on.

Drive through
The car runs through Holenarasipura, roughly 80 km from Mysore, without pausing. The name comes from hole, the river, and Narasimha, after the temple that has stood here for centuries beside the Hemavathi. Readers of political history may know it as the home town of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. Hassan is around 35 km further, and from there our route leaves NH75 and swings north west towards the Hoysala towns.

Tea and fuel
Hassan, near the 115 km mark, gets a ten minute halt for tea and fuel. This is where the car leaves NH75 and takes the north western road towards Belur, Chikmagalur and the Malnad towns. Halebidu is the first temple town, around 30 km away on SH21, and Belur lies about 16 km beyond. Both are small places, so if anyone needs a pharmacy or an ATM, use one in Hassan before moving on.

Temple town halt
Halebidu, also searched as Halebeedu, is about 145 km from Mysore, and the car parks near the temple park. Keep about an hour. Besides the main temple, a small museum stands in the park, and the Kedareshwara temple, with three sanctums, is a short walk away. The town was the old Hoysala capital, built round the Dorasamudra lake, which you pass on the way in. The Hulikere stepwell, from the 12th century, is near the town. Belur is about 16 km on.

Arrival at Belur
Three hours of driving, halts included, bring the car to Belur, and the driver finds parking near the temple. Visitors pay nothing to enter the main shrine; shoes go to the stand at the gate, and the side road parking for cars costs a small fee. The town lies on the Yagachi at about 979 m, higher than any other town in Hassan district. Simple Malnad lunches are served at small hotels round the temple. Coffee country begins at Chikmagalur, some 25 km further.
Want a Mysore to Belur Halebidu cab that stops only where you want, to see the Hoysala temples at Halebidu and Belur? Belur Halebidu (Halebeedu) is roughly 160 km away, via KR Nagar and Hassan. The car to Belur Halebidu picks you up at a hotel near the palace or a hotel on Hunsur Road. A Mysore to Belur Halebidu taxi from cab rental in Mysore takes one phone call to book.
Route | One way | Belur Halebidu and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Belur Halebidu via KR Nagar, Hassan and Halebidu | About 160 km | About 320 km | About 3 hr with stops |
For about 320 km of driving we bill 2 days, which is 600 km at 300 km a day. Mysore to Belur Halebidu one way taxi: one way on request, quoted with the km on paper. AC only. Extra: ₹400 a day for our driver, and tolls, parking, permits and GST at cost. Over two days, a cab is the fastest way to cover Mysore to Belur Halebidu and both temples. Each km is charged with fuel, driver and AC inside.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 2 days, 600 km | 3 days, 900 km | 4 days, 1,200 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹8,000 | ₹12,000 | ₹16,000 | |
₹14 | ₹9,200 | ₹13,800 | ₹18,400 | |
₹18 | ₹11,600 | ₹17,400 | ₹23,200 | |
₹20 | ₹12,800 | ₹19,200 | ₹25,600 |
Totals are the km fare plus the day driver allowance. Extra: night driver allowance (₹400 a night), tolls, parking and 5% GST. Shared by 7, 3 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹2,740 a person.
4 or fewer: Swift Dzire or Toyota Etios. 5 to 7, or four with heavy bags: Innova Crysta. Groups of 7 to 12 should look at the Mysore to Belur Halebidu tempo traveller.
Want more comfort for a group of ten with older people? The Mysore to Belur Halebidu Force Urbania fits; Force Urbania on rent in Mysore has more. For a group of twenty, see the Mysore to Belur Halebidu mini bus.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Belur is roughly 160 km from Mysore, so the round trip covers about 320 km. The car turns onto SH57 near Bilikere, passes KR Nagar and Holenarasipura to Hassan, then takes SH21 through Halebidu, the first temple town. Driving time comes to about three hours with breakfast, plus whatever time you spend at the temples.
Yes. Belur Halebidu: the driver waits at each place; local km there are added at the same rate.
Yes. Ask for a one way quote with your date, and we send it in writing.
If the return runs late at night, the driver gets a night allowance. It is shown in the quote. On our Mysore card that is ₹400 a night.
No. You pay tolls, parking, permits and GST at actual, with receipts.
An Innova Crysta. Six people and their bags fit. Every car we run is on cab rental in Mysore.
Yes. The roads are plain and stay open in the monsoon, and the temple courtyards are paved. Hassan district gets its heaviest rain from June to September and again in October, so carry umbrellas for the walk between the parking and the temples. October to March is the most comfortable season; in March the Hoysala Mahotsava is held at both towns.
Yes. It is about three hours each way with halts, and the two temples are only about 16 km apart. Leave at 6:30 am, see Halebidu by late morning and Belur after lunch, and start back by 3 pm. Elders can rest in the car between the towns. The temple courtyards are flat but large, so carry water and a cap.