Mysore to Horanadu Cab and Taxi with Driver
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Annapoorneshwari Temple
About an hour; the car waits close.
Kalaseshwara Temple, Kalasa
The car drops you at the gate. Keep forty minutes.
Kudremukh
Plan two hours.
Hanuman Gundi Falls
The car gets close; an hour.
Sringeri
Keep two hours.
Distance
260 km
From Mysore
Time
About 5.5 to 6 hr
Via KR Nagar, Belur and Kalasa
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
115 km
155 km
185 km
250 km
260 km
Pickup at your door
Pilgrims for Horanadu usually want darshan the same afternoon, so the car is at your door before six, at home, at a palace side hotel, at the station or at the Mandakalli airport. Mysore masala dosa, with its red chutney inside, is the breakfast many families take before leaving, or pack it for the road. The driver runs out on the Hunsur road, turns at Bilikere and stays on the Hassan state highway through KR Nagar. The temple village is about 260 km off, roughly four and a half hours by car.
Drive on
KR Nagar is the first town, about 40 km out, and a car can roll straight through it. If someone needs tea, the shops near the bus stand open early and a five minute halt is enough. The town grew up on the Mysore to Hassan road, and slow trains on the same line stop at its small station. The road beyond is quiet paddy country, past Holenarasipura on the Hemavathi, and breakfast is better at Hassan, about 75 km further on.
Breakfast and fuel
At about 115 km the car reaches Hassan, and twenty minutes covers breakfast and a full tank. Kadubu with coconut chutney, steamed rice dumplings, is the Malnad plate to try with filter coffee. Hassan is at about 950 m and pleasant from October to March. Pilgrims who want another shrine on the way back can note Doddagaddavalli, a Lakshmi Devi temple of 1114 AD in the district. From here the driver leaves NH75 for Belur.
Temple halt
Belur's Chennakeshava temple is the one sightseeing halt on the way, and 45 minutes is right for a family. Parking is a short walk from the gate. Nobody pays to enter, and footwear stays at the stand. Look for the 48 lathe turned pillars inside the hall. If the family wants to walk a little more, the Pathaleshwara temple lies about 600 m east. Mudigere is about 35 km ahead, and lunch is planned there.
Lunch and fuel
Mudigere is coffee and pepper country at about 970 to 990 m, and the car stops thirty minutes for lunch. Ask for akki rotti, the rice flour flatbread with coconut and onion, if the hotel has Malnad dishes. Coffee powder and black pepper are what to buy here. The driver tops up fuel, since the hill road ahead has few pumps. Kottigehara, about 16 km on, is where the Kalasa road leaves the Charmadi highway.
Drive through
Kalasa is the last town before Horanadu, only about 9 km away, and the car usually drives through. The Bhadra river bends round the town on three sides, and the road on to Horanadu follows it through forest, narrow and winding. Ambatheertha, a pool on the Bhadra counted among Kalasa's sacred theerthas, is a short drive out if you want it on the return. In June to September carry umbrellas; this area has had over 4,000 mm of rain in a year.
Temple drop
The car stops close to the temple steps after about four and a half hours. Horanadu sits at about 830 m, and the Annapoorneshwari temple feeds every visitor free, breakfast, lunch and dinner, so most families eat there. For darshan, men remove shirt and vest and wear full pants or a dhoti; a shawl for the shoulders helps. Darshan runs in sessions that change on festival days. The temple lodges fill quickly at weekends, so book a room early.
Need a Mysore to Horanadu cab for four to seven people to visit the Annapoorneshwari temple? Horanadu (Horanad) is roughly 260 km away, via Hassan, Belur and Kalasa. Book a Mysore to Horanadu taxi through cab rental in Mysore: Dzire or Etios for four, Innova or Crysta for seven. The car to Horanadu picks you up at Mysore Junction railway station or your house in Kuvempunagar.
Route | One way | Horanadu and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Horanadu via KR Nagar, Belur and Kalasa | About 260 km | About 520 km | About 5.5 to 6 hr with stops |
For about 520 km of driving we bill 2 days, which is 600 km at 300 km per day. Air conditioned, always. Extra: ₹400 each day for the driver, and parking, tolls, permits and GST at cost. Fuel, driver and AC are included per km. For a two-day trip, the cab is the quickest way to do Mysore to Horanadu. Mysore to Horanadu one way taxi: one way on request, quoted with the km in writing.
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 big bags: Innova Crysta. 7 to 12 people? See the Mysore to Horanadu tempo traveller.
A group of ten with older people wanting more comfort? See the Mysore to Horanadu Force Urbania, or Force Urbania on rent in Mysore. For a group of twenty, see the Mysore to Horanadu mini bus.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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rahul
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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Souvik Bhattacharya
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
Hired for day-out trip, It was very pleasant and comfortable journey, with good driver's behaviour and l may strongly suggest Tejas travels for better and comfortable family trip
Kishore Lal
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Horanadu is about 260 km from Mysore one way, about 520 km for the round trip. The cab goes via KR Nagar and Hassan on SH57, then Belur, Mudigere and the Kalasa road. By car it takes about 5.5 to 6 hours with short halts, and a little more if you stop long at Belur.
An Innova Crysta. Six people and their bags fit. See each car on cab rental in Mysore.
One way to Horanadu, 260 km, is quoted on request at ₹2 a km over the return rate.
Tolls on the 260 km Horanadu road, parking, permits and GST come extra, at actual.
Night allowance on the Horanadu run applies after 10 pm: ₹400 a night.
Yes. The driver waits wherever you stop; local km are charged at the same rate.
October to February is the easiest season, with dry roads and cool weather in the hills. From June to September the Kalasa area gets very heavy rain, over 4,000 mm in 2024, and the road along the Bhadra is slow. The trip still runs in the monsoon, but plan extra time and carry umbrellas.
Yes. The cab stops close to the temple steps, so the walk is short. The last 65 km from Mudigere has bends, so elders sit in front. The temple serves free meals, so nobody needs to look for a hotel. Book a temple lodge room on the ground floor if climbing is hard.
