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Brahma Jinalaya
Start of the temple walk.
Kasivisvesvara Temple
Carved doorways.
Musukina Bhavi
Covered stepwell.
Manikesvara Temple
Beside a stepwell.
Trikuteshwara Temple, Gadag
About 12 km away.
Dambal
About 25 km away.
Distance
485 km
From Mysore
Time
About 10 to 10.5 hr
Via Maddur, Chitradurga and Koppal
Starting from
₹ 16000
4 days, 1,200 km, Dzire
Maruti Swift Dzire
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹14,318 ₹17,264
+ ₹2514 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Etios
NORMALAC4 Seats
₹16,646 ₹20,083
+ ₹2933 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova
LUXURYAC6 Seats
₹21,352 ₹25,771
+ ₹3771 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Crysta
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹23,680 ₹28,590
+ ₹4190 (Taxes & Charges)
Toyota Innova Hycross
LUXURYAC7 Seats
₹30,664 ₹37,048
+ ₹5448 (Taxes & Charges)
Start
65 km
145 km
275 km
405 km
440 km
485 km
Early pickup
The cab picks you up at half past five for a nine hour day to Lakkundi, about 485 km north. If you love old buildings, see Mysore's own palaces the day before: the main palace is open about 10 am to 5:30 pm with shoes left outside, and the Jaganmohan and Lalitha Mahal palaces are other choices in the city. Carry caps, water and sunscreen for the temple ruins. The car leaves on the expressway and the first coffee is at Maddur, an hour away.
Coffee
Maddur, about 65 km out, is the first coffee and vada. The car takes the exit into the old town, where the vada stalls are, because the expressway now passes outside. Fifteen minutes is enough. If you are a temple lover, note that Maddur has its own Hoysala period shrine with a black stone Ugra Narasimha about 7 ft tall, a kilometre into town, for a slower trip. From here the cab goes north on the state highway through Kunigal to Tumakuru.
Breakfast
Breakfast is in Tumkur (Tumakuru), about 145 km from Mysore, twenty minutes at a highway hotel. A Hoysala Chennakeshava temple of the 12th century stands at Araluguppe, about 25 km from the city, a good companion to Lakkundi's Chalukya temples if you ever do a temple circuit. The cab joins NH48 here and heads north west towards Sira and Chitradurga, about 130 km, where lunch is planned. Fill the water bottles before the long highway stretch.
Lunch
Chitradurga, about 275 km out, is lunch. Forty five minutes. The fort above the city has 18 temples in its upper part, which architecture lovers might note for a future visit. The town was called Chitaldrug in British days. After lunch the cab leaves NH48 and takes NH50 north east through Kudligi and Mariyammanahalli. Hosapete is about 125 km on, roughly two hours. Order quickly, eat light, and keep the heavier meal for dinner at Gadag after the temples.
Tea and fuel
Hosapete, about 405 km from Mysore, is the afternoon tea and fuel halt. The Tungabhadra Dam stands next to the town, a stone masonry dam begun in 1949 that forms the Pampa Sagar reservoir. Hampi is 13 km away; if you have four days, add it on the return. From Hosapete the cab leaves NH50 for the Gadag road through Koppal, about 35 km on. Twenty minutes here is plenty for tea and a fuel top up.
Short halt
Koppal, about 440 km out, is a district town ringed by hills on three sides, once known as Kopana Nagara. A fort overlooks the town, and the Gavimath shrine is its other landmark. The cab stops only if someone needs tea. Old records name the town Jaina Kashi, for the hundreds of Jain shrines that once stood here, more than 700 by one count. From Koppal the road runs west about 45 km to Lakkundi.
Temple village
After about 10 to 10.5 hours of driving, the cab reaches Lakkundi, a village near Gadag with over 50 temple ruins and stepwells from the Kalyana Chalukya period. The bigger shrines are cared for by the ASI, and a small gallery beside them displays carvings recovered from the fallen ones. Visit early or late in the day to avoid the heat. For the night and dinner, Gadag is about 12 km on and has more hotels; try girmit, the spicy local puffed rice snack.
Need a Mysore to Lakkundi cab for a heritage drive with Hampi and Gadag? Our Mysore to Lakkundi taxi comes for you at home, a Mysuru hotel or the station and goes via Chitradurga and Hosapete. See cab rental in Mysore with Tejas Tours & Travels.
Route | One way | Lakkundi and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Lakkundi via Tumakuru, Chitradurga and Hosapete | About 485 km | About 970 km | About 10 to 10.5 hr with stops |
The round trip is about 970 km, billed as four days and 1,200 km. Fuel, AC and our driver are all in the km rate. Air conditioned, always. Driver allowance is ₹400 each day for a sedan, and tolls, parking fees, permits and GST are charged at actual. A Mysore to Lakkundi one way taxi is on request, at ₹2 more per km than a return.
Vehicle | Rate per km | 4 days, 1,200 km | 5 days, 1,500 km | 6 days, 1,800 km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
₹12 | ₹16,000 | ₹20,000 | ₹24,000 | |
₹14 | ₹18,400 | ₹23,000 | ₹27,600 | |
₹18 | ₹23,200 | ₹29,000 | ₹34,800 | |
₹20 | ₹25,600 | ₹32,000 | ₹38,400 |
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, 5 days in the Toyota Innova Crysta is about ₹4,570 a person.
Up to 4 people: Dzire or Toyota Etios. Five to seven people: Innova Crysta. Groups of 7 to 12 should look at the Mysore to Lakkundi tempo traveller.
Elders with you? The Mysore to Lakkundi Force Urbania. Bigger family: tempo traveller on rent in Mysore.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Travelled to Bangalore
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Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Lakkundi is about 485 km from Mysore, so about 970 km for the round trip. The cab drives via Maddur, Tumkur (Tumakuru) and Chitradurga, then NH50 to Hosapete and the Gadag road through Koppal. It takes about 10 to 10.5 hours of driving by car, and most families stay the night at Gadag.
Yes. Day one to Hosapete, day two Hampi, day three Lakkundi and Gadag, day four home.
Yes. Tell us the date and we quote the drop on paper; one way runs ₹2 per km over the return rate.
They are not. Lakkundi over 4 days and 1,200 km: Dzire ₹16,000 Etios ₹18,400 Innova ₹23,200 Innova Crysta ₹25,600. On top come the driver bata, parking, tolls and GST.
Late night driving adds a night allowance for the driver. The quote lists it. Night bata: ₹400.
Innova Crysta. All cars on cab rental in Mysore.
October to March. The plains around Hosapete, Koppal and Gadag are hot from March to May, and the open temple sites have little shade. In the cool months you can walk the ruins in the morning and evening comfortably. Whatever the season, carry caps and plenty of water.
Yes, if you keep to the restored temples that the Archaeological Survey looks after. Many smaller ruins are in poor shape and are home to bats, so do not let children wander into them. The ground is uneven stone, so sandals with grip are better than slippers.
