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Talacauvery Temple and Brahmagiri Steps
Temple and steps; one hour.
Raja's Seat
Evening in Madikeri.
Abbey Falls
Twenty minutes from Madikeri.
Distance
165 km
From Mysore
Time
About 3.5 to 4 hr
Via Hunsur, Madikeri and Bhagamandala
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
45 km
90 km
120 km
155 km
165 km
Pickup at your door
Talacauvery sits at the far end of Kodagu, some three hours away, so the car calls at about 6:30 at your home, a palace area hotel, the railway station, the bus stand or Mandakalli airport. The driver bypasses the old centre on the ring road and takes the Hunsur road west from Hinkal. If you want the palace too, plan it for your return day: it opens about 10 am and closes at 5:30 pm, and shoes stay outside. The source temple is best reached before the afternoon mist.
Quick breakfast
Hunsur, 45 km from Mysore, gives the car a fifteen minute breakfast halt. Its hotels are cheap and quick, which suits a family on a long day. The Lakshmana Tirtha runs past the town, and teak timber is its old trade. From here the Nagarhole side roads go off by SH 86 and SH 90, so the junction is busy with trucks. Your road is NH275 to Kushalnagar, about 45 km on, and then up into the hills; Talacauvery is still about 120 km away.
Coffee halt
Kushalnagar is the entry to Kodagu, about 90 km from Mysore, and the Kaveri wraps round it on three sides. A car can pause for coffee and to buy spices or chocolates made in local homes. Harangi dam, 6 to 9 km away at Hudgur, fills the river you will see shrinking to a spring at Talacauvery, and its backwaters are best just after the rains. Town traffic is slow while NH275 is widened, so the driver parks off the main road.
Lunch
Lunch is in Madikeri, close to 1,170 m and 120 km from Mysore. Order pandi curry with kadambuttu if you eat pork, or a vegetarian Kodava plate with bembale, bamboo shoot curry, in season. GI tagged Coorg Arabica coffee is the gift to buy. The road to the source runs about 48 km more through estates and forest, and in the monsoon fog settles on it, so the driver keeps a slow pace and plans the return in daylight.
Temple halt
Bhagamandala, around 155 km from Mysore and about 898 m up, sits just 8 km below the source. Its temple gives visitors a free vegetarian lunch at midday, rice with sambar and buttermilk, useful for a family that skipped Madikeri. A short drive away is the Padi Igguthappa shrine, the main temple of the Kodava people. Rain here often tops 4,500 mm in a year, more than almost anywhere in Kodagu, so keep umbrellas in the car.
Hilltop parking
The car climbs the last 8 km from Bhagamandala and reaches Talacauvery about 3.5 to 4 hours after Mysore, at about 1,276 m on the Brahmagiri hill. The air is cooler than Madikeri, and in the rains mist rolls over the hill; the area gets close to 700 cm a year. The temple was renovated by the state government in 2007. The Kerala border is close, about 36 km from Panathur. Start back down by mid afternoon so the hill road is driven in light.
Need a Mysore to Talacauvery cab for a family darshan at the Kaveri source? A car goes through Coorg quickly, and you can do Bhagamandala and Talacauvery and still sleep in Madikeri. Ask for a Mysore to Talacauvery taxi through cab rental in Mysore. Talacauvery pickup from home, a Mysuru hotel or the airport.
Route | One way | Talacauvery and back | Time by cab |
|---|---|---|---|
Mysore to Talacauvery via Hunsur, Madikeri and Bhagamandala | About 165 km | About 330 km | About 3.5 to 4 hr with stops |
About 330 km for the round trip, billed as 2 days, 600 km. Air conditioned, always. Car rates per km include fuel, driver and AC, and a daily allowance for our driver goes on the bill. A Mysore to Talacauvery one way taxi can be quoted on request. Tolls, parking, permits where needed and GST are extra.
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.
A couple or four people fit a Swift Dzire or a roomier Toyota Etios. Grandparents too? The Innova Crysta takes seven. Bigger family of Between 8 and 12: the Mysore to Talacauvery tempo traveller.
The full car list is on cab rental in Mysore. Twenty people? See the Mysore to Talacauvery mini bus.
Cancellation: no charge more than 72 hours before pickup; see the cancellation policy for the rest.
Travelled to Bangalore
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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
Booked cab from tejas travels, bangalore to madikeri. Excellent service, driver was very polite and he knows all nook and corner. Overall we enjoyed the trip
Jai Kumar
6/11/2025 Bangalore
5/5
Talacauvery is about 165 km from Mysore one way, about 330 km for the round trip. The cab goes by NH275 through Hunsur and Kushalnagar to Madikeri, then about 48 km of hill road via Bhagamandala. By car it takes about three hours with a breakfast halt, plus lunch, so a same day trip needs an early start.
Possible by car with an early start, but a night in Madikeri is easier.
Yes, both, at cost along with parking.
If the return runs late at night, the driver gets a night allowance. It is shown in the quote. Night bata: ₹400.
On request, yes. Ask for a one way quote with your date, and we send it in writing.
An Innova Crysta. See cab rental in Mysore.
It is beautiful but wet. Talacauvery gets close to 700 cm of rain a year, and mist and slippery steps are normal from June to September. In heavy spells the Bhagamandala road has flooded, and the district has asked pilgrims to stay away. A cab copes with the road, but plan a flexible date and carry rain jackets.
The drive is about 3.5 to 4 hours each way, with halts at Hunsur, Kushalnagar and Madikeri, so children get breaks. The last 48 km from Madikeri wind through hills; give a window seat to anyone who gets car sick. At the top it is cool and often misty, so pack a sweater and a cap for each child.
