Homestays in Chikmagalur

Chikmagalur is a beautiful hill station which is located in Karnataka in the southwestern part. This place was presented as dowry to the younger daughter of the Chief of Sakrepatna, Rukmangada. Hence the term Chikmagalur literally means the town that belongs to the Younger daughter. The other part of the town was given in dowry to the elder daughter of Rukmangadas and that place is called Hiremagalur. This place is also called as the Coffee Land of Karnataka because it is believed that coffee was cultivated here for the first time. There is a tale associated to this that Baba Budan who is an Islamic Saint bought coffee seeds with him from Yemen to Chikmagalur and as a result, there is an entire range of mountains to the north of Chikmagalur that is named after him.