Deviramma Betta

peak · Chikkamagaluru

Photos: Basavarajmin21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons · Yakshitha, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A steep grassy cone opposite Mullayanagiri with a shrine at the top that opens once a year, on Naraka Chaturdashi, the first day of Deepavali, when thousands climb it in the dark for the morning darshana. Every other day the hilltop temple is shut and the hill is yours: a long, steady climb from the Deviramma temple at Bindiga — three to four hours up, about two down — to the best outside view there is of the Chandra Drona range, Mullayanagiri and Baba Budangiri in one frame.