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Chikmagalur is situated in the south-western part of Karnataka. Barely 250km from state capital Bangalore it lies at the foothills of the Baba Budan range and offers an ideal getaway for those looking at a quiet weekend. Typical of Ghat topography the town offers unending vistas of mountains streams and coffee and pepper plantations. Chikmagalur today serves as the headquarters of a district by the same name. It was here that coffee was first cultivated in India in 1670 by Baba Budan a Muslim saint who brought coffee seeds from Yemen and after whom the mountain range to the north of the town is named. Later taken up by European planters coffee production and trade has since been Chikmagalurs mainstay. The nearest airport to this town is Bajpe airport of Mangalore (160 km). The nearest railway station is Kadur (40 km).
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