Recommended Season: All Season except Monsoon Season 

 

Height: 1197 m

 

Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult

 

Madhugiri is a Taluk headquarters in Tumkur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The town derives its name from a hillock, Madhu-giri (honey-hill) which is to the north of the place.

 

Madhugiri has been declared as Educational District by karnataka state educational department. It includes Madhugiri, Sira, Koratagere and Pavagada Taluks.

 

At 3,930 ft. (1,200 m) elevation, Madhugiri is a single hill. It is the second largest monolith in Asia. Nestled on its steep slopes is a fort, once credited to Hyder Ali. Antaralada Bagilu, Diddibagilu, and Mysore Gate are the three gateways of the fort. A series of doorways leads to the hill. The ruined temple of Gopalakrishna is located at the top.

 

Madhugiri, or also known as Maddagiri, is located around 43 km north of Tumkur town, and 107 km north-west of Bangalore city and about 43 km north of Tumkur. The monolith and the surrounding greenery of Madhugiri are the main attractions. The place has old temples of Venkataramanaswami and Malleshwara built by the Vijayanagara feudatories in the Dravidian style.

 

The highlight is the rock dome, atop which stands a fort, once attributed to Hyder Ali. There are a series of doorways leading to the top and the climb is steep and exposed in some places. On the top is the ruined Gopalakrishna temple.

 

Madhugiri is also known as Maddagiri, and is located in the Tumkur town of Karnataka. Madhugiri is also famous for its many giant rocks, which overlook the town. Thus, rock climbing is enthusiastically partaken here. There is also a fort that is nestled in one of the steep slopes. Interestingly, the giant rock is the second largest monoliths in the whole of Asia. Thus, it makes the climbers feel all the more special to rock climb here. Do come here and enjoy a one of a kind rock climbing experience.

 

Types of Rock Climbing

 

Rock climbing may be divided into two broad categories:

 

Free climbing: Free climbing requires the climber use only natural features of the rock formation. 

 

Aid climbing: Aid Climbing involves using artificial devices placed in the rock to support all or part of the climber's body weight, and is normally practised on rock formations that lack necessary natural features suitable for free climbing.