Karnataka India Complete Guide 2026: Hampi, Mysuru, Bengaluru, Coorg, Hoysala UNESCO
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Karnataka India Complete Guide 2026: Hampi Ruins, Mysuru Palace, Bengaluru Tech, Coorg Coffee, Hoysala UNESCO TL;DR Karnataka gave me four UNESCO inscriptions, two royal cities, one set of ruins I still think about, and the best filter coffee I have ever tasted. I planned this trip around the Hoysala temples, which got their UNESCO listing in 2023, and then realised the state holds far more than I expected. Hampi covers about 4,100 hectares of Vijayanagara Empire ruins from the 14th to 16th centuries. Mysuru gives you the 1912 Indo-Saracenic Mysore Palace and the world-famous Dussehra festival every September or October. Bengaluru, the IT capital, drives roughly 14% of India's IT exports. Coorg, also called Kodagu, runs on coffee estates and hill homestays, and Talakaveri is the source of the Cauvery river. Pattadakal earned its UNESCO listing in 1987 alongside the wider Chalukya temple cluster at Aihole and Badami from the ...