Mahanu🚧 Draft — not final. This page was auto-generated as day-one scaffolding for the project and still needs a human pass before it reads as finished. The blanks and placeholders below are intentional — someone who runs this project should fill them in and delete this notice.
Loops — master list
The state, carved into drivable loops — because "Karnataka by road" as one blob is overwhelming, but four or five good loops is a plan you can actually work through, one school holiday at a time. Each loop gets sketched now; detail comes when it's the next one up.
| Loop | Rough route | Best season | Days | Done? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Karnataka heritage | Hampi · Badami · Aihole · Pattadakal · Bijapur | Oct–Feb (avoid summer heat) | 5–7 | ☐ | the temple-and-history run |
| Coastal | Mangalore · Udupi · Murudeshwara · Gokarna | Oct–Mar | 4–6 | ☐ | beaches + food |
| Malenadu | Chikmagalur · Sringeri · Agumbe · Kudremukh | post-monsoon (Sep–Nov) — greenest | 3–5 | ☐ | coffee country, ghats |
| Kodagu (Coorg) | Madikeri · Dubare · Talakaveri | Oct–Mar | 3–4 | ☐ | |
| Southern / Cauvery | Mysore · Srirangapatna · Shivanasamudra | Oct–Feb | 2–3 | ☐ | easy, close, family-friendly |
Trip-log template (copy per drive)
Loop: · Dates: · Who: Route driven: the actual roads, and their condition Stops: what we saw, what we skipped Stays: where, and would-we-again Food: the finds worth the detour Worth the kilometres? the honest verdict
First two tasks
- Backfill the loops already driven — while memories still argue politely about which dhaba it was.
- Plan one loop properly for the next school holiday (pick from the table, then build its own page).