The beauty of western ghats is such that, it assures greenery, streams, rivers, waterfalls, flora and wide variety of wild species.
kalasa, the exquisite beauty of one such god gifted town, is situated in the midst of chikamagalore district.
The town is surrounded by huge coffee estates, tea garden, wide kudremukh valley, ballalarayanadurga, merthigudda, kyathanmakki hills and which are more than 5500 high from sea level and ranked as second, fourth, fifth highest peaks of karnataka.