🏔️ Devimane Ghat

Devimane is a hill station and high-altitude village in Sirsi taluk of Malenadu region in Karnataka, India. The road to reach the village is named Devimane Ghat, and lies in NH 766E ultimately connecting Malenadu city Sirsi and Karavali town Kumta. Being under the lush forest zone in Uttara Kannada District, it consists of 10 hairpin curves with a well-engineered road that reduces the risk of accidents. The road's elevation ranges from 25 to 567 metres. A temple of Goddess Durga Devi is at the beginning of the road at elevation 429m. The ghat section was named after the temple, "Devimane", meaning "the home of goddess Devi". There are 5 hairpins curves between Devimane Temple and Sampakhanda.