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<div>{{Short description|Mountain in Karnataka, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2014}}<br />
{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Tadiandamol<br />
| photo = Tadiandamol Trek 25Aug Pic 3 View From Top.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = [[Shola]]s grassland viewed from Tadiandamol peak <br />
| elevation_m = 1748<br />
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| map = India Karnataka#India<br />
| map_caption = Location of Tadiandamol, Karnataka<br />
| map_size = 300<br />
| label_position = right<br />
| location = [[Madikeri]] Taluk , [[Kodagu District]], Karnataka, India<br />
| range = [[Western Ghats]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|12|13|3.2308|N|75|36|31.7340|E|type:mountain_region:IN_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| easiest_route = Hike<br />
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'''Tadiandamol''' or '''Thadiyandamol''' is the highest [[mountain]] of [[Madikeri]] taluk [[Kodagu]] district, Karnataka, India. It is the first highest peak in [[Karnataka]], after Mullayyanagiri & Kudremukha.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iuemag.com/november2015/ta/trekking-these-highest-karnataka-peaks.php |title=Trekking These Highest Karnataka Peaks Will Make Your Friends Envy}}</ref> It is located [[Western Ghats]] range, and reaches an elevation of 1,748 m. The mountain has patches of [[shola]] [[forest]]s in the valleys.<br />
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The [[Nalnad Palace|Nalaknad (also known as Nalnad – meaning 4 villages) palace]] at the foothills is an important historical landmark.<br />
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It is a place of interest for [[hiking|trekkers]] and [[natural history|naturalist]]s. The climb to the top and back can be completed as a day hike(within 5hrs) and the entry is closed at 5:00 pm; camping is banned since December 2016.The best time to visit the peak is July-end to September(after monsoon) as greenery is observed well in these months.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
The name Tadiandamol literally means ''largest base'' (thadi = broad, large, huge; anda = belonging to (possessive) in [[Kodava language|Kodava]]; mol = hill, base, peak). It loosely means ''Tallest Mount'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kodagu.nic.in/|title=Codagu.org|archive-date=15 March 2019|access-date=29 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315175025/http://www.kodagu.nic.in/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the name also could translate as ''Broad Hill''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzpuAAAAMAAJ&q=tadiandamol+%28broad+based%2C%29|title=Google books|last1=Surendra Rao|first1=B.|year=1998}}</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Tadiandamol Trek 25Aug Pic 1 View From Top.jpg|View from Tadiandamol Peak during august end<br />
File:Tadiandamol Trek 25Aug Pic 2 View From Top.jpg|View from Tadiandamol Peak <br />
File:Tadiandamol Trek 25Aug Pic 0 View From Top.jpg|Greenery seen from Tadiandamol Peak<br />
File:Tadiandamol Trek 25Aug Pic 4 View From Second Topmost.jpg|View From Second Topmost hill during Tadiandamol trekking<br />
File:Tadiandamol Trek Starting point near checkpost.jpg|checkpost and starting point of Tadiandamol Trek<br />
File:Tadiandamol Trek Starting point near checkpost 2.jpg|checkpost and starting point of Tadiandamol Trek pic 2<br />
File:Tadiandamol Trek Starting point near resort.jpg|Tadiandamol Trekking starting point view from Resort<br />
File:Tadiandamol Trek View from 2nd viewpoint pic 1.jpg|Tadiandamol Trek View from 2nd viewpoint<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Virajpet]]<br />
* [[Madikeri]]<br />
* [[Mangalore]]<br />
* [[Bhagamandala]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{commons category-inline}}<br />
{{Western Ghats}}<br />
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[[Category:Mountains of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Geography of Kodagu district]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kodagu district]]</div>122.168.65.28