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{{Infobox mountain<br />
| name = Tadiandamol<br />
| photo = Shola tadiandamol.jpg<br />
| photo_caption = [[Shola]]s on Tadiandamol showing ''[[Strobilanthes]]'' edges.<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 third 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. This was one of the landmarks mapped during the [[Great Trigonometric Survey]].<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; camping is banned since December 2016.<br />
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==Etymology==<br />
{{stack|[[File:Tadiandamol Pan.jpg|thumb|Tadiandamol and adjoining peaks]]}}<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}}</ref> and the name also could translate as ''Broad Hill''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzpuAAAAMAAJ&dq=tadiandamol+malayalam+rao&q=tadiandamol+%28broad+based%2C%29#search_anchor|title=Google books}}</ref><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 />
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{{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>2409:4071:D9A:9E8D:0:0:2EC9:B701