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{{coord, 11, 53, 55, N, 76, 12, 10, E, display=title Kakanakote is situated at a distance of 73 km from
Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...
in
Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...
state, India. It is a thick forest of the Western Ghats, and a famous place where a large number of wild
elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...
s can be found. Now it is a wildlife national park, monitored and regulated by the state.


Origin of Name

This is the famous forest range named after the legendary
Kaka Nayaka Kaka Nayaka was the legendary leader of the forest dwelling Jenu Kuruba people, after whom the present-day Kakanakote forest is named. Kaka Nayaka's life has been dramatised as a play by Masti Venkatesha Iyengar Masti Venkatesha Iyengar (6 ...
, who was the leader of the local forest dwelling Kuruba people. Impressed by Kaka Nayaka's bravery and with the then
maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...
of
Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...
named the forest after him.


Facilities

Periodically herds of elephants were once captured at this place by the
Khedda A khedda (or ''Kheddah'') or the Khedda system was a stockade trap for the capture of a full herd of elephants that was used in India; other methods were also used to capture single elephants. The elephants were driven into the stockade by sk ...
method. Facilities for wild life viewing are available in this national park.


Play

It is also made famous by the play of the same name by Maasti Venkatesh Ayengar


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Contacts


Forests of India