Located 60 kms from Shimoga city on the Bangalore Shimoga road and Situated in the Baba-Budan range at a height of 1,434 mts. Kemmannugundi is the ideal place to get away from the heat, dust, the crowds and traffic jams of the cities.

The panoramic views, the ornamental gardens, the songs of the birds, the rays of the sun trying to peep through the trees, Time tiptoes gently here. Moreover, as you take a walk down an inviting mountain trail, you find yourself laughing aloud - with the sheer joy of living a fulfilled life! But that's what Kemmanagundi does to you. Re- charges your batteries. In addition, puts you in touch with yourself, with life and with your loved ones.

The middle portion is found hematite and quartz with some Magnetite, while the upper layers are made up of hard hematite ore Mixed up with ochre’s and limonitic material rich ore concentrations are found at Kemmanagundhi, Kalahattigiri and Jeusurigudda except 10mts ore is hard, the rest of the material is firable and soft.