Talaguppa
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Talaguppa is one of the Villages in Sagar Taluk in Shimoga District in Karnataka State. It is located 14.37 km distance from its Taluk Main city Sagar . It is 77.68 km far from its District Main City Shimoga . It is 323 km far from its State Main City Bangalore. It lies 14 km from Jog Falls
Jog Falls
Jog Falls , created by the Sharavathi River falling from a height of is the second-highest plunge waterfall in India Located in Sagara, Karnataka Shimoga District of Karnataka state, these segmented falls are a major tourist attraction...

 which happens to be the deepest waterfall in India. This is one of the major villages in shimoga district. Agriculture is the main source of income for the people of this village. Land is very fertile and has abundant water. It rains heavily during monsoon. Areca & Paddy are the most grown crops here. Few scenes of kannada movies like Pratap,Mungaru male,Akasmika etc were shot in this village.

Near By Villages of this Village with distance are Kanle ( 5.294 km ) , Shiravanthe ( 7.201 km ) , Syduru ( 7.446 km ) , Masuru ( 11.78 km ) , Keladi ( 11.82 km ) , Sagar city ( 14.37 km ) , Malve ( 15.26 km ).

Religious Shrines

There are three major temples in this village.
1.Kadambeshwara temple,
2.Veerabhadreshwara temple,
3.Ranganatha temple

There is a Mosque as well as a church situated near Travellers Bunglow.

Transport

Recently the railway line of Shimoga-Talguppa railway line was upgraded to Board gauge from meter gauge. The broad gauge
Broad gauge
Broad-gauge railways use a track gauge greater than the standard gauge of .- List :For list see: List of broad gauges, by gauge and country- History :...

 conversion was was done under the project Project Unigauge, from Birur
Birur
Birur is a town located in Kadur Taluk in Chikkamagaluru district in the state of Karnataka, India.- Geography :Birur is located at . It has an average elevation of 833 metres . It is called as Gateway to Malnad region.- Transport :...

 to the Talguppa.

Before the gauge was converted from narrow gauge to broad gauge, Talaguppa was the last narrow gauge railway station towards Jog falls.

The metre gauge
Metre gauge
Metre gauge refers to narrow gauge railways and tramways with a track gauge of . In some African, American and Asian countries it is the main gauge. In Europe it has been used for local railways in France, Germany, and Belgium, most of which were closed down in mid 20th century. Only in Switzerland...

 railway track between the town of Shimoga and Talaguppa was laid by the British way back in 1938. In 1939, Mirza Ismail took the maiden journey on this line to visit the city of Sagara. This rail link provided access to Jog Falls, which is just 12 km from the village of Thalaguppa. Famous personalities like Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, Sir M Visvesvaraya, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Morarji Desai used this line to reach the spectacular Jog Falls.

There is a proposal to connect Talguppa with Honnavar in Uttara Kannada district by a new railway line, which will be a shorter alternate rail route between Mumbai and southern India.

KSRTC and Private Bus services are also available.

After the broad gauge conversion, Indian railways has introduced a daily train in between Mysore city to Talguppa, Mysore - Talguppa Intercity express.
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