Jogimatti

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Jogimatti is a hill station and forest reserve in Chitradurga district, Karnataka, India.

The reserve covers {{convert|10,048.97|ha|sqmi}} in Chitradurga, Holalkere and Hiriyur taluks, {{convert|10|km|mi}} south of the city of Chitradurga. There is a century-old hilltop bungalow built by the British to house travellers, and a nearby temple dedicated to the local saint for whom the hill station was named, with 155 steps. The reserve has a small zoo called Adumalleshwar, which the Central Zoo Authority of India ordered renovated in 2012 to better house the animals,{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/adumalleshwar-zoo-to-be-renovated/article3583139.ece | title=Adumalleshwar zoo to be renovated | newspaper=The Hindu | date=29 June 2012 | accessdate=9 February 2019 }} and an ecotourism adventure centre which opened in 2010.Sachidanand Kuragund, [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/268020/archives.php "Forest Tales"], Deccan Herald, 31 July 2012.Firoz Rozindar, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/a-fillip-for-adventure-tourism/article505303.ece "A fillip for adventure tourism: First low-cost ecotourism adventure centre now in Chitradurga district "], The Hindu, 8 July 2010. A waterfall called Himavatkedara or Himavatkedra has created a natural cave in which a Shiva lingam and idols of Veerabhadra and Basavanna have been placed.[http://www.chitradurga.nic.in/tourspot.html "In and around Chitradurga"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429071602/http://www.chitradurga.nic.in/tourspot.html |date=29 April 2015 }}, Chitradurga district, retrieved 14 September 2014.

Jogimatti is the highest point in the district, at {{convert|3803|ft|m}} in elevation, and one of the coolest places in the state. The vegetation is dry deciduous forest and scrub. It is rich in wildlifeM. N. Harisha, G. A. Ajay, M. D. Kumar, B. B. Hosetti, [https://www.academia.edu/3298844/Floristic_and_avifaunal_diversity_of_Jogimatti_State_Forest_Chitradurga_Karnatka "Floristic and avifaunal diversity of Jogimatti State Forest, Chitradurga, Karnataka"], MyForest 44.3 (September 2008) 225–35. and until the 1950s was tiger habitat, but is threatened by encroachment from farms and from nearby windmills,{{Cite news|last=Kadkol|first=Pradeepkumar|date=2015-06-08|title=Wind turbine project in Jogimatti forest reserve opposed|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/wind-turbine-project-in-jogimatti-forest-reserve-opposed/article7293232.ece|access-date=2020-12-20|issn=0971-751X}} which endanger birds. The tigers and sloth bears are reported to have almost died out, and the medicinal plants found in the reserve are endangered.Pradeepkumar Kadkol, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/need-to-declare-jogimatti-as-wildlife-sanctuary-stressed/article3825857.ece "Need to declare Jogimatti as wildlife sanctuary stressed"], The Hindu, 27 August 2012. A proposal has been made to declare it a wildlife refuge. Jogimatti was declared as sanctuary in 2018.{{cite news |title=Declare 10 km around 21 national parks as eco-sensitive |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/declare-10-km-around-21-707667.html |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=Deccan Herald |date=11 December 2018 |language=en}}