Jogimatti

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

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.

[2][3] 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.

It is rich in wildlife[5] and until the 1950s was tiger habitat, but is threatened by encroachment from farms and from nearby windmills,[6] 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.