Shiradi or Shiradyis a village on NH 48 which runs from Mangaluru to Bengaluru.The shiridi ghat starts from small temple "garadi chamundashwari temple"near Gundya at the border of Dakshina kannada

Dakshina Kannada

- Geography :The district geography consists of sea shore in the west and Western Ghats in the east. The major rivers are Netravathi, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Shambhavi, Nandini or Pavanje and Payaswini which all join Arabian sea. Vast areas of evergreen forests which once covered this district, have...

 & Hassan district

Hassan district

Hassan is a district in Karnataka state, India. The district headquarters are Hassan.Hassan district was the seat of the Hoysala Empire which at its peak ruled large parts of south India from Belur as its early capital and Halebidu as its later capital during the period 1000 - 1334 CE...

s. The village is situated in Puttur taluk of Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada

- Geography :The district geography consists of sea shore in the west and Western Ghats in the east. The major rivers are Netravathi, Kumaradhara, Phalguni, Shambhavi, Nandini or Pavanje and Payaswini which all join Arabian sea. Vast areas of evergreen forests which once covered this district, have...

 district. The ghat section of Western ghats

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats, Western Ghauts or the Sahyādri is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea. The Western Ghats block rainfall to the Deccan...

through which NH-48 passes is called Shiradi Ghat.

Once you reach Shiradi, you need to travel a few hundread meters where you reach a bridge taking right there you need to start trekking to reach the famaous "Ombathhu Gudda"

Outside Websites

• Shiradi ghat road
• Shiradi ghat trekking