Location:

• State: Karnataka
• Locality: Mysore: Top of Chamundi Hills in the temple

Botany:

• Common name: Sampige or Champaka: These beloved Indian flowers have a delicately sweet fragrance, and are used as temple offerings and hair decorations
• Botanical species: Michelia champaca
• Botanical family : Magnoliaceae [Magnolia]
• This species is profiled in Krishen’s Trees of Delhi: A Field Guide

Geography:

• Latitude: 12.2726 ° north of the Equator
• Longitude: 76.670616 ° east of the Prime Meridian
• Altitude: 1026.2 metres above sea level

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Journey:

• First Meeting With the Rainforests
• Path : From Bangalore to the jungles of Karnataka and northern coastal Kerala
• Date photographed: 2.05.09

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