AjjanaMane

Positives first:
1) Very good location
2) Very well maintained place (the homestay itself). Though the estate might need more maintenance, which the owners are definitely trying to do.
3) Very tasty, healthy food, served with lots of care.
4) The owner couple and staff always smiling, cordial and ready to help.
5) Good place for indoor games, badminton and walking
Something that could be improved on:
Honestly felt a bit uneasy when we were left for ourselves in the night.since the place is very secluded and far away from town.
But the owners reassured us that the place is very safe.and we did not experience anything odd.
Thank you for a good experience.

Ajjanamane Homestay in the Western Ghats is an absolute haven. The serene environment, amiable staff—Ratna aunty, Kavitha aunty, and Raghavendra uncle—offer unmatched hospitality. Exploring local culture and hiking to Honnemaradu and Jog Falls alongside Gunda, the delightful dog, were unforgettable experiences. The breathtaking sunrises and sunsets complete the enchanting escape.

Extremely caring people. Felt like going to Parents home, lovely food, excellent nature around. I feel like going many more time. Excellent job by Management of AjjanaMane, keep it up.

One of the best experience of a home stay
The whole environment is too good. The food was very delicious. The owners are too good.

Beautiful place for relaxation. Greenery around home stay is a feast to the eyes. ಸ್ವರ್ಗವೇ ಧರೆಗಿಳಿದು ಬಂದಂತೆ.
Hospitality excellent!
Services excellent!
Food mouth watering.
ಉಯ್ಯಾಲೆ (swings) in the rooms will make us to enjoy and remember our childhood days in our own Ajjana mane.
The name of the home stay deserves for the freedom and happiness we feel inside and outside out doors of the home stay.
From 1 year age to age old Ajja (Grand Father) and Ajji (Grand Mother) can enjoy their stay to the full extent with 100% satisfaction.
ವೇ would like to thank the whole team of Ajjana Mane Home Stay for the concept and for the love and affection they give for each and everyone, who step inside their premises.

Oh what a beautiful homestay! We got more than what we expected. The accommodation, location, amenities, the food and to top it all - the people who own it. Amazing.
I wish I could give 10 stars.
Food is purely veg. Malnad cuisine - with tambulis, chutneys, sambar, etc on the menu. We were also lucky to taste freshly extracted honey, fresh pure butter.
Out of the world food and place.
Best place for recharging. Very serene in the lap of nature. You can visit jog and honnemaradu if the weather is favourable. Wonderful hosts. A must visit - you bet.
We were lucky

One of the best place to experience. Ultimate authentic good atmosphere.
So many tourists places near by. Must visit and recommended.

Best place for a peaceful stay where the hospitality is too good & very clean. We had an such a good experience the way we were treated so nicely as their own people especially as we were senior citizens. We have no words to express our thank you all the people there specially home cooked tasty Satvik food

One of the best home stays I've been on its a must visit and will recommend it to anyone visiting jog falls or the temples near by

In one word it was so serene.
Food - Very delicious served with love!
Ambience- serene and. Peaceful
Cleanliness - spic and span
Mr Raghavendra Sharma and Kavita made us feel at home.it really didn't feel as though we were guests
Felt like we were one amongst them
Had a great stay. Not to forget ratnakka who cooked delicious food for all of us
Heartfelt Thank you

Very good home stay. For people requiring rest, a nice 0lace. Food, hopspitality and ambiance with natural beauty.

Clean rooms with modern amenities. Excellent food service. All rooms have swings. Badminton Court available. Furniture and fittings excellent. Traditional Malnad veg cuisine without onions and garlic. Very well made.

Stayed on 1/10 with elders and kids. Excellent stay, very good vegetarian food and hospitality by owners.
Though they don’t stay at night, it is still secure.

Had stayed for 1 night in this beautiful place. True to its name, the hosts here are lovely and treat you with tasty food. Its a spacious and well maintained homestay amidst nature. If you are visiting jog falls or nearby, this is recommended.

"Ajjana Mane" A name that tells you all about the place. Fantastic hospitality. That cosy feeling. Super tasty homely vegetarian malnad food. Awesome ambience. All this makes it perfect Ajjana Mane (grandfather's house) for everyone. A beautiful homestay hidden in nature's lap. Well maintained. We are in love with this place. Especially my children want to come back to this place in every vacation! I would definitely suggest this place to people looking for pure vegetarian homestay in this area. Kid friendly. There are lot of board games, a badminton court, lot of books, friendly pet Kangana, beautiful front yard keep kids occupied and to keep elders relaxed.

Apt name “Ajjanamane” (Grandpa Home)
We really felt like we are at our grandpa’s home. Beautiful traditional South Indian home. I always wanted to experience this type of living and the Brahmins cuisine. Once you enter their home you don’t feel like stepping out. Best place to have some good family time, relax and rejuvenate?

Its an amazing place to stay with family or a group. The hospitality was excellent and proximity to falls was added advantage.

The best ever experience!

Everything about Ajjanamane exceeded our expectations - The clean, spacious, extremely beautiful home surrounded by lush greenery. Two loving hosts who took extra care to make us comfortable.who also recommended places we could visit, after understanding our interests. Very very delicious, vegetarian satvic food! Polite staff. And last but not the least - Kangana and Gunda.two adorable, friendly and intelligent desis. I usually never plan to go back to the same place twice, considering the options we have these days. But Ajjanamane - Well, I am going back for sure!

#Petfriendly #Beautiful #AmazingFood #GreatHosts #AmazingLocation

Best accommodation for visitors of Jog falls or Honnemarudu. Very clean place. Amidst greenery. Best place to relax. Good internet connection, so if you need to catchup with emails or do office work, this is the place.

Excellent homemade and taty food

Very good place and good food.

This is our fifth visit to ajjanamane.we visit regularly here.
My favourite here is akkirotti. We got this on the first day itself for breakfast.along with this we also got pineapple juice.it's a big list of favourite healthy and tasty food. Just listing down here

breakfast
Akkirotti
Chatni
Kosambri
Avalakki
Pine apple juice
Jonibella kaithuri
Maavihaanu rasayana

Tea/coffee/kashaya

Lunch
Halasahappala
Kosambri
Hagalkai palya
Appesaaru
Gojju
Huli
Saaru
Gattimosaru
Uppinkai

About 12 to 15 items for lunch

We visite jog falls, sigandur and nearby places. Overall very good stay at ajjanamane

Excellent Home stay away from Home
Superb hospitality, Hyegenic, Neat & Clean Spacious attatched Bath room accomodation, Located with surrounding full of greenery, Pure vegetarian local recipes served for breakfast lunch and dinner, Filter coffee any time
A must visit place & feel coming often & often

Amazing homestay for families. I have visited this place once in June 2019 and then in April 2022. No change in quality. They serve hygienic home food that taste great!
If you are looking for Homestays with pure vegetarian food and no booze, then this is the place for you.
Mr Raghavendra Sharma and family are great hosts.

Must visit once in lifetime to experience a authentic malenadu mane feels and the food is best ever!

Very good place to stay, specifically to the vegetarians and non alcoholic,
Very calm and host are very friendly there is a badminton court as well.
Food is very good and you can inform about your preferences and they will happily accomodate, overall you will enjoy your stay here.

Very good place for family time out. It is a 2acres of area with a home stay and plantation. There are 3 rooms namely earth, water and air.earth can accomodate a family of 8 people.others are for 4 to 5 people.very good support staff.further this place is close to World famous Jog falls (13 kms) and 5 km to the railway station.

Standing true by its name, Ajjana Mane, homestay made sure we felt as if we were at our grandparents'!
Beautiful location, not too far or not too close to the most amazing places of Sagara.
Amazing food. Variety, taste, quality, quantity - so thought over that there is something for each age group.
Well lit badminton court, micro library, sky-lit living room and kitchen, garden walk ways, closeby to beautiful paths and lake nearby.
Its a cozy place located at a very apt location. We could visit Balligave, Keladi, Ikkeri, Jog falls, Sigandur and Sharavathi back waters from here.
Only missing part was it would have been nice if there was some information available at the homestay on places to visit near by. Depending on individual interest, people can plan well and see the amazing places of this beautiful town, Sagara!

My family and I had some memorable experiences. Def recommended place for sweet hearted people.

Heaven on earth with kind hearted couple taking care of your leasure time. Super Excellent service,

Really i enjoyed my 5days stay at ajjana mane.they prepare tasty food.very good hospitality, well maintained.ragavendra & team are good and service minded group.

Wonderful service- felt like staying at home - tasty, hygienic and top quality food - will visit again and again

Awesome place, very clean and spacious rooms. Delicious veg food with different varieties each day, served with lot of affection. Lovely wonderful couple hosts. It's a home away from home in real sense.

Very clean place. Spacious rooms. Nicely maintained garden.
If you are a non-vegetarian, you will not like the food as it is bland, no salt, no spice - at all.
Good place for some quiet time.

Best experience, nice stay. A perfect place for nature lover. Food was superb. Wish to visit again

Beautiful environment, very nice hospitality, delicious and variety of food, nice place, cleanly maintained.my son enjoyed very much.like to visit again.thanks sir and ma'am for everything.

Well, the place is beautiful indeed. But, being the first homestay experience for us, we did not feel it very good stay.
At the outset, there was no introduction from them, at all, when we first entered. We felt as strangers, rather than feeling at home. Food was good. But, lacked smile on those people. We were 11, and given two rooms, one big and one small. But, the big room for 7 people, had only one bathroom, which we felt inconvenient. Rooms are kept neat and tidy.
The entire house was locked in the night, and we were left on our own, the owners had their another house to go. They didn't ask anything about us, like identity document etc, which is relevant, these days. There is no security guard to the house.
At the end, all of us felt, that the owners, need to develop the basic courtesy of, atleast, interacting with the visitors, when they first enter the house.so, that makes it a homestay.

A beautiful place to relax. Neat, accommodation and food is very good. Neat and tidy, homely. We liked the place very much and chose to visit again. Enjoyed
Thanks to Smt and Sri Raghavendra.

We have visited AjjanaMane on October 9th 2019 and stayed till 10th october 2019 afternoon. We went for relaxing for two days with family. Beautiful nature, great hospitality extended to us by the owner couple. Both husband and wife are extremely good people. The food was very good and even we cannot keep a small kitchen at our house so clean as they maintained. They gave healthy food, nimbe saru, thick curd, kadale kai, kadale puri. We enjoyed akkirotti and paddu in breakfast. We love to visit frequently atleast once in a year to enjoy the pleasant atmospher over there and to enjoy the food. It was very nice experience at AJJANA MANE

Looking for a laid back, lazed out break? AjjanaMane is the perfect homestay for you.it's like visiting your native place. Raghavendra Sharma and kavitha are the perfect couple and hosts. They spend time with the guests and serve amazing veg food. The homestay has the traditional build with all the modern facilities. You can step outside for long walks or do nothing. I spent 3 days at Ajjanamane and plan to visit during winter again. Thank you for the amazing time.

A good place to enjoy with family, owner amd staff r good and also tasty food.a beautiful lake beside

One of our friends told in a function "Let's all go to AjjanaMane homestay, near Shimoga". We all thought that this is the first time we all are going together for an overnight trip with families. Excited!

What next?

Reservations
Called them to check the availability. The dates were free and available. We told them we are 20 people. They were OK and can accommodate up to 24 people (provided a few are OK with mattress without cots). We were OK. Blocked the dates

How do we travel?
Since we didn't want to drive during daytime, we opted to go in train from Bengaluru. So, booked overnight Talaguppa express. (Starts from Bengaluru at 11pm, reaches Talaguppa by 7.30am).

What do you need to carry?
Carry Shoes and Slippers. Shoes, in case, if you want to do morning walk in the trails, amid forest, village side, greeneries. Of course, between fog. Slippers, for in and around the resort area. Usually one pull over is good enough (any season). Towels, bathroom soap will be provided. Don't bother to carry. Playing cards would be fun to carry and a great company to enjoy. Swimming shorts would be good to carry if you want to get into some water.

How to reach from Railway station?
Call them and confirm. They will give a travels person number. Call him so that he picks you and drops back (Omni, sedan, TT). He charged around Rs. 600 for a TT (Season time). The place is around 10-15 mins away from Railway station.

People
Sri. Raghavendra Sharma and Smt. Kavita are around you all the time to take care of you. Amazing folks who get into any kind of action to serve you. Raghavendra is always positive to your request and Kavita is always smiling and friendly. Smt Ratna whom you would see her in kitchen is also behind the tasty food you eat.

Rooms
They have three big rooms with various capacity. Discuss with them to understand your requirement. They can accommodate up to 24-25 people accordingly. Talk to them. Big swings are there in each room.

What do you do?
Have breakfast, get fresh, relax. Jog falls is around 18-25 mins away. Other small site seeing place is there. Come back for lunch. Sleep/Relax before you have coffee and walk 3-4 Kms to go to a DAM viewing point. This walk is on the main road.

Next day, get up early and walk in the wild. You will get small villages, barking dogs (they won't do anything unless you do something to them), enjoy the green field, fog covered trees, go around and come back to Breakfast. Get ready go to Nipli falls or Jog falls or anywhere. You can ask Sri. Raghavendra Sharma. He will guide you. Come back for lunch. Evening another way in the woods. (Ask him, there are multiple trails). Don't miss trail via Hiremane village. Even kids can trek (around 3km in total).

How to come back
Come back with evening Talaguppa - Bengaluru express or Intercity Chair car from Shimoga (you need to come to Shimoga - 2.5hrs from Homestay). If you are coming from Road, check roads state accordingly.

Food
South Indian. No non veg, no alcohol. The place is like a sacrosanct. So, enjoy the vegetarian delicacy.
Breakfast: Very tasty and filling food. Variety is there.
Lunch: Primarily Rice, Sambar, Rasam, curry, curd, which is comfort food.
Dinner: Chapati, curry, rice, Rasam, a hot Rasam to drink, curd.
Coffee/tea: anytime in the day
There are timings for each meal, though.
Overall, finger licking, very tasty, homely food. You will never feel out of home. They are open for supporting any particular request like for diabetic, gluten free (tell them in advance).
All vegetables are home grown and fresh. Ensure you sit down and eat, unless you want to sit on dining table.

Activities indoor
You have carrom, badminton, cricket, chouka bara, allu-guli mane kind of games. No TV, which is good. Kids friendly.

Network connectivity
Airtel is good. Vodafone doesn't work. BSNL should work. Data will be available most of the times.

They charge some nominal charge for laundry.

All these are my personal views and hope it is useful. Go in a large number. You will have max fun. Two nights would be ideal to stay.

Very beautiful place the host and his wife is very helpful.amazing homemade vegetarian food.made us feel at home.i had 2 kids along with us.they packed chapatis with butter for our travel back home as we has a 6hra road journey luckily it sufficed as all resturants were closed due to ganesh festival.beautiful hugre rooms and clean

Great place to stay. Close to Nature
Amazing place, friendly hosts, fresh and healthy food.
We three sisters loved the place.
Will visit again.
Thank you Kavitha and Ragavendra!

We were on a week long road trip and after staying at a couple of hotels, we were dying for some good home cooked food. I was in Shimoga and while searching for a place to crash near Jog, I stumbled upon AjjanaMane. Luckily, a room was available. The Homestay itself is done tastefully. It does give a unique experience of staying in a village styled house. Rooms are spacious and clean. One thing that stands out has to be the FOOD! We are vegetarians and we thoroughly enjoyed the food and our time here. Next time if I plan to visit Jog, I'll happily stay here. Jog is just about 12 kms from here. PS: No drinking, smoking and non veg food in this Homestay.

Great place to stay.located at quite a distance from hog falls. The owners are super friendly. Amazing food. One can also drive down to honnemarudu-a water body close by

One of the best home stays I have ever been to! The experience, place, food, affection of the hosts, just amazing. We were a family of five when we went but came back with such good memories as an extended family. The best part is the location and the rooms. For the price they charge it s certainly worth it. This is no less than a five star property for the rooms and facilities they provide. Each room has a wooden swing and a balcony, a sit out area and an absolutely clean bathroom. We went just before the monsoons so did not face insect issues much although initially it was a little difficult to see a few insects around. But the property is amidst so much greenery that this is a very small piece to deal with. The hosts treat you like family. So much affection. They took us around to places we never saw earlier and made it a memorable experience. Early mornings playing in the waterfall, waking up to a serene view of the lake and ducks being fed, it was a pleasure. The food is so tasty. They provide you amazing vegetarian home food. Spectacularly clean kitchen. A typical setup of the houses in small towns with thotti (an open pond kind of area for the water to flow when it rains) in the centre of the hall. Artistically set up house. They have board games and a library in the house. Beautiful lawn outside and a badminton court. Easily a place to go again and again with family. Absolutely loved everything about this place!

Lovely place, great ambience, very tasty food, very friendly hosts. Good for groups and family.