kodachadri forms a background to the temple of mookambika in kollur. it is located at a distance of 21 km from kollur and 15 km from nagodi village, in hosanagara taluk. 78 km and 42km from sagara, karnataka via hasirumakki ferry from district headquarters shimoga and there are different routes to reach the peak of kodachadri and the difficulty varies highly with respect to the route chosen. however it is challenging to reach the peak in monsoon due to heavy rains that make the routes slippery. kodachadri receives an annual rain fall of 500 cm to 750 cm and it rains for about eight months in a year.