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[[File:Jogimatti.jpg|thumb|Jogimatti reserve]]
'''Jogimatti''' is a hill station and forest reserve in [[Chitradurga district]], [[Karnataka]], India.
The reserve covers {{convert|10,048.97|ha|sqmi}} in [[Chitradurga district|Chitradurga]], Holalkere and Hiriyur [[taluk]]s, {{convert|10|km|mi}} south of the city of [[Chitradurga]]. There is a century-old hilltop bungalow built by the British to house travellers, and a nearby temple dedicated to the local [[yogi|saint]] for whom the hill station was named, with 155 steps. The reserve has a small zoo called Adumalleshwar, which the Central Zoo Authority of India ordered renovated in 2012 to better house the animals,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/adumalleshwar-zoo-to-be-renovated/article3583139.ece | title=Adumalleshwar zoo to be renovated | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=29 June 2012 | accessdate=9 February 2019 }}</ref> and an [[ecotourism]] adventure centre which opened in 2010.<ref name=Herald>Sachidanand Kuragund, [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/268020/archives.php "Forest Tales"], ''[[Deccan Herald]]'', 31 July 2012.</ref><ref>Firoz Rozindar, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/a-fillip-for-adventure-tourism/article505303.ece "A fillip for adventure tourism: First low-cost ecotourism adventure centre now in Chitradurga district "], ''The Hindu'', 8 July 2010.</ref> 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.<ref name=Herald/><ref name=district>[http://www.chitradurga.nic.in/tourspot.html "In and around Chitradurga"], [[Chitradurga district]], retrieved 14 September 2014.</ref>

Jogimatti is the highest point in the district, at {{convert|3803|ft|m}} in elevation,<ref name=district/> and one of the coolest places in the state. The vegetation is dry deciduous forest and scrub. It is rich in wildlife<ref>M. N. Harisha, G. A. Ajay, M. D. Kumar, B. B. Hosetti, [https://www.academia.edu/3298844/Floristic_and_avifaunal_diversity_of_Jogimatti_State_Forest_Chitradurga_Karnatka "Floristic and avifaunal diversity of Jogimatti State Forest, Chitradurga, Karnataka"], ''MyForest'' 44.3 (September 2008) 225–35.</ref> and until the 1950s was tiger habitat, but is threatened by encroachment from farms and from nearby [[wind power|windmills]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kadkol|first=Pradeepkumar|date=2015-06-08|title=Wind turbine project in Jogimatti forest reserve opposed|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/wind-turbine-project-in-jogimatti-forest-reserve-opposed/article7293232.ece|access-date=2020-12-20|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> which endanger birds. The tigers and [[sloth bear]]s are reported to have almost died out, and the medicinal plants found in the reserve are endangered.<ref name=Hindu>Pradeepkumar Kadkol, [http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/need-to-declare-jogimatti-as-wildlife-sanctuary-stressed/article3825857.ece "Need to declare Jogimatti as wildlife sanctuary stressed"], ''The Hindu'', 27 August 2012.</ref> A proposal has been made to declare it a wildlife refuge.<ref name=Herald/><ref name=Hindu/> Jogimatti was declared as sanctuary in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Declare 10 km around 21 national parks as eco-sensitive |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/declare-10-km-around-21-707667.html |access-date=6 January 2021 |work=Deccan Herald |date=11 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

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[[Category:Reserved forests of India]]
[[Category:Hill stations in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Geography of Chitradurga district]]

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