Pampavana Garden
The Japanese-style garden at Munirabad — clipped, watered and deliberately unlike everything around it.
Open
9:00 am – 6:30 pm
Entry
₹10 entry
Best time to go
Late afternoon
Time to spend here
About 1 h
Crowds
Can get busy
At Munirabad, about 3 km from the Tungabhadra Dam. Busy on Sunday afternoons with local families; quiet on a weekday.
Before you go
Car to the gate
No long walk in
No toilets mapped nearby
Go before you set off
No drinking water mapped nearby
Bring enough with you
About this place
Pampavana is the garden the dam board laid out at Munirabad in a Japanese manner: raked gravel, water, arched bridges, clipped planting and stone lanterns, kept green in a district that is not. It is a strange and rather lovely thing to find three kilometres from the dam wall, and it is where local families go on a Sunday. It takes about an hour to walk properly. Pair it with the dam and the fountain and the whole thing becomes an afternoon and evening rather than a detour.
Good to know
- A small entry fee, collected at the gate.
- Best late in the afternoon, when the heat drops and the light gets long. There is little shade at midday.
- About 3 km from the dam wall — do the two together.
- It is a laid-out garden, not a wild one. Keep to the paths.
How to get there
- By road to the entrance
Go by car, bike or auto to Pampavana Garden
Google Maps takes you by road to the nearest point to the place.
Walking paths and times are from Google Maps. The way in can change on festival days: follow the signs and ASI staff.
