Q. Baba Budangiri Hills in Karnataka are the place of origin of which among the following plantation crops in India?
Answer: Coffee
Notes: Dattagiri or Baba Budangiri is a mountain in the Dattagiri Hill Range / Baba Budan Giri Range of the Western Ghats in the Chikkamagaluru District of Karnataka. There is a shrine of Baba Budangiri which is a place of pilgrimage for both Hindus and Muslims. Baba Budangiri is known for Coffee Plantations. Legend has it that it is the place where seven coffee beans were planted by one Sufi savant Bababudan in 1670 AD after he "smuggled" the coffee from Yemen. Today it has a special place in the multi-billion-dollar Indian coffee industry.
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