Journal

Stories from Lokah.

A collection of things we’re discovering, making and experiencing around the property.

From the landscape and the people who know it best to things to do in Chikmagalur, the thinking behind the stays and what we’re cooking at Nava.

2 August 2026 · The Nava Kitchen
A table set by the season
At Nava, the menu is not printed far in advance, because the estate has not decided yet what it will offer. A morning walk through the beds tells us more than…
5 July 2026 · Darshak Shetty
Why nine homes, and nine creatures
When people first hear that each home at Lokah is modelled on a creature, they smile — and then they ask which one they should stay in. It is the right questio…
14 June 2026 · Pranitha Rao
First light over Mullayanagiri
The morning here does not arrive so much as it seeps in. Long before the sun clears the ridge, the valley below the homes fills with a slow tide of mist, and t…