It has an 800 year old Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple constructed by Goutama Maharshi. Rathotsava is celebrated every year in the month of February. Near to that a very old Eeshwara temple (Konkaneshwara) is located.
Akkihebbalu is connected by road(R) and rail(T) to Mysore(R&T), Hassan(R&T), Mandya(R) and Bangalore(R). It is located 55 km from Mandya, 64 km from Mysore, 61 km from Hassan and it is 168 km from Bangalore, via Somwarpet - Magadi Road.
The railway station of Akkihebbalu (station code: AKK) falls under the jurisdiction of Mysore division of South-western Railway and is the closest (16 km) railway station to Krishnarajapete.