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Tumkur (Kannada: ತುಮಕೂರು) is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. The district headquarters are located at Tumkur. The district occupies an area of 10,598 km² and had a population of 2,584,711 of which 19.62% were urban as of 2001. It is a one and a half hour drive from Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka. D.D hills is a beautiful hill station that should be visited.
Siddaganga Institute of Technology was established in 1963 in Tumkur and has over hundred institutions run by Sree Siddaganga Education Society under the patronage of Sree Siddaganga Math. The founder and president of the society is Dr. Sivakumara Swamiji, who is also the head of Sree Siddaganga Math.
Taluks of Tumkur
Famous People
Places to Visit in Tumkur
- Devarayana Durga is a beautiful hill station just 15km from Tumkur.
- Kydala just 5km from Tumkur has beautiful temple with God carved from stone.
- Siddaganga about 5km from Tumkur where Siddaganga Swajiji resides.
- Shivaganga is about 25km from Tumkur.
- Gulur where during Navaratri 10 foot high God Ganesh made out of clay will be on display.
- Yediyur is about 60km from Tumkur where God Siddalingeswara Temple is situated.
- Gubbi is 20km from where God Channabasaveswara Temple is situated.
- Lakshmi Temple is about 25km near Kortagere.
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Male Blackbuck, Jayamangli Blackbuck reserve, Tumkur district
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Small Blackbuck herd, Jayamangli Blackbuck reserve, Tumkur district
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Countryside, Tumkur district
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Yoganarasimha Temple, Devarayana Durga, Tumkur district
External links
- www.sit.ac.in (Siddaganga Institute of Technology, Tumkur)
- www.wanc.org (About Tumkur's first environmental NGO)
- www.tumkurinfo.com/ (Private website)
- www.tumkurcity.gov.in (Official website of Tumkur city)
- www.hmsit.ac.in (HMS Group of Education Institutions, Tumkur)
- www.tumkur.bsnl.co.in
- www.gcarbon.com/
- kar.ddsf.tripod.com/ (Devarayana Durga State Forest)
- mydenahalli.4t.com/ (Mydenahalli Blackbuck Sanctuary)
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