Somanathapura, also spelled Somnathpur temple or
Somanathpura is a town in T
Narasipura Taluk
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...
,
Mysore district in the state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
in
India
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.
Somanathapura
Census of India (2011) It is located from Keshava Temple at Somanathapura (Also called ''Keshava
Keshava (, ) is an epithet of Vishnu in Hindu tradition. The name appears as the 23rd and 648th names in the Vishnu sahasranama, Vishnu Sahasranama of the Mahabharata. Keshava is also venerated by those persons wanting to avert bad luck or ill- ...
'' temple).
Demographics
According to the 2011 Indian Census, the town consists of 4,692 people. The town has a literacy rate of 86.11 percent which is higher than Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
's average of 75.36 percent.
References
External links
Somnathpur.com
{{Settlements in Mysore district
Tourism in Karnataka
Cities and towns in Mysore district