Gundlupet also known as Land of Tigers (''Gundlupētē'' in

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

) is a municipal town situated in the

Chamarajanagar district Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was carved out of the original larger Mysore District in 1998. Chamarajanagar town is the headquarters of this district. It is the third leas ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

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. It is also known as "''The flower pot of

''". It is situated 60 km away from

NH 766 National Highway 766 (NH 766) (previously NH-212) is a National Highway in Southern India. NH 766 connects Kozhikode in Kerala with Kollegal in Karnataka via Mysore. Of the total distance of 272 km, 117 km is in Kerala and 155 is in ...

and approximately 200 km from the state administrative capital,

Bangalore Bangalore (), List of renamed places in India, officially Bengaluru (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan area, metropolitan population of a ...

. Gundlupet is the last town in

on the National Highway 766 which goes through

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

Ooty Ooty (), officially known as Udhagamandalam (also known as Ootacamund (); abbreviated as Udhagai), is a city and a municipality in the Nilgiris district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located north west of Coimbatore and so ...

Wayanad Wayanad () is a district in the north-east of Indian state Kerala with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau, the southern ...

, and Calicut. It is situated very close to the

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and

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state borders.

NH 181 National Highway 181, commonly referred to as NH 181, is a highway connecting the city of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu to Gundlupete in Karnataka state, South India. The city of Mysuru is connected to Ooty by road via Nanjanagudu, Gundlupete, Ban ...

begins from Gundlupet and ends in

Nagapattinam Nagapattinam (''nākappaṭṭinam'', previously spelt Nagapatnam or Negapatam) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam District. The town came to prominence during the period of Medieva ...

via Ooty and Coimbatore. The Bandipur National Park is situated 17 km away from Gundlupet. Gundlupet was previously known as ''Vijayapura'', named after the ancient Vijayanarayana Temple.

Geography

Gundlupet is located at . It has an average elevation of 816 metres (2,677 feet).

Demographics

Religion-wise Population - Gundlupet Taluka

Agriculture

The main crops grown are jowar, ragi, sugar cane, turmeric, onion and banana. It is a fairly dry region on the rain-shadow side of the Western Ghats, with an average annual rainfall of about 60 cm. Almost all of the rainfall is during the monsoon months of July through October. The area's vegetation is dry thorn forest, which can be seen in the nearby reserve forests on the boundary of Bandipur National Park.

Notable attractions and sites nearby

1. Himavad Gopalaswamy hills, 20 km from Gundlupet 2. Bandipur National Park, 24 km from Gundlupet 3, Hulugan Muradi Venkataramana betta, 26 km from Gundlupet 4. Parvati, 10 km from Gundlupet 5. Terakanambi and Triyambakpura temples, 12 km from Gundlupet 6. Narasamangala Shiva temple, 7 km from Terakanambi 7. Manchalli Cave temple, 12 km from Gundlupet 8. Pada Guru Lingayat Math (or Adavi Math Padagur), 11km from Gundlupet 9. Yeri Uur Bisilu Bassapa temple 10. Shri Sharana Basaveshwara temple in Bommanahalli, 22 km from Gundlupet 11. Gavi Siddeshvara cave Manchalli, 14 km from Gundlupet

Image gallery

File: Gundulpet Bus Station has a small teak forest.jpg, Bus Station File: NH 766 view from Gundalpet to Wayanad.jpg, NH 766 view from Gundalpet to Wayanad File:DBG School, Gundlupet.jpg, D.B.G.C File: Karate School, Gundlupet.jpg, Karate School File: Tree worship in Gundlupet.jpg, Tree Worship File: St.Johns school, Gundlupet.jpg, St.Johns School File:Bandipur Tiger Reserve - panoramio (22).jpg, Bandipur Tiger Reserve File:Vijayanarayana temple at Gundlupet.JPG, Vijayanarayana Swamy temple File: Gundlupet, Mysore.1.jpg File: Gopalaswamy Temple, Gundlupet.jpg

References

{{Wikivoyage, Gundlupet Cities and towns in Chamarajanagar district