Varuna is a village in

Mysore Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...

district 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 ...

state, India.

Location

Varuna village is located on

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road, 13.3 km from Mysore. The road from Mysore to

forks at Varuna junction. The left deviation continues to T.Nrasipura and Somanathpur. The right deviation goes to Varuna and

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Mutt. The road is well maintained in two lanes.

Landmarks

The housing colony called Lal Bahadhur Shastri Nagar is only three kilometers from Varuna village. J.S.S. Layout is within four km. Shanthaveri gopal Gowda Nagar is also within four km from Varuna. Varuna is surrounded by Nanjangud, T.Narasipur and

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taluks. The nearest cities are Mysore and

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Temples

Varuna village has Basveshwara Temple and a statue of Lord Basvanna founder of Lingayat society. The village has ancient temples which are built by cholas. The village is near Sutturu Mutt is the spiritual center of Lingayath community of Karnataka state. The mutt runs more than 300 schools in India and abroad.

Post office

There is a post office in Varuna and the

postal code A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or numerical digit, digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, inclu ...

is 570010. The post office is called PTC Campus because there is a postal training cente there.

Access

The nearest railway station is Mysore. The nearest airport is Mandakali. There are direct roads from Bannur, Mysore, Nanjangud and T.Narasipur.

Education

There is one primary school in Varuna and one high school in Suttur. Colleges are available in Mysore, 13 km away.

Villages and suburbs

* Hosakotal village * Suttur Mutt * Dandikere village * Chikkahalli village * Keelanpura village

Demographics

Varuna has a total population of 2,350 people in 529 families as per the 2011 census. The literacy is 62%. Varuna village has 300 lingayat families and 150 Scheduled caste families. The village also consists of 50 Muslim families.

Administration

Varuna village is administered by the head of the village locally called as a ''sarpanch''. The sarpanch is elected democratically every five years. There are a total of 529 houses in Varuna.

Economy

The people of the village are mostly engaged in agricultural work. Some of them work in Mysore city as the distance is only 13 km.

References

{{Reflist Villages in Mysore district