Gundlupet (''Gundlupētē'' in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

) is a municipal town situated in the Chamarajanagar district of

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

''". It is situated on

NH 766 National Highway 766 (NH 766) (previously NH-212) is a National highways of India, 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 ...

, 60 km away from Mysuru and approximately 200 km from the state administrative capital,

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

. Gundlupet is the last town in

on the National Highway 766 which goes through

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 ...

Ooty Ooty (; officially Udagamandalam (), Anglicisation, anglicized: Ootacamund , abbreviated as Udagai, ) is a town and municipality in the Nilgiris district of the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is located north ...

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

, and

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. It is situated very close to the

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and

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state borders. NH 181 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 Medieval ...

via Ooty and Coimbatore. The Bandipur National Park is situated 17 km away from Gundlupet, giving the town the epithet also known as "Land of Tigers". 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, banana, cotton and sunflower.It is also famous for its flower production and also known as flower pot of karnataka. 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

* Himavad Gopalaswamy hills, 20 km from Gundlupet * Bandipur National Park, 24 km from Gundlupet * Huligina Maradi, 26 km from Gundlupet * Parvati Betta, 10 km from Gundlupet * Terakanambi and Triyambakapura temples, 12 km from Gundlupet * Narasamangala Shiva temple, 7 km from Terakanambi * Manchalli Cave temple, 12 km from Gundlupet * Padaguru Lingayat Math (or Adavi Math Padagur), 11 km from Gundlupet * Yeriyur Bisilu Bassappa temple * Shri Sharana Basaveshwara temple in

Bommanahalli Bommanahalli is a locality in Bengaluru and one of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike#Zones, zones of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, BBMP. It is located adjacent to Hosur Road National Highway 44 (India) in India and is proximate to th ...

, 22 km from Gundlupet * Gavi Siddeshwara cave Manchalli, 14 km from Gundlupet

Image gallery

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References

{{Wikivoyage, Gundlupet Cities and towns in Chamarajanagar district