Krishna Murthy Puram is an urban commercial and residential

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

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 ...

city in

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.

Etymology

It was named after

P. N. Krishnamurti Sir Purniah Narasinga Rao Krishnamurti, Order of the Indian Empire, KCIE (12 August 1849 – 1911) was an Indian lawyer and administrator who served as the 16th Dewan of Mysore from 1901 to 1906. He was the great-great grandson of Purnaiah, th ...

, Diwan of Mysore Kingdom and grandson of

Purnaiah Krishnacharya Purnaiah (1746 – 27 March 1812), popularly known as Dewan Purnaiah, was an Indian administrator, statesman, and military strategist who served as the first dewan of Mysore from 1782 to 1811. He was instrumental in the restorati ...

, another Diwan.

Krishnamurti ( ) is a South Indian name. It has several variants. Variants Some forms separate the name elements , e.g. . English language renditions generally follow corresponding variations of the name in regional Indian languages. The following is a non ...

is the only Dewan who has an extension named in his honour in Mysuru city.

Location

Krishnamurthypuram is located on the southern side of Mysore city between Lakshmipuram, Ashokapuram,

Chamarajapuram Chamarajapuram is one of the earliest settlements and localities in Mysore, Karnataka, India, located in the centre of the city. Initially an agraharam inhabited by the Mysore nobility, parts of it were later allotted other local dwellers as wel ...

and K. G. Koppal.

Mythri Institute

Mythri Institute runs a

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for mentally challenged children. It was established in 1982. It was the first school of this type in Mysore.

Educational organisations

* Vanithasadhana School * Sarada Vilas educational institutions * Bhagini seva samaja * Aramane Padmaraja School * Gokula School * Gopalaswamy School * C.T.I.College

Post office

Krishnamurthypuram is known as Mysore-4. There is a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

at Krishnamurthypuram and the pincode is 570004.

Economy

Krishnamurthypuram is a former residential colony now partially converted to a downtown area of Mysore. There are many banks, shops and restaurants in this area.

References

{{Reflist Suburbs of Mysore Mysore South