Manasagangotri is a suburb of

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 Mysore district of

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state, India.

Mysore University The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by t ...

and its various departments are located in this area.

Location

Manasagangotri is located on the western side of Mysore city. The Manasagangotri suburb is built around the Kukkarahalli lake in this area. This locality includes various educational and administrative campuses of the city.

Post Office

There is a post office at Manasgangotri. The Pin Code is 570006.

Important organizations

University of Mysore The University of Mysore is a public state university in Mysore, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV and the premiership of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. The university is recognised by t ...

* Oriental Library *

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Office *

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Complex *

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* Maharajas College

Tourist attractions

Jayalakshmi Vilas Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion is a heritage building in Mysore. Description Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion is a building of architectural importance in Mysore city, Karnataka. It is located in the verdant surroundings of Manasa Gangothri, the campus ...

Palace * Kukkarahalli lake

Kukkarahalli Lake

Kukkarahalli Lake also called Kukkarhalli Kere (Lake is ‘’keare’’ in

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), located in the heart of the

city, adjoins the Manasgangotri (

), the Kalamandir (Rangyana) and the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) campus (separated by the

Hunsur Hunsur is a city in Mysore district in the States and territories of India, Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Hunsur Taluk administrative division. Geography Hunsur is located at . It is located at an elevation of ab ...

Road). It provides lung-space to the city. Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, (1794–1868) of the Mysore Dynasty (

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) was responsible for getting the lake created, in the year 1864, to provide water for

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to about of land outside the city. The Lake also used to be a source of water supply to the city of Mysore but over the years, sewage and excessive land encroachments (mostly illegal) and blockage of water flow sources almost led to the eutrophication of the lake. The University of Mysore and the citizen forums of Mysore continue to make efforts to preserve the lake by implementing several remedial measures. There is a 4.5 km walkway on the periphery of the lake with shaded stone benches for visitors to sit, relax and enjoy the scenic serenity of the lake.

School of Information Management

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, located in

State, Southern

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. ISiM was conceptualised and established in 2005, in collaboration with the leading information schools in the U.S. – namely the School of Information at the

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, the School of Information Sciences at the

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, and the School of Information Studies at

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, International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore, and

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of Canada. ISiM was established with munificent grants from the

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and Bangalore based Informatics India Pvt. Ltd.

University of Mysore

The University of Mysore is a

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, Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of

Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV (4 June 1884 – 3 August 1940) was the twenty-fourth Maharaja of Mysore, reigning from 1902 until his death in 1940. Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV is popularly deemed a ''rajarshi'', or 'saintly king', a moniker with which Maha ...

, the

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. It opened on 27 July 1916. Its first

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was the

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of Mysore; the first Vice-Chancellor was H. V. Nanjundaiah. The university became the first outside of the British administration in India, the sixth in India as a whole, and the first in

. It is a state university of the affiliating type, and became autonomous on 3 March 1956, when it gained recognition from the University Grants Commission.

All India Institute of Speech and Hearing

The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, commonly known as AIISH (AYE-SH), is located in Manasagangotri (

Campus),

. It is an autonomous institute under the

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. The institute was established in 1966 with a focus on training professionals for

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and

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sciences.

References

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