Ramanagara
Ramanagara is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of Ramanagara district. It is approximately 50 kilometres from Bangalore. There are buses and trains as public transportations which approximately takes 90 minutes from Bangalore.
Ramanagara | |
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City | |
Aerial view of fields near Ramanagara | |
| Nickname: Silk City of Karnataka | |
Ramanagara Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 12.723°N 77.286°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Ramanagara |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor |
| • Body | Ramanagara City Municipal Council |
| Elevation | 747 m (2,451 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 95,167 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kannada |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | KA-42 |
| Website | ramanagara |
Famous Bollywood movie Sholay was shot in 1975 at the surrounding hills of Ramanagara now called Ramagiri hills but also has nickname of Sholay hills.
The town was known as Shamserabad at the ruling time of Tippu Sultan. It was called Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813) in pre-independence times. This name is retained in geology. Then Closepet was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of the Ramayana.
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