Tumkur

Tumkur, officially Tumakuru, is a city and the headquarters of Tumkur district in Karnataka state, India. It is known for the Siddaganga Matha Lingayat monastery. Tumkur hosts India's first mega food park, a project of the ministry of food processing. The India Food Park was inaugurated by Prime Minister of India in September 2014. It is also included in the Smart Cities Mission list and is among the 100 smart cities to be developed in India. Since 28 August 2010, Tumkur has been accorded the status of a city corporation.

thumb|Gosala Shree Chennabasaveshwara Swamy Gubbi, formerly known as Amaragonda, is a town located in the Tumakuru District of Karnataka, India. It lies 20 km from Tumakuru and 90 km from Bengaluru along NH-206 (BH Road). Gubbi ULB (Urban Local Bodies) contains 17 wards and an equal number of councilors. The population of Gubbi was 18,446 in 2011, and it has an area of 6.67 sq. km. Gubbi is famous for the Gosala Sri Channabasaveshwara Swamy Temple of the Veerashaiva sect and Sri Chidambarashrama. S. R. Srinivas represents Gubbi at the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.