Mandya

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Place details

Locality: Mandya
Region: Karnataka
Country: India
Population: 137,358
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Travel guide

Get in

Mandya is well connected to Bangalore, Mysore and other major cities in Karnataka by bus and train. KSRTC buses run for every 5 minutes from Bangalore and Mysore.

The nearest airports are Mysore Airport () which is away and Bangalore Airport () which is away.

Get around

Public transport is mainly restricted to auto-rickshaw, but city buses also run to some stretches. Initial prices quoted are hugely exaggerated, so you are up for heavy bargaining. Enquire from some local about the prevailing prices from one point of the city to the other.

Frequent train runs both towards Bangalore and Mysore.

Eat

Hotel Amruth veg, R P road , Mandya Hotel Sarovara, off V V road, Mandya

Drink

Sugar Cane Juice sold on the road side and also in some hotels.

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History
Geography
Demographics
Transport
Climate
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Mandya () is a city in the state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mandya district. It is also called Sugar City (Kannada: Sakkare Nagara) because sugarcane is a major crop grown here, and sugar factories contribute to the major economic output. The district offices are located here. The city has been divided into 35 wards of the Mandya City Municipal Council.

==History== Mandya celebrated its 75th year anniversary (Amrutha Mahothsava) in 2015. The KRS dam was built by Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV and M. Visvesvaraya in Mandya, opening in 1932. Mandya is home to a number of historically important sites. In 2016, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) excavated another statue of Bahubali, a much revered figure among Jains. He was the son of Adinath, the first tirthankara of Jainism, and the younger brother of Bharata Chakravartin, identified with the 3rd – 9th centuries in Arthipura, Mandya district. The excavation is expected to be completed by 2018. The Archaeological Survey of India has also excavated an 8th-century statue of Bahubali in Arthipura, Maddur, Mandya, Karnataka, that is wide and tall.