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6 unusual facts about Mandya


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Ramesh, Naveen and Kumar join Prakash at his village near Mandya.

On 28 October 2010, 6 friends - Ramesh (boTi), Naveen, Kumar (tigNe), Prakash (jollu), Deepa, and Soumya - hailing from Mandya and Bangalore plan for a trek to an undisclosed mountain in Western ghats.

M. N. Singaramma

M. N. Singaramma (1920–2006) was an eminent scholar, writer and social activist from Mandya in Karnataka, Southern India.

She established ‘Hindi Kannada Vidyalaya’ at Mandya and conducted classes for women in Hindi and Kannada for over 30 years.

Maddur vada

Also known as Maddur vada, this snack derives its name from the town of Maddur which is in the Mandya district of Karnataka.

Manteswami Kavya

Neelgaras, the professional singers of South Karnataka have kept the epic alive by centuries of performances in the districts of Mandya, Mysore, Ramanagara, Chamarajanagara and rural Bangalore.


Government of Karnataka

Mysore state was made up of 10 districts: Bangalore, Kolar, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Hassan, Chikmagalur (Kadur), Shimoga and Chitradurga; Bellary had been transferred from Madras state to Mysore in 1953, when the new Andhra State was created out of Madras' northern districts.

Rajaditya Chola

Atakur or Atagur is a village about 15 miles N.E by E from Mandya, the head quarters of the Mandya taluk in Mysore district.


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