Tumkūr
Tumkur, officially Tumakuru, is a city and the headquarters of Tumkur district in Karnataka state, India.

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.
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Worth seeing in and around Tumkūr
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Tumkur University
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.
2.2 km · state public university in Tumakuru, Karnataka, India · Wikipedia - 02Aagam Mandir, Tumkur
Aagam Mandir is a Śvetāmbara Jain temple in Tumakuru Karnataka. It is located 65 km from Bangalore, India, by road on Tumkur road.
3.1 km · śvetāmbara Jain temple in Tumkur, Karnataka, India · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Sri Siddaganaga Mutt. Sri Siddaganaga Mutt is a main attraction of Tumkur, where around 8000 students are provided education, boarding and lodging free of cost. Devaraayana Durga. Devaraayana Durga is a famous hill station and a religious place about 15 km from the City of Tumkur. Naamadachilume on the route to Devaraayana Durga is a protect forest area which has a deer park. KaidaaLa.
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Things to do
Hiking in the nearby Siddaganga Hills, Ramadevara Betta, Namada Chilume, Devarayana Durga, Siddara Betta, and Basadi Betta.
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Where to eat
Pavithra Idly Hotel. Idly at Kyatsandra is very famous all over Karnataka. Pavitra Idly Hotel offers delicious idlys as does Ravi Darshan Idly Hotel adjacent to Pavithra Idli Hotel. Both hotels are famous for serving hot tatte idlis throughout the day. Ashoka Restaurant, Opposite Private Bus Station. South Indian vegetarian lunchː ₹70. Ganesh Upahar, Inside KSRTC Bus Station. Good ambience.
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Getting to Tumkūr
- Airports
- Kempegowda Bengaluru (BLR), 67 km · Kannur (CNN), 231 km · Mangaluru (IXE), 243 km
- Bengaluru → Tumkūr67 km · quickest by road, 1h 28m · ₹455–570
- Kannur → Tumkūr250 km · quickest by road, 6h 6m · ₹2,090–2,610
- Mangaluru → Tumkūr248 km · quickest by road, 4h 48m · ₹1,910–2,390
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No local-transport research exists yet for Tumkūr
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Tumkūr. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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