Gundlupet

Gundlupet (Gundlupētē in Kannada) is a municipal town situated in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka, India. It is also known as "The flower pot of India". It is situated on NH 766, 60 km away from Mysuru and approximately 200 km from the state administrative capital, Bengaluru. Gundlupet is the last town in Karnataka on the National Highway 766 which goes through Mysore, Ooty, Wayanad, and Kozhikode. It is situated very close to the Tamil Nadu and Kerala state borders. NH 181 begins from Gundlupet and ends in Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu via Ooty and Coimbatore.

The Bandipur National Park is situated 17 km away from Gundlupet, giving the town the epithet also known as "Land of Tigers". Gundlupet was previously known as Vijayapura, named after the ancient Vijayanarayana Temple.

Geography
Gundlupet is located at 11.8°N, 76.68°W. It has an average elevation of 816 metres (2,677 feet).

Agriculture
The main crops grown are jowar, ragi, sugar cane, turmeric, onion, banana, cotton and sunflower.It is also famous for its flower production and also known as flower pot of karnataka. It is a fairly dry region on the rain-shadow side of the Western Ghats, with an average annual rainfall of about 60 cm. Almost all of the rainfall is during the monsoon months of July through October. The area's vegetation is dry thorn forest, which can be seen in the nearby reserve forests on the boundary of Bandipur National Park.

Notable attractions and sites nearby

 * Himavad Gopalaswamy hills, 20 km from Gundlupet
 * Bandipur National Park, 24 km from Gundlupet
 * Huligina Maradi, 26 km from Gundlupet
 * Parvati Betta, 10 km from Gundlupet
 * Terakanambi and Triyambakapura temples, 12 km from Gundlupet
 * Narasamangala Shiva temple, 7 km from Terakanambi
 * Manchalli Cave temple, 12 km from Gundlupet
 * Padaguru Lingayat Math (or Adavi Math Padagur), 11 km from Gundlupet
 * Yeriyur Bisilu Bassappa temple
 * Shri Sharana Basaveshwara temple in Bommanahalli, 22 km from Gundlupet
 * Gavi Siddeshwara cave Manchalli, 14 km from Gundlupet