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KAMANAHALLI is a small village located at TUMKUR District, TURUVEKERE Taluk, MAYASONDRA Hobli and VITTALAPURA Post. The village about 12 km from Yadiyur which is famous for Lord Siddalingeshwar Temple and 100 km from IT City of Bangalore.

The village is having around 150 populations (around 30 families). The average literacy rate is 70% though village is deprived from primary school, the village is also deprived from basic facilities like Road, Transportation even after 65 years of Independence. The villagers are depending on neighbouring village for primary and secondary education, for the hospital and medicine villagers have to go at least 15 km from the village.

Kamanahalli have lord Sri Ranganatha Swamy temple and lord Lakshmi named by lord Sri Muttinamma temple hereby. The festival will be celebrated during the month of March or April, generally the festival will be held for 9 days.

The village main occupation is agriculture, the farmers follow the innovative methods of growing Coconut, Paddy, Raagi, Vegetables and many other crops as required themselves according to seasons and also dairying some of them. There are may coconut trees found around the village. The village is small lake near Sri Muttinamma temple, the main sours of water will get from this lake to grow paddy. The villagers are also depending on the bore well water for drinking and agriculture as well.

The Shimsha river is passing through north to south nearby village in the east, the part of water will be get from the river for agriculture, the Shimsha river is very most helpful to our villagers.

-Byrappa KG - M.Com - DCCE