Kamanahalli

Kamanahalli is a small village located in Tumkur District, Turuvekere Taluk, Mayasandra Hobli and Vittalapura Post in India's Karnataka State. The village is about 12 km from Yadiyur which is famous for the Lord Siddalingeshwar Temple and 100 km from IT City 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.

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

The main occupation in the village is agriculture. The farmers follow innovative methods of growing coconuts, paddy, raagi, vegetables and many other crops. There are also some dairies. The village has a small lake near Sri Muttinamma temple, the main source of water for paddy farming. The villagers also depend on well water for drinking and agriculture.

The Shimsha River flows 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 (Chennai)