Shivamogga

Śivamogga
State :	India
State :	Karnataka
District :	Śivamogga
Location :	13 ° 56 ' N , 75 ° 35' E Coordinates: 13 ° 56 ' N , 75 ° 35' E
Height :	587 m
Area :	70.01 km²
Residents :	322,428 (2011)
Population density :	4605 inhabitants / km²
Website :	www.shimogacity.mrc.gov.in
	Bus station in Shivamogga

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Shivamogga ( Kannada ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ Śivamogga [ ˈɕiʋʌmoɡːʌ ]) is a city in the southwestern Indian state of Karnataka . Until 2014 it was officially called Shimoga . This name is still in use in many places.

It is located in the west of Karnataka on the banks of the Tunga River , which a little later unites with the Bhadra to form Tungabhadra . With around 322,000 inhabitants (2011 census), Shimoga is the tenth largest city in Karnataka. The city is the administrative seat of the Śivamogga District .

The earlier name Shimoga was an Anglicised form of Shivamogga since the British Raj , which in turn is traditionally derived from the Sanskrit term Shivamukha ("face of Shiva "). To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Karnataka in 2006, the state government decided, following a proposal by the writer UR Ananthamurthy , to change the English names of 13 cities in Karnataka to their Kannada name forms. As a result, Shimoga was renamed Shivamogga . The Indian central government under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh initially did not agree to the name change. Only under the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi , who was newly elected in 2014 , did the renaming officially take effect on November 1, 2014.

Sights in and around Shivamogga

Shivappa Nayaka's palace
Kote Seetharamanjaneya, a temple
the Gajanur Dam
Koodli, confluence of Tunga and Bhadra, from there Tungabhadraa
Tyavarekoppa Lion and Tiger Safari, Safari Park
Sakkare Bayalu, elephant training camp, on the road to Thirthahalli
Shiva statue in Harakere
Mandagadde Bird Sanctuary, bird's eye view
Guddekal with the Temple of Subrahmanya
Gudde Mardi, lookout point

Web links

Commons : Shivamogga - collection of images, videos and audio files

Shivamogga City Corporation (City Council)

Individual evidence

^ Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 154 kB).
↑ The old homepage shimoga.nic.in redirects to Shivamogga.
↑ S. Rajendran: Center mum on 'Bengaluru' . The Hindu , December 18, 2007, accessed October 30, 2015 .
↑ Mugdha Variyar: Bangalore, Mysore, Karnataka Other Cities to be Renamed on 1 November. International Business Times, October 18, 2014, accessed October 30, 2015 .

[1] Census of India 2011: Provisional Population Totals. Cities having population 1 lakh and above. (PDF; 154 kB).

[2] The old homepage shimoga.nic.in redirects to Shivamogga.

[3] S. Rajendran: Center mum on 'Bengaluru' . The Hindu , December 18, 2007, accessed October 30, 2015 .

[4] Mugdha Variyar: Bangalore, Mysore, Karnataka Other Cities to be Renamed on 1 November. International Business Times, October 18, 2014, accessed October 30, 2015 .