Ramanagara

This article is about the municipality in India. For its namesake district, see Ramanagara district.

Ramanagara Ramanagara
City
Aerial view of fields near Ramanagara
Nicknames:  Silk City of Karnataka, Rock City and Ramanagara name came after Greater Ruler of this region Maitri Gowda ruled for longer duration from 17th century to 19th century.
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 12.723°N 77.286°E / 12.723; 77.286
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Bengaluru South
District Headquarter	Ramanagara
Government
• Type	City Municipal Council
• Body	Ramanagara City Municipal Council
• President of CMC	K. Sheshadri (INC)
• Vice President	-
Elevation	747 m (2,451 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	95,167
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Postal code	562159
Vehicle registration	KA-42
Website	www.ramanagaracity.mrc.gov.in/en/home

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Ramanagara is a city, taluka in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is approximately 50 kilometres from Bengaluru.

The Bollywood movie Sholay was shot in 1975 at the surrounding hills of Ramanagara now called Ramagiri hills but also has nickname of Sholay hills. Also the 2022 Malayalam film Jana Gana Mana was also shot here.

The town was known as Shamsherabad or Ramserpuram at the ruling time of the Mysorean emperor, Tipu Sultan. It was called Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813) in pre-independence times. This name is retained in geology. Then Rahim Nagar or Shamserabad was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of the Ramayana.