South India · Karnataka
Davanagere, Karnataka
Sources: open-meteo, wikimedia
About Davanagere
- Inland
Where it is
Davanagere is a city at the centre of Karnataka, on the Deccan plateau north-west of Bengaluru, with the Tungabhadra River flowing past the neighbouring town of Harihar.
History
Davanagere grew as a market town and, in the 20th century, as a centre of cotton mills that earned it the name Manchester of Karnataka. It became the headquarters of a new district in 1997, carved mainly from Chitradurga district.
People
Kannada is the language of the city, which lies in the heart of the state. Trade in cotton, maize and other farm produce keeps its markets busy, and its eateries are famous for benne dose, a crisp dosa cooked with plenty of butter.
Known for
- Benne dose, the butter dosa
- Its old cotton mills
- Harihareshwara Temple at nearby Harihar
- Kunduvada Kere lake
We haven't written a guide for this place yet — you can still plan a trip here.