Ramanagara is a city, taluka in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is approximately 50 kilometres from Bengaluru.
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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 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.
From the Wikipedia article Ramanagara, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Towns around Closepet
- Channapatna11 km SW
- Kanakapura25 km SE
- Māgadi27 km N
- Maddūr30 km SW
- Jigani39 km E
- Kunigal44 km NW
- Nelamangala44 km N
- Bengaluru44 km NE
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