Mandya District is a district administration headquarters for state of Karnataka.  Mandya District closely surrounds Mysore on South, Hassan District on West, Tumkur District on North, and lastly Ramanagara district East.  Mandya district was formed in 1939.

Mandya History

Mandya district is part of great plateau from Mysore to the boundaries of Easter Ghats so not many myths reciting the origin of the district, but there are quite a few myths reciting the origin of the location. Mandya is also called as Vedaranya and later, as Vishnupura in Kritayuga.  It is known that rishi was doing a penance here and installed an image of God Janardana and was said to be preaching the wild beast to utter the sacred word veda and because of this, the place also known as Vedaranya. Of late, description is that the village was approved by Krishna devaraya of Vijayanagar in 1516 to Govinda Raja, twelfth in descent from Anantacharya, a disciple of the spiritual reformer, Ramanujacharya, and a distinguished devotee of Lord Venkatesha of Tirupati.  The first Brahmin families, which established here, named the place Mandya after their native place near Tirupati.

Mandya Tourism

Tourist places in Mandya
Srirangapatna
Krishna Raja Sagara Dam and Brindavan Gardens
Daria Daulat Bagh
Ranganatha Swamy Temple
Gumbaz
Sangam
Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary
Pandavapura
Melkote CheluvaNarayana Swamy Temple
Tannur Lake
Malvalli
Shivasamudram
Shimsa
Kaveri Fishing Camp
Maddur
Kokkare Bellur
Shivpura Satyagraha Saudha
K.R.Pet
Hosa Holalu Temple
Kikkeri Brahmeshwara Temple
Hemagiri
Mandya
Mallikarjuna Temple at Basaralu
Kaveri vana