Ramanagara

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Ramanagara
City
Aerial view of fields near Ramanagara
Nickname:  Silk City of Karnataka
Ramanagara Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 12°43′23″N 77°17′10″E / 12.723°N 77.286°E / 12.723; 77.286
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Ramanagara
Government
• Type	Mayor
• Body	Ramanagara City Municipal Council
Elevation	747 m (2,451 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	95,167
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	KA-42
Website	ramanagara.nic.in/en/

Ramanagara is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of Ramanagara district. It is approximately 50 kilometres from Bangalore. There are buses and trains as public transportations which approximately takes 90 minutes from Bangalore.

Famous Bollywood movie Sholay was shot in 1975 at the surrounding hills of Ramanagara now called Ramagiri hills but also has nickname of Sholay hills.

The town was known as Shamserabad at the ruling time of Tippu Sultan. It was called Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813) in pre-independence times. This name is retained in geology. Then Closepet was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of the Ramayana.^{[citation needed]}