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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pandavapura
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Mandya district|Mandya]]
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| population_total = 18236
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[[File:Pandavapura Railway Station.jpg|thumb|Railway Station]]
[[File:KunthiBetta.jpg|thumb|Kunthibetta ]]

'''Pandavapura''' is a Municipality Town in [[Mandya district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Karnataka]].

== Geography ==
Pandavapura is located at {{Coord|12.5|N|76.67|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Pandavapura.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pandavapur]</ref> It has an average elevation of 709 metres (2326 feet).

[[File:Pandavapura.2.jpg|thumb|Pandavapura temple]]
[[File:Pandavapura.1.jpg|thumb|Lakshmi Narayanaswamy Riverside Temple, Harohalli]]

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Pandavapura had a population of 18,236. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Pandavapura has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 62%. In Pandavapura, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

== History ==
The name Pandavapura means "Town of Pandavas". Mythology states that the Pandavas during their period of exile stayed here for some time, and Kunti, mother of the Pandavas, liked the hillock so much that it became one of her favorite haunts. The town is also named after the Pandavas because of their brief stay in this region. The name "French Rock" dates back to India's Pre-Independence days, the place was used as the camping ground by the French army, which came to help Tippu Sultan in his war against the British. It is believed that French named the small town as "French Rocks", as the town is in the vicinity of two rocky hills. After Indian Independence, these rocky hills called as "Kunti Betta" by locals. There was another smaller hill called "Kauravara betta" on the western side of the town which has been mined out of existence for its stones.<br/>
Pandavapura is approximately 130 km from Bangalore and 25 km from Mysore.

== Transport ==
[[File:Pandavapura railway station.jpg|thumb|Pandavapura railway station]]
Pandavapura is well connected by trains and buses. Most of the trains which run between Bangalore and Mysore stop in Pandavapura. The Pandavapura railway station is 4 km away from the town. There are very few direct buses runs from Bengaluru to Pandavapura
.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/13lamembers.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306041616/http://kla.kar.nic.in/13lamembers.htm |archivedate=2012-03-06 }}</ref>

== Tourism ==

Pandavapura town is surrounded by well-known tourist spots.
*[[Melkote|Melukote]]
*[[Krishna Raja Sagara|Krishnaraja Sagar]]
*Kunthi Hill
*[[Kere Thonnur]]

== Notable people ==
* [[H. R. Shastry]] - veteran actor in [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]], was born in Halebeedu village
* [[Vijaya Narasimha]] - noted lyricist in the [[Kannada Film Industry]], was born in Halebeedu village
* [[Jayalakshmi Seethapura]] - noted writer, folkorist; born in Seethapura village
* [[K. S. Puttannaiah]] - Leader and politician
* [[C. S. Puttaraju]] - politician

== Image gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Pandavapura. Assumption church.jpg|Assumption Church
File:Pandavapura. Taluk Hospital.jpg|Taluk hospital
File:Amma Temple, Pandavapura.jpg|Amma Temple
File:Pandavapura Temple.jpg|Temple on highway
File:Pandavapura Town.jpg|Mysore Road
File:Pandavapura Bus Station.jpg|Bus Station
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Narayanapura]]
* [[Kere Thonnur]]
* [[Shingapoore]]
* [[Naganahalli]]
* [[Byadarahalli]]
* [[Yeliyur]]
* [[Gummanahalli]]
* [[Krishnarajpet]]
* [[Chinakurali]]

== References ==
{{Wikivoyage|Pandavapura}}
{{commons category|Pandavapura}}
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Mandya district]]

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