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Tumkur
Tumkur, officially Tumakuru, is a city in southern Karnataka, India, about 70 km north-west of Bengaluru and the headquarters of Tumkur district. The surrounding area formed part of Nolambavadi, ruled by the Nolamba dynasty in the 9th and 10th centuries, and later came under the Hoysalas, Vijayanagara and Mysore. It is home to the Siddaganga Math, a major Lingayat monastery.
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