Nanjangud

Nanjangud officially known as Nanjanagudu is a City and Taluk in Mysore district in the Indian state of Karnataka. Nanjangud lies on the banks of the stream Kapila Kabini, 23 km from the city of Mysore. Nanjangud is celebrated for Srikanteshwara Temple. Nanjangud is additionally called "Dakshina Kashi" southern Kashi. This city is likewise well known for an assortment of banana developed in the district, the Nanjanagoodu rasabale.

Nanjangud has been a noteworthy Shaiva community for about a thousand years. Chola Kings in the eleventh – twelfth century are considered to have gotten under way the development of the sanctuary with critical increases by the Hoysalas and the Vijayanagara lords. This sanctuary was later remodeled by the Hoysala lords. The Wodeyar rulers of Mysore made different awards to revamp the sanctuary.

Nanjangud has a railroad station where just moderate trains stop. The Srikanteshwara Temple at Nanjangud is committed to the Hindu incomparable divinity Shiva, additionally called Sri Nanjundeshwara, "The Lord who drank poison" to spare the earth. In Hindu folklore, the Gods and evil spirits stirred the sea looking for the ambrosia. Amid this agitating, poison radiated first, trailed by ambrosia.