Tiptur

Tiptur is a taluk and the sub-divisional headquarters of Tumkur district in Karnataka. Tiptur city is famous for its coconut plantations. One of the biggest copra showcases in Karnataka is situated in Tiptur, with copra it is likewise celebrated for silk saree generation. Tiptur is the most created taluk in Tumkur area. Tiptur is said to have its name from "tipatala", the word for "copra" in the neighborhood dialect, Kannada.

The name was likely gotten from the business which produces dried coconut in the territories encompassing the city. Tiptur was truly a piece of Honnavalli, a town base camp found 10 miles northwest of Tiptur in Tumkur region. Honnavalli was the taluk central station until 1886. The historical backdrop of the town goes back to eleventh century. It was worked by the lord Someswara Raaya, who had a place with the Harnahalli Nayak line. Legend has it that Honnu Amma, the family divinity of the Paalegaar, showed up in a fantasy and guided him to fabricate a model town in her name.

Indeed, even today 'Honnavalli Amma' is the town goddess. Tiptur has an Agricultural Produce Market Committee APMC showcase. Closeouts are held each Wednesday and Saturday. Agriculturists from adjacent taluks and towns and even the extent that Channarayapatna town convey their copra create to the market available to be purchased. A few copra dried up powder businesses in and around Tiptur send out their items to ious parts of India and the world. Merchants from Tiptur supply copra all through the world.