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Ramanagara | |
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Silk City | |
 Aerial view of fields near New Bengaluru (Ramanagara) | |
| Nickname: Silk City of Karnataka | |
  Location in Karnataka, India | |
| Coordinates: 12°43′23″N 77°17′10″E / 12.723°N 77.286°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | New Bengaluru |
| 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 |
Ramanagara is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the 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 Tipu Sultan. It was called Closepet, after Sir Barry Close (1756–1813) in pre-independence times. This name is retained in geology. Then Rahim Nagar or Shamserabad was called Ramanagara. Ramanagara's name was based on the historical story of the Ramayana.[citation needed]