Bethamangala

Bethamangala
village
Bethamangala Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Kolar District
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Bethamangala is a small town in the Bangarpet Taluk of Kolar district in the state of Karnataka, India. It has a large man-made lake which is a popular picnic spot and supplies drinking water to the nearby mining city of Kolar Gold Fields ("KGF"), about 5 miles from Bethamangala. In the days of the British, prior to say 1957, Bethamangala was where the British workers of KGF went at weekends to sail and relax around the sailing clubhouse. It was also where Diana Dunlop kept her canoe. Her father Max ran the KGF Electricity Dept. A British woman named Molly Manley, first introduced the word game 'Scrabble' to the gentle folk of KGF here under a large tree, in front of the clubhouse. At Bethamangala the Palar river emerges from underground. It is home to the Vijayendra temple, which dates back to the period of the Gangas, and has been renovated by the Hoysalas and the Vijayanagar rulers. 3 km away is the famous Kotiligeshwara Temple.

Notable Personalities

• late K.M.Doraswamy Naidu.(ex-MLA.)
• A. Chinnappa MLA.
• J.G Nagaraj Writer, President, Kannada Sahitya Parishat,Kolar District

Trade and Commerce

• Naidu complex,Bethmangala.
• Naveen Traders - whole sale merchants,Opp:Gangamma Temple,Bethamangala.
• Ashwini kalyana mantapa.Bethmangala.
• Guptha Trading Company,Bethamangala.
• Vasavi Textiles, Kolar Road,Bethamangala.
• Sri Manjunatha Bakery, Near Police Station, Bethamangala.
• New Cake Corner, K.G.F Road, Bethamangala - 563116 Mob-9972750773

MAHAVISHNU AGENCEES, Indian Oil retail outlet- PETROL BUNK,V.KOTA ROAD. Maruti hardwares,kolar bus stand,Bethamangala.

External links

• Temples of Kolar

1.Yadav street near sri Rama mandira, Newtown Bethamangala.