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[[File:GubbiChennabasaveshwaraSwamy.jpg|thumb|Gosala Shree Chennabasaveshwara Swamy]]
'''Gubbi''', formerly known as '''Amaragonda''', is a town located in the [[Tumakuru district|Tumakuru District]] of Karnataka, India. It lies 20 km from [[Tumakuru]] and 90 km from [[Bengaluru]] along NH-206 (BH Road). Gubbi ULB (Urban Local Bodies) contains 17 wards and an equal number of councilors. The population of Gubbi was 18,446 in 2011, and it has an area of 6.67 sq. km.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5538-gubbi-tumkur-karnataka.html |title=Census 2011 |access-date=12 January 2017 |archive-date=13 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113140550/http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5538-gubbi-tumkur-karnataka.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Gubbi is famous for the Gosala Sri Channabasaveshwara Swamy Temple of the Veerashaiva sect<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jjvlk.com/temples|title=Welcome to JJVLK|website=jjvlk.com|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-date=19 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219155151/http://www.jjvlk.com/temples|url-status=live}}</ref> and Sri Chidambarashrama. [[S. R. Srinivas]] represents Gubbi at the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chidambarashrama.org/eng/aboutashram.htm|title=Chidambara Ashrama, Gubbi|website=www.chidambarashrama.org|access-date=10 March 2019|archive-date=19 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219023114/http://chidambarashrama.org/eng/aboutashram.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==Economy==
Because of its good transport infrastructure – it has a railway station and a [[National highways of India|national highway]] ([[NH 206]]) – Gubbi is a major business hub for smaller neighboring villages and towns. It also has a [[Sanātana Dharma|Sanatana Dharma]] Centre called Chidambarashrama, which was founded in 1940 by the famous saint Sri Chidambara Swamiji.

==Education==
Gubbi has a number educational institutes such as the Government Junior College .
Gubbi also has schools affiliated with boards like
Priya English School (state board),
Shubodaya School (state board),
Venkateshwara School (state board),
Vivekananda Vidya Peeta (state board),
CIT public School (CBSE),
Green Wood International School (CBSE),
Bhoomi Public School (ICSE),
Government Junior College for Girls,
Stella Marys English School (state) and,
Chidambara Public School (state).

==History==
===Tradition===
Gubbi was founded in the 16th century by the [[Vokkaliga#Nonaba Vokkaliga|Nonaba Vokkaliga]] Chief of Hosahalli.<ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|author-link=|date=1973|title=Census of India, 1971: Series 14: Mysore, Part 6, Issue 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzMrL1BVKTMC&q=honnappa+according+to+tradition|location=India|publisher=Office of the Registrar General, Manager of Publications|page=251|isbn=|quote=Gubbi : This town is said to have been founded during the 16th century by the Gowda Chief of Hosahalli and named as Amaragondapura . He claimed descent from Honnappa, hereditary chief of the Nonaba Vokkaligas.|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109181923/https://books.google.com/books?id=RzMrL1BVKTMC&q=honnappa+according+to+tradition|url-status=live}}</ref> It is named after a traditional belief that two gubbachchis (sparrows), which used to listen to Amaragunda Mallikarjuna, a [[Lingayat|Virashaiva]] saint, expound the [[Puranas]], fell dead on the day that the exposition was concluded.<ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|author-link=|date=1973|title=Census of India, 1971: Series 14: Mysore, Part 6, Issue 1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzMrL1BVKTMC&q=honnappa+according+to+tradition|location=India|publisher=Office of the Registrar General, Manager of Publications|page=251|isbn=|quote=According to tradition, this is a holy place where Amaragunda Mallikarjuna, a Virasaiva saint ( contemporary of Basavesvara ) is supposed to have lived for some time . It is stated that two gubbachchis or sparrows, which used to listen to him when expounding the Puråņas, fell dead on the day that the exposition was concluded . Thenceforward the place acquired the name Gubbi, which has been Sanskritised into Chatakapuri.|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=9 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109181923/https://books.google.com/books?id=RzMrL1BVKTMC&q=honnappa+according+to+tradition|url-status=live}}</ref>
Swami Sri Chidambara was a saint extraordinary in the Chidambara tradition, like his mentor, Swami Narayana Bhagawan, a great sage. Born in 1889, he was closely associated with Sri Narasimha Swamiji and Sri Radhakrishna Swamiji. He walked to the Himalayas several times and performed penance there. He was persuaded by his esteemed friend and disciple, Professor T S Venkannaiah, to stay in Karnataka to serve the society. He established Chidambarashrama at Gubbi in 1940, combining spirituality with social service at a place known to him to be an ancient Durga Kshetra. He consecrated his Upasana Deva Sri Dattatreya and the ancient Maruti deity for spreading Sanatana dharma and Vedic education. The ashram has the rare combination of Sri Dattatreya and Anjaneya and is known as Dattanjaneya Kshetra.

===Thomas Hodson's Description of Gubbi===
[[File:Goobee Mission Cottage (Hodson, 1877, p.46) - Copy.jpg|thumb|260px|Goobee Mission Cottage, 1837 (Hodson, 1877, p.46)<ref name=OldDaniel>{{cite book|last1=Hodson|first1=Thomas|title=Old Daniel, or, Memoir of a converted Hindoo : with observations on mission work in the Goobbe circuit and description of village life in India|date=1877|publisher=Wesleyan Conference Office|location=London|page=[https://archive.org/details/olddanielormemoi00hodsiala/page/78 78]|url=https://archive.org/details/olddanielormemoi00hodsiala|access-date=23 November 2015}}</ref>]]
The Mission Station at Gubbi was started in April 1837, by [[Thomas Hodson]] and his wife. Initially, they lived in tents, but over time they built mud cottages with thatched roofs (see figure). The mud walls of the house were 6 ft. high, and the house had a few small rooms. The house was cool during the hot seasons, but leaked in the rain. Hodson noted in his description of Gubbi the low, flat land, a well irrigated from a tank, and a paddy. He also described large clumps of trees and tracts of uncultivated land which were used as common pasture for sheep and cows, as well as shepherd boys, who usually had a hand-made flute and played a sweet tone. Deer were commonly seen outside the mission house.

===William Arthur's Description of Gubbi===
The following description of Gubbi in the early/mid 19th century was narrated by [[William Arthur (minister)|William Arthur]] in his book ''A Mission to the Mysore, with Scenes and Facts Illustrative of India, its People, and its Religion''. It was published in 1847.

Gubbi was located about 60 miles NW of [[Bangalore]] and had a population of between 6000 and 7000 people. The town people traded items such as coffee, grains, and betel-nut, which were purchased from [[Nagara, Karnataka|Nuggur]] ([[Nayakas of Keladi|Bednore]]) and sold in the markets of Bangalore and [[Walajapet|Wallajanuggur]] ([[Vellore]]). The residents were prosperous from this trade and town had a weekly market. At that time, the exchange rate for the British Indian Rupee was 2 British shillings (BINR 10 = British £1). Labour was cheap, costing as little as BINR 3 (6 British Shillings) a month. The cost of grains, spices, and rent were minimal, and the fuel used for cooking was cow dung. Generally 1 meal was cooked hot and eaten, and the other meal eaten cold. A man with BINR 10 was comfortable, one with BINR 20 respectable, one with BINR 50 was prosperous, and one with BINR 100 was wealthy. However, the cost of living and salaries were much higher in British Indian cities.

Gubbi, like other Indian cities, was surrounded by a mud wall used to repel wild beasts and thugs. The term town (oor) applied only to places with both a market and a wall, village (hully) was one with a wall but not a market, hamlet (palya) consisted of houses with neither market or wall, and city (patna) was the seat of power. Villages had only 1 gate, towns 2 gates at opposite ends. Gubbi had 2 main streets, intersected with minor streets. At one end of the mud fort lived rich merchants. On the other side of the village, which was avoided by the higher caste, lived lower caste people. There was a clear demarcation between higher castes and lower castes, with higher caste people refusing to cross into what they considered a polluted land (p. 189-191).<ref name=Arthur>{{cite book|last1=Arthur|first1=William|title=A Mission To The Mysore With Scenes And Facts Illustrative Of India, Its People And Its Religion|date=1850|publisher=Partridge and Oakey|location=London|pages=[https://archive.org/details/missiontomysorw00arth/page/189 189]–191|url=https://archive.org/details/missiontomysorw00arth|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref>

=== William Arthur Memorial Church ===
[[File:William Arthur Church.jpg|thumb|300px|William Arthur Church]]
{{Main|William Arthur Memorial Church, Gubbi}}
The William Arthur Memorial Church is located on the Bangalore-Honavar Road at Gubbi Town, about 80 km from Bangalore. It was named after [[William Arthur (minister)|William Arthur]], an Irish [[Wesleyan]] missionary and [[Kannada|Canarese]] scholar who served in Gubbi. The church is painted turquoise blue and built in a Gothic style, and was completed in 1904.<ref name=Brinda>{{cite web|first1=Poorna|last1=Sharma|last2=Brinda|title=Back of the Blog – William Arthur Memorial Church in Gubbi|url=http://traveltwosome.com/blog/india-scrapbook-william-arthur-memorial/|website=Word Press|access-date=14 December 2015|date=29 October 2012}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=Sharma>{{cite web|last1=Sharma|first1=Poornima|title=Back of the Blog - William Arthur Memorial Church in Gubbi|url=http://travelorvisitindia.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/back-of-blog-william-arthur-memorial.html|website=Travel To India|access-date=14 December 2015|date=29 October 2012|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155251/http://travelorvisitindia.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/back-of-blog-william-arthur-memorial.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The present structure, which replaced the old Gubbi Chapel, was built by [[Thomas Hodson]] and [[William Arthur (minister)|William Arthur]].<ref name=Taggart>{{cite book|last1=Taggart|first1=Norman W|title=William Arthur: first among Methodists|date=31 July 1993|publisher=Epworth Press|isbn=0716204894|page=13|edition=1st}}</ref>

==Hoblis in Gubbi==
There are six hoblis in Gubbi taluk including [[Hagalavadi]], Chelur, Nitturu, Gubbi (Kasaba hobli), Kadaba and C. S. Pura.

== Transport ==

=== Rail ===
Gubbi has a railway station (Gubbi railway station). It lies on [[Bangalore-Arsikere-Hubli line]].

==Notable people==
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*[[Gubbi Veeranna]], theatre personality
*[[Salumarada Thimmakka]], environmentalist
*[[Chi. Udayashankar]], Kannada film lyricist
*[[Nirmalananda Swamiji]]
*[[G. S. Paramashivaiah]]
*[[G. N. Lakshmipathy]]
*Nishkam, a Karma Yogi Jeevanmuktha Swami Chidambara
*Karm, a Yogi SPujya Shiva Chidambara Gurugalu

== See also ==
*[[Hagalavadi]]
*[[Bukkapatna]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160109175929/http://gubbitown.gov.in/ Official website of Gubbi Town Panchayath]

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