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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Manasagangotri
| native_name =
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Karnataka]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[Mysore]]
| image_skyline = File:Mysore University Gandhian Studies.jpg
| image_alt =
| caption = Tagore and Gandhi
| nickname =
| map_alt =
| map_caption =
| coordinates = {{coord|12.30210|76.65007|display=inline,title}}
| timezone = [[indian standard time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 570006
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 0821
| registration_plate =
}}
[[File:Maharajas College, Mysore, Karnataka, India.jpg|thumb|Maharaja's College]]
[[File:Budha Statue Mysore university.jpg|thumb|Buddha's statue near Genetics Department]]

'''Manasagangotri''' is a suburb of [[Mysore]] city in [[Mysore district]] of [[Karnataka]] state, India. [[Mysore University]] and its various departments are located in this area.

==Location==
Manasagangotri is located on the western side of Mysore city. The Manasagangotri suburb is built around the [[Kukkarahalli lake]] in this area. This locality includes various educational and administrative campuses of the city.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/@12.3084008,76.63265,16z/data=!4m3!1m2!2m1!1sManasagangotri |title=Google Maps |website=Google.com |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

==Post Office==
There is a post office at Manasgangotri. The Pin Code is 570006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pincode.net.in/KARNATAKA/MYSORE/M/MANASAGANGOTHRI|title=Pin Code: MANASAGANGOTHRI, MYSORE, KARNATAKA, India|website=Pincode.net.in|accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref>

==Important organizations==
[[File:The Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS).jpg|thumb|260px|The Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies (KIKS), University of Mysore]]
* [[University of Mysore]]
* [[Oriental Research Institute Mysore|Oriental Library]]
* [[District collector|Deputy Commissioner]] Office
* [[District Courts of India|District Court]] Complex
* [[Karnataka State Open University]]
* [[Maharaja's College, Mysore|Maharajas College]]

==Tourist attractions==
* [[Jayalakshmi Vilas]] Palace
* [[Kukkarahalli lake]]

==Kukkarahalli Lake==
'''Kukkarahalli Lake''' also called '''Kukkarhalli Kere''' (Lake is ‘’keare’’ in [[Kannada language]]), located in the heart of the [[Mysore]] city, adjoins the Manasgangotri ([[University of Mysore]]),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mysore.nic.in/tourism_kukkarahalli_lake.htm |title=Mysuru District - KARNATAKA |access-date=26 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905040042/http://www.mysore.nic.in/tourism_kukkarahalli_lake.htm |archive-date=5 September 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the Kalamandir (Rangyana) and the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) campus (separated by the [[Hunsur]] Road). It provides lung-space to the city. [[Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar]], (1794–1868) of the Mysore Dynasty ([[Kingdom of Mysore]]) was responsible for getting the lake created, in the year 1864, to provide water for [[irrigation]] to about {{convert|4000|ha|acre|abbr=off}} of land outside the city.<ref name= urban>{{cite web|url=http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/energy/lake2006/programme/programme/proceedings/studentspapers/ug.htm|title=Untitled Document|website=Wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in|accessdate=21 February 2019}}</ref> The Lake also used to be a source of water supply to the city of Mysore but over the years, sewage and excessive land encroachments (mostly illegal) and blockage of water flow sources almost led to the eutrophication of the lake. The University of Mysore and the citizen forums of Mysore continue to make efforts to preserve the lake by implementing several remedial measures.
<ref name = Kukkar>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/04/29/stories/2005042913260300.htm|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=Karnataka / Mysore News : Popularity turns a bane for Kukkarahalli lake|date=2005-04-29|accessdate=21 February 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mysoretourism.org/Kukkarahalli%20Lake.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=26 July 2016 |archive-date=27 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727105452/http://www.mysoretourism.org/Kukkarahalli%20Lake.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> There is a 4.5 km walkway on the periphery of the lake with shaded stone benches for visitors to sit, relax and enjoy the scenic serenity of the lake.<ref name = stretch>{{cite web|url=http://mysore.nic.in/tourism_kukkarahalli_lake.htm |title=Mysuru District - KARNATAKA |website=Mysore.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

==School of Information Management==
The [[International School of Information Management]] (ISiM) is the first Indian [[List of I-Schools|i-School]] and is an autonomous constituent institute of the [[University of Mysore]], located in [[Mysore]] in [[Karnataka]] State, Southern [[India]]. ISiM was conceptualised and established in 2005, in collaboration with the leading information schools in the U.S. – namely the School of Information at the [[University of Michigan]], the School of Information Sciences at the [[University of Pittsburgh]], and the School of Information Studies at [[Syracuse University]], [[International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore|International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Bangalore]], and [[Dalhousie University]] of Canada. ISiM was established with munificent{{clarify|date=April 2012}} grants from the [[Ford Foundation]] and Bangalore based Informatics India Pvt. Ltd.

==University of Mysore==
[[File:Mysore University.July.2016.jpg|thumb|Crawford hall, University of Mysore]]
The '''University of Mysore''' is a [[public university|public]] [[State university (India)|state university]] in [[Mysore]], Karnataka, India. The university was founded during the reign of [[Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV]], the [[Maharaja of Mysore]]. It opened on 27 July 1916. Its first [[chancellor (education)|chancellor]] was the [[Maharaja]] of Mysore; the first Vice-Chancellor was [[H. V. Nanjundaiah]]. The university became the first outside of the British administration in India, the sixth in India as a whole, and the first in [[Karnataka]]. It is a state university of the affiliating type, and became autonomous on 3 March 1956, when it gained recognition from the University Grants Commission.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kumar|first1=compiled by Ameeta Gupta; Ashish|title=Handbook of universities : includes universities, deemed universities, colleges, private universities and prominent educational and research institutions|date=2006|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Distributors|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788126906086|page=587}}</ref>

==All India Institute of Speech and Hearing==
The '''All India Institute of Speech and Hearing''', commonly known as '''AIISH''' (AYE-SH), is located in Manasagangotri ([[Mysore University]] Campus), [[Mysore]], [[India]]. It is an autonomous institute under the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]. The institute was established in 1966 with a focus on training professionals for [[Speech communication|speech]] and [[Hearing (sense)|hearing]] sciences.

==References==
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[[Category:Suburbs of Mysore]]

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