Bethamangala

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native_name = Bethamangala| type = village| latd = 13.0066 | longd = 78.3287
locator_position = left | state_name = Karnataka
district = Kolar District
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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 which is about 5 miles from Bethamangala. In the days of the British, prior to say 1957, Bethamangala was where the British workers of K.G.F. went on weekends sailing and relaxing around the sailing clubhouse on most weekends. It was also where Diana Dunlop kept her canoe. Her father Max ran the K.G.F. Electricity Dept. It is also the place where the Palar river emerges out from underground. It is also 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 also it is located from 3 km from the very famous Kotiligeshwara Temple.

External links

* [http://www.templenet.com/Karnataka/kolar.html/ Temples of Kolar]

Molly Manley introduced the gentle folk of Kolar Gold Fields to the game of 'Scrabble', outside the sailing club house here in (1953) at Bethamangala. Everyone would sit around a table, under a large tree and play the game, which had only recently come into vogue. The menfolk would drink beer, in moderation naturally, and the ladies pims and soda while all the troubles of the world would be solved. If you believe that you would believe anything !!!