Kanakapura Road

The Kanakapura Road is located in Taluk, Ramanagar District, around 55 kilometers from Bangalore. The area adjacent to Kanakapura Road is very famous because of the production of Silk and Granite. This place is completely surrounded by the Green forests of Karnataka, which looks like a wall surrounding the place. This town is a vey popular tourist spot in Bangalore for the ones ready for trekking or hiking. Kannada is the official language spoken in this area. This place derived its name from a fort bearing the name “ Kanakapura” which is said to be build by Jagadeva Raya. This part of the city is the production hotspot of the finest silk available in the country. It also has a Government Silk Filature Factory operating since 1943. Other attractive places in this area are Sangama, Chunchi Falls, bilikal hills, Kabbal, Mutatti and Kallahalli.