About Sidlaghatta
Sidlaghatta is a town in the Chikkaballapur district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is known for raw silk. There are 243 inhabited villages in the town. Sidlaghatta is the taluk headquarters. All the taluk administration lies with the taluk panchayat for the implementation of developmental schemes and their progress.
Sidlaghatta word is derived from Kannada word sidilu ghatta. which means the place where normally thunder storms (sidilu) would occur at the hills (ghatta : hills / hillocks). There are unsubstantiated legends which state the Maratha king Chatrapathi Shivaji lost his horse because of a thunder bolt hit, hence the then local commander of Shivaji gave the name Sidilu-ghatta.
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