Santhebennur is a panchayat town in the Davanagere district

Davanagere district

Davanagere District , also known as Devangere District, is an administrative district of Karnataka state in southern India. The city of Davanagere is the district headquarters. It had a population of 1,790,952 of which 30.32% was urban as of 2001.This district was carved out of Chitradurga district...

 of the state of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It is about 40 kilometers from Davangere and about 60 kilometers from Shimoga. Channagiri

Channagiri

Channagiri is a panchayat town in Davanagere district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is a taluk headquarters in Davanagere District.-History:...

, taluk headquarters town, is 22 kilometers away.

Pushkarani

Santhebennur is famous for a pond called "Pushkarani," locally called "Honda." Apart from the structure in the center, four more can be seen on the surrounding steps, and there are two more - one each on the left & right. The Pushkarani itself is in front of a gallery kind of structure, open towards the Pushkarani, and without any rooms. These structures are built with a mix of stone, bricks & mortar.

Other information

Santhebennur has a Police Sub-Inspector's Office, two movie theatres,(touring talkies), with Government hospital.

Santebennur has a very good education institute run by Vijaya Yuvaka Sangha.this organization was found by Sathyanarayan Nadig. Now Sri Sumateendra Nadig is care taker for Vijaya Yuvaka Sangha.
He is a pioneer in bringing out a massive development in education of this town. Students from this institute have made names across the globe.
In Santhebennur there is one marriage hall and degree college is also there. Mr.H.M.Omkaraiah presently serving as Assistant Commissioner of Police in Bangalore is the first individual to be awarded Chief Minister's gold medal for meritorious service. Also in Santhebennur, Sri Rama Temple is there. It was inaugurated by Myrore Raj Urs Odeyar many years ago. Every year on Rama Navami "Sri Ramothsava" is celebrated with Rathosvava. Sri Sumateendra Nadig and his friends, relatives, people of town have taken interest in celebrating this Sri Rama Navami