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"Arsikere" is a town and taluka in the Hassan district in the state of Karnataka, India. This region is known for its coconut production and second largest coconut market in Karnataka after tiptur along with Malekallu Tirupathi hill. Arsikere is the taluka headquarters, a major railway junction on the South Western Railway zone which links Mangalore and Mysore to North Karnataka and a central place for tourists who visit nearby places that do not have rail access, such as Belur, Karnataka, Halebidu and Shravanabelagola.

The name Arasikere originates from one of the princesses of the Hoysala Dynasty, who built a lake (''kere'' in Kannada) near the town. ''Arasi'' means queen in Kannada. Therefore, it is 'Arasiya+kere' which means "queen's pond". Arasikere was also called "Udbhava Sarvajna Vijaya" and "Ballalapura" at various times.

Under the rulers of Vijayanagara, it was under the administrative control of Jagadevaraya of Channaptna and later placed under Thimmappa Nayaka of Tarikere. It was finally under the rule of Shivappa Nayaka of Ikkeri and was acquired from Ikkeri rulers by the Mysore Wodeyars in 1690.

Under the rule of the Wodeyars of Mysore, the area suffered from the raids of the Marathas, and was subsequently turned over to the Marathas by the Wodeyars as security for the payment of tribute.

Arsikere is located at . It has an average elevation of .

Arsikere is situated about from Hassan, Karnataka and from Bengaluru on the Bengaluru-Miraj railway line and National Highway 206 passes inside the city which is known there as Bengaluru-Honnavara road (B H Road).

The winter temperature averages between and . Summer temperature average between and .

Notable educational facilities in Arasikere include the following:

,Basaveshwara higher primary school,Sri Vidya Shankara Public School,Ananth international school,

Arsikere railway junction belongs to the Mysore division and is a major railway junction between Bengaluru and Hubli, Bengaluru and Shivamoga, Mysuru and Shivogga, And Mangalore and Hubli. Trains typically stop here before heading to Hassan, Bangalore, Hubli, Mysuru and Mangalore.

Nearly 87 trains stop here and is around 166 km from state capital Bengaluru. It has three trains starts from here to Bengaluru, Mysuru and Hubballi. Around 30,000 people travel from Arsikere to other parts every day.

It lies on NH-206 that runs between Bengaluru and Honnavara along with two state highways SH-7 which connects Arsikere to Srirangapatna and SH-102 which runs from Huliyar(Tumkur district) to Keralapura. Also NH-234 passes 15 away from Arsikere, near Banavara .

Various festivals are celebrated in Arasikere, including the following:, Ganapathi Pendal (where a large Ganesha statue is displayed for about ninety days in Pendal), Ganapathi Chathurti, and Ganapathi Visarjana which has been celebrated from past 72(in 2017) years(where an idol of Ganesha is immersed into the lake near Arasikere). During these festivals, Sports, cultural, and spiritual activities are organized., Undiganalu "Sri Kariyamma Devi Jatramahotsava" is the biggest festival in Arasikere taluk which is held in the month of April. , Yadhapura "Sri Jenukallu Siddeshwara Swamy Jatramahotsava" is a big festival held every month during full moon day., Malekallu Thirupathi Fair takes place annually for the god Venkataramana and Govindaraja.

Notable places around Arsikere include the following:

Notable people from Arsikere include:, Balakrishna (Kannada actor), Kannada actor, David Johnson (cricketer, born 1971), cricketer, Javagal Srinath, Indian cricketer and pace bowler, Ashok Haranahalli, Former Advocate General to Govt. of Karnataka , Haranahalli Ramaswamy, Former Irrigation Minister and founding member of the Malnad Education Trust, Channa Keshava Sharma, Freedom fighter and Tamra Pathra Awardee, Narayan Gowda, Chief of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, Chandrika, heroine in Kannada Film Industry, Aparna, actor, host and widely acclaimed Kannada anchor, Dr.H.R.Swamy, A rationalist, environmentalist, Theatre person, Thinker, D.S. Ramaswamy, Poet, Writer, Rajanand, Kannada actor, D Shankar Singh, Kannada producer/director, Dr M Seshagiri Rao, Former Chairman and Managing Director, RITES, IITian, Engineer, Researcher, Scholar

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