Nandi Hills is an isolated hill on the Mysore Plateau in Chikkaballapur district, Karnataka, India, about 10 kilometers from Chikkaballapur town and roughly 60 kilometers from Bengaluru. Its peak reaches 1,478 meters above sea level. An ancient hill fortress built by the Ganga dynasty stands on the hill, and the site later served as a summer retreat for Tipu Sultan. Nandi Hills is also an important water source for the region: it is the source point of several rivers, including the Arkavathy, Ponnaiyar, Palar, Papagni and Penna. In more recent history the hills hosted the second SAARC summit in 1986, and they remain a popular trekking and tourist destination near Bengaluru.
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