Gantihole

Gantihole is a place located in the coastal side of Karnataka. It is very near to one of the historical devotional places of Karnataka state KOLLUR MOOKAMBIKA. The place has its own beauty because of its attractive name and scenario. Three sides of the village are surrounded by the river "Sumana". 
Etymology.
There are many stories behind the place name "Ganti-hole". Among them, one reasonable/valid story is " the river Sumana before reaching the Arabian Sea it has two branches. One will come from the north side of this village and one more from the south. These two branches will meet together here and flow through a single river to reach the Arabian Sea. For this meeting point in Kannada language usually called "Gantu" so this called as a gantu hole later day by day it became a Ganti- hole"